Round of Australia '20 - Picks and comments

[10 n Pole Admin]

10 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the first race of the season in Australia.

You can log-in to the new 10 'n' Pole site and submit your picks at http://newsonf1.net/10npole/ then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.

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The deadline for submitting the picks is the start of Saturday practice 16/3/2019. That is 14:00 Melbourne time (03:00 GMT).

Amid the turmoil that is going on in the world, one thing remains a constant.
We are back for another season of tipping and trying to outdo everyone else who think they have some knowledge of Formula 1.
Good luck to all and have a great year!

[cmlean]

This weekend sees the 2020 return to the circuits for our gladiators and their machines.

To start the ball rolling, I am going to go with this.
I may be wrong, I may be right (Sort of sounds like a Billy Joel song)

Winner: Lewis Hamilton
Second: Max Verstappen
Third: Valtteri Bottas
Fourth: Charles Leclerc
Fifth: Sebastian Vettel
Sixth: Alexander Albon
Seventh: Sergio Perez
Eighth: Daniel Ricciardo
Ninth: Carlos Sainz
Tenth: Lando Norris
Pole: Lewis Hamilton

[Tim]

My picks!

Winner: Lewis Hamilton
Second: Max Verstappen
Third: Valtteri Bottas
Fourth: Charles Leclerc
Fifth: Sebastian Vettel
Sixth: Sergio Perez
Seventh: Daniel Ricciardo
Eighth: Carlos Sainz
Ninth: Lando Norris
Tenth: Alexander Albon
Pole: Lewis Hamilton

That is mostly based on testing results but we all know how misleading that is

This season was looking set to be a close fight between Mercedes and Red Bull (or rather Hamilton and Verstappen) but with this virus pandemic, I wonder how many races we will actually witness