The 2018 Formula 1 Season - 15 Questions

[Eckhart von Glan]

A new driver on the grid ?

oui, c'est monsieur Vettle, son cousin francais

 

[krusti]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Ricciardo
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Mercedes
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... Ricciardo - Hamilton - Vettel
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Vettel 18 - Raikkonen 3
5. Which drivers will win a race? Ricciardo - Hamilton - Vettel - Verstappen - Sainz - Bottas
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? Renault - Force India - McLaren
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? none
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? no
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? A crash between Verstappen and Vettel
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 2
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 13
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Monza
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 5
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Toro Rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Abu Dhabi

 

[Boby Kim]

These questions are interesting for Indy car, not F1. F1 is match fixing...bugger...forum police. Gotta split...by the way, Hamilton is going to win

 

[Vincent.C]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Lewis Hamilton
   
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport
   
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas
   
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Sebastian Vettel (17-4)
   
5. Which drivers will win a race? Hamilton, Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Bottas
   
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? McLaren, Renault, Force India
   
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? No
   
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? Yes at Sotchi
   
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Redbull braking tracks limits
   
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 0
    
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 10
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? France GP
    
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 3
    
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? McLaren
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Mexico

 

[Filip Carlén]

A new driver on the grid ?

Fixed. Spelling is hard when hungover

 

[Robertinotje]

Money is the key to succes in F1. So probably it,s Merc or Ferrari that will set the tone. I always hope for a strong underdog to disturb . This would be Red bull. So I think nothing will change the upcoming season.

 

[pcraenme]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Lewis Hamilton
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Mercedes
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... 1. Hamilton, 2. Vettel, 3. Verstappen
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Alonso, 16-5
5. Which drivers will win a race? Hamilton, Bottas, Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? Force India
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? Yes. Kubica for Sirotkin
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? No
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Grid penalties because of only 3 engines
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? None
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 14
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Belgian GP
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 3
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Torro Rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Brazil GP

 

[dougmcd]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Hamilton
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Mercedes
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... HAM, RIC, VES
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Alonso (16-5)
5. Which drivers will win a race? HAM, VET, RIC, VES, BOT
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? Renault, McLaren
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? Yes. Kubica for Sirotkin.
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? No. Sauber won´t score any points
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Vettel screaming "blue flag" on the radio when fighting for position with a McLaren.
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 3
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 9
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Spa (Wet)
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 5
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Toro Rosso Honda
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Brazil

 

[Ghoults]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Lewis Hamilton
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Mercedes
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... 1-2-3 Hamilton-Bottas-Vettel
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Vettel, 15-6
5. Which drivers will win a race? Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, Verstappen
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? No one
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? Sirotkin for Kubica
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? Yes, in 8th race of the season
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Mercedes and Ferrari cheating with their engines to get more fuel, oil and air pressure into the engines.
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 1
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 8
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Austria
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 2 if wet practice/qualifying sessions do not count
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Toro rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? USA

 

[Baron3105]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? - Vettel
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? - Ferrari
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... - Vettel, Verstappen, Raikkonen
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Hamilton, 15-6
5. Which drivers will win a race? Vettel, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Bottas, Raikkonen
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? - Force India, Williams
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? Hamilton, Sirotkin
   
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? At Barcelona
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Hamilton
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 1
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 21
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Red Bull Ring
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 4
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Mercedes
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Japan

 

[Bruno Pinheiro]

1. Hamilton
2. Mercedes
   
3. Hamilton, Verstappen and Vettel
4. Stroll beats Sirotkin, 18 to 3
   
5. Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Vettel, and Alonso (hopefully!)
   
6. McLaren, Toro Rosso, HAAS and Force India
7. Probably not. If so, hopefully not a injure
   
8. My guess is at Monaco, could be Hungary
   
9. Honda being reliable. I told my brother even to sell his '99 Civic, just because, you know...
   
10. Betting on two, don't know why. Let's go for mine home race (Interlagos) and Baku
11. 8
    
12. My money is on Baku, but I would love to watch another race like 2016's Interlagos
    
13. Two. Interlagos and probably Malasia/Italy
    
14. McLaren
    
15. Hometown race at Interlagos

 

[farjam]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Lewis boi
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Mercedes AMG
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... 1.Lewis 2. vettel 3.max
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? leclerc will out-qualify the **** of marcus boi 17 times ! also kubica will be racing from race number 7 and will out qualify lance 11 time!
5. Which drivers will win a race? lewis ,vettel,max,ricciardo,bottas
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? mclaren and force india
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? yes as i said kubica for sirotkin
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? yes, at Azerbaijan
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? someone will fall from his car's Halo and break his leg (while trying to exit the car after a crash )
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 11
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 8
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? belgium
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 4
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? torro rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? mexico

 

[david1975]

Será mejor que yo tambien publique mis predicciones desde el principio.

1. ¿Quién ganará el Campeonato de pilotos? Hamilton
2. ¿Qué equipo ganará el Campeonato de constructores? Mercedes
3. Los 3 mejores pilotos en el Campeonato de pilotos serán ... Hamilton, VETTEL, ALONSO
4. ¿Quién clasificará por encima de su compañero de equipo más? ¿Cuál será su récord cabeza a cabeza? (21 carreras)? Vettel (11-10)
5. ¿Qué conductores ganarán una carrera? HUL,VET,ALO,VER,HAM
6. ¿Qué equipos, aparte de Mercedes, Ferrari y Red Bull, obtendrán un podio? Renault, McLaren, Force India
7. ¿Se reemplazarán los conductores por una carrera / carrera? Si es así, ¿para quién? Magnussen con Giovinazzi
8. ¿Ganarán puntos cada equipo? Si es así, ¿cuándo ocurrirá esto primero? Sí, spain
9. ¿Cuál será la mayor controversia de la temporada? El halo no sirve para nada.
10. ¿Cuántas banderas rojas habrá durante las carreras? 1
11. ¿Cuántas carreras se Lewis Hamilton no estar en la pole? 4
    
12. ¿Cuál carrera será la mejor del año? spain
13. ¿Cuántas carreras húmedas habrá (al menos 1 piloto con neumáticos intermedios o mojados)? 4
14. ¿Qué equipo tomará la mayoría de las Penalizaciones de Grilla? rRenault
    
15. ¿En qué carrera se decidirá el Campeonato de pilotos? GP México

 

[MoerasGrizzly]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship?
   Lewis Hamilton
   Safe, uncontroversial, but still. Unless Mercedes ****s up on the reliability front, Hamilton will have both the best car again, and he's an excellent driver by any measure.
   
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship?
   Red Bull
   Red Bull. if they have their reliability issues worked out, have two excellent drivers in their stable, whilst Bottas and Raikkonen really aren't the best anymore...
   
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be...
   Hamilton
   Verstappen
   Ricciardo
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)?
   Vettel - Raikkonen, all the time.
   
5. Which drivers will win a race?
   Verstappen
   Ricciardo
   Hamilton
   Vettel
   
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium?
   Mclaren
   Williams
   Force India
   Renault
   
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who?
   No.
   
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen?
   Sauber is the least likely to score a point, but I think they have a chance at Baku.
   
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season?
   A crash involving Vettel and Verstappen (again).
   
10. How many Red Flags will there during races?
    One at Baku.
    
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position?
    10
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year?
    The one where Red Bull gets a 1-2
    
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)?
    8
    
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties?
    Toro Rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided?
    The last one.

 

[LeSunTzu]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? Hamilton
   
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Aston Martin ?!?
   
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... Hamilton, Ricciardo, Verstappen
   
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? Leclerc (15-6)
   
5. Which drivers will win a race? Hamilton, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Vettel
   
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? Renault, Force India, Haas
   
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? No
   
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? Sauber won't
   
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Ricciardo signing with Mercedes mid-season
   
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? None
    
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 8
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Suzuka
    
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 4
    
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Toro Rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Mexico

 

[rubaru]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? VET
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? Ferrari
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... VET, HAM, RIC
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? ERI (15) - LEC (6)
5. Which drivers will win a race? VET, HAM, BOT, RIC, VER, ALO
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? Haas, Renault, McLaren
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? Norris for Alonso when he decides to take another one-off race like Indy or LeMans
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? Sauber will be the last team to score a point, and it will happen in Monaco.
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? Blowouts on the new hypersoft tyre require Pirelli to recall it and scrap the idea altogether.
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? Three. One for a major crash in Monaco (that opens the door for Sauber's first points), One for a major rain out in Silverstone. One for a major rain out in Japan
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? Sixteen
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Hungary
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? Five
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? A tie between McLaren and Williams
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Abu Dhabi

 

[Deleted member 205301]

Norris for Alonso when he decides to take another one-off race like Indy or LeMans

interesting, and really possible

 

[Qazdar Karim]

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Mercedes
3. Hamilton - Bottas - Ricciardo
4. Vettel (16) - Raikonnen (5)
5. Hamilton, Bottas, Verstappen , Ricciardo, Vettel
6. Force India, Renault, Haas, Mclaren
7. No
8. Yes, by the 16th race
9. Stupid HALO causing some stupid issue with visibility on some corners.
10. 4
11. 8
12. If we're talking about on track action, i'd say the Hungarian GP
13. 6
14. Sauber
    
15. 18th race

 

[capndorkus00]

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? HAM
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? MERCEDES
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be... HAM, VET, BOT
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? LECLERC 14-7 ERICSSON
5. Which drivers will win a race? HAM, BOT, VET, RIC, VER, ALO (hoping)
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium? Force India, Mclaren
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? KUB maybe for SIR or STR
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen? Azerbaijian
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season? BMW to return to F1 as works team
10. How many Red Flags will there during races? 5
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position? 9
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year? Azerbaijian
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)? 5
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties? Toro Rosso
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided? Abu Dhabi

 

[MrLonguinha]

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Formula 1 is back in 1 week! Who's excited? I am, and I'm sure a lot you are as well. Pre-season testing always throws up questions, and here at RD, we want to see them answered. A mini-tradition on the site now, 15 questions about the upcoming season to be answered before it starts. At the end of the season we will revisit these and find out who guessed best!

Disclaimer: Please try to be specific in your answers, it makes it really difficult if your answer is vague and not exactly what the question asks for. Answers not clear enough will be counted as wrong.

1. Who will win the Drivers Championship? *****S.Vettel
2. Which team will win the Constructors Championship? *****Mercedes
3. The top 3 drivers in the Drivers Championship will be...*****S.Vettel, L.Hamilton, D.Ricciardo
4. Who will out-qualify their team mate the most? What will their head-to-head record be? (21 races)? *****Alonso 17-4
5. Which drivers will win a race?*****Vettel, Hamilton, Bottas, Riccirado, Verstappen, Alonso
6. Which teams, other than Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull, will score a podium?McLaren, Renault
7. Will any drivers be replaced for a race/races? If so, who for who? *****No
8. Will every team score points? If so, when will this first happen?*****No
9. What will be the biggest controversy of the season?*****Halo
10. How many Red Flags will there during races?*****0
11. How many races will Lewis Hamilton not be on Pole Position?*****10
    
12. Which race will be the best of the year?*****Spa
13. How many wet races will there be (at least 1 driver running on Intermediate or Wet tyres)?*****4
14. Which team will take the most Grid Penalties?*****RedBull
    
15. At which race will the Drivers Championship be decided?*****Brazil