[Official] Formula 1 2015 Time Capsule

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Ricciardo will be champion

Couldn't have been more wrong, but he kept plugging away, so there's still hope

[Paradise City]

Hamilton will win the championship by a canter.

Well, well, well. Will you look at that? I'm a crystal ball on legs.

Ricciardo will nick in a couple of wins.

I think everyone is a winner in F1.

Talking point will be Alonso's robust performance in a poor car. Button will honourably retire at the end of the season. No wins for either.

Well, I got the no wins part exactly right. And as for Button retiring; I feel very strongly that in our modern world our definition of "retiring" and "season" is far, far too narrow. And as for Alonso's performance in what I brilliantly predicted would be a poor car (see quote above), well, there was alot of operatics from Alonso over the radio and those were always great performances. So, bravo for him and bravo for me!

Williams will collect podiums but won't win.

I saw it all in a vision.

Raikkonen will be edged by Vettel in the final standings but not by much.

There was a gap of a cigarette paper between the two of a paltry 120 points. Next prediction, please!!!!!

Kimi will then retire. Vettel might sneak in a win.

Well.."then" as in next year and Vettel did indeed win and what truly mighty wins they were for an almighty prediction on my behalf.

Verstappen will just edge out Sainz in the final standings.

I've seen some BIG cigarette papers in my time.

Lotus will have a poor year with a few lucky podiums. Force India will mirror their performance more or less.

What? Ok, it was less. It was less!!

[Biscuits In A Red Bull]

Originally Posted by Biscuits In A Red Bull

Here's my go:

1 - The finale will be a 2 horse race at the final hurdle between Hamilton and Rosberg
2 - Ricciardo, Williams and the Ferrari boys will battle out for 3rd
3 - Bottas claims a maiden GP win at Silverstone
4 - Vettel wins at Singapore. Because that's what he does.
5 - Monaco will see no less than 4 safety cars for various reasons
6 - Felipe Nasr will get a podium in the best race of the season
7 - Rosberg and Hamilton will get involved in a brawl somewhere
8 - Maldonado will cause no less than 6 avoidable incidents and in one of them will blame a bird.
9 - The TV feed of the Monaco GP will feature over 25 slow-mo shots of the Swimming Pool chicane within any given 10 lap period (largely down to having to fill up TV screens with something during the endless safety car periods)
10 - Magnussen will get a 2016 McLaren seat alongside Stoffel Vandoorne as McLaren yet again blame an immaculate driver pairing for their issues, ignoring the fact that that is the one aspect of the team to have remained world class over the last 2/3 seasons

1 - Not even close
2 - Got 1/5 right
3 - Surprisingly close for a while, but sadly it's another no
4 - Bang on
5 - Nope
6 - 5th in far from the best race!
7 - No
8 - He got more than 6 penalties probably (nearly in Hungary alone!) but didn't blame any form of wildlife, sadly
9 - Probably
10 - Dennis has got his head back on now, all they need is Honda to perform...

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by chunterer

1 Rosberg WDC - sewn up by 2/3 of the way through the year.

2 Kimi jacks it it/replaced before season's end.

3 Alonso leaves McLaren before season's end (season's started?!).

4 Magnussen outpaces Button (again).

5 Only 5 different drivers win a race.

6 Max V and Carlos Jnr are even stevens (but both clear of Will).

7 Torro Rosso come out on top of battle with Sauber, Force India and snap at heels of Williams for 4th best team.

Um....

1/ Nothing to do here

2/ Surprised he wasn't...

3/ Surprised he didn't...

4/ Who?

5/ How many??

6/ Well they were pace wise but not stats wise (IMO)

7/ Yes, no , no (but probably would have finished 4th if not for reliability issues as that STR was a superb chassis)