Simviation Forum - F1 GP Indianapolis: Your predictions

Jun 15^th, 2007 at 2:18pm

CharlottesDad Ex Member

Blimey, nearly forgot about this weekend, coming so soon after Canada...

1: Alonso
2: Hamilton
3: Vettel

Kiss of death for Lewis now I've predicted him.. watch him not finish.. Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 2:56pm

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1:Massa
2: Alonso
3: Heidfeld

Just watching practice, Hamilton is running litterally millimetres away from the wall at turn 13. I cant see him getting away with it for the whole race. Hopefully he moves further away from it over the weekend.
Raikonnen is looking poor again, he's off the track constantly and the thing is looking more like a drifting race to him.

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Reply #2 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 3:43pm

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1) Hamilton
2) Alonso
3) Heidfeld

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Reply #3 - Jun 15^th, 2007 at 5:18pm

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Massa
Hamilton
Alonso

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Reply #4 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 6:11am

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It worked last week so hey!

1)Hamilton
2)Alonso
3)Davidson.....cmon Super Aguri!

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Reply #5 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 9:30am

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1) Raikkonen
2) Alonso
3) Massa

Heidfeld on four, Vettel on six.

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Reply #6 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 11:52am

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Rumor has it, Lewis Hamilton has had to change his race engine.

Never mind, its been clarified now.

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Reply #7 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 4:01pm

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Well done Lewis, another decent performance, and again Alonso makes a mistake on his last hot lap - at least Martin brundle was kind enough to say he went off to clean his line for the start tomorrow...

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Reply #8 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 6:38pm

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Lewis just keeps on improving.. Alonso MUST be scratching his head, wondering how he's going to beat the boy wonder Grin

As for Brundle's comment on cleaning the track for tomorrow, he may have a point but will it really make a difference? Undecided

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Reply #9 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 6:41pm

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Alonso ........ not quite the cool calm calculating personality of Schumacher so likely to loose his head and loose the race, as has been proved in the last two races. I keep expecting Hamilton to c ock up..... but he continues to amaze.

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Reply #10 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 6:54pm

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eno wrote on Jun 16^th, 2007 at 6:41pm:

Alonso ........ not quite the cool calm calculating personality of Schumacher so likely to loose his head and loose the race, as has been proved in the last two races. I keep expecting Hamilton to c ock up..... but he continues to amaze.

Its now at this point where I am asking myself, "will he mess up"?
I knew from watching him in GP2 that he'd be good but, never did I think he'd be this good, mainly down to the fact he did have some silly mistakes in GP2. Maybe Mclaren used the winter to get those mistakes out of him. Just hoping now he'll be at Silverstone again on Wednesday.

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Reply #11 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:07pm

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As in previous threads I've been saying Lewis has to have a bad weekend... law of averages says it's going to happen.. but I've given up on trying to predict when Roll Eyes

No doubting, the kid's a born racer

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Reply #12 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:12pm

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As in previous threads I've been saying Lewis has to have a bad weekend... law of averages says it's going to happen.. but I've given up on trying to predict when Roll Eyes

No doubting, the kid's a born racer

See thats the thing, he's a racer, but with the exception of monaco, he's not been put into a situation where he's been the guy having to race (not counting the rather fast starts). He's had to defend a few times and done it perfectly, but he's not yet shown what he can do following another car.

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Reply #13 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:30pm

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Craig. wrote on Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:12pm:

See thats the thing, he's a racer, but with the exception of monaco, he's not been put into a situation where he's been the guy having to race (not counting the rather fast starts). He's had to defend a few times and done it perfectly, but he's not yet shown what he can do following another car.

I agree, it would be interesting to see him a bit further back on the grid to see how he copes with a bit of "muscling" past other cars. Although judging by his performances in GP2 last year, especially Turkey, I'd say he'd cope with that too...

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Reply #14 - Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:59pm

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No doubting, the kid's a born racer

Just overhyped and having a good car, that's all.

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Reply #15 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:04am

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Björn wrote on Jun 16^th, 2007 at 7:59pm:

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No doubting, the kid's a born racer

Just overhyped and having a good car, that's all.

How can you say he's overhyped? He's been prepaired exactly how a driver should be, and he was put in the car exactly at the right moment because Ron Dennis felt he was ready. If it had been a case of buying into a driver being overhyped he would have put Lewis in the car last year after the GP2 series had ended. Overhyped would suggest the kids not finishing races despite the big build up. Hell even the team stold him at the start of the year, they wern't expecting major things from him, just to keep it on the road and learn the sport, worry about things like wins as he got better.

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Reply #16 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:58am

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Maybe he's just too scared about c**king up to make a mistake! Grin

There's no doubting he's a natural - for those unfamiliar with his story that's is how he was discovered in the first place - fighting for the lead in his first ever cart race! He's already shown though he can really get to his opponents - both Massa and his team mate in particular. I really hope McLaren don't let Alonso and his management get too pushy. From what we've already seen this year, I suspect the championship winner will drive a silver arrow. It's a case of Ron Dennis letting his drivers fight fair and square - to let the best man of 2007 win - whether he's a double world champion or not.

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Reply #17 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 8:45am

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would be rather ironic on Alonso's part if he were to start complaining considering his stance on schumacher and his weak team mates.
The good news is, at least Ron's experience with two strong drivers will mean a fair fight, as long as they dont drive each other off the road.

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Reply #18 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 2:48pm

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Ooooh Alonso doesn't look happy. Grin

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Reply #19 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 2:56pm

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Lol, nope! Grin

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Reply #20 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 4:59pm

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I've only just got back in from kemble and realised I predicted 2 correctly!!!!!!

Maybe I wont be going home with the spoon.....

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Reply #21 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 5:15pm

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Well done again Lewis Cool

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Reply #22 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 8:06pm

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Decent race...And the local Fox affiliate actually stuck around long enough to show the podium awards presentation/celebration and post-race interviews. Shocked

Is it just me, or were Hamilton & Alonso showing shades of Prost & Senna circa 1988?

&&&&"We're just sitting here trying to put our PCjrs in a pile and burn them. And the damn things won't burn. That's the only thing IBM did right with it - they made it flameproof." && Spinnaker Software chairman William Bowman, 1985

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Reply #23 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 8:12pm

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aye, and as long as they dont copy them by taking each other off the track, i'm sure it could be even more exciting.
Anyone else think the podium ceremony was a mess? the Union Jack was upside down, the anthem only half played, and Mclaren struggled to find an employee who didn't want to yell at alonso for his mid race swerve at the pit wall, to accept the constructors trophy.

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Reply #24 - Jun 17^th, 2007 at 10:50pm

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It seems the anthems have been getting increasingly shorter over the past couple of years. Bad show and downright rude if you ask me.

Hmmmmmm,....Increasingly shorter? Gonna have to work on that one. Grin

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Reply #25 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 3:27pm

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Forgot to mention yesterday, in case someone may not know: For the first time in the history of F-1 a teenager scored a championship point. Of course this wouldn't have happened under the old format, but anyway congratulations Sebastian Vettel !

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Reply #26 - Jun 18^th, 2007 at 11:42pm

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Thanks, fixed. Accidentally looked a t last years results. Roll Eyes

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