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Old 6 Feb 2010, 10:11 (Ref:2627775)   #1
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The 2010 Predictions Time Capsule

This was really good fun last year, so let's do it again. Make five predictions about the coming season. One the eve of the Bahrain GP weekend I'll lock the thread. Then at the end of the season I'll dig it up and we can laugh / gloat.

The only rule is that the predictions must be easily verifiable (ie - 'Rosberg will score his first win' is fine, whereas 'Rosberg will surprise a few people' isn't).

Right, here's mine:

1) A German driver will win the World Championship
2) One of the teams present in Bahrain will have gone by Adu Dhabi
3) Alonso will win more Grands Prix than Massa
4) Button will score more poles than Hamilton
5) Webber will double his current win tally, at least
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 11:08 (Ref:2627793)   #2
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1) The McLaren drivers will be separated by less than 10 points by the end of the season
2) Jaime Alguersuari won't be a Toro Rosso driver by the end of the season
3) All the new teams that start in Bahrain (not counting those that miss the first 3 races, if they do) will finish the season
4) Michael Schumacher will win at least 1 race
5) There will be no new winners, driver-wise and team-wise (something I predict every year but it's got to stick at some point)
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 11:10 (Ref:2627794)   #3
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  • Lotus to score a podium this year.
  • Kamui Kobayashi to score at least a podium.
  • USF1 and Campos, if they are in, to be rooted to the bottom.
  • Hamilton will beat Button by a larger percentage than Schumacher will beat Rosberg
  • Korean circuit to either not be finished on time, or to be an Athens Olympics style rush job to finish where on Thursday night they'll still be putting the pot plants in.
  • If the new teams are given three DNA's, all the teams to eventually make it, just. All those that start Bahrain to finish the season.
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 11:57 (Ref:2627808)   #4
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1. One of the new teams performs really well.
2. One team will not survive the season.
3. McLaren and Ferrari will battle it out for the constructors championship.
4. There will be controversy regarding one of the teams.
5. There will be an unexpected driver change.
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 11:59 (Ref:2627810)   #5
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1. One of the new teams performs really well.
2. One team will not survive the season.
3. McLaren and Ferrari will battle it out for the constructors championship.
4. There will be controversy regarding one of the teams.
5. There will be an unexpected driver change.
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The only rule is that the predictions must be easily verifiable (ie - 'Rosberg will score his first win' is fine, whereas 'Rosberg will surprise a few people' isn't).
Are 1, 4 and 5 "easily verifiable"?
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 12:07 (Ref:2627817)   #6
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Are 1, 4 and 5 "easily verifiable"?
Ammended.

1. One of the new teams will score a podium.
2. One team will not survive the season.
3. McLaren and Ferrari will battle it out for the constructors championship.
4. There will be controversy regarding Ferrari.
5. There will be two unexpected driver changes.
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 12:51 (Ref:2627836)   #7
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  1. Schumacher will score more points, pole positions, wins, fastest laps and podiums then Rosberg.
  2. Alonso will finish higher then Massa in the WDC.
  3. Webber will out-qualify Vettel no more then twice.
  4. Hulkenberg and Kobayashi will be the 2 best rookies (points wise).
  5. Hamilton will score more points then Button.
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 15:19 (Ref:2627898)   #8
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1. Lotus F1 to score a podium by end of the season
2. Campos and USF1 to be rooted to the bottom of the field
3. Richard Branson to walk up and down the pit lane in a air stewardess uniform, provided by Tony Fernandes and will be chatted up by Max Mosley who wants to know if he is into spanking
4. Lewis Hamilton to score 3 more victories over the full season than Jenson Button
5. After Felipe Massa gets the head start for knowing the team alot more than Fernando, Fernando will spit the dummy out (again) and Ferrari will treat Fernando as their number one driver
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 17:40 (Ref:2627955)   #9
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Right, let's see if I can do a bit better than I did with last year's predictions...

1. Hamilton will win the title.
2. Michael Schumacher will win more races than Jenson Button.
3. Campos won't make the grid in Bahrain.
4. Toro Rosso will make a mid-season driver change.
5. One of the new teams (probably Lotus or Virgin) will score a podium.
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 19:21 (Ref:2627996)   #10
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1. Williams will score more points than Renault.
2. None of the new teams (excluding Sauber of course) will score a top 5 result.
3. There will be at least one driver change in a Red Bull sponsored car.
4. McLaren will score more points than Mercedes.
5. Only one driver who is not from Europe will win a race.
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Old 6 Feb 2010, 19:37 (Ref:2628009)   #11
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1) Hamilton will score at least double Button's points.
2) Alonso will score more points than Massa
3) Massa will spin out from driver error at least twice
4) Kovalainen will score at least double Truli's points
5) At least 5 pit crew members (out of all the field) will be injured due to the rush at changing tyres.
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1) Alonzo will win the title, then Hamilton or Schumacher
2) Ferrari will win the constructers, Mclaren 2nd
3) Sauber will win 2 races and be very strong all year
4) Renault will be very under performing team
5) Schumacher will win atleast 1 race, probably 2-3 like 96 Ferrari

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Old 6 Feb 2010, 22:24 (Ref:2628120)   #13
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Well, I very rarely get involved in prediction things. However, I feel like getting it wrong 5 times this year.

1) Ferrari, Mclaren, and Mercedes will each win at least three races.
2) Kobayashi will get at least one podium finish.
3) Flavio Briatore (assuming his ban remains lifted) will be around at the Monaco GP.
4) Rubens Barrichello will blame his brakes for at least one bad race performance, and he will blame at least one bad race performance on loose seatbelts. Blaming one poor race performance on both of these factors would satisfy this prediction.
5) Bernie Ecclestone will die.

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Ferrari will win more races than last year.
M Schumacher will score more points than Glock in this much hyped battle of the Germans.
Hamilton will outscore Button by 30 points plus.
Mark Webber will leave RBR.
Peter Windsor will annoy the hell out of me.
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I could do this after most of testing, but it wouldn't be as fun.

I don't even believe all of my predictions, but they're not particularly ridiculous.

· Michael Schumacher will win the 2010 drivers' championship.
· Massa will outscore Alonso (unlikely many would say, but Felipe keeps surprising).
· Kobayashi will get at least one podium.
· Button will win at least three Grands Prix.
· Of the new teams, only Lotus and Virgin will score points.
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Mark Webber will leave RBR.
Just out of interest, during or after the season?
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1) Alonso will win the WDC
2) Vettel will win more races than anyone else this year
3) Senna will replace a driver in one of the established teams mid-season
4) de la Rosa will outscore Kobayashi
5) Nakajima will score the same amount of points for Stefan GP as he did last year with Williams :P
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I think I'd probably end myself with their current form, but actually, if Kubica does go to Ferrari, I wouldn't rule it out

But I don't see Mark at RBR in 2011, unless he destroys Vettel. I think they'll either bring Kimi in or they'll bring in a number 2 for Vettel (probably Buemi at this stage)
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1. Schumi will not be WDC.
2. Jenson will out-smart Lewis.
3. Senna will definitely get a regular drive at some point in the season.
4. Vettel will be WDC.
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I think I'd probably end myself with their current form, but actually, if Kubica does go to Ferrari, I wouldn't rule it out

But I don't see Mark at RBR in 2011, unless he destroys Vettel. I think they'll either bring Kimi in or they'll bring in a number 2 for Vettel (probably Buemi at this stage)
I would bet Vettel going to Ferrari, sooner or later.
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I would bet Vettel going to Ferrari, sooner or later.
I'm not so sure. They've got 2 decent drivers right now, one of which will be there as long as he wants to be, whilst Kubica wants to go there, they've got Bianchi on their driver development programme and are soon to add more, Weber says Hulkenberg will be there in 3 years, and Vettel as well?

I think Seb is more likely to go to Mercedes once TGF has left. But I think he'll see out his Red Bull contract at the very least. And I think Red Bull will try and do what Benetton did with Michael - build a team around him to try and persuade him to stay long term

If Red Bull keep producing good cars and he gets number 1 status, then there's no reason why he won't stay there
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