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Welcome to the 2017 Formula 1™ Pirelli™ Magyar™ Nagydíj™ Predicament Predictions!

Having never been previously known as the home of the overtake, the Hungaroring hosts the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix this year, much to our delight and suspense, for with every Formula 1 race, there must come a predictions championship race alongside! As usual, get your predictions in before the end of final practice. To keep you all up to date (as I've noticed there's been a little bit of confusion), the Did Not Qualify option has been changed to a Did Not Start option, and yes, Esteban Ocon is still eligible for the Minor League Premiership under the rules of the game.

My predictions for this race are:

1. Max Verstappen
2. Daniel Ricciardo
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. Kimi Räikönnen
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Felipe Massa
9. Romain Grosjean
10. Kevin Magnussen

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Stoffel Vandoorne
ROTR: Kimi Räikönnen
IIDOTR: Fernando Alonso
DBTMOTR: Stoffel Vandoorne
MLP: Lance Stroll
DNS: Marcus Ericsson

And a bonus point goes to the player with the funniest race title, as usual. Just to clarify (because I keep forgetting to say in the race report), Aislabie got the bonus point in Silverstone.

Don't forget you can use double points at any time if you haven't used it before.

2017 Miklos Horthy Memorial Trophy

1. Lance Stroll
2. Jolyon Palmer
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Stoffel Vandoorne
6. Valterri Bottas
7. Felpie Massa
8. Pascal Wehrlein
9. Romain Grosjean
10. Lewis Hamilton

Pole: Lance Stroll
Fastest lap: Lance Stroll
First retirement: Sebastian Vettel
ROTR: Sebastian Vettel
IIDOTR: Lance Stroll
DBTMOTR: Sebastian Vettel
MLP: Lance Stroll
DNS: Marcus Ericsson

2017 HWNSNBM Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Ricciardo
6. Verstappen
7. Perez
8. Ocon
9. Massa
10. Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton... again
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Kvyat
ROTR: Kvyat
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNS: nope.avi

2017 Gabor Kiraly's pants memorial Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Verstappen
5. Bottas
6. Ricciardo
7. Perez
8. Ocon
9. Hulkenberg
10. Grosjean

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Palmer
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNS: ¿

The 2017 'Monaco Without The Walls', Well, Perhaps If You're Short Of Imagination Grand Prix of Hungary

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Ricciardo
5. Verstappen
6. Räikönnen
7. Stroll
8. Massa
9. Grosjean
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Kvyat
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Vandoorne
MLP: Stroll
DNS: Palmer

Just because I thought of a title, because I rack up another year on Thursday, and because there's a new article about our favourite one-hit wonder on the main site, I'm going to have a one-off entry:

2017 "Hungary Hungary Hippos At The Hunger-Roaring So Give Them Lashings And Lashings Of Gulasch" Grand Prix

1. Lewis "What da frick" Hamilton, innit
2. Sebastian "The Baku Bruiser" Vettel
3. Valerie "Walter the not-softy" Bottas
4. Daniel "Smiler" Ricciardo
5. Nico "if only every race could be held at Le Mans" Hülkenberg
6. Kimi "Perkele" Räikkönen
7. Checo "Sergio" Pérez
8. Esteban "The French Leprechaun" O'Con
9. Rrrrrrrmmmnnn "pas de vowels, encore" Grrrrjjjjnnn
10. Felipe "please remember me!" Massa

Pole: Hamster, innit
Fastest lap: Valerie, in a final lunge on the last lap using Fan B... oh, wait, no
First retirement: Max "Pepsi" Verstappen in a first-lap engine blow-out that produces some interesting radio messages
ROTR: The race itself, for not giving us a first time winner that Hungary has a strange knack of doing (see Alonso, Kovalainen, Button, and some bloke who went for a pizza with Murray Walker once)
IIDOTR: The Incredible Hulk, making up for Baku
DBTMOTR: Jolyon "unlike Stuart Broad, I'm not better than my dad" Palmer, who Eddie Jordan says will be replaced by Pascal "hairstyle by Lego" Wehrlein
MLP: O'Con of Connemara
DNS: nobody, but Max comes within a few corners of it before the familiar Renault gremlins kick in.

AND NOW AN EVEN BIGGER PREDICTION:
With this last race before the summer break, I wait to see if "I would just like to say if I may"'s prediction comes true. I don't think it will; Mercedes letting Wehrlein go to a rival manufacturer would certainly be an odd move. Remember also that this weekend brings us the final two rounds of the Formula E season, in which Renault e.dams driver Sébastien Buemi will cruise to two easy victories (after Pierre Gasly kept his seat warm in New York), thus crowning him the champion for the second successive season. If we who watch electric racing are to be spared a third season in a row of French-speaking utter domination, why not solve that problem by giving Seb another go at F1 in the second Renault? Maybe that's why Alain Prost's been seen in the Renault F1 garage recently, forging more links between the electric and the petrol-powered teams. Maybe that's why Palmer has had worse luck in the car; Le Professeur has been asking for the better supply of spare parts to be kept aside for a more favoured driver among the Renault stable who can be instantly more competitive on the back of a championship.

2017 Kvyat Podium Memorial Grand Prix
1. VET
2. BOT
3. VER
4. OCO
5. RAI
6. PER
7. HUL
8. MAS
9. SAI
10. VAN
Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Ricciardo
RoTR: Haas (anonymous)
IIDoTR: Vandoorne
DBToTR: Palmer (should be gone after this race at this rate)
MLP: Ocon
DNS: Alonso

2017 Grand Prix of the Land That Won the First Grand Prix And It Was All Downhill From There
1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Pérez
8. Ocon
9. Hülkenberg
10. Massa

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
First retirement: Vandoorne
ROTR: Honda
IIDOTR: Wehrlein
DBTMOTR: Ericsson
MLP: Ocon
DNS: Alonso

Dinizintheoven Stole My Pun (Grand Prix)

1/ Hamilton
2/ Bottas
3/ Vettel
4/ Raikkonen
5/ Ricciardo
6/ Verstappen
7/ Hulkenberg
8/ Alonso
9/ Ocon
10/ Vandoorne

Pole - Hamilton
FLap - Hamilton
Retirement - The Saubers crashing into each other
ROTR - Sauber
IIDOTR - Vandoorne
DBTMOTR - Palmer
MLP - Ocon
DNS - None

2017 HWNSNBM is a driving God GP

1/ Palmer
2/ Bottas
3/ Vettel
4/ Hamilton
5/ Raikkonen
6/ Riccardo
7/ Verstappen
8/ Alonso
9/ Hulkenberg
10/ Massa

Pole - Palmer
FLap - Palmer
Retirement - Kyvat
ROTR - Palmer
IIDOTR - Palmer
DBTMOTR - Kyvat
MLP - Vandoorne
DNS - Robert Kubica

The Hungary like the Wolff 2017 Magyar Duran Duran GP

1/ Hamilton
2/ Bottas
3/ Ricciardo
4/ Vettel
5/ Raikkonen
6/ Verstappen
7/ Hulkenberg
8/ Alonso
9/ Ocon
10/ Perez

Pole - Hamilton
FLap - Vettel
1st Retirement - Palmer
ROTR - Palmer
IIDOTR - Alonso
DBTMOTR - Palmer
MLP - Ocon
DNS - None

Jolyon Palmer's Last Grand Prix

1/ Hamilton
2/ Vettel
3/ Bottas
4/ Raikkonen
5/ Verstappen
6/ Ricciardo
7/ Alonso
8/ Massa
9/ Ocon
10/ Perez

Pole - Hamilton
FLap - Vettel
1st Retirement - Sainz
ROTR - Toro Rosso
IIDOTR - Alonso
DBTMOTR - Palmer
MLP - Ocon
DNS - None

Seeing as I'm here, time to climb back on the ol' horse I suppose.

2017 Hungryman Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Max Verstappen
4. Sebastian Vettel
5. Daniel Ricciardo
6. Nico Hulkenberg
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Daniil Kvyat
9. Sergio Perez
10. Fernando Alonso

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas
First retirement: Kimi Raikkonen
ROTR: Williams
IIDOTR: Daniil Kvyat
DBTMOTR: Jolyon Palmer
MLP: Esteban Ocon
DNS: None

2017 The mighty magyars Grand prix

1. Vettel
2. Verstappen
3. Hamilton
4. Raikkonen
5. Ricciardo
6. Perez
7. Alonso
8. Ocon
9. Sainz
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Bottas
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Kvyatt
MLP: Ocon
DNS: Ericsson

The 2017 Ferenc Szisz Tribute Grand Prix, brought to you by HWNSNBM

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Ricciardo
4. Vettel
5. Raikkonen
6. Ocon
7. Perez
8. Massa
9. Stroll
10. Grosjean

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Palmer
ROTR: Renault
IIDOTR: Haas
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNS: nobody

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Ricciardo
4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Verstappen
7. Sainz Jr
8. Alonso
9. Ocon
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Palmer
ROTR: Grosjean
IIDOTR: Sainz Jr
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNS: None

2017 "Ayrton Senna couldn't pass Thierry Boutsen here" Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo
4. Räikkönen
5. Pérez
6. Ocon
7. Bottas
8. Verstappen
9. Magnussen
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Ricciardo
First retirement: Massa
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNS: no one

2017 "Puskás took the gold and delivered it to Madrid" Grand Prix

1) Bottas
2) Vettel
3) Ricciardo
4) Hamilton
5) Verstappen
6) Raikkonen
7) Hulkenberg
8) Massa
9) Sainz
10) Perez

Pole: Ricciardo
Fastest Lap: Bottas
First Retirement: Vandoorne
ROTR: Sauber
IIDOTR: Red Bull
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Ocon
DNS: None

2017 "A bold prediction for Hungarian Grand Prix"

1. Ricciardo
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Hamilton
5. Raikkonen
6. Bottas
7. Hulkenberg
8. Alonso
9. Vandoorne
10. Ocon

Pole: Ricciardo
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Palmer
ROTR: Palmer
IIDOTR: Mclaren
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Vandoorne
DNS: 0

2017 Magyàrayárarorzszagàryoczsag Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Bottas
3) Verstappen
4) Vettel
5) Räikkönen
6) Ricciardo
7) Hulkenberg
8) Alonso
9) Sainz Jr.
10) Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Palmer
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Palmer
MLP: Stroll
DNS: Kvjat

1. Daniel Ricciardo
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Kimi Räikönnen
5. Lewis Hamilton
6. Nico Hulkenberg
7. Sergio Perez
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Paul Di Resta

Pole: Daniall Ricciardo
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikönnen
First retirement: Stoffel Vandoorne
ROTR: Jolyeon Palmer
IIDOTR: Nico Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Jolyeon Palmer
MLP: Esteban Ocon
DNS: Fernando Alonso

So with a huge amount of delay, here are the results of the race that closes the first half of our exciting predicament predictions season of 2017 so far!

1. Enforcer 17
- Aguvazk 17
- mario 17
4. This Could Be You 16
5. AdrianBelmonte_ 15
6. yannicksamlad 14
7. Aislabie 12
- CarloSpace 12
9. Rob Dylan 11
- RAK 11
11. CoopsII 10
- dinizintheoven 10
- Ugncreativeusergname 10
- RedEyes504 10
15. Reject_Dom 9
- watka 9
- tommykl 9
- Dj_bereta 9
19. dr-baker 8
20. peteroli34 7
21. Normal32 5

For the first time this season, we have three winners for one race. And for the first time, we have a repeat winner after 11 races! Mario and Enforcer take their second wins, whilst Aguvazk gets his first one! Well done to all, although the major players were in the top 10, their order was way out of sync and caught a lot of people out. Lots of front-runners were not so lucky, and so it appears Mario has upped his lead further in the championship overall.

STANDINGS
1. Mario 184
2. Tommykl 164
3. This Could Be You 156
4. Aislabie 155
5. CarloSpace 153
6. Enforcer 148
7. RAK 145
8. CoopsII 143
9. dr-baker 140
10. Ugncreativeusergname 139
11. Rob Dylan 133
12. Dj_bereta 130
13. AdrianBelmonte_ 118
14. Aguvazk 103
15. pi314159 93
16. Watka 91
17. Ataxia 89
18. Yannicksamlad 88
19. peteroli34 77
20. Normal32 52
21. takagi_for_the_win 37
22. Miguel98 35
23. Bleu 29
24. Simtek 28
25. mash 28
26. TheFlyingCaterham 28
27. Pasta_Maldonado 26
28. RedEyes504 26
29. Reject_Dom 21
30. andrew 16
31. FullMetalJack 15
32. Dexter249 14
33. Dartanian 12
34. DemocalypseNow 11
- IceG 11
36. dinizintheoven 10
37. golic_2004 7
38. Gonzalez 6

Indeed, so Mario's sheer consistency and high scores have given him a very comfortable lead over the rest of the pack going into the summer break. I'll count up the results for Belgium and Italy very soon as well.

On other exciting news, I have come to a decision on my grand prizes for this year's predicament predictions championship! They will be announced sometime closer to the end of the season, but watch this space

Yes!!!!! I'm a non-reject with these podium!

Well you know what they say: once you've won your first predicament predictions race, the rest come much easier, as the pressure you face to win has been lifted somewhat, and mentally you know now that you can do it