🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2022 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread

[CLS63]

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interesting points for Hamilton and Russel, is that Mercedes on a way up for next season? Sainz was a scoring genius, dough, from start to 5th position in the end, a lot of overtaking during the race, and fastest lap in the end, congrats for him

It was unexpected indeed. Mercedes were the most beneficial team in this race thanks to Ferrari's problems and Perez's having a bad race. Hamilton indicated before that it was too difficult for him to catch up with Verstappen and Leclerc as long as he had a car like that. But he had a really good opportunity in this race after Leclerc was out and didn't miss this. I wonder whether Sainz would get past him if it weren't for Ferrari's mistakes in pit. Because he had a really huge pace. I loved the competition between Russell and Perez too. Russell took advantage of Perez's simple mistake and kept his position in a great way.

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[darxiaomi]

Mercedes its having a really good race pace for several weeks ago, the main thing they cant already do its make the W13 be faster at one lap.
With this and a little more improvement in the race pace, Ferrari and Red Bull can be in a trouble. More Ferrari than RedBull because Red Bull have a really good gap in terms of points.

[CLS63]

We have entered another race week by the way. The last winner of the Hungarian GP was surprisingly Esteban Ocon. It was an extraordinary race as well of course. There were really interesting incidents and we witnessed that many great drivers had a bad race. Vettel was disqualified too unfortunately otherwise he was going to end the race as the second.

This time, I wonder what kind of a race we will have. This is the last race before the long break too so I believe it is very important for especially Leclerc and Verstappen. Leclerc needs an absolute win to start recovering again.

[swogerino]

We have entered another race week by the way. The last winner of the Hungarian GP was surprisingly Esteban Ocon. It was an extraordinary race as well of course. There were really interesting incidents and we witnessed that many great drivers had a bad race. Vettel was disqualified too unfortunately otherwise he was going to end the race as the second.

This time, I wonder what kind of a race we will have. This is the last race before the long break too so I believe it is very important for especially Leclerc and Verstappen. Leclerc needs an absolute win to start recovering again.

I think it is more important for Leclerc as he is in much more pressure to win the race compared to Verstappen who can be happy even if he finishes second or third no matter what.I think it will be an interesting race as this is a very short track compared to other circuits of F1 in general so most likely we will see some intense battles here especially between Redbull and Ferrari because those cars are near the same level with the last race showing Ferrari to have the upper hand in having a better car but their team in general so far has behaved like an amateur one and lost so many points because of such management.

[CLS63]

I think it is more important for Leclerc as he is in much more pressure to win the race compared to Verstappen who can be happy even if he finishes second or third no matter what.I think it will be an interesting race as this is a very short track compared to other circuits of F1 in general so most likely we will see some intense battles here especially between Redbull and Ferrari because those cars are near the same level with the last race showing Ferrari to have the upper hand in having a better car but their team in general so far has behaved like an amateur one and lost so many points because of such management.

It is indeed more important for Leclerc. Because the point gap between him and Verstappen has reached 63 now. It hasn't been much time since we got past the first half of the season of course. There are still many races to go however Leclerc must benefit from his opportunities in the best manner from now on. I remember Hamilton's unbelievable comeback against Verstappen from a big point gap last season. Why wouldn't Leclerc also do the same, right? He needs to be lucky at the same time. Because if Verstappen doesn't make some mistakes it would still be the most difficult job for Leclerc.

[rdbase]

Mercedes its having a really good race pace for several weeks ago, the main thing they cant already do its make the W13 be faster at one lap.
With this and a little more improvement in the race pace, Ferrari and Red Bull can be in a trouble. More Ferrari than RedBull because Red Bull have a really good gap in terms of points.

I can see them continuing on this run going into this race weekend.
Had Leclerc but he is frustrated now from what has happened in France. Just his luck to have an equipment problem fall on him twice.
How many races is that he did not finish for the season so far? Three from what I can recall.
I would imagine that Red Bull will have issues in Hungary so I am going for the silver arrows to fly down that track for a victory.

[darxiaomi]

Mercedes its having a really good race pace for several weeks ago, the main thing they cant already do its make the W13 be faster at one lap.
With this and a little more improvement in the race pace, Ferrari and Red Bull can be in a trouble. More Ferrari than RedBull because Red Bull have a really good gap in terms of points.

I can see them continuing on this run going into this race weekend.
Had Leclerc but he is frustrated now from what has happened in France. Just his luck to have an equipment problem fall on him twice.
How many races is that he did not finish for the season so far? Three from what I can recall.
I would imagine that Red Bull will have issues in Hungary so I am going for the silver arrows to fly down that track for a victory.

So its time to me to put again a 1-2 for Mercedes? hahahaha.
I really dont know what can pass because of the selftrouble Ferrari, the uprising Mercedes, and the regular RedBull, all can happen.

[CLS63]

I regret to say that Sebastian Vettel has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season.     What a great driver he has been so far! He is going to end his career with four championship which is really amazing for me. Maybe after leaving Red Bull he couldn't find just the thing he wanted but it is still a wonderful career for him. I just wish that he didn't end his career with Aston Martin. Because they can't provide the challenge he wants unfortunately. It would have been really great to watch him racing for a more ambitious team before retiring.

( The source : https://twitter.com/F1/status/1552597118145159174?s=20&t=OUZOL_w7LaILvmEjf0XoQg )

[darxiaomi]

I regret to say that Sebastian Vettel has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season.     What a great driver he has been so far! He is going to end his career with four championship which is really amazing for me. Maybe after leaving Red Bull he couldn't find just the thing he wanted but it is still a wonderful career for him. I just wish that he didn't end his career with Aston Martin. Because they can't provide the challenge he wants unfortunately. It would have been really great to watch him racing for a more ambitious team before retiring.

( The source : https://twitter.com/F1/status/1552597118145159174?s=20&t=OUZOL_w7LaILvmEjf0XoQg )

Yes was a double shot, because all were so happy to see him for first time in social media, but moment after all the happines go to sadness as we can see he announce his retirement.

The last years were not what he deserved, teams that gave him really shitty cars.

[notblox1]

I regret to say that Sebastian Vettel has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season.     What a great driver he has been so far! He is going to end his career with four championship which is really amazing for me. Maybe after leaving Red Bull he couldn't find just the thing he wanted but it is still a wonderful career for him. I just wish that he didn't end his career with Aston Martin. Because they can't provide the challenge he wants unfortunately. It would have been really great to watch him racing for a more ambitious team before retiring.

He is 35 years old and with so many years of driving in Formula One he probably decided to take some break and maybe retire soon.
I don't think you should worry about team Aston Martin, with their rich billionaire owner they will find good replacement to join with Lance Stroll.
Outside Formula One Aston Martin makes beautiful cars but they are not ranked so good in F1.
 

[jeremypwr]

Don't forget to put in your predictions for the Hungarian Grand Prix this weekend.

[dothebeats]

I regret to say that Sebastian Vettel has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season.     What a great driver he has been so far! He is going to end his career with four championship which is really amazing for me. Maybe after leaving Red Bull he couldn't find just the thing he wanted but it is still a wonderful career for him. I just wish that he didn't end his career with Aston Martin. Because they can't provide the challenge he wants unfortunately. It would have been really great to watch him racing for a more ambitious team before retiring.

( The source : https://twitter.com/F1/status/1552597118145159174?s=20&t=OUZOL_w7LaILvmEjf0XoQg )

It really is saddening, but a man has to do what he has to do. I first watched him when he was still in Red Bull. An extremely gutsy driver back then and I knew that he had so much potential in him. If only the guys at Ferrari knew how to take care of Vettel back in 2019-2020 season, they could have had him until the end. Idk what ended his contract with Ferrari but I knew that the guys in there made Vettel feel like he's not welcome, hence why he still hangs out with his boys back in Red Bull more often when he has the chance to.

I could not comment much about his stints in Aston Martin. He still did well and drove a lot of good races but unfortunately, a lot of things happened. Good luck to him on his next endeavors though, and I am glad that I watched F1 with him included on the drivers that I admire the most.

[buwaytress]

Practice 1 and 2 results did not make my early picks look good at all, not a single driver in the right position, probably could see Ferarri getting fastest time in both, but the Brits + McLaren are a surprise package. Mercedes experiments didn't work, Hamilton will be displeased.

Don't matter of course, but still something to chew on for those who haven't put picks in.

[darxiaomi]

Yes, i was surprised by the results also, i wait to the FP3 maybe to made the picks.

[CLS63]

I regret to say that Sebastian Vettel has announced that he is retiring at the end of this season.     What a great driver he has been so far! He is going to end his career with four championship which is really amazing for me. Maybe after leaving Red Bull he couldn't find just the thing he wanted but it is still a wonderful career for him. I just wish that he didn't end his career with Aston Martin. Because they can't provide the challenge he wants unfortunately. It would have been really great to watch him racing for a more ambitious team before retiring.

He is 35 years old and with so many years of driving in Formula One he probably decided to take some break and maybe retire soon.
I don't think you should worry about team Aston Martin, with their rich billionaire owner they will find good replacement to join with Lance Stroll.
Outside Formula One Aston Martin makes beautiful cars but they are not ranked so good in F1.
 

Frankly, I don't worry about Aston Martin at all.    I'm just sad for Sebastian Vettel to end his career with a problematic team. It would nice for him to be in a more challenging team for the upper positions.

By the way, FP1 and FP2 have ended and Ferrari seemed really impressive again. Norris was the most surprising driver as we saw him at really high positions in these sessions. It might be very difficult for him to be on podium of course but maybe he can finish the race at one of the good positions. He is a really talented driver actually but the team didn't make a good start to the season. Having a positive result in this GP would improve their morale.

[casperBGD]

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Don't matter of course, but still something to chew on for those who haven't put picks in.

yeah, my picks do not seem aligned with practice results as well, but I am not changing them

in my experience within these few pool's seasons, whenever I change my initial picks, it does not went good, usually losing points (in football pools it is either not exact score, since I entered goal to winning team, or complete miss), and in F1 I did not revised any pick so far, what initially places is left there to hang

[swogerino]

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Don't matter of course, but still something to chew on for those who haven't put picks in.

yeah, my picks do not seem aligned with practice results as well, but I am not changing them

in my experience within these few pool's seasons, whenever I change my initial picks, it does not went good, usually losing points (in football pools it is either not exact score, since I entered goal to winning team, or complete miss), and in F1 I did not revised any pick so far, what initially places is left there to hang

I usually have been 2nd or 3rd in every of the last 7 races but that has been because I have always put as a winner Verstappen and also Perez to be in the top 3.This time though I have completely shift gear by going all in with the Ferraris,this race is make or break for me as if Ferrari wins I would be very happy but if they still have those reliability problems then I think it is bye bye for me to fight for the top 4 positions in the standings.Maybe this is a wrong approach but I am not changing it either.

[darxiaomi]

What a FP3 with Latifi in P1 and........ What a qualy!!!!!! Russel first ever Pole position!!! and first for Mercedes this year, nobody expect this after the friday.
Amazing lap, and impresive work from Mercedes as always.

Now can i put the Mercedes 1-2? hahahaha , i dont put that sadly.

Lets see tomorrow more surprises?

[swogerino]

What a FP3 with Latifi in P1 and........ What a qualy!!!!!! Russel first ever Pole position!!! and first for Mercedes this year, nobody expect this after the friday.
Amazing lap, and impresive work from Mercedes as always.

Now can i put the Mercedes 1-2? hahahaha , i dont put that sadly.

Lets see tomorrow more surprises?

Lots of surprises for real,well done to Russell for getting pole after Sainz lost it in the second sector of the track,Leclerc in the interview after the race said we have the pace but we did not find the correct setup in order to be faster,for the race we are ready to win he said.I did not expect Verstappen to lose power after he consistently was on top in the first two sessions of the qualifying.It looks like Mercedes is back for real this time,especially in this track where a lot aerodynamic setup is needed,something Ferrari was not able to find.

I thought myself only darxiaomi may have got a point from the pole position today but I see this is not the case.I normally have a lot to change for tomorrow but not changing anything as I don't want to lose the 2 EBP which may be critical toward the ending of the pool.

[darxiaomi]

Hahaha no man, i dont put never Mercedes to the pole this season because as we can see they really lack pace at one lap, so no point for me this time.

Maybe maybe from now can put the pole for Mercedes?