[Official] Predictions Time Capsule 2021

[Born Racer]

Go compare. Did it match up to your expectations?

[Born Racer]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

So, here we make outlandish predictions (or sensible ones or a mixture) and lock the thread before Bahrain FP1, opening it again after Abu Dhabi, where we all see how wrong we were. Have fun.

Make as many of them as quantifiable as possible, then you can see how many you had right.

1. Lewis Hamilton will win his eighth world championship by fewer than 10 points from Max Verstappen.

Ouch!

2. Hamilton will not announce his retirement up to and including the day of the final race.

Correct.

3. Hamilton will speak out in Saudi Arabia about human rights.

He wore the helmet. He also spoke out.

4. No drivers will get COVID.

Incorrect.

5. No races will be cancelled or rescheduled.

Correct.

6. Pérez will win as many races as Verstappen.

Oh dear.

7. Alonso will get at least 2 podiums.

Incorrect.

8. Mazepin will get a ban or be replaced by his team during the season (or do something outrageous).

He was a bit outrageous with Schumacher.

9. Gunther Steiner will swear at least 5 times in Drive to Survive Season 3 (haven't finished it yet).

Don't think be was in it much.


10. Haas will score no points.

Correct.

11. Ricciardo will score more podiums than Norris.

Very incorrect.

12. Raikkonen will not announce his retirement up to and including the day of the final race.

Incorrect.


13. Vettel will outscore Stroll.

Correct.

14. Gasly will win another race.

Incorrect.

6/14

[Greem]

Originally Posted by Greem

Keeping it simple:

1 Hamilton champion
2 Kimi, Vettel retire from F1
3 Stroll gets his arse handed to him
4 The calendar will not remain as it is
5 Two drivers will miss races due to positive COVID tests

1. Almost, but nope.
2. One right.
3. Beaten in points terms by Vettel, but not entirely comprehensively.
4. Yep. No China, Australia, Canada, Singapore, Japan. Qatar added, Turkey added, postponed, then added again.
5. At least Gasly & Mazepin. And van der Merwe too.

[gert]

Originally Posted by gert

01. Bottas will once again outscore Verstappen
02. Williams will score 0 points
03. At least 4 different teams will win races
04. At least 7 different drivers will win races
05. Tsunoda will be the only rookie to score points
06. Russell will succeed Hamilton at Mercedes
07. Raikkonen will announce his retirement before the end of the season
08. McLaren will score more points than Alpine and Aston Martin
09. Verstappen will retire on the first lap at least twice
10. At least 3 different drivers will have to miss a race

01. No
02. No
03. Yes: Mercedes, Red Bull, Alpine, McLaren
04. No: Hamilton, Verstappen, Bottas, Perez, Ricciardo, Ocon
05. Yes
06. No
07. Yes
08. Yes
09. No
10. Mazepin at Abu Dhabi, Raikkonen at Zandvoort & Monza. If Leclerc's DNS at Monaco counts then it's a Yes, otherwise No.


4/10 or 5/10

[Aysedasi]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

1. Hamilton will win his 8th title (and will deny all rumours that he is going to retire and breed goats....)
2. Verstappen will finish runner-up in the WDC
3. Bottas will be replaced at Mercedes by Russell at some point in the season
4. Vettel will win at least one race for Aston Martin during the season
5. Perez will out-qualify Verstappen at least 6 times
6. Sainz will outscore Leclerc at Ferrari
7. Leclerc will be involved in at least 3 shunts ending his race
8. Mercedes will win the Constructors Championship
9. Williams will score points
10. Tsunoda will score points

1. No.
2. No.
3. No.
4. No.
5. No.
6. Yes. (Woohoo!)
7. No.
8. Yes.
9. Yes.
10. Yes.


Hopeless at the important stuff.....

[BTCC frog]

Originally Posted by BTCC frog

1. Lewis Hamilton will win another championship, but both Bottas and Verstappen will be closer on points at the end of the season than they were in 2020.
Wrong
2. Sergio Perez will finish a distant fourth in the championship and will not win a race.
Wrong
3. Antonio Giovinazzi will beat Kimi Raikkonen in the points, but both Alfa Romeo drivers will be out of F1 in 2022.
Half-correct.
4. There will be at least one controversial collision (the drivers will have different opinions about who is at fault), between Vettel and Alonso, but Vettel will comfortably beat Alonso in the championship.
Wrong
5. Lance Stroll will take yet another lucky podium.
Wrong
6. Esteban Ocon will struggle and will not be an Alpine driver in 2022.
Wrong
7. Seven teams and eleven drivers will take podium finishes.
Seven teams and twelve drivers, I believe.
8. Both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will still be Mercedes drivers next year.
Wrong
9. Charles Leclerc will finish best of the rest in the championship (after Mercedes, Red Bull), but Sainz will struggle with a difficult Ferrari and will not take a podium.
Wrong
10. And I'll end with a bold one - due to prediction 8 and prediction 9, George Russell will be a Ferrari driver in 2022.
Wrong

And the final championship results:
1. Hamilton, 2. Bottas, 3. Verstappen, 4. Perez, 5. Leclerc, 6. Vettel, 7. Ricciardo, 8. Norris, 9. Alonso, 10. Gasly, 11. Sainz, 12. Stroll, 13. Tsunoda, 14. Ocon, 15. Giovinazzi, 16. Raikkonen, 17. Russell, 18. Schumacher, 19. Latifi, 20. Mazepin
1. Mercedes, 2. Red Bull, 3. McLaren, 4. Ferrari, 5. Aston Martin, 6. Alpine, 7. Alpha Tauri, 8. Alfa Romeo, 9. Williams, 10. Haas

I'll give myself 0.5/10 and that's generous

[Aysedasi]

For me, the main pleasure of my predictions was seeing Carlos beat Charles (touted as the 'next big thing' by many). Given a good car, I think Carlos could well be a contender over the next couple of seasons.

[Hawkwood]

Originally Posted by Hawkwood

1. Hamilton will win the WDC.
2. It will be announced before the end of the season that Hamilton or Bottas will not drive for Mercedes in 2022.
3. Perez will win at least 2 races.
4. Between them, Mercedes and Red Bull will win every race except 1.
5. Mazepin will beat Schumacher in qualy head-to-head.
6. Haas will finish last in the WCC.
7. Giovanazzi will outscore Raikkonen.
8. There will be at least one driver change during the season.
9. Stroll will beat Vettel in the WDC.
10. It will be announced before the end of the season that Gasly will join Alpine for 2022, replacing Ocon.

1. No
2. Yes
3. No
4. No
5. No
6. Yes
7. No
8. Yes
9. No
10. No


Well, that was pretty bad.

[Aysedasi]

We definitely need someone else to pick our lottery numbers......

[Richard C]

Originally Posted by Richard Casto

1. Hamilton will win his eighth title.
2. Verstappen will be second in points.
3. Perez will beat Bottas in points.
4. Williams will score points.
5. Haas will not score any points.
6. Tsunoda will outscore Gasly.
7. Perez will win at least one race.
8. Mazepin will have a rough season including at least one penalty that negatively adjusts his grid position.
9. Alonso will not be on the podium.
10. McLaren will win a race.

A few not particularly controversial things (such as additional title for Lewis).

Richard

1: No
2: No
3: No
4. Yes
5: Yes
6: No
7: Yes
8: No (I think?)
9: No (almost Yes)
10: Yes

4/10

Richard

[Knowlesy]

Originally Posted by Aysedasi

For me, the main pleasure of my predictions was seeing Carlos beat Charles (touted as the 'next big thing' by many). Given a good car, I think Carlos could well be a contender over the next couple of seasons.

Big fan of Carlos.

Recovered, like Mercedes, from a pretty bad pre-season too.

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by chunterer

1. Hamilton will win his 8th title having been pushed much harder than he liked and then prices himself out of a drive.
2. Bottas will be closer and Wolf announces he will be retained joined by Russell for '22.
3. Max cements his rep as the fastest but not there yet.
4. Checo runs him closer than any other teammate to date.
5. Alonso wins 1 race and scores plenty of podiums.
6. Tsunodo flatters to deceive and is pumped by Gasly.
7. Ocon does well against Alonso and is retained.
8. Aston Martin disappoint and Vettel having lost all mojo leaves F1 at the end of the year.
9. Both Alfa Romeos get on the podium.
10. We see at least 2 reserve drivers get a race during the year.
11. Ferrari pair equally matched but only one wins a race. The car is quick one weekend and nowhere the next.

Well there you go. Crystal ball only really works for clairvoyants!

[karting]

Originally Posted by karting

1. Max Champion
Correct
2. Red Bull Champions
Wrong
3. Vettel to out score Le Clerc
Wrong
4. Norris to lose to Ricciardo
Wrong
5. Russel signed twitch Merc before end of Season
Correct
6. Ocon leaves F1
Wrong
7. Kimi Retires at end of season
Correct
8. French GP gets cancelled
Wrong
9. Every driver scores a point
Wrong
10. Haas to finish last overall
Correct

4/10
Must try harder

[skells22]

Originally Posted by skells22

1 new world champion
2 car upside down
3 a pile up
4 one change of venue due to covid
5 2 wet races
6 Schumacher be best rookie

1 that a yes max verstappen
2 no car wrong way up this year
3 got a choice of two here , the bottas at Hungary or the Saudi restart 1
4 3 therefore wrong
5 wrong here as well I think we had three races that had rain
6 wrong it was the alpha tauri driver

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

1. i will copy everyone else's first pick...LH will win his 8th title.
2. Dan Ric will win a race.
3. Alonso will not take every race start this season.
4. George will be called up to fill in for Merc for at least 1 race.
5. Williams will beat Haas in the constructors.
6. Mclaren will beat Aston Martin in the constructors.
7. at least 4 different drivers will win a race.
8. Hamilton, Alonso, Vettee, and then Kimi will be the finishing order of current WDCs on the grid.
9. Schumi will beat his team mate in the drivers table.
10. Ferrari will finish no higher then 5th in the constructors.

11. Forgot about the sprint races...they are going to be awesome!

1. not meant to be
2. yessir
3. no
4. no
5.yes
6. yes
7. yes (think it was 6 different drivers)
8. yes
9. yes
10. no - Ferrari did much better then i expected this year.

11. i enjoyed them but not counting it.

6/10 - pretty good but maybe picked some low hanging fruit!

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by S griffin

1) Bottas will never be more than 25 points behind in the championship
2) Williams will score more points than in the last 3 seasons combined
3) McLaren will get onto the podium with both drivers
4) Ferrari will replace Binotto
5) George Russell will end somewhere other than Merc
6) Kimi will end his career at Merc
7) Tsunoda will finish highest of the rookies
8) Ocon will be destroyed by Alonso and will be on his way out
9) Aston will win a race, at least one
10) A new team will join in 2022.
11) Hamilton, Bottas and Vettel will leave F1

1) No, what was I thinking?
2) Yes
3) Yes
4) Nope
5) Nope
6) Nope
7) Yes
8) Well he did win a race, so I wouldn’t say he was destroyed, despite finishing lower in the championship
9) Nope
10) Unfortunately no
11) Nope

Well I got 3 right