Russia had big celebrations planned but these will (rightfully) be toned down despite a Russian driving in F1 (Kvyat) who has just secured a place at the four-time constructors champions, Red Bull.
The random this week will be based around Kvyat and a few other topical issues.
There are, as always, plenty of interesting threads to this weekend. Will Rosberg be able to stop Hamilton from achieving his second four-win streak of the season? Can Williams overcome Red Bull? Will Fernando actually finish a race?
For updates on the team hiring situation see the previous post (results from Japan).
The current championship standings are:
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Random
Thanks to everyone who has helped so far on random this year - please feel free to post suggestions here for other races.
Category 1 - The Russian
1) How far will Daniil Kvyat qualify behind his 2015 teammate Daniel Ricciardo timewise?
2) Which of the following will Kvyat beat in qualifying (2 points for each correct answer):
Hulkenberg
Vergne
Button
Raikkonen
3) Will Kvyat beat Vergne in the race? (both must finish) (4 points)
Category 2 - On the move?
4) How many positions will Alonso a) out-qualify Magnussen and b) out-race Button?
5) Will Vettel beat Raikkonen in at least four of the following five sessions - FP1, FP2, FP3, Qualifying and Race? (3 points, a bonus 2 points for getting the exact amount right).
Tie-break
How many seconds will the leading Mercedes/Red Bull finish ahead of the leading Ferrari/McLaren in the race?
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Hamilton, Rosberg and Mercedes banned.
Feel free to post picks in the following format:
Qualifying:
Race:
Constructors:
Random:
1) X.XXX seconds
2) Yes - [list choices)
3) Yes/No
4a) +/- X places
4b) +/- X places
5) Yes/No, 1/2/3/4/5
Tie-break: X.X seconds
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Note: Due to Bianchi's accident teammate domination for the rest of the year will need to changed.
All Bianchi pickers (Joe, Brian and I) should replace Bianchi with anyone else in their budget range. Bianchi was worth 6m so a replacement needs to be picked at that value or below (e.g. Bottas for me).
Joe's current team: Massa (3m), Magnussen (3m)
Brian's current team: Sutil (4m)
All Chilton pickers (Kiszol, Paul Smith and MetalGatherer) should replace Chilton with another driver OR replace Chilton and another driver with two different options. Chilton was 2m and the other drivers remain the same.
Kiszol's current team: Alonso (7m), Vettel (3m)
Paul's current team: Alonso (7m), Massa (3m)
Metalgatherer's current team: Hamilton (5m), Ricciardo (5m)
Budget is 12m.
Brian, currently for teammate domination you only have two drivers so without Bianchi you have Sutil (4m) so feel free to pick two drivers for a maximum of 8m to accompany him.
ReplyDeleteJoe, Kiszol, Paul Smith and MetalGatherer - follow the instructions above.
Qualifying: Ricciardo
ReplyDeleteRace: Ricciardo
Constructors: Red Bull
Random:
1) 2.4 seconds
2) Yes - Vergne, Hulkenberg (assuming this is Risk vs Reward...)
3) No
4a) 3 places
4b) 4 places
5) Yes, 4
Tie-Break: 17.1s
I would like to replace Bianchi with Kobayashi. Actually, I wouldn't. But needs must.
Hi Joe, category 2 isn't risk vs. rewards. It's just a yes/no but I'm just assuming if you don't put yes you think no.
DeleteUnfortunately Kobayashi is too expensive - I've changed the post to make it clearer to everyone else. Cheers.
After speaking to Joe he would like to add Kvyat to beat Raikkonen in category 2 and will change Bianchi to Grosjean.
DeleteNice random :-) Especially given the short turnaround between races. Quick clarification on number 2 - is it 2 points also for each correct 'no' answer?
ReplyDeleteThanks ;-) That's right. 2 points for each correct yes or no for category 2.
DeleteQualifying: Massa
ReplyDeleteRace: Alonso
Constructors: Red Bull
Random:
1) 1.981 seconds
2) Yes - Hulkenberg
3) Yes
4a) 3 places
4b) 1 place
5) Yes, 5
Tie-break: 51.1 seconds
Qualifying: RIC
ReplyDeleteRace: RIC
Constructors: Red Bull
Random:
1) 1.5 seconds
2) Yes - Vergne, Hulkenberg, Raikkonen
3) No
4a) 5 places
4b) 5 places
5) Yes, all 5
Domination: I'll take Alonso for 7M. Pretty certain.
Qualifying: VET
ReplyDeleteRace: RIC
Constructors: RBR
Random:
1) 0.810
2) Yes - HUL,VER
3) Yes
4a) 3 places
4b) 5 places
5) Yes 4
Tie-break: 19.0 seconds
Qualifying: Ricciardo
ReplyDeleteRace: Bottas
Constructors: Red Bull
Random:
1) 1.6 seconds
2) Yes - Hulkenberg, Raikkonen
3) Yes
4a) -1 place
4b) -1 place
5) Yes, 4
Tie-break: 34.9 seconds
Can I replace Ricciardo and Chilton with Kvyat and Magnussen?
DeleteAled Lewis' picks:
ReplyDeleteQualifying: RIC
Race: VET
Constructors: RBR
Random:
1) 1.99 seconds
2) Y - Vergne
3) Y
4a) 5 places
4b) 2 places
5) Y, 5
Tie-break: 21.6 seconds
Qualifying: Vettel
ReplyDeleteRace: Vettel
Constructors: Red Bull
Random:
1) 1.732 seconds
2) Yes - Button, Hulkenberg, Raikkonen
3) No
4a) 4 places
4b) 4 places
5) Yes, 5
Tie-break: 16.6 seconds
Fingers crossed for Bianchi, looks better now than it did straight after the race but still a long way to go.
ReplyDeletePicks this weekend (a little different to the choices so far):
Qualifying: Bottas
Race: Bottas
Constructors: Williams
Random:
1) 1.1s
2) Yes – Vergne, Hulkenberg
3) Yes
4a) + 2 places
4b) + 2 places
5) No, 2
Tie-break: 35.0 seconds
My new "Teammate domination" picks: Bottas, Vettel, Kvyat (so Bottas + Kvyat instead of Alonso + Chilton)
ReplyDeleteQualifying: BOT
Race: BOT
Constructors: WIL
Random:
1) 0.799 seconds
2) Yes - [Vergne, Hülkenberg]
3) Yes
4a) +2 places
4b) +3 places
5) Yes, 4
Tie-break: 29.6 seconds
Quali: Bottas
ReplyDeleteRace: Bottas
Cons: Williams
Random:
Q1 - 0.746
Q2 - Hulkenberg
Q3 - No
Q4a - + 4
Q4b - + 3
Q5 - No; 3
TB: 24 secs
Qualifying: Bottas
ReplyDeleteRace: Bottas
Constructors: Williams
Random:
1) 0.756s
2) Yes – Hulkenberg, Vergne
3) No
4a) 2 places
4b) 2 places
5) No, 2
Tie-break: 37.7 seconds
Sorry, just to highlight an edit I made to the original post. Bottas is my TMD pick (replacing Bianchi).
DeleteQualifying: Valterri Bottas
ReplyDeleteRace: Valterri Bottas
Constructors: Williams
Random:
1) 1.656 seconds
2) Yes – Jenson Button and Kimi Raikonnen
3) Yes
4a) +4 places
4b) + 2 places
5) No, 3
Tie-break: 26.5 seconds
Qualifying: Ricciardo
ReplyDeleteRace: Vettel
Constructors: RedBull Racing
Random:
1) 1 seconds
2) Yes – Jenson Button and JE Vergne
3) Yes
4a) +4 places
4b) + 3 places
5) yes, 4
Tie-break: 25 seconds