Predictions for the 1st race anyone

I Know its a bit early yet, but anyone like to predict there thoughts on who will come in the top five or ten.

feel free to have a stab at any of the races.

The full line-up is as follows:

Melbourne, Australia, March 18
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 08
Bahrain, April 15
Barcelona, Spain, May 13
Monaco, May 27
Canada, June 10
United States, June 17
Magny Cours, France, July 01
Silverstone, United Kingdom, July 08
Nurburgring, Germany, July 22
Budapest, Hungary, August 05
Istanbul, Turkey, August 26
Monza, Italy, September 09
Spa, Belgium, September 16
Fuji Japanese Grand Prix, September 30
Chinese Grand Prix, October 07
Interlagos, Brazil, October 21

The full 2008 Formula One World Championship entry list:

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro
1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Felipe Massa

BMW-Sauber F1 Team
3. Nick Heidfeld
4. Robert Kubica

ING Renault F1 Team
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Nelson Piquet Jr.

AT&T Williams
7. Nico Rosberg
8. Kazuki Nakajima

Red Bull Racing
9. David Coulthard
10. Mark Webber

Panasonic Toyota Racing
11. Jarno Trulli
12. Timo Glock

Scuderia Toro Rosso
14. Sebastien Bourdais
15. Sebastian Vettel

Honda Racing F1 Team
16. Jenson Button
17. Rubens Barrichello

Super Aguri F1 Team
18. Takuma Sato
19. Anthony Davidson

Force India Formula One Team
20. Adrian Sutil
21. TBA

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
22. Lewis Hamilton
23. Heikki Kovalainen


Here goes: Melbourne, Australia

1 KR
2 HK
3 PM
4 LH
5 MW
6 FA
7 NR
8 RK
9 NPJ
10 DC

 

Fernando Alonso wins!

 

If I was a betting man I'd take you up on a wager he won't!!

 

i don't think you have the right year/schedule...for sure theres no US GP and the your dates are off...the Canadian GP is the 6-8 of june(i have tickets for that)i didn't check or verify any other dates....but back to your question...its ferrari 1 and 2..kimi than massa in australia.....MO

 

Jeezzzzzz your right thanks for that! whatta dick I DIDNT CHECK!!

16th March - Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park, Mebourne
23rd March - Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang International Circuit
6th April - Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
27th April - Spanish Grand Prix - Montmelo, Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
11th May - Turkish Grand Prix - Istanbul Park
25th May - Monaco Grand Prix - Monte-Carlo
8th June - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
22nd June - French Grand Prix - Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours
6th July - British Grand Prix - Silverstone
20th July - German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring
3rd August - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring
24th August - European Grand Prix - Valencia Street Circuit
7th September - Belgian Grand Prix - Spa-Francorchamps
14th September - Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza
28th September - Singaporean Grand Prix - Singapore Street Circuit (night race)
12th October - Japanese Grand Prix - Fuji Speedway
19th October - Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit
2nd November - Brazilian Grand Prix - Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Interlagos, Sao Paulo

Hope thats right

 

Steve, ur wrong again. Sepang won't be hosting the Malaysian GP this year.































of cos, i was just kiddin!

my prediction for Melbourne

Ferrari 1-2,
Mclaren 3-4...

 

You You you had me going there for a min Brian.......well done I will get you back ..

 

Hey there Steve,

Did Fisi back out of the second Force seat already ?

 

Oh no, I think I will rename this thread spot the deliberate mistake, he say's trying to cover up .

Thanks Is I'am sure he still is there driver.. can anymore find anymore..misstakes

 

I enjoy all your posts and can guarantee you're ahead of my curve on everything F1. Thought you may have had news on GF ie; deciding to join all his old F1 pals at Peugeot instead......

 

cheers!

 

Hi Steve. Getting back on topic.

KR
PM
NR
LH
HK
NH
MW
RK

My prediction is Ferrari will have a 0.5 second advantage on the field. Williams ,Mclaren and RBR will fight it out for best of the rest.

 

1) Kimi
2) Hami
3) Heikki

And I'm hoping for rain!

 

kimi, hami, massa, heikki.

 

Hi Nick I'am sticking my neck out on a long shot with Heikki beating Lewis I think.

 

Wow, just 3 weeks. Looking forward to Australia, although not as much as last year as we went down under for the race last year.
I predict that Scuderia Toro Rosso will move up the ranks this year
and for Melbourne
Kimi
Lewis
Massa

 

Careful Marie Antoinette. Ain't gonna happen.

 

Well if its raining which I would also like.... I will change my mind LH then HK

 

Uh, let's see.

Massa
Raikkonen
Alonso
Hamilton
Heidfeld
Kovalwhatshisname.

Alonso/Briatore have something up their sleeve.

 

I think my long shot has better odds Ron...

 

Kimi
Massa
Hamilton
Heikki or Heidfeld
Alonso


I'm still wondering about Renault's performance. It would be a bit too much of sandbagging now, but Alonso is excellent in developing a car... but the question is if he didn't join the team too late for substancial changes on the car.

 

Kimi
Massa
Heidfeld
Hamilton
Alonso
Heikki
Kubica
Nico

 

Nah, I agree with the potential of your long shot, but I stick with my list.

 

Alonso is not good at car development. Not sure how that rumor got started. He has the same reputation as Kimi used to have, show up and drive, then leave.

At Renault it was Fisi, which is one of the reasons Briatore kept him around. He joined McLaren after that car was already 95%, all he did there was along with Pete DeLala they figure out how to steal Ferrari's brake technology. At Renault, same thing, car is 95% by January 1, Fred's input will be minimal. I would bet that Piquet is better at car development.

 

Alonso is actually superb at car development. He was Renault's development driver for a year and helped create the car that propelled him to two championships. Then he helped develop the McLaren.

This year he'll develop the Renault once again (after the car fell apart under Fisichella's lack of development). Watch the car get faster and faster as the season progresses.