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Round of Australia '09 - Picks and Comments
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:28 pm
by 8 n Pole Admin
8 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the first race of the season in Australia.
You can submit your picks at
http://www.newsonf1.com/8npole/submit.htm then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.
For pre-season testing information visit the
2009 Formula 1 Pre-season testing thread.
For all the car launches and team aims visit the main
Formula 1 Forum and browse the various threads.
The deadline for submitting the picks for Australia is the 27th of March prior to the start of the first Friday practice session.
Good luck
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:37 pm
by jacfan
Ok I will be first cab off the rank.
Winner : Felipe Massa
Second : Robert Kubica
Third : Lewis Hamilton
Fourth : Fernando Alonso
Fifth : Kimi Raikkonen
Sixth : Mark Webber
Seventh : Heikki Kovalainen
Eighth : Nico Rosberg
Pole : Felipe Massa
Why? I need something to believe in right now.
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:04 am
by jido
It is just guessing at this stage...
My first attempt:
Winner: Sebastian Vettel - fast driver, a car suited to him, a drivers championship
Second: Kimi Raikkonen - the slick tyres and good Ferrari form should go his way
Third: Felipe Massa - Ferrari again, being the vice champion shows he is one of the best
Fourth: Jenson Button - amazing pace during testing, good strategy and fast driver
Fifth: Lewis Hamilton - who really believes McLaren Merc will stay at the back? I expect Lewis to pull a performance even with an average-looking car on first race
Sixth: Robert Kubica - BMW is looking good already. We know Kubica can win, so he should be in the points
Seventh: Timo Glock - car has good pace
Eighth: Fernando Alonso - if he finishes he should be at least 8th as the playing field is (probably) more even this year
Pole: Rubens Barrichello - I think one of the Brawn will go for pole, the other for race win (one does not exclude the other).
My picks
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:26 am
by Mart2005
Winner : Kimi Raikkonen
Second : Nick Heidfeld
Third : Lewis Hamilton
Fourth : Sebastian Vettel
Fifth : Felipe Massa
Sixth : Robert Kubica
Seventh : Mark Webber
Eighth : Jenson Button
Pole : Lewis Hamilton
=D
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:27 am
by Jim Watt
At last!
We have something we CAN believe in jacfan! an F1 season with real parity! maybe this year's champion will only win three or four races!!
that said here's me picks for the inaugural event
win: KIMI RAIKKONEN, Ferrari --he likes the circuit; slicks favor him and it's never good to vote against the red cars
second: FELIPE MASSA, Ferrari: because I can't see him out of the points and I can't see him in the middle either
third: ROBERT KUBICA, BMW/Sauber: because no one's hungrier
fourth: JENSEN BUTTON, Braun GP: because his car's finally a flyer
fifth: MARK WEBBER, RBR: because it's his home circuit and he's got to get points -and a podium!-- this year!
sixth: LEWIS HAMILTON: McLaren: if he makes no mistakes, he makes points
seventh: JARNO TRULLI: Toyota: He could be as high as fourth!
eighth: FERNANDO ALONSO: Renault: you can't leave him out of the points -- EVER!
POLE: FELIPE MASSA: Ferrari: best qualifier on the grid.
I know this is (a little) more conservative than my earlier musings. Nothing would make me happier, though, than to see BOTH Braun GPs on the podium! Just can't believe such a Hollywood scenario.
Jim Watt
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:28 pm
by JayVee
This is really hard!!! I really have no idea ....
Winner: Robert Kubica - Best prepared team with the added power of KERS
Second: Fernando Alonso - Best driver out there and makes the best of out of a reasonably quick car, hope KERS is reliable on the Renault!!
Third: Felipe Massa - Quick and will get a good start to his season
Fourth: Jenson Button - I think the Honda designed and built Brawn is quick
Fifth: Nico Rosberg - And so is the Williams with the questionable diffuser
Sixth: Jarno Trulli - Me too
Seventh: Kimi Raikkonen - The start of his final year in F1
Eighth: Heikki Kovalainen - Shocking McLaren!!
Pole: Robert Kubica - A safe bet
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:28 pm
by Lloyd
It is a real lottery.
But I will go with more of a wish list than what I think will transpire
The picks you have entered are:
Winner: Mark Webber One day he will
Second: Nick Heidfeld BMW looks good for pace
Third: Jarno Trulli Same as above
Fourth: Kazuki Nakajima He may surprise this year
Fifth: Felipe Massa Less mistakes than Kimi
Sixth: Fernando Alonso Good driver not the fastest car, again
Seventh: Rubens Barrichello Maybe it is a fast car
Eighth: Lewis Hamilton Need to put him in as he is a fast driver
Pole: Jarno Trulli Who knows
Go Massa!
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:04 pm
by manoéo
Winner : Kimi Raikkonen - he feels comfortable here and has the best car.
Second : Felipe Massa - the best car.
Third : Fernando Alonso - I would put him in fourth, but as a guess...
Fourth : Jenson Button - I really think that Brawn GP would get a good position
Fifth : Lewis Hamilton - Mclaren will improve its car until sunday.
Sixth : Robert Kubica - very fast pilot.
Seventh : Heikki Kovalainen - as I said about Lewis
Eighth : Timo Glock - Toyota has a nice car.
Pole : Kimi Raikkonen - He will be about 0.01 sec faster than Massa.
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 8:22 am
by mlittle
Before I post my picks for Australia, I just want to say
to manoeo!
Anyway, here are my picks for the Round of Australia...............
1st} Felipe Massa(just setting out to prove that the World Championship
will be mine this year!.........
)
2nd} Lewis Hamilton(could someone explain to me what all this KERS ---- is about....whatever happened to 'drive it like ya' stole it!
)
3rd} Robert Kubica(another round, another podium for the team.......
)
4th} Fernando Alonso(..............
................)
5th} Kimi Raikkonen(excuse me, Ferrari........aren't
I SUPPOSED to be in 1st, not Felipe?........
)
6th} Timo Glock(shut up, Kimi!
)
7th} Jenson Button(not bad, not bad.....at least I'll score points this round....
)
8th} Sebastien Bourdais(this week's choice for 8th place)
And for pole position..............Robert Kubica
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:57 pm
by Kapel
Hi everyone...good to c you'll..
First race..usually a gamble...i have chosen to take it big..
Winner : Kimi Raikkonen . . Slicks ,smooth driving..he should be there
Second : Jenson Button ...Gamble..lets c ..was it for sponsors?
Third : Robert Kubica..cars looks good
Fourth : Felipe Massa...there abouts
Fifth : Rubens Barrichello....my old friend
Sixth : Nick Heidfeld...could have swap with kubica b'cos of his smooth style
Seventh : Fernando Alonso...i wanna bet on him for championship
Eighth : Sebastian Vettel....needs the my last year car
Pole : Jenson Button..y not
Thank`s mlittle
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:15 am
by manoéo
Thank you, mlitte, for kind welcome.
regards,
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:33 am
by jacfan
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:16 am
by czeckmate
Winner: Kimi Raikkonen
Second: Felipe Massa
Third: Nick Heidfeld
Fourth: Fernando Alonso
Fifth: Robert Kubica
Sixth: Lewis Hamilton
Seventh: Jenson Button
Eighth: Nico Rosberg
Pole: Felipe Massa
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:17 am
by rc89pl
hello everybody.
my picks would be:
1. Kubica | i think he is one of the very few who are not excited about KERS and there won't be any surprises for him. second, he is hungry for winning |
2. Raikkonnen | Wants to prove he's better than Felipe
3. Hamilton | He'll be out in the first corner and later keep fighting with Kimi while Kubica sneaks through.
4. Heidfeld | KERS will be his advantage.
5. Massa | One of the first corner losers.
6. Alonso | Renault won't surprise us now.
7. Vettel | If he only got inside a better car..
8. Button | I think he'll find a use for a Mercedes powered car.
Pole: Kimi -> He sounds very confident about the Ferrari's condition for at this moment.
Surprises!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:16 am
by manoéo
Hi eveybody,
I'm surprised!!!As a lot of buddies here, I wonder.
I would take this matches since training day:
1) Kubica
2) Button
3) Barrichello
4) Massa
5) Rosberg
6) Raikkonen
7) Alonso
Vettel (could be fouth...)
See ya