2023 Austrian Grand Prix - Predicament Predictions!

[Batty]

Another week, another GP. This time with all the sprint goodness. Since the sprint pays up to 8th place, I've extended it to top 8.

Get your predictions in early

Template for predictions:

S1: Driver finished 1st in the sprint
S2: Driver finished 2nd in the sprint
S3: Driver finished 3rd in the sprint
S4: Driver finished 4th in the sprint
S5: Driver finished 5th in the sprint
S6: Driver finished 6th in the sprint
S7: Driver finished 7th in the sprint
S8: Driver finished 8th in the sprint

1. Driver finished 1st in the race
2. Driver finished 2nd in the race
3. Driver finished 3rd in the race
4. Driver finished 4th in the race
5. Driver finished 5th in the race
6. Driver classified 6th in the race
7. Driver classified 7th in the race
8. Driver classified 8th in the race
9. Driver classified 9th in the race
10. Driver classified 10th in the race

PP: The Pole Sitter from qualifying
FL: Who gets the FL
First Retirement: Also counts DNS
ROTR:
IIDOTR:
DBTMOTR: The driver who is mathematically the furthest behind their teammate in terms of positions when the race is done.
LP: Who ever is classified as last place
MLP: Highest classified driver between Nyck De Vries, Logan Sargeant, or Oscar Piastri

[Forti]

The 2023 Orange Cloudy with a Chance of Red Bulls GP
S1: M Verstappen
S2: S Perez
S3: L Hamilton
S4: F Alonso
S5: G Russell
S6: C Leclerc
S7: C Sainz
S8: E Ocon

1. M Verstappen
2. F Alonso
3. C Leclerc
4. C Sainz
5. L Hamilton
6. S Perez
7. G Russell
8. E Ocon
9. L Stroll
10. Y Tsunoda
PP: M Verstappen
FL: Who gets the FL
First Retirement: Z Guanyu
ROTR: Orange flares - it gets too cloudy for comfort, and it boils down to us being unable to see what's going on
IIDOTR: Ferrari
DBTMOTR: N de Vries
LP: L Sargeant
MLP: O Piastri

[Rob Dylan]

"Alversto Maxcari equal on laps led record, only 13 races left to go this year after this one" Grand Prix

S1: Max Verstappen
S2: Charles Leclerc
S3: Carlos Sainz Jr.
S4: Sergio Perez
S5: George Russell
S6: Lewis Hamilton
S7: Fernando Alonso
S8: Esteban Ocon

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Carlos Sainz Jr.
6. Charles Leclerc
7. Esteban Ocon
8. Alex Albon (Williams are actually fast again!)
9. Nico Hulkenberg
10. Pierre Gasly

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Max Verstappen
First Retirement: George Russell
ROTR: George Russell (causes first-lap carnage and takes out a front-row starting Leclerc)
IIDOTR: N/A
DBTMOTR: George Russell
LP: Logan Sargeant
MLP: Oscar Piastri

[rachel1990]

2023 red bulls decide to show the full pace of the car and lap the field gp

S1: Max Verstappen
S2: Sergio Perez
S3: Fernando Alonso
S4: Lewis Hamilton
S5: George Russell
S6: Estaban Ocon
S7: Charles Leclerc
S8: Pierre Gasly

1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Fernando Alonso
5. Estaban Ocon
6. Pierre Gasly
7. Charles Leclerc
8. Lance Stroll
9. Valterri Bottas
10. K-mag

PP: Max Verstappen
FL: Max Verstappen
First Retirement: George Russell and Carlos Sainz
ROTR: Carlos Sainz -takes himself and Russell out.
IIDOTR: k-mag
DBTMOTR: Nyck De Vries
LP: Logan Sargeant
MLP: Oscar Piastri

[mario]

S1: Verstappen
S2: Alonso
S3: Hamilton
S4: Perez
S5: Russell
S6: Leclerc
S7: Sainz
S8: Ocon

1. Verstappen
2. Alonso
3. Perez
4. Hamilton
5. Russell
6. Leclerc
7. Sainz
8. Ocon
9. Stroll
10. Gasly
PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: de Vries
ROTR: de Vries (making mistakes during the weekend when the Red Bull senior management is being particularly critical of him)
IIDOTR: Nobody
DBTMOTR: Zhou
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri

[Batty]

S1: Sergio Perez
S2: Max Verstappen
S3: Charles Leclerc
S4: Fernando Alonso
S5: Carlos Sainz
S6: Lewis Hamilton
S7: Lance Stroll
S8: George Russell

1. Max
2. Checo
3. Charles
4. Nando
5. Lewis
6. Stroll
7. Carlos
8. George
9. Ocon
10. Piastri

PP: Perez
FL: Checo
First Retirement: Norris
ROTR: Gasly
IIDOTR: Zhou
DBTMOTR: Magnussen
LP: Bottas
MLP: Piastri

[Alextrax52]

S1: Verstappen
S2: Alonso
S3: Leclerc
S4: Hamilton
S5: Perez
S6: Russell
S7: Sainz
S8: Ocon

1: Verstappen
2: Hamilton
3: Alonso
4: Perez
5: Leclerc
6: Russell
7: Sainz
8: Ocon
9: Norris
10: Stroll

Pole: Verstappen
Fastest Lap: Verstappen
First Retirement: De Vries
ROTR: De Vries
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri

[Hermann95]

S1: Verstappen
S2: Leclerc
S3: Alonso
S4: Sainz
S5: Perez
S6: Hamilton
S7: Russell
S8: Norris

1. Verstappen
2. Alonso
3. Perez
4. Hamilton
5. Leclerc
6. Russell
7. Sainz
8. Norris
9. Stroll
10. Ocon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Sargeant
ROTR: Alpha Tauri
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: Tsunoda
MLP: Piastri

[IceG]

2023 Austrian F1 "Ohne streckenbegrenzungen" Grand Prix

S1: Verstappen
S2: Alonso
S3: Perez
S4: Sainz
S5: Hamilton
S6: Gasly
S7: Russell
S8: Norris

1. Verstappen
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
4. Perez
5. Russell
6. Leclerc
7. Sainz
8. Norris
9. Gasly
10. Albon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Bottas
ROTR: Alpha Tauri
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Stroll
LP: DeVries
MLP: Piastri

[dr-baker]

2023 Alpha Tauri Ring Grand PRIX

S1: Verstappen
S2: Perez
S3: Hamilton
S4: Russell
S5: Alonso
S6: Leclerc
S7: Sainz
S8: Stroll

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Russell
6. Sainz
7. Leclerc
8. Stroll
9. Ocon
10. Gasly

PP: Verstappen
FL: Verstappen
First Retirement: Magnussen
ROTR: Sargeant
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Oscar Piastri

[noiceinmydrink]

S1: Verstappen
S2: Alonso
S3: Russell
S4: Sainz
S5: Perez
S6: Hamilton
S7: Leclerc
S8: Stroll

1. Verstappen
2. Perez
3. Hamilton
4. Leclerc
5. Stroll
6. Sainz
7. Alonso
8. Norris
9. Gasly
10. Ocon

PP: Verstappen
FL: Norris
First Retirement: Russell
ROTR: Helmut Marko
IIDOTR: De Vries
DBTMOTR: Tsunoda
LP: Tsunoda
MLP: De Vries

[Bleu]

2023 Lando Norris Orange Fans Grand Prix
S1: Perez
S2: Verstappen
S3: Hamilton
S4: Leclerc
S5: Russell
S6: Alonso
S7: Norris
S8: Sainz

1. Alonso
2. Verstappen
3. Perez
4. Hamilton
5. Leclerc
6. Russell
7. Stroll
8. Norris
9. Gasly
10. Ocon

PP: Alonso
FL: Russell
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Zhou
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: Tsunoda
MLP: De Vries

[Enforcer]

2023 Time Deletion Grand Prix

S1: Verstappen
S2: Leclerc
S3: Alonso
S4: Perez
S5: Hamilton
S6: Norris
S7: Stroll
S8: Sainz

1. Verstappen
2. Alonso
3. Perez
4. Leclerc
5. Sainz
6. Hamilton
7. Stroll
8. Norris
9. Russell
10. Albon

PP: I'm late for this one.
FL: Perez
First Retirement: De Vries
ROTR: Alpine
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Sargeant
LP: Sargeant
MLP: Piastri

[RAK]

2023 Rich Energy Grand Prix

S1: Verstappen
S2: Leclerc
S3: Sainz
S4: Norris
S5: Hamilton
S6: Alonso
S7: Hulkenberg
S8: Stroll

1: Verstappen
2: Leclerc
3: Alonso
4: Hamilton
5: Perez
6: Sainz
7: Norris
8: Hulkenberg
9: Stroll
10: Gasly

Pole: (Too late - keep bathplugging forgetting about the sprint pole time)
Fastest Lap: Alonso
First Retirement: Zhou
ROTR: Sargeant - gets tied up with Zhou at the start, barely manages to keep going, but trundles along at the back all of the time.
IIDOTR: Norris
DBTMOTR: Piastri
LP: Sargeant
MLP: de Vries

[MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx]

2023 'If this is Austria,then where are the koalas and kangaroos?' Grand Prix

S1: Verstappen
S2: Hamilton
S3: Alonso
S4: Perez
S5: Russell
S6: Stroll
S7: Piastri
S8: Hulkenburg

1.Verstappen
2.Alonso
3.Hamilton
4.Stroll
5.Perez
6.Russell
7.Piastri
8. Albon
9. Sainz
10.Leclerc

PP: Verstappen
FL: Perez
First Retirement: Sergeant
ROTR: Ferrari. They will(just like that one girl you know...)manage to blow it from a superb position
IIDOTR: Albon
DBTMOTR:Sergeant
LP: de Vries
MLP: Piastri

[Batty]

Results:

1. RAK - 30 - Despite missing being late for qualifying (didn't put anyone for pole)
2. Hermann95 - 29
3. mario - 27
= dr-baker - 27
5. GT_Forti1 - 25 (+funniest title)
= noiceinmydrink - 25
7. Enforcer - 24
8. Rob Dylan - 23
= Freeze-O-Kimi - 23
10. IceG - 22
11. rachel1990 - 21
12. Bleu - 20
13. MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx - 19
14. Batty - 18

Total:

1. mario - 169
2. RAK - 166
3. dr-baker - 158
4. IceG - 148
5. rachel1990 - 146
= Enforcer - 146
7. Batty - 144
8. Hermann95 - 143
9. Freeze-O-Kimi - 137
10. MyHamsterRacedAnOnyx - 127
11. Rob Dylan - 120
12. noiceinmydrink - 101
13. Bleu - 99
14. GT_Forti1 - 88
15. NickyDustyOwl - 53
16. yannicksamlad - 47
17. Londoner - 41
18. pi314159 - 32
19. Carlospace - 26
20. Aerond - 25
21. Ducktanian - 22
22. Zenarcher - 13

Pretty close between the top 2 and very close from 4th through to 9th.

[dr-baker]

Total:

1. mario - 169
2. RAK - 166
3. dr-baker - 158
4. IceG - 148


Pretty close between the top 2 and very close from 4th through to 9th.

So, in other words, I'm running in clear air?