Grand Prix Rejects

Welcome, my friends, to the 2018 Chinese Grand Prix Predicament Predictions Round Three Predictions Championship Grand Prix Weekend Race!

Seeing as I accidentally forgot that it was only a week until China, I am a few days late in opening this thread, so I apologise. Therefore, without further ado, let's get to predicting!

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Pole Position:
Fastest Lap:
First retirement:
Reject of the Race:
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race:
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race:
Minor League Premiership:
Did Not Start:

The candidates for Minor League Premiership are as normal: Sergey Sirotkin; Pierre Gasly; Brendon Hartley; Charles Leclerc. Don't forget you can use your double points whenever you like, but only once per season, so use it wisely!


1. Valtteri Bottas (because every time I say this he does terribly)
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Max Verstappen
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Stoffel Vandoorne

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Brendon Hartley
Reject of the Race: The stewards (for making that really controversial call on that thing that happened that everyone disagreed with)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Valtteri Bottas (for coming out of nowhere, and for there being no other major candidates)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Carlos Sainz Jr.
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did Not Start: Marcus Ericsson

2018 Pea Souper Grand Prix

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Daniel Ricciardo
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Valtteri Bottas
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Brendon Hartley

Pole Position: Kimi Raikkonen
Fastest Lap: Daniel Ricciardo
First retirement: Lance Stroll
Reject of the Race: Mercedes
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Max Verstappen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stoffel Vandoorne
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did Not Start:

2018 Long Live Chairman Mao Grand Prix

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

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Pierre Gasly
Reject of the Race: Max Verstappen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: ?
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Max Verstappen
Minor League Premiership: Charles Leclerc
Did Not Start: None

The 2018 "Enough of This Nonsense" Mercedes Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Vettel
4. Räikkönen
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Magnussen
8. Grosjean
9. Alonso
10. Sainz

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Hamilton
First retirement: Hartley
ROTR: Toro Rosso
IIDOTR: Sirotkin
DbTmotR: Stroll
MLP: Gasly
DNS: Ø

The 2018 "Wait, we actually have the proper licensing for this" Formula 1™ Chinese Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Max Verstappen
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Romain Grosjean
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Kevin Magnussen
9. Sergio Perez
10. Stoffel Vandoorne

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Sebastian Vettel
First retirement: Charles Leclerc
Reject of the Race: Sergey Sirotkin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Romain Grosjean
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sergey Sirotkin
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did Not Start: N/A

1. Max Verstappen
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Kimi Raikkonen
6. Valtteri Bottas
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Lance Stroll

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Daniel Ricciardo
First retirement: Kevin Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Pierre Gasly (Bahrain hero to taking out KMags on lap 1)
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Lance Stroll (one stop strategy takes Williams to the promised land)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sergey Sirtokin
Minor League Premiership: Stoffel Vandoorne
Did Not Start: None

2018 Blac Chyna Grand Prix

1. Kimi Raikkonen (quite a long shot)
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Max Verstappen
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Valtteri Bottas
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Stoffel Vandoorne
10. Charles Leclerc

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Fernando Alonso
First retirement: Kevin Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Charles Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Brendon Hartley
Minor League Premiership: Charles Leclerc
Did Not Start: Both HRTs

2018 Collieafc's-predictions-are-from-the-BAR-Class-of-99-School-of-predictions GP

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen
4. Raikkonen
5. Riccardo
6. Bottas
7. Alonso
8. Grosjean
9. Gasly
10. Vandoorne

Pole Position:
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First retirement: Sirotkin
Reject of the Race: Bottas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Riccardo - a drive from the back
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Bottas
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did Not Start: Stroll

2018 I don't like Chinese or Indian or Thai food Grand Prix

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Ricciardo
5. Alonso
6. Grosjean
7. Sainz
8. Raikkonen
9. Gasly
10. Ocon

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Bottas
First retirement: Hartley
Reject of the Race: Honda
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Leclerc
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did Not Start: nada

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

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Pérez
Reject of the Race: Vandoorne
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Grosjean
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vandoorne
Minor League Premiership: Leclerc
Did Not Start: Ricciardo

2018 Reorganized Nationalist China Formula 1™ Grand Prix

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Max Verstappen
5. Pierre Gasly
6. Daniel Ricciardo
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Sergio Perez
9. Brendon Hartley
10. Stoffel Vandoorne

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest Lap: Kimi Raikkonen
First retirement: Valterri Bottas
Reject of the Race: Valterri Bottas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kimi Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Brendon Hartley
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did Not Start: Valterri Bottas

2018 "Let's hope nothing strange happens so my points haul is half-decent" Chinese GP

1. HAM
2. VET
3. RAI
4. BOT
5. ALO
6. VER
7. MAG
8. SAI
9. HUL
10. VAN
Pole: Hamilton
F. Lap: Bottas
1st Retirement: Ricciardo
RoTR: Force India (PNowhere)
IIDoTR: Alonso (by default, really)
DBToTR: Stroll
MLP: Hartley
DNS: None

2018 "Still waiting on China to take over the world" Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Leclerc
ROTR: Hartley
IIDOTR: Magnussen
DBTMOTR: Hartley
MLP: Gasly
DNS: None

2018 Normal Mercedes Service to Resume Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Ericsson
ROTR: Force India
IIDOTR: Hulkenberg
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Gasly
DNS: None

The "well, let's hope for a vaguely decent points score this week" race

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

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First retirement: Grosjean
Reject of the Race: Grosjean
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Magnussen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did Not Start: None

2018 Ha Mil Ton GP

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

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Sirotkin
Reject of the Race: Perez
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Magnussen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Gasly

2018 Chicken and Fried Rice Grand Prix

1) Hamilton
2) Vettel
3) Verstappen
4) Bottas
5) Räikkönen
6) Ricciardo
7) Sainz
8) Hartley
9) Alonso
10) Ocon

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Hülkenberg
ROTR: Vandoorne
IIDOTR: Hartley
DBTMOTR: Vandoorne
MLP: Hartley
DNS: Gasly

2018 Welcome Break From Coursework Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
FL: Räikkönen
First retirement: Leclerc
ROTR: Bottas
IIDOTR: Hülkenberg
DbTmotR: Bottas
MLP: Gasly
DNS: nope

Just realised I missed a chance to make a Harry Kane joke with my predictions this week.

Results are in from China -- a little late I know -- and we have our third winner after three races! Mario, the defending champion, takes his first win of the year, with a decent prediction of the top 10 that brought in a huge haul of points. The usual front-runners of this season have stayed pretty consistent, with some new entrants coming in for this race. Without further ado, here are the results.

Results:
1 mario 16
2 Ugncreativeusergname 14
- Enforcer 14
- Aguvazk 14
5 Rob Dylan 12
- Collieafc 12
- RAK 12
- tommykl 12
9 CarloSpace 11
- Normal32 11
- This Could Be You 11
12 Gertrand Bachot 10
- dr-baker 10*
13 pasta_maldonado 9
- Wizzie 9
15 TheFlyingCaterham 8
- Klon 8
17 AdrianBelmonte_ 7
*funniest alternative title


Overall, RAK's 12 points keep him in the lead, but the high-scorers from China edge very close to the front. Aguvazk has been very consistent, and is threatening to take the lead soon. Make sure to keep predicting! Standings below.

Standings:
1 RAK 44
2 Aguvazk 42
3 Klon 39
4 Enforcer 38
5 mario 35
6 Gertrand Bachot 34
7 tommykl 34
8 Rob Dylan 32
9 Ugncreativeusergname 30
10 This Could Be You 30
11 dr-baker 29
12 Wizzie 28
13 CarloSpace 28
14 Aislabie 24
15 AdrianBelmonte_ 24
16 Bleu 22
17 Collieafc 17
18 Dexter249 12.5
19 mash 12
20 yannicksamlad 11
- Normal32 11
22 pasta_maldonado 9
23 IceG 8
- The Flying Caterham 8

Results from Azerbaijan will be up soon

Wish I had used double points this round...