[Official] The 2011 Predictions Time Capsule

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

1. Webber will either walk away from or lose his seat during the season.
2. despite Trulli's best efforts to the contrary, Team Lotus will score its first point this year. go Heikki!
3. BE will be indicted for financial wrongdoing by European authorities.
4.Hamilton will win the most races and still lose the championship.
5. Alonso will win the WDC.

1. wrong. if anything Webber is staying longer.
2. wrong. no points and Trulli is listed higher than HK on the official standings.
3. the year is not over yet so still time for indictments to come down. i'll take a 1/2 point there.
4 and 5. so wrong.

barley a half point.

[skells22]

yes, Renault did catch on fire in Hungary during the race so you can tick that one off

[bravo]

Originally Posted by bravo

1) At least one driver will retire from a race with >75% complete from 1st place.
2) We will see a pole position from outside Ferrari, Mclaren & Red Bull
3) Before 50% the season is complete, we will have a double retirement for one of the top 5 teams based on last years WCC.
4) Schumacher will on average score higher than Rosberg over the whole season
5) We wont see any races with less than 10 finishers.

1. I don't think anyone got into the lead then retired. Vettel gets honourable mention for losing the lead on the last lap at Canada.
2. So very wrong. We very nearly didn't see a pole position from outside RBR!
3. This one was in the bag before the first race was complete. Thanks Mercedes!
4. Shumacher let me down! Not in part because of his share of retirements 5 vs. Rosberg's 2. Only 13 points behind.
5. Correct - but a bit too easy. 15 was least finishers if you count DSQs.

So, 2 out of 5 but number 5 was far too easy. So I'm giving myself a 1 point penalty. Rubbish!

[mattt]

Originally Posted by mattt

1. Rosberg will beat Schumacher again.
2. Vettel, Hamilton and Button will finish top 3
3. Renaults forward exhaust will be banned for next season (2012)
4. Mclaren will win the WCC
5. Massa will be asked to move over for Alonso more than 3 times.

1. correct
2. two of the three correct
3. they just turned out to be rubbish
4. nope
5. was he ever in front of him?

[stripedcat]

Originally Posted by stripedcat

1. McLaren will win only 4 races this year(I hope I am wrong about this).
2. Webber will be overshadowed by Vettel, probably only wining 1 GP.
3. It will be an Alonso/Vettel fight out for the title.
4. The flappy wings and KERS won't make much difference to the racing.
5. The Indian race will be a Tilkedrome bore fest!
6. Williams won't much progress, I don't think they will make the podium(again I hope I'm wrong on this).
7. Mercedes will win at least 1 race, possibly down to a bad pitstop call from the other teams. Maybe with Schumi.
8. If Rosberg takes a win for Mercedes before Schumi, it will put Schumi's comeback in jeopardy.
9. McLaren will make two or three bad pitstop calls.
10. There will be three wet weather races this year(I hope there is more, but I can't control the weather, apparently Bernie can ).
11. Renault will get 1 podium.
12. Team Lotus won't get on to the podium.
13. Lewis will have three DNFs due to going for a gap which isn't there.
14. Schumi will have a "hard racing" incident with Alonso(re. last year's move on Rubens or his run ins with Damon).
15. Massa won't win a race.
16. Red Bull constructor's title and Ferrari the driver's title.
17. The McLaren will be rubbish around Monaco.
18. Kobayashi will perform some amazing overtakes. Including one at Monaco.

1. Nope. They won six races. Although I think we can say they had their backsides kicked by Red Bull.

2. Spot on. Only a dodgy gearbox allowed him a win.

3. Wrong. Hmmmmm, they did seem to. However, it did vary from track to track. Some tracks got it wrong and made it too easy (Spa and Turkey).

4. Wrong. It was too easy for Vettel. A walkover.

5. Correct. Mr. Tilke did it again. An amasing setting for his circuit, but a dull track, despite being being very wide and having some elevation change. Maybe when it is less dusty, there might be more racing on it. I still don't think it is much of a challenge though.

6. Correct. Sadly it looks like Williams' best days are behind it. Really bad for F1.

7. Wrong. No joy for either Schumi or Mercedes on that front.

8. Wrong. Schumi looks safe for now. However, if in 2012 he doesn't take at least 1 win then he will probably call it a day.

9. Nope. However, Jenson had a bad one at Silverstone and Lewis' car should have had more fuel at that race! Nearly two bad calls.

10. Nope - only two. Canada, where you needed a boat and Hungary for a while.

11. Nope. They had two. Shame that they didn't make the progress needed for the rest of the season.

12. Correct. Lotus were not that hot this year. Although a good effort by Hekki as their team leader.

13. Nope - but I was close. He had two, Canada and Belgium. Canada was his fault! Driving into your teammate is bad, despite the rain. He was too eager in that race. Belgium wasn't his fault, Kobayashi went into the back of him. I hope that he has learnt from this year.

14. Nope, but he nearly did in Brasil with Senna. He probably forgot that it wasn't his most famous and sadly deceased uncle! They had a few incidents, I seem to recall!

15. Correct. Poor Felipe. 2012 might be his last season in F1.

16. Correct and wrong. Red Bull collecting the constructors' title and Vettel just eased himself into being a double world champion.

17. Incorrect. Despite having a longish wheelbase it was actually very good around Monaco. They probably missed out on a win there. I think that either Button or Hamilton could have scored a victory at Monaco. Hamilton drove like a **** though.

18. Hmmmm, I can't seem to remember his moves that much, this season anyway. At Monaco, I don't think he did any. Although, coming 5th was good. Up from 13th.

[Burp]

Originally Posted by Burp

1, Buemi will be dropped mid season for Ricciardo
2, Maldonaldo will damage a car (at least a wheel off) before we get to Malaysia
3, Schumacher will score a podium
4, There will be a 1st time winner this season (Driver)
5, The drivers title will be decided before the final race

1, Wrong but he did get to race
2, Im claiming that from his pre season crash (post 29)
3, Wrong
4, wrong
5, WAAAAAY before

2/5

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by chunterer

1. Alonso will win the WDC.
2. Red Bull will win most races.
3. Whoever replaces Kubica will fully exploit the opportunity and impress.
4. At least 7 different drivers will win races.
5. Perez will be on terms or ahead of Kobayashi before season's end....

Ah....

What was that about Red Bull? Way off with that one.

[Chatters]

Originally Posted by Chatters

1. Lewis Hamilton will outscore Jenson Button.
2. Lotus will score their first points between between Rounds 1 and 7.
3. Daniel Ricciardo will make his Formula 1 race debut.
4. The 107% qualifying rule will not be, or need to be, enforced at all.
5. HRT will fail to score a point, nor will they ever qualify above 20th on the grid on merit (grid penalties to other drivers do not count).

1. Wrong. Glad to be proven wrong however.
2. Wrong. Unfortunately.
3. Right!
4. Wrong, in the first round.
5. I can't be bothered checking right now but something tells me this one was right...

[Daisy]

Originally Posted by Daisy

1. The drivers championship will be decided in Brazil.
2. Vettel will win more races than Webber.
3. Rosberg will win his first carreer race before the German GP.
4. Toro Rosso will announce a driver change before the season is over.
5. Hamilton will suffer at least 2 times during the season of a flat tyre during a race.

1. Wrong
2. Clearly correct
3. Wrong
4. Wrong
5. Wrong

One out of 5. Great

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Daisy

1. Wrong
2. Clearly correct
3. Wrong
4. Wrong
5. Wrong

One out of 5. Great

You could argue 1 and 5 were correct.

1. The overall winner had been decided earlier, but not every place in the championship.
5. Depends on if you meant flat as in deflated, or flat as in flat-spotted?

[Grandpa_Rob]

Originally Posted by Grandpa_Rob

1: Bruno Senna will start the Australian GP
2: Vettel will be a double World Champion
3: Webber will win at Monaco
4: Kobayashi will win a GP
5: Sutil will get a podium finish

Yep! totally my strength....1

[Oldtony]

Originally Posted by Oldtony

1: Only 18 GPs will be run counting toward the championships.
2: A huge finacial scandal will return control of F1 to the FIA.
3: Mercedes will win a race and score other podiums.
4: Quick Nick will have many team priciplals negotiating for his services for 2012.
5: Adrian Newey will win another Championship for RBR.

1: Missed by one
2: Not yet, but still working on it.
3: Wrong
4: Do DTM or LMP team principals count?
5: Pretty short odds so the dividend won't be great.