Grand Prix Rejects

It's the show that never, ever ends, it's the Predicament Predictions Championship in Spa-Francorchamps, brought to you this time by Johnnie Walker, mm, that's some good steak.

So what's the second half of the F1 season going to bring us? Any surprises? Get voting and be the one to win the grand prize!

Any questions about the rules, just ask. Here's your blank slate:

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Pole:
Fastest lap:
First retirement:
Reject Of The Race (ROTR):
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR):
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR)
Minor League Premiership (MLP):
Did Not Start (DNS):

There's always a point for the funniest alternative race title you guys can come up with. The candidates for Minor League Premiership are the usual: Leclerc; Gasly; Hartley; Sirotkin. And if you haven't used them yet, you're always welcome to activate double points for one round only.



My predictions are:

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Daniel Ricciardo
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Pierre Gasly
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Carlos Sainz Jr.

Pole: Max Verstappen
Fastest lap: Max Verstappen
First retirement: Romain Grosjean (he crashes it almost immediately and hits the pit-wall ala Petrov 2010)
ROTR: Stoffel Vandoorne (qualifies last, spends the whole race in last and nobody notices when he retires a lap before the end).
IIDOTR: Max Verstappen (he won by four laps!)
DBTMOTR: Valtteri Bottas
MLP: Pierre Gasly
DNS: Sergey Sirotkin


Good luck everyone

2018 I'm shite at this Grand Prix
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Kimi Raikkonen
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Max Verstappen
6. Nico Hulkenberg
7. Pierre Gasly
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Marcus Ericsson
10. Charles Leclerc

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
First retirement: Daniel Ricciardo
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Stoffel Vandoorne
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Marcus Ericsson
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR):
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Pierre Gasly
Did Not Start (DNS): None

The "Due to EU Legislation this race must be referred to as the Modular Oblong Vehicular Progression Event of Belgium and Belgain Accessories 2018" Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Ricciardo
4. Bottas
5. Verstappen
6. Magnussen
7. Gasly
8. Grosjean
9. Hülkenberg
10. Santino Ferrucci

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Hamilton
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Hamilton
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Magnussen (scoring Haas some proper points)
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Hartley
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS): Perez/Force India

2018 Will Hamilton Brexit the Grand Prix Dr Belgique? No, non, nein

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Verstappen
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Hartley
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Gasley
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Hartley
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Gasley
Did Not Start (DNS): Brandon Hartley, for some inexplicable reason

2018 godivawaffles gp
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Bottas
4. Räikkönen
5. Verstappen
6. Ricciardo
7. Hülkenberg
8. Magnussen
9. Sainz
10. Alonso

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Grosjean
ROTR: Grosjean
IIDOTR: Ericsson
DBTMOTR: Hartley
MLP: Gasly
DNS: we still doing this

2018 Jerome D'Ambrosio memorial Grand Prix, sponsored by wafflecat

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First retirement: Hartley
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Honda
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Leclerc
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Vandoorne
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS):

The Forest of Orange Grand Prix of Belgium and its netherlands

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Max Verstappen
6.Daniel Ricciardo
7. Romain Grosjean
8. Esteban Ocon
9. Kevin Magnussen
10. Carlos Sainz Jr.

Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
First retirement: Ericsson ( Ericsson's fault)
ROTR: Hartley
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Hartley
MLP:Leclerc
DNS: Sergey Sirotkin

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Leclerc
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Grosjean
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Ericsson
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Grosjean
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Gasly
Did Not Start (DNS): Hartley

dr-baker wrote:2018 Will Hamilton Brexit the Grand Prix Dr Belgique? No, non, nein

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

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Verstappen
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Hartley
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Gasley
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Hartley
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Gasley
Did Not Start (DNS): Brandon Hartley, for some inexplicable reason

Gonna change my ROTR to those who refer to the new team on the grid as Force India instead of their actual name, Racing Point, which Channel 4, including Karun Chandok, are currently doing during FP1.

In light of the recent news, you are all welcome to add Santino Ferrucci to your top tens for this weekend.

Rob Dylan wrote:In light of the recent news, you are all welcome to add Santino Ferrucci to your top tens for this weekend.

??? What recent news? Has he replaced Vettel?

EDIT: he wasn't in FP1 and is not competing in FP2...

Should have added a to the previous post.

Rob Dylan wrote:Should have added a to the previous post.

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

Pole: Raikkonen
Fastest Lap: Vettel
Reject Of The Race: McLaren
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Grosjean
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Eriksson
Minor League Premiership: Leclerc
Did Not Start: Blank Field

No rain for entire day...thunderstorm in five minutes Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Räikkönen
3. Hamilton
4. Verstappen
5. Bottas
6. Sainz
7. Magnussen
8. Gasly
9. Hartley
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Raikkonen
Fastest Lap: Vettel
Reject Of The Race: Williams
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Hartley
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ricciardo
Minor League Premiership: Gasly
Did Not Start: Stroll

2018 "Is It Fake France or Fake Netherlands?" Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Ocon
ROTR: Williams - beaten in the points standings by a team that had all of their points rescinded
IIDOTR: Leclerc
DBTMOTR: Ocon
MLP: Leclerc
DNS: None

2018 tommykl’s not home for this one Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Verstappen
4. Räikkönen
5. Ricciardo
6. Pérez
7. Bottas
8. Ocon
9. Leclerc
10. Hülkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
Reject Of The Race: Renault
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Pérez
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ericsson
Minor League Premiership: Leclerc
Did Not Start: Nope

2018 The racing point force India Mercedes and Aston Martin red Bull racing TAG heuer Belgium grand Prix (?)
1. Vettel
2. Raikkonen
3. Verstappen
4. Hamilton
5. Ricciardo
6. Bottas
7. Sainz
8. Ocon
9. Leclerc
10. Gasly

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
Reject Of The Race: Alonso
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race: Gasly
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race: Ericsson
Minor League Premiership: Leclerc
Did Not Start: The rain

2018 Ah, Think Of a Funny Name Yourself Grand Prix

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First retirement: Alonso
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): Sainz
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Racing Point
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Ericsson
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Leclerc
Did Not Start (DNS): Nope

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

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Verstappen
First retirement: Magnussen
Reject Of The Race (ROTR): McLaren
Infinite Improbability Drive of the Race (IIDOTR): Racing Point - merely for the fact that the team has survived to race at all
Deadbeat Teammate of the Race (DBTMOTR): Hartley
Minor League Premiership (MLP): Gasly
Did Not Start (DNS): None

"I'm not going to miss the..." Belgian GP "...again"
1. HAM
2. VET
3. RAI
4. VER
5. RIC
6. SAI
7. PER
8. HUL
9. GRO
10. GAS
Pole: HAM
F. Lap: Raikkonen
1st Retirement: Bottas (turned round early on)
RoTR: Ocon (Ocoff the pace)
IIDOTR: Perez
DBToTR: Ocon
MLP: Gasly
DNS: Vandoorne

Ding-dong, the results are in

So for the second race in a row we have a joint winner, this time in defending champion mario and early championship leader Klon! They have 16 points each, just like in Hungary. Spooky! In the meantime, current leader dr-baker had a comparatively poor weekend, taking home just nine points whilst his rivals shone. Here's the scores.

Results
1. Klon 16
- mario 16
3. tommykl** 15.5
4. Enforcer 15
5. RAK*** 13
6. You-Gee-Eee-Day 12
- Aguvazk 12
8. yannicksamlad 11
- CarloSpace 11
- Bleu 11
11. Gertrand Bachot 10
12. dr-baker 9
- UgncreativeUsergname 9
14. AdrianBelmonte_ 7
- This Could Be You* 7
16. Rob Dylan 6
*no pole position points
**half points for ROTR for guessing Renault
***funniest alternative race title

But unfortunately for his rivals, dr-baker still holds the lead in the Predicament Predictions championship. His lead has been reduced to 1.6 points, which is about equal to how it has held in its direst moments. Can he hold on until Abu Dhabi? We'll have to wait and see. Here are the standings:


Standings
1 dr-baker 170.6
2 RAK 169
3 Klon 164
4 mario 163.6
5 Enforcer 156
6 tommykl 151.5
7 This Could Be You 142.8
8 Aguvazk 138
9 Ugncreativeusergname 133
10 Rob Dylan 131
11 Gertrand Bachot 124.6
12 AdrianBelmonte_ 121
13 Bleu 118.8
14 CarloSpace 117.6
15 yannicksamlad 90
16 You-Gee-Eee-Day 69
17 Wizzie 63.6
18 takagi_for_the_win 57
19 Dexter249 56.5
20 Aislabie 36
21 Simtek 25
22 Normal32 20
23 Collieafc 17
24 mash 12
25 pasta_maldonado 9
26 IceG 8
- The Flying Caterham 8
28 peteroli_34 7

See you in Monza, which already happened, but yeah