Your predictions for the 2008 F1 Season - Drivers

[Ed]

The 2008 season is about to start so let us see who you think will win the Drivers' Title this year.
Can Raikkonen win back to back titles ? or will Massa prove that he can be a World Champion ?
Will Hamilton be even more impressive in his second season ? Can Kovalainen take the challenge ?
Are either of the BMW Sauber drivers capable of mounting a challenge
and finally with Alonso back at Renault, will he be a contender this season ?

Go ahead and vote then tell us who you voted for and how many points will the title winner score by replying to this thread. You can also add your predicted top 5 drivers in 2008
Voting closes on the Friday of the Australian Grand Prix.

(The list above is sorted according the 2007 results. If there are any other drivers you want added to the poll let us know)

For reference, the top 10 Drivers in 2007 and their points:
1. Raikkonen - 110
2. Hamilton - 109
3. Alonso - 109
4. Massa - 94
5. Heidfeld - 61
6. Kubica - 39
7. Kovalianen - 30
8. Fisichella - 21
9. Rosberg - 20
10. Coulthard - 14

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[Southernman]

Looks like that I'm the first cab of the rank to post my predictions.

1st# Kimi 126pts {More than wishful thinking this year. }
2nd# Massa 99pts
3rd# Hamilton 98pts
4th# Alonso 93pts
5th# Kovalainen 67pts

I should have a good laugh at my picks at the end of the year.

[Lloyd]

I will also publish the winning lottery numbers later.

No 1 Alonso 122
2nd Kimi 117
3rd Phillie 98
4th Lewie 96
5th Webbie 84

should be Good

[Jim Watt]

Well I tried to vote and some how wasn't counted. Not that it matters much.

To try to pick the numbers in the WDC after last season!!

I believe Kimi will win the WDC again this year; he has a team and a car to
make it happen.

I believe he will be pressed by Lewis, who also has a car and a team of the
quality required.

I don't think this will be a happy year for Fernando, but what points he manages will be strictly owing to his talents as a driver.

Let's see: there are 18 races so the top of the podium yields 180 points

last year Kimi got 5 wins; this year he'll get 7, so 70 plus three or four
seconds for 24-36 and a few thirds (Kimi tends to podium or DNF)... I'm
going to guess 124 points...

So.
Raikkonen: 124
Hamilton: 102
Massa: 98
Alonso: 76

and that's enough tempting of the racing gods! (It will be fun to look back on this!)

Cheers!

Jim Watt

[Julian Mayo]

Kimi
Massa
Webbo
Kovi
Kubica

[JayVee]

To be honest I thought I'd be the only one voting for Alonso but I see Lloyd is also thinking that way

He went to McLaren and finished just 1 point behind in the championship and had he not been penalised in Hungary he would have won it (I am actually happier that neither him nor Hamilton won it due to all the spying!!)
Anyway, he is back to his old team, a team that managed to beat Ferrari with Michael Schumacher. Alonso can surely do it again

It will be tough and very tight. I suspect that Alonso won't win as many races as Raikkonen but he will be more consistent so here goes:

Alonso - 115
Raikkonen - 112
Massa - 85
Rosberg - 82
Kovalainen - 78
Hamilton - 72 (no this is not in error )

Surprises: Alonso, Roserg and Sutil
Dissapointements: Hamilton, Heidfeld, Kubica and Trulli

[GhoGho]

Good luck with that!

[cmlean]

I think that the bridesmaid will win this season

1. Hamo
2. Kimi
3. Alonso
4. Massa
5. Kubica
6. Kova

[mlittle]

I think at the end of the year down in Interlagos, that McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will avenge the mistakes he made last year and knock the Iceman off the top step for the WDC in 2008..........

Just as, IMO, McLaren will want to prove that 2007 is truly in the past, I think Hamilton's going to go out and prove that, not only was 2007 not a fluke, but that he can indeed hold his own against the Alonsos' and Raikkonens' of the sport; it'll be a close battle all year but I think Hamilton will win........

How will they finish?
1--Hamilton, 118 pts(4 wins)
2--Raikkonen, 114 pts(5 wins)
3--Alonso, 113 pts(5 wins)
4--Massa, 89 pts(2 wins)
5--Heldfeld, 86 pts(2 wins)

[Kev Mac]

I wanted to vote for Kovalainen but alas, he isnt on the options

[Ed]

I wanted to vote for Kovalainen but alas, he isnt on the options

Very valid point and I fully agree

Our mistake

He is up there now

[RE30B#16]

Hamilton will win his first WC this year followed by Kimi and Fernando.

[GhoGho]

Hamilton will win his first WC this year followed by Kimi and Fernando.

Me thinks you have a screw loose,..........no.........maybe just a wheel nut

[F1greyhound]

If there is anything to go by from the pre-season tests it will be another FERRARI-MCLAREN fight. All 4 drivers stand a fair chance of winning the WDC with a slight edge for LEWIS over HEIKKI and a very open situation at FERRARI, where FELIPE was marginally quicker in most of last years GPs while he was also the less lucky one.

Id say its a great chance for FELIPE to come out on top this year.

The next packages battling for 3rd in the WCC are going to be WILLIAMS, RENAULT and hopefully BMW and I feel NICO is going to be the "best of the rest" just a shade ahead of FERNANDO(who wont have a car for winning not to talk about becoming WDC) and ROBERT. NICK seems less able to adapt to the current package, NELSON looks off the pace..

Hopefully the remaining teams wont be much behind with a fair chance of points or even podium finishes. SEBASTIAN will excel from that particular pack, just like JENSON and TIMO.

Virtual standings:

1.FELIPE 122(7 wins)
2.KIMI 109(6 wins)
3.LEWIS 99(5 wins)
4.HEIKKI 80(1 win)
5.NICO 68
6.FERNANDO 63
7.ROBERT 59
8.NICK 48


Let it commence...))

CHEERS!

[Snowy]

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Heikki Kovalainen
3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Felipe Massa
5. Keke Rosberg
6. Fernando Alonso
7. Nick Heidfeld
8. Mark Webber
9. Jenson Button
10. Nelson Piquet Jr