Bahrain 2014 (Round 3) - F1 Prediction League

Welcome to round 3 of the F1 prediction league 2014! After two completely different tracks we're beginning to see how each of the cars operate. The one truth in F1 at the moment is that the Mercedes has a large advantage. On a dry circuit they appeared to be quicker in every sector (when the engine was turned up) and did this using less fuel.

So the key stats so far.

Hamilton 1 - 1 Rosberg
Hamilton 25 - 43 Rosberg
Alonso 24
Vettel 15

Bahrain raises more questions. Can Red Bull and Ferrari keep up their performances as the second and third best teams at the moment or will Bahrain shake up the order, propelling the other Mercedes cars (McLaren, Williams, Force India) ahead? Can Ricciardo recover from his 10-place grid penalty? Will Massa sabotage Bottas' car after "Valtteri is faster than you" Gate? That and many more questions will be answered this weekend.

As always here is a re-cap from the standings from the first race:

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As this is likely to be the first dry qualifying session. I thought the comparison of drivers (including teammates) throughout qualifying and the race was the most exciting thing for this race weekend. The +/- X Seconds below in qualifying represents handicaps. So Alonso has a 0.15 second penalty on his best timed lap during qualifying, so if his best lap is 1:32.179 and Raikkonen's is 1:32.300 then Alonso's time would effectively be 1:32.329 so he would lose.

Qualifying

Alonso +0.15 seconds vs. Raikkonen -0.15 seconds

Vettel +0.2 seconds vs. Ricciardo -0.2 seconds

Sutil +0.3 seconds vs. Gutierrez -0.3 seconds

Kvyat +0.1 seconds vs. Vergne -0.1 seconds

Massa +0.05 seconds vs. Bottas -0.05 seconds

Race

Hulkenberg vs. Alonso

Perez vs. Ricciardo

Kvyat vs. Grosjean

Magnussen vs. Bottas

Chilton vs. Ericsson

TB

What will be the fastest lap time in the race? (e.g. 1:40.424)

Scoring

Each correct pick will score 1 point. TB's will be decided by which player predicts the closest fastest lap time.

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Feel free to post picks in the following format:

Qualifying: 
Race: 
Constructors:
Random:

Q
Alonso/Raikkonen
Vettel/Ricciardo
Sutil/Gutierrez
Kvyat/Vergne
Massa/Bottas


R

Hulkenberg/Alonso
Perez/Ricciardo
Kvyat/Grosjean
Magnussen/Bottas
Chilton/Ericsson

Fastest lap time:
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Good luck everyone! Vettel will be hoping for a repeat and so will last years' winner Aled Lewis. Kim and Dragan also featured on the podium.