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

[casperBGD]

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Max is already a champion and he knows that ...there is no real competition at this point for them and I doubt that either Mercedes or Ferrari will somehow overturn this during this year.

agree on this, he is already secured his spot on the top
and now we just have to figure out which race is not suiting him, to put someone else to win it, since he will be probably win most

and all seemed to be more interesting, when started
hopefully, Mercedes is going to grow throughout season, so making races more interesting

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[Gianluca95]

Nice race from Leclerc yesterday, he went from 19th to 5th place  . I'm really surprised and pleased to see development of Ferrari in this race, hope that from the next race they will compete against Red Bull. I don't like

Verstappen. Sainz yesterday has also tried to beat him and win race, but unfortunately he wasn't Leclerc 

[boltz]

And I'm still bottom last in the pool, despite that now I'm consistent in getting points and this time I was just 1 point behind yellow cap . It's not that easy to get way more points than opponents, especially considering that you don't usually predict retirement of leading team driver.
At this point it looks that Verstappen is making his lead significant and it looks more likely that we will have fight for 2nd place between Leclerc and and Perez, rather than fight for the title.

Ferrari fell to the ground with such a big impact that Binotto said that they are not chasing the world championship and never did...then , I come and ask , why is Ferrari in F1 at this point ? To mock the fans ? Because I feel ashamed looking at what Ferrari is doing for so many years with the drivers and fans and they simply don't care and they just gave up on this year already when Charles just made a statement a few hours after Binotto said that with "I see myself as a world champ at the end of the season and it is what it is". We have 2 different statements from the same team , one coming from a driver that is giving 101% out of him every race and a team director who has no idea how to run and prepare an entire team to fight for championships.

To be honest , Ferrari always had this mentality , with" let's see what will happen "...and it was a miracle that Schumacher ended up with them because in my opinion after all this years , he kinda made that championship winning car by himself.

Max is already a champion and he knows that ...there is no real competition at this point for them and I doubt that either Mercedes or Ferrari will somehow overturn this during this year.

While Ferrari race director may want to be cautious about his statements and the driver when has a great car to drive is only natural to shout out that he sees himself as Champion in the end of the season,the fact is that Leclerc is right because he sees that the car is performing really well,now even in really fast tracks where they have suffered before,the upcoming tracks are a mix of slow and fast ones and this clearly favors the Ferraris over the Redbull.If Leclerc is focused good enough on these races he can cut down his distance to Verstappen by a pretty big chunk and let the fight for the title to be decided in the final races of the tournament.

Well...you know that Ferrari is near edge when it comes to new parts , updates and all that ? as the new rules are very strictly and some teams are having a very tough situation because of this new regulations and this is the main problem in F1 right now that both Liberty media and constructors are discussing. Per ex : if Haas continue to change main parts on the car in the next races , they will not finish the last 2 races of the season.

That is actually a Binotto quote when Ferrari was on the lead and as a Ferrari fan and all over italian news that quote was heavily criticised and created a storm that Binotto might not see the end of it for next year.
Leclerc should always be in the championship mental state no matter if the wins races or not , he has what it takes to be a champion.

Now , if you watched the last races and the last years of F1 , you most likely agree that at this point RedBull and Max can lose both titles only by their own mistakes, because even if Ferrari will find the stability of the car , will probably be to late and Mercedes, if somehow they can balance their car to perform without heavily bouncing , it will still be late as overall , RedBull do have the better car this year .

[püsür]

Currently, there is a verstappen that actually performs lower than last year. Because 2022 vehicles are designed for sliding ahead. On the other hand, if Max is unrivaled, despite the rules and the vehicle he is not accustomed to, and despite the fact that he does not show even 30% of his potential, this means that when this man finds the setting and balance he wants, every race will be +30 + fastest lap + pol. It is very possible that he will make the position a grand slam every week. I still don't think we've seen the real verstappen yet. There's no trace of his old aggressive offensive stance, but I think that's the case thanks to the new tools and new ground rules and the Championship has made him a more mature and risk-taking driver where necessary. If his car doesn't malfunction, I'll bet that we'll see if it will hold up, I think it will take all the remaining races and set a record.

[ILuckyGuyI]

There was a pure Verstappen dominance in the Canadian GP. The last SC helped Sainz a lot to catch up with Verstappen. Because he got an opportunity to change his tyres and go for the win. He had the fastest lap even at the end of the race but Verstappen still did a wonderful work about keeping his lead till the end. I really wanted to watch a tough rivalry between Verstappen and Sainz there but I didn't get what I wanted.  

I was still happy to see Leclerc reaching the fifth place at the end. I hoped to see him on podium though but it's still a good achievement when we take the fact that he started at the last place into account.

[CLS63]

Even though bettors are seeing Max Verstappen as the favourite in the British GP, I think that Leclerc is going to win the race as long as he doesn't have any problem. I hope that we don't have a boring season that is dominated by only one team and one driver.

And I'm still bottom last in the pool, despite that now I'm consistent in getting points and this time I was just 1 point behind yellow cap . It's not that easy to get way more points than opponents, especially considering that you don't usually predict retirement of leading team driver.
At this point it looks that Verstappen is making his lead significant and it looks more likely that we will have fight for 2nd place between Leclerc and and Perez, rather than fight for the title.

You collected quite many points this week but I would like to ask you something. You are starting every week behind the others because of not making a prediction for pole position for any race. Is there a special reason for this?

[LTU_btc]

You collected quite many points this week but I would like to ask you something. You are starting every week behind the others because of not making a prediction for pole position for any race. Is there a special reason for this?

Few times I simply forgot to make picks . But I also didn't made it few times intentionally. Yeah, you can get extra 2 points for predicting pole winner, but without qualifying results it's more difficult to predict race results. But yeah, maybe it's worth to start predicting pole winner.

[buwaytress]

You collected quite many points this week but I would like to ask you something. You are starting every week behind the others because of not making a prediction for pole position for any race. Is there a special reason for this?

Few times I simply forgot to make picks . But I also didn't made it few times intentionally. Yeah, you can get extra 2 points for predicting pole winner, but without qualifying results it's more difficult to predict race results. But yeah, maybe it's worth to start predicting pole winner.

Heh, yeah it's crossed my mind a few times but seeing as qualifying hasn't exactly (to me) given any clearer indication of what might happen (case in point Haas doing so well and then flopping all over in the race itself), I go ahead and make my picks to get the extra 2 points. That's actually a significant portion of my current points atm, 15-20% more!

Still not too amazed at the way Superbru's done it but there's never a perfect way to do it (I always think points should be weighted with odds to encourage riskier predictions).

[Gianluca95]

There was a pure Verstappen dominance in the Canadian GP. The last SC helped Sainz a lot to catch up with Verstappen. Because he got an opportunity to change his tyres and go for the win. He had the fastest lap even at the end of the race but Verstappen still did a wonderful work about keeping his lead till the end. I really wanted to watch a tough rivalry between Verstappen and Sainz there but I didn't get what I wanted.  

I was still happy to see Leclerc reaching the fifth place at the end. I hoped to see him on podium though but it's still a good achievement when we take the fact that he started at the last place into account.

Sainz is not a pilot like Leclerc, everyone has seen it in this race. About Leclerc, hope that we'll recover as soon as possible, it would be exciting to see a challenge between two pilot instead of a single dominus by Verstappen.

There isn't the last year another pilot like Hamilton that can fight him (this is the beauty of F1, to see always fight, it is so bored to see only 1 driver which race without any competitor)

[CLS63]

You collected quite many points this week but I would like to ask you something. You are starting every week behind the others because of not making a prediction for pole position for any race. Is there a special reason for this?

Few times I simply forgot to make picks . But I also didn't made it few times intentionally. Yeah, you can get extra 2 points for predicting pole winner, but without qualifying results it's more difficult to predict race results. But yeah, maybe it's worth to start predicting pole winner.

I understand that you are making a bet related to the result of a race after the qualifying session finishes. The thing I have been wondering is that you don't make any prediction for pole position as well. I was just wondering whether there was a special reason for that.

[CLS63]

There is a Silverstone race in F1 at the weekend. The Silverstone race comes first for F1 lovers in the race calendar that they wait for excitedly. The reason for this is that I think there are a lot of suitable places for drivers to overtake themselves on track. Leclerc and Verstappen helped us have amazing minutes on this track in 2019. https://twitter.com/F1efsane/status/1542049328323301378?s=20&t=TZS8FzNk-89QExppOF_mgw

[boltz]

And with the drama going on in The F1 world right now , I'm sure and I have no doubts that Silverstone will be beyond full on both Sunday and Saturday so I do expect all the fans to cheer for Lewis as he really deserve it.  Poor guy Nelson Pique grew up as a bad old person as he said racist stuff to Lewis and I find that disgusting in 2022. The fact that Lewis kept this quiet for 8 months show that he really tried to forget what Pieque said about him but in the end , the media found out and exposed Pique.

As a consequence, F1 paddock and Liberty Media banned Pique for life to enter in any F1 paddock no matter the race. Anyway , you can find more about the drama if you search the internet. Now , regarding race , Max will want a revenge after the last race we had here so I do expect a Max giving all he has to take the win but also keep an eye on Leclerc as I wouldn't count him out yet even if he has very low chances to become World Champion.

[swogerino]

And with the drama going on in The F1 world right now , I'm sure and I have no doubts that Silverstone will be beyond full on both Sunday and Saturday so I do expect all the fans to cheer for Lewis as he really deserve it.  Poor guy Nelson Pique grew up as a bad old person as he said racist stuff to Lewis and I find that disgusting in 2022. The fact that Lewis kept this quiet for 8 months show that he really tried to forget what Pieque said about him but in the end , the media found out and exposed Pique.

As a consequence, F1 paddock and Liberty Media banned Pique for life to enter in any F1 paddock no matter the race. Anyway , you can find more about the drama if you search the internet. Now , regarding race , Max will want a revenge after the last race we had here so I do expect a Max giving all he has to take the win but also keep an eye on Leclerc as I wouldn't count him out yet even if he has very low chances to become World Champion.

In this race we need to see the Friday practices to see the true form of the cars and drivers but I think Leclerc is the favorite to pole here as the track is more suitable to Ferrari than Redbull if we compare both cars of the last race in Canada.However there are increasingly voices that Redbull will have a huge upgrade here in Silverstone,this is said from Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto,I don't know how much true this is but if in fact is then there are going to be a lot of problems for the Ferraris here.Luckily this weekend we have F1 back as the last one to me was a boring weekend after being used to seeing so many consecutive races.

[boltz]

I have big doubts about Ferrari and I'm a fan of them... . Why ? Well , they felt so bad from such a high points advantage that I'm afraid there is no positive morale left in this team ...so no wonder why fans and Italy media are trying to make Binotto to quit. RedBull it's having no issues , they solved their engine problems , they solved their floor problem and I think there is nothing left in the way for Max to become champion which is kinda sad as we're back to Schumacher/Hamilton era when 1 driver dominated for years...so I do still it won't be like this as I'm a fan of F1 for 20 years and and this is becoming boring to watch just 1 team and 1 driver dominating.

[casperBGD]

I have big doubts about Ferrari and I'm a fan of them... . Why ? Well , they felt so bad from such a high points advantage that I'm afraid there is no positive morale left in this team ...so no wonder why fans and Italy media are trying to make Binotto to quit. RedBull it's having no issues , they solved their engine problems , they solved their floor problem and I think there is nothing left in the way for Max to become champion which is kinda sad as we're back to Schumacher/Hamilton era when 1 driver dominated for years...so I do still it won't be like this as I'm a fan of F1 for 20 years and and this is becoming boring to watch just 1 team and 1 driver dominating.

agree, it is getting boring, just new driver, but domination stay the same, and there is no incentive to watch, except for being Max fan, and enjoying his domination

hopefully, Ferrari and Mercedes will come close, but certainly not this seasonand probably not next one as well

nevertheless, at least there is some drama, and this could propone Hamilton to perform well on the weekendy we will see

[CLS63]

The first practice session wasn't worth watching for. Because only ten drivers had valid laps in the whole session. The second one is going on much better and Carlos Sainz is the leader now. Hamilton's being the second seems really interesting but this is only a practice session of course. Qualifying session would be much different than these ones. Maybe Hamilton doesn't have a very fast car but I'm still leaving the door open for him. He can at least be on the podium who knows.

[Gianluca95]

Sainz has done great FP2, hope to see a great qualify tomorrow for him and especially for Leclerc. This grandprix must be won by Ferrari absolutely, but, I have to see at the same time, that I've surprised about Hamilton

results in this first round, he is gone really strong  (let's see what he will do tomorrow).

[ILuckyGuyI]

I've been watching the FP3 for some time. There are still twenty minutes to go for the end. Hamilton has been the most surprising driver for me as he is in the second place currently. He is only 0.1 behind Verstappen now. I think that this shows Mercedes have made a really nice progress about their car. I started to feel like he can finish the race in top 3 but it is going to be really hard. His teammate Russell is in the fifth place now and he is also giving good signals for this race. He can maintain his streak of finishing in top 5 I think.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Silverstone tomorrow, the big one. Hope the weather holds out for a really good, fast race. You can never trust British weather, it’s raining where I live today. Any way, let’s hope for a good competitive race.

[Gianluca95]

Sainz was a devil in this qualify mode, really surprised to see his pole position for tomorrow's race. About Leclerc, hope that he can do better that a 3rd place, maybe he wasn't in better condition. Happy at the same time to

see Hamilton at 5th place, this is a surprise, it seems that Mercedes is rising slowly. Let's hope that tomorrow Ferrari won't do any bad strategy.