Grand Prix Rejects

Sorry for the lateness of this post, but of course with the Canadian Grand Prix coming up this weekend, it means we have the seventh Predicament Predictions round of the year to look forward to!

There's got to start being some high scores in the next few races, as RAK is in danger of attaining a runaway lead in the championship. Best of luck to everyone---here's your blank slate:


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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:


As usual, a point for the best alternative race title, and double points are available for whoever hasn't used them. Minor League Premiership candidates are the usual: Leclerc; Hartley; Gasly; Sirotkin.


My predictions are:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Daniel Ricciardo
4. Max Verstappen
5. Sebastian Vettel
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Sergio Pérez
8. Carlos Sainz Jr.
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Fernando Alonso

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
First retirement: Lance Stroll
Reject of the Race: The Hypersoft tyre
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Max Verstappen (fantastic defending against Vettel)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Stoffel Vandoorne
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did not Start: Charles Leclerc


The deadline is the end of Free Practice 3, so please have your submissions in by then.

2018 #RunAwayWithMeme Memorial Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Max Verstappen
5. Esteban Ocon
6. Daniel Ricciardo
7. Sergio Pérez
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Lance Stroll

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
First retirement: Sergey Sirotkin
Reject of the Race: Sergey Sirotkin
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Kimi Raikkonen
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sergey Sirotkin
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did not Start: Carly Rae Jepsen

2018 make Accepterais-Tu the Canadian national anthem Grand Prix

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Esteban Ocon
6. Sergio Perez
7. Carlos Sainz Jr
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Kevin Magnussen

Pole Position: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton
First retirement: Brendon Hartley
Reject of the Race: Sebastian Vettel
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Force India
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Sebastian Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did not Start: None

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

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Hartley
Reject of the Race: Toro Rosso
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sirotkin
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Grosjean
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did not Start: Vandoorne

Our Lady Island Great Price
1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Verstappen
4. Alonso
5. Ricciardo
6. Hülkenberg
7. Sainz
8. Gasly
9. Hartley
10. Leclerc

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Ricciardo
First retirement: Ericsson
Reject of the Race: Mercedes
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Alonso
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vandoorne
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did not Start: Stroll

1. Hamilton
2. Bottas
3. Räikkönen
4. Ricciardo
5. Verstappen
6. Hülkenberg
7. Sainz Jr.
8. Alonso
9. Pérez
10. Vandoorne

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Magnussen
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Sainz Jr.
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Vettel
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did not Start: Hartley

2018 Grand Prix d'Ile de Notre Dame de Villeneuve, et n'est pas de Quasimodo

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

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Hartley
Reject of the Race: Wall of Champions
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Stroll
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Hartley
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did not Start: tout le monde commencent le course.I

Doubt it'll be effective, but double points

2018 Alex Wurz Memorial Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: The local wildlife, with groundhog invasions of the track triggering 6 different safety cars
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Leclerc
MLP: Gasly
DNS: No thank you.

2018 He's Not Your Friend Buddy Grand Prix

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Stroll
Reject of the Race: The Wall of Champions for failing to claim any Champions this time.
IIDOTR: Alonso
DBTMOTR: Hartley
MLP: Gasly
DNS: (Null)

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

Pole Position: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Lance Stroll
Reject of the Race: The predictions about who will hit the Wall of Champions when nobody hits it
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Perez
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Magnussen
Minor League Premiership: Leclerc
Did not Start: None

2018 France extérieure Grand Prix

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

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Sirotkin
ROTR: Sirotkin
IIDOTR: Sainz
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
MLP: Gasly
DNS: None

2018 Candian GP (source: https://i.imgur.com/JDxZor7.jpg)
1. HAM
2. BOT
3. VET
4. RIC
5. RAI
6. VER
7. GRO
8. PER
9. MAG
10. ERI
Pole: HAM
F. Lap: HAM
First retirement: SIR
RoTR: Renault (no discernable progress, perhaps even a regression reliability-wise)
IIDoTR: Ericsson
DBToTR: Stroll (even with Sirotkin retiring early on, he comes off worse)
MLP: Ericsson
DNS: None

Double points please.

2018 Steven Page's Goatee Memorial Grand Prix

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Daniel Ricciardo
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Max Verstappen
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. Sergio Pérez
7. Nico Hülkenberg
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Carlos Sainz
10. Pierre Gasly

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Daniel Ricciardo
First retirement: Valtteri Bottas
Reject of the Race: Haas
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Marcus Ericsson
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Valtteri Bottas
Minor League Premiership: Pierre Gasly
Did not Start: Nope

2018 Canada gp (man, i have to be more creative... Maybe next time)

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

Pole Position: Vettel
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject of the Race: Stroll
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Gasly
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Magnussen
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did not Start: None

This Could Be You wrote:2018 Candian GP (source: https://i.imgur.com/JDxZor7.jpg)

The Candian Grand Prix, seriously? Have we got a Reject of the Race in the bag yet again?

Rob Dylan wrote:

This Could Be You wrote:2018 Candian GP (source: https://i.imgur.com/JDxZor7.jpg)

The Candian Grand Prix, seriously? Have we got a Reject of the Race in the bag yet again?

And you'd have thought they would be checking more carefully after the "Spainish Grand Prix"

Rob Dylan wrote:

This Could Be You wrote:2018 Candian GP (source: https://i.imgur.com/JDxZor7.jpg)

The Candian Grand Prix, seriously? Have we got a Reject of the Race in the bag yet again?

If the stewards give us some Grade A stupidity then we have a strong case for an FIA nomination.

Some of you (one of you) have been asking about whether to acknowledge the fastest lap as Ricciardo or Verstappen, seeing as Ricciardo was faster, but Verstappen was acknowledged due to the technicality of the flag. I'm going to honour the official results and give it to Verstappen, and that's my final decision. Sorry to the people this screws over, but it does also screw over myself so

Well in terms of results this race certainly didn't diappoint we have a huge points stretch all over the grid, with some real high scores. The top six championship drivers all finished the race, meaning that those who predicted a normal race were gifted a huge deal of points. dr-baker and This Could Be You both scored a huge haul and pulled themselves up the championship dramatically, whilst mario did just as well without the double points. Championship leader RAK finished joint-last, with 7 points to Mario's 20. Here are the full results:

Results
1. dr-baker 28
2. mario 20
3. This Could Be You 20
4. takagi_for_the_win 17
5. Aguvazk 15
6. Rob Dylan 14
7. Bleu 14
8. tommykl 14
9. Enforcer 13
10. Ugncreativeusergname 10
11. CarloSpace 10
12. Gertrand Bachot 9
13. AdrianBelmonte_ 7
14. RAK 7


With that it is not mario who takes over the championship lead, but dr-baker, whose 28 points --- the highest haul of the season so far --- propels him from 4th in the championship to 1st. mario stays very close to second, whilst the general gap between the front-runners and the midfield tightens. Klon's absence drops him a few places in the championship. It goes to show that participation goes a long way in getting those points. And points mean prizes Here are the full standings:

Standings
1. dr-baker 100
2. mario 96
3. RAK 95
4. Aguvazk 83
5. This Could Be You 82
6. Enforcer 79
7. tommykl 78
8. Gertrand Bachot 74
9. Klon 73
10. Rob Dylan 72
11. Ugncreativeusergname 70
12. AdrianBelmonte_ 62
13. Bleu 54
14. Wizzie 54
15. CarloSpace 54
16. yannicksamlad 43
17. Aislabie 36
18. takagi_for_the_win 27
19. Simtek 25
20. Dexter249 23.5
21. Normal32 20
22. Collieafc 17
23. mash 12
24. pasta_maldonado 9
25. IceG 8
- The Flying Caterham 8
27. peteroli_34 7

See you for further prestige and excitement at the French Grand Prix in a week's time!

And thus my Fisichella 2005 season continues...

Just keep at, that's always the best advice I can give! Plus, in all honesty Gertrand, you're not even that far off the lead at this point.

Rob Dylan wrote:Just keep at, that's always the best advice I can give! Plus, in all honesty Gertrand, you're not even that far off the lead at this point.

I'd definitely agree with that - I had a few poor opening rounds and was down around 7th for a while, so there's still definitely a lot to play for right now.