Predicament Predictions - 2012 Australian Grand Prix

[Wizzie]

And it's GO GO GO for the 2012 Predicament Predictions Championship! Remember, entries close at the conclusion of FP2 on Friday

Wizzie's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Rosberg
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Alonso
8. Di Resta
9. Kobayashi
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Marussia (One car DNQs and the other's out within 3 laps)
IIDOTR: Rosberg (Delivers well on Mercedes' promise)
DBTMOTR: Massa (Ends up battling the likes of Caterham all weekend with evil handling car)
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Pic

[the Masked Lapwing]

TMLW's predictions:
2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Vettel
5. Raikkonen
6. Rosberg
7. Alonso
8. Schumacher
9. Massa
10. Grosjean

Pole: Button
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Maldonado (finds a fence somewhere)
ROTR: Marussia (DNQ + behind both HRTs. By quite some margin...)
IIDOTR: Webber (purely for winning at home!)
DBTMOTR: Maldonado (Senna almost scores points)
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: Pic

[MinardiFan95]

MinardiFan's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Aussie Brit
2. The Finger
3. Rrrmmnnn Grrrjjjnnn
4. Jensen Interceptor
5. Surrender Monkey
6. Sushi Chef's son from Amagasaki
7. Dorsal Finn
8. Desi Arnes
9. The Cyborg
10. The Ganges Hydrofoil

Pole: The Finger
Fastest lap: Aussie Brit
First Retirement: Charles Pic
ROTR: Marussia
IIDOTR: Shared between Red Bull (for using team orders to let Aussie Brit win!), The Ganges Hydrofoil (for scoring HRT's first point) and Rrrmmnn Grrrjjnnn
DBTMOTR: Ra-ice Cream and Coke-nnen
Minor League Premiership: Grrrjjnnn
Non-Qualifiers: Neville No-one

[eurobrun]

Eurobrun's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Schumacher
5. Rosberg
6. Raikkonen
7. Alonso
8. Kobayashi
9. Perez
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Vernge (Caught up in the first lap crash with Ricciardo, GGGRRRSSJJJNNN, Senna and Massa)
ROTR: Ferarri (Massa misses Q3 and gets caught up in the first lap crash and Alonso is slower than both Mercedes and Raikkonen)
IIDOTR: Mercedes
DBTMOTR: Pic (Glock is in front of both HRT's)
Minor League Premiership: Riccidardo (only one to continue after the first lap crash but is off the pace
Non-Qualifiers: Pic (only just, is allowed to start)

[East Londoner]

East Londoner's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Rosberg
5. Ramilton
6. Raikkonen
7. Schumacher
8. Di Resta
9. Kobayashi
10. Alonso

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Massa (stupidly optimistic move into turn one on Hamilton ( ) ends up spinning into the tyre barrier.)
ROTR: Ferrari. Massa becomes the first retirement of 2012, and Alonso has no pace whatsoever)
IIDOTR: WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S Daniel Ricciardo for comfortably beating both Williams to the finish
DBTMOTR: GRRRSSSJJJJNNN. Out in Q1, and left to fight the Williams and the Caterhams.
MLP: Ricciardo
DNQ: Pic (but is allowed to start)

An hounorary ROTR will go to ONE's commentary team, because if AUSTRALIA's Mark Webber wins, you'll never hear the end of it!

[ranig]

Yeah, I love this game !

Ranig Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Raikkonen
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Schumacher
5. Hamilton
6. di Resta
7. Grosjean
8. Kovalainen
9. Perez
10. Massa

Pole: Rosberg
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Rosberg (hit by Alonso at the start)
ROTR: Webber (haters gonna hate)
IIDOTR: Raikkonen (failed to make it into Q3, then fantastic drive to the win)
DBTMOTR: Webber (not in Q3, not in the top 10, when team-mate battles for podium-position)
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: de la Rosa and Khartikeyan

[AdrianSutil]

AdrianSutil's predictions:

2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Sebastian "The Finger" Vettel
2. Lewis "It is because I'm black" Hamilton
3. Jenson "Please can it be a wet/dry race" Button
4. Michael "I didn't hit Villeneuve at Jerez on purpose" Schumacher
5. Nico "Never win a race" Rosberg
6. Kimi "I was having a s**t" Raikkonen
7. Fernando "I give up, I give up" Alonso
8. Kamui "CRAAASSSHHHUUU" Kobayashi
9. Bruno "My name didn't get me into F1" Senna
10. Hiekki "One-win club" Kovalainen

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Jean-Eric "Ill be dumped by Red Bull in a year" Vergne
ROTR: Felipe "Fernando is faster than you" Massa
IIDOTR: Kovalainen. Scores a point. Nuff said
DBTMOTR: Mark "My Minardi result is still my best at Australia" Webber. Poor race at back of the-10 ends in mid-race gearbox failure.
MLP: Daniel "The other Australian" Ricciardo. Surprises many with top 10 run before late retirement ends brilliant run in poor car.
DNQ: Charles "Ill be forgotten when Marussia dump me" Pic. But allowed to start becuase the 107% isn't really a rule anymore. Honestly, they'd let my nan race if she DNQ'd.

[DanielPT]

DanielPT's predictions:

2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Kimi Raikkonen
3. Michael Schumacher
4. Jenson Button
5. Kamui Kobayashi
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Daniel Ricciardo
8. Nico Hulkenberg
9. Mark Webber
10. Heikki Kovalainen

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Felipe Massa/Lewis Hamilton (They will crash at lap 1, it's inevitable)
ROTR: Felipe Massa/Lewis Hamilton (See above)
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
DBTMOTR: Mark Webber
MLP: Daniel Ricciardo
DNQ: No one

[Phoenix]

Phoenix's predictions:
1.- Vettel.
2.- Hamilton.
3.- Button.
4.- Webber.
5.- Alonso.
6.- Rosberg.
7.- Räikkönen.
8.- Schumacher.
9.- Grosjean.
10.- di Resta.

Pole: Vettel.
Fastest lap: Hamilton.
First retirement: Ricciardo.
RoTR: Felipe Massa.
IIDoTR: Jean-Éric Vergne.
DBTMoTR: Felipe Massa.
MLP: Romain Grosjean.
DNQ: Karthikeyan, and Pic.

[James1978]

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Button
5. Rosberg
6. Raikkonen
7. Grosjean
8. Webber
9. Kobayashi
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First retirement: Schumacher
RotR: Webber (think he'll have a race like 2010)
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Massa (he'll finish out of the points)
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: nobody

[Enforcer]

Well this is going to be a fun one to predict.

1. Vetzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
2. What? Sorry? Oh yeah, predictions. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Schumacher
6. Webber
7. Raikkonen
8. Rosberg
9. Grosjean
10. Massa

Pole: Alonso
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Maldonado
RotR: Ferrari's Race Pace
IIDotR: Button
DBTMotR: Massa
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: Glock, Pic, Karthikeyan, de la Rosa.

[Klon]

Wouldn't it be more reasonable to wait until Free Practice to make predictions? Yes ... but reasonable is boring.

Klon's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Schumacher
5. Di Resta
6. Rosberg
7. Grosjean
8. Perez
9. Alonso
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Ferrari (just not competitive at all)
IIDOTR: Ricciardo (scores his first point despite STR not being in a position to score and defends most impressive against Räikkönen)
DBTMOTR: Hülkenberg
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Nope

[tommykl]

tommykl's predictions:
2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Vettel (sadly)
2. Webber
3. Button
4. Alonso
5. Hamilton
6. Rosberg
7. Massa
8. Räikkönen
9. Schumacher
10. Kobayashi

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First retirement: Vergne
ROTR: Maldonado
IIDOTR: Räikkönen
DBTMOTR: Grosjean
MLP: Ricciardo
DNQ: Pic, Karthikeyan

[dr-baker]

2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Rosberg
4. Webber
5. Hamilton
6. Alonso
7. Massa
8. Senna
9. Raikkonen
10. Schumacher

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Webber
First Retirement: Maldonaldo
ROTR: Schumacher or Marussia
IIDOTR: Rosberg
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
Minor League Premiership: Fat John, a.k.a. GGGGGRRRRRSSSSSJJJJNNNNNNNNN
Non-Qualifiers: both Marussias, one HRT

double points....

[Benetton]

Benetton's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Webber
5. Button
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Alonso
9. di Resta
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Raikkonen
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Ataxia]

BLN's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Raikkonen (I can dream)
2. Webber
3. Vettel
4. Button
5. Rosberg
6. Alonso
7. Kobayashi
8. Di Resta
9. Hulkenberg
10. Kovalainen

Pole: Webber
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Massa
ROTR: Massa (takes Grosjean, Perez and the Toro Rosso cars out at the first corner.)
IIDOTR: H-Kov
DBTMOTR: The Maker of Shoes
Minor League Premiership: Pic (due to previous reasons given)
Non-Qualifiers: Everyone's a winner! Well, they all qualified anyway...

[JeremyMcClean]

JeremyMcClean's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Button
4. Webber
5. Rosberg
6. Hulkenburg
7. Schumacher
8. GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRJJJJJJJJNNNNNNNN
9. Kobayashi
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Maldonado/Vergne
ROTR: Ferrari for being so shite
IIDOTR: Hulkenburg (or however you spell it)
DBTMOTR: Raikkonen, not surprisingly
MLP: GGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRJJJJJJJJNNNNNNNN
Non-Qualifiers: None

Unless if I'm mistaken, are the "Rookies" GGGGGGRRRRRRRRJJJNNNN, Vergne, Ricciardo and Pic?

[QuickYoda41]

I waited until tonight's match to determine the way I predict - as it turned out to be an utter nightmare in the end, I'll go along that path

QuickYoda41's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix
1. Hamilton
2. Alonso
3. Schumacher
4. Vettel
5. Button
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Di Resta
9. Vergne
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Kobayashi
ROTR: Webber
IIDOTR: Schumacher
DBTMOTR: Ricciardo
MLP: Vergne
Non-Qualifiers: Glock

[Wizzie]

Unless if I'm mistaken, are the "Rookies" GGGGGGRRRRRRRRJJJNNNN, Vergne, Ricciardo and Pic?

That is correct.

[DOSBoot]

DOSBoot's Perdictions:

2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Webber
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Rakkonen
5. Vettel
6. Rosberg
7. Kobayashi
8. Di Resta
9. Hulkenberg
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Alonso
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Webber for winning in Australia.
DBTMOTR: Massa for still doing what he was doing in 2011.
MLP: Grosjean
DNQ: Marussia

[Nuppiz]

Nuppiz's predictions:

2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Räikkönen
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Kobayashi
9. The Hülk
10. Grrrrrrrrrrrjjjjjjjjjjjjjnnnnnnnn

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Räikkönen
First Retirement: Hamilton after colliding with Massa at Turn 1.
ROTR: Hamilton
IIDOTR: Kovalainen for finishing 12th.
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
MLP: Grrrrrrrrrrrjjjjjjjjjjjjjnnnnnnnn
DNQ: Charles Picture

[dr-baker]

Just altered my MLP prediction, and employed my usual early-season tactic...

[tristan1117]

tristan1117's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Raikkonen
7. Schumacher
8. Perez
9. Hulkenburg
10. GRSJNNN

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Hulkenburg
DBTMOTR: Kobayashi
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: None. Barely.

[Shizuka]

2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Hamilton
4. Rosberg
5. Button
6. Alonso
7. Raikkonen
8. Massa
9. Schznacher (Edit: I obviously meant Schumacher here)
10. Di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Marzssua (Edit: How on earth did I mistype that? Marussia, damnit)
IIDOTR: Rosberg
DBTMOTR: Schumacher
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Both Marussia cars and Karthikeyan.

[FMecha]

FMecha's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Alonso
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Raikkonen
7. Kobayashi
8. Schumacher
9. Massa
10. Senna

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Karthikeyan
ROTR: Caterham
IIDOTR: Senna
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Marussia and Karthikeyan (only Karthikeyan is allowed to start)

[RAK]

RAK's Predictions:

1) Vettel
2) Button
3) Hamilton
4) Alonso
5) Rosberg
6) Massa
7) Schumacher
8) Raikkonen
9) Di Resta
10) GRRRRRRJJJJJJJJJJNNNNNNN

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Hamilton
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Williams - off the pace all weekend, behind the Toro Rosso newbies and Kovalainen
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
DBTMOTR: Massa
MLP: GRRRRRRJJJJJJJJJJJNNNNNN
DNQ: Pic

[Aerond]

Aerond´s predictions


2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Button
5. Alonso
6. Raikkonen
7. Schumacher
8. Di Resta
9. Kovalainen
10. Senna

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Rosberg
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Webbah
IIDOTR: De la Rosa
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Kovalainen
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Sunshine_Baby_[IT]]

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Alonso
5. Button
6. Kobayashi
7. Di Resta
8. Massa
9. Schumacher
10. Perez

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Pic
ROTR: Marussia (both behind HRT)
IIDOTR: Rosberg
DBTMOTR: Hulkenberg
Minor League Premiership: Kovalainen
Non-Qualifiers: no one

[Minardi Man]

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Raikkonen
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Webber
7. Schumacher
8. Alonso
9. Kobayashi
10. Di Resta

Pole: Hamilton
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Vergne
ROTR: Vergne
IIDOTR: Koboyashi
DBTMOTR: Maldolnado (slow, then crashes, Senna unlucky to not score points)
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean (strong qualifying, minor incident in the race drops him just out of the points)
Non-Qualifiers: Pic (Glock just manages to drag the car under 107%)

[Dj_bereta]

1. Webber
2. Hamilton
3. Rosberg
4. Schumacher
5. Button
6. Raikkonen
7. Grosjean
8. Alonso
9. Massa
10. Hulkenberg

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Raikkonen
First Retirement: Vettel
ROTR: Ferrari
IIDOTR: Webber
DBTMOTR: Button
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: HRTs

[Priceless]

Here goes...

2012 Australian Grand Prix
Priceless' predictions

1. Sebastian Vettel
2. Jenson Button
3. Mark Webber
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Michael Schumacher
6. Kimi Raikkonen
7. Nico Rosberg
8. Kamui Kobayashi
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Rmmnnn Grrrjnnn

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest Lap: Michael Schumacher
First Retirement: Pedro de la Rosa
ROTR: Scuderia Ferrari
IIDOTR: Heikki Kovalainen (comes home 11th and just shy of first point)
Minor League Premiership: Rmmnnn Grrrjnnn *
DNQs: Charles Pic, Timo Glock, Narain Karthikeyan

* Not sure if he qualifies - he drove for Renault in 2009 after Nelson Piquet Jr. was sacked.

[Wizzie]

* Not sure if he qualifies - he drove for Renault in 2009 after Nelson Piquet Jr. was sacked.

The fact he didn't do a full season (or close to one) however means he qualifies

[Ed24]

Good luck to everyone for 2012!

By the way Wizzie, Virgin would be hard pressed to get RotR this weekend

Ed24's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Button
5. Webber
6. Massa
7. Raikkonen
8. Schumacher
9. Rosberg
10. Ricciardo

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Maldonado
ROTR: Vergne
IIDOTR: Rosberg (Delivers well on Mercedes' promise)
DBTMOTR: Vergne
Minor League Premiership: Ricciardo
Non-Qualifiers: None

[Bleu]

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Webber
4. Button
5. Räikkönen
6. Rosberg
7. Schumacher
8. Alonso
9. Grosjean
10. Kobayashi
Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Vergne
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Senna
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan, Pic

[Warren Hughes]

2012 Australian Grand Prix
Warren Hughes' predictions

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Rosberg
6. Schumacher
7. Grosjean
8. Massa
9. Raikkonen
10. di Resta

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Vettel
First Retirement: Senna
ROTR: Australia's Mark Webber
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
DNQs: Nobody

[mario]

Here's hoping that this time I don't rack up a penalty in the first round again:

2012 Australian Grand Prix

1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Hamilton
4. Rosberg
5. Webber
6. Alonso
7. Schumacher
8. Raikkonen
9. Grosjean
10. Perez

Pole: Vettel
Fastest Lap: Webber
First Retirement: Hulkenberg (assuming there is the typical accident on the opening lap in Turn 3 amongst the midfield pack)
ROTR: Toro Rosso (inexperienced and overeager drivers rack up a double DNF)
IIDOTR: Kovalainen
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
DNQs: Pic and Karthikeyan

[dr-baker]

Here's hoping that this time I don't rack up a penalty in the first round again:

Should be fine. None of the free practice sessions have started yet.

[big_sly_doc]

2012 Australian Grand Prix
Big Sly's predictions

1. Jenson Button
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Michael Schumacher
5. Nico Rosberg
6. Mark Webber
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Roman Grosjean
9. Bruno Senna
10. Paul di Resta

Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest Lap: Jenson Button
First Retirement: Lewis Hamilton / Felipe Massa
ROTR: Scuderia Ferrari
IIDOTR: Heikki Kovalainen
Minor League Premiership: Roman Grosjean
DNQs: Narain Karthikeyan, Pedro de la Rosa

[mash]

Hi everybody! Long-time reader, but have only just registered in order to take part in the predictions!

mash's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Vettel
2. Button
3. Webber
4. Hamilton
5. Rosberg
6. Schumacher
7. Alonso
8. Grosjean
9. Di Resta
10. Raikkonen

Pole: Vettel
Fastest lap: Button
First Retirement: Petrov
ROTR: Karthikeyan (bins his car in practice and unable to take part in qualifying)
IIDOTR: Grosjean
DBTMOTR: Massa
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Karthikeyan

[razta]

Razta's Predictions
2012 Australian Grand Prix:
1. Schumacher
2. Button
3. Vettel
4. Hamilton
5. Webber
6. Rosberg
7. Alonso
8. Di Resta
9. Kobayashi
10. Perez

Pole: Michael Schumacher
Fastest lap: Michael Schumacher
First Retirement: Glock
ROTR: Marussia (One car DNQs and the other's out within 3 laps)
IIDOTR: Michael Schumacher (Getting Pole, FL, and the Victory)
DBTMOTR: Massa (Ends up battling the likes of Caterham all weekend with evil handling car)
Minor League Premiership: Grosjean
Non-Qualifiers: Pic