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[jeremypwr]

ILuckyGuyI wins the Yellow Cap @ Superbru
Koal-84 wins the Azerbaijan GP challenge @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5449926.msg62173334#msg62173334
Any early predictions for Miami?  

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[Koal-84]

ILuckyGuyI wins the Yellow Cap @ Superbru
Koal-84 wins the Azerbaijan GP challenge @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5449926.msg62173334#msg62173334
Any early predictions for Miami?  

Congrats to ILuckyGuyl💪

Thanks, it was close. Unfortunately I didn't make the good decision at the F1 sportsbet pool Perez before Verstappen. Thanks anyway. Very hard to say I'll bet once as it looks like Ferrari are slightly better on the city circuits, in the race:

Perez
Leclerc
Verstappen

But very difficult to judge, and nobody is allowed to have a defect.

[CLS63]

Firstly congrats @ILuckyGuyI for winning the yellow cap on this race week!

I must admit that it wasn't as delightful as the Australian GP. But there were some points in which the race got better. Safety car added some more excitement to the race. Because Verstappen pitted a very short time before safety car entered. This was a negative thing for him because Perez and Leclerc benefited from the chance by pitting under safety car. They both managed to stay ahead of Verstappen.

Leclerc was still slow to be able to compete with Red Bulls though. Verstappen didn't have much problem on overtaking him. But it was Perez's moment this time to win this race. Alonso fought for podium again but he fell behind Leclerc very much later on. If I checked it right nobody in the pool was able to predict Russell's fastest lap.    But it was pretty unexpected.

[swogerino]

ILuckyGuyI wins the Yellow Cap @ Superbru
Koal-84 wins the Azerbaijan GP challenge @ https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5449926.msg62173334#msg62173334
Any early predictions for Miami?  

Well it is time finally to get another race this very upcoming weekend and this is what makes us all F1 fans happy,we need action and last time around the track of Miami proved really good as it produced one of the most beautiful races of the last season if I remember correctly which coincided with the Redbull turning point as they were suffering Ferrari dominance before this race.

Congrats to ILuckyGuyI for winning this race yellow cap,I personally did the worse of all tournament as I put some bold predictions which were based on Mercedes boss interviews which unfortunately as this race showed had nothing true in them,no massive improvement were seen and they were still struggling with the tires.

[darxiaomi]

Congratulations to the winner of this round!

About the race, i have to say, for me it ended be a really boring race, another procession, yes we have always that expectation of "anything can happen" or "look now Hamilton its on Sainz DRS zone" "now Alonso its more close to LEclrec", "Verstappen its gonna push in the final", but in the end were all a big WHAT IF?, WHAT IF a SF its deployed?, What if etc...

But no one happen and a boring race with ton of expectation.

[Ulven]

Congratulations to the winner of this round!

About the race, i have to say, for me it ended be a really boring race, another procession, yes we have always that expectation of "anything can happen" or "look now Hamilton its on Sainz DRS zone" "now Alonso its more close to LEclrec", "Verstappen its gonna push in the final", but in the end were all a big WHAT IF?, WHAT IF a SF its deployed?, What if etc...

But no one happen and a boring race with ton of expectation.

The world of speed racing inside the track is such that sometimes it makes you follow its events with passion and joy, especially if you have a winning ticket.  The boring side happens when your favorite is lagging behind and lost. I hope that the Miami track in the next round will be more entertaining with good results that give us an advantage. We will wait for news about the developments of the participating clubs and find out if there is a problem or a fix.

Congratulations to the winners of the free bet.

[1miau]

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Congrats for winning a yellow cap.  

It's very impressive how so many top predictors resetted predictions after qualifying and discarded 2 EBP but scored top positions.
Maybe resetting predictions after qualifying isn't a bad idea in some circumstances to get a much better prediction, I really don't know?
It's just looking interesting why so many top predictors don't have 2 Early Bru Points (purple color):



And rdbase predicted Leclerc on pole correctly (yellow).  

Let's see if Ferrrari can catch up to Red Bull in Miami even more, would be nice to get a good competition between Ferrari and Red Bull at least for pole but Red Bull is still looking quite strong during races.

[slaman29]

Well done rdbase for being the only guy to have faith in Leclerc, too bad he didn't go all the way

About the race, i have to say, for me it ended be a really boring race, another procession, yes we have always that expectation of "anything can happen" or "look now Hamilton its on Sainz DRS zone" "now Alonso its more close to LEclrec", "Verstappen its gonna push in the final", but in the end were all a big WHAT IF?, WHAT IF a SF its deployed?, What if etc...

But no one happen and a boring race with ton of expectation.

I didn't watch it but I definitely agree there was too much hype for this. Supposedly street racing means all kinds of risk taking and speedy behavior but in the end more or less we see Ferrari disappointing and Red Bull conquering, the placement didn't really matter so much.

It could be unpopular to say but hard not to see

[rdbase]

Well done rdbase for being the only guy to have faith in Leclerc, too bad he didn't go all the way

About the race, i have to say, for me it ended be a really boring race, another procession, yes we have always that expectation of "anything can happen" or "look now Hamilton its on Sainz DRS zone" "now Alonso its more close to LEclrec", "Verstappen its gonna push in the final", but in the end were all a big WHAT IF?, WHAT IF a SF its deployed?, What if etc...

But no one happen and a boring race with ton of expectation.

I didn't watch it but I definitely agree there was too much hype for this. Supposedly street racing means all kinds of risk taking and speedy behavior but in the end more or less we see Ferrari disappointing and Red Bull conquering, the placement didn't really matter so much.

It could be unpopular to say but hard not to see

Leclerc got passed in the third lap by Verstappen. You can see it after every turn the Red Bull was much faster than the Ferrari no matter who was at the wheel. Of course DRS was also a determining factor for the advancement at the straight away.

@darxiaomi
Not all of it was so boring at the end. Do you recall what happened to Esteban Ocon while he was pitting on the final lap?
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5323706.msg62176667#msg62176667

[ILuckyGuyI]

Thank you all guys.    I decided to make my predictions depending on the results of FP1. If I don't remember wrong they were the same as FP1 results and it was a risk to take maybe. But thankfully things went well.

I couldn't enjoy the most of the race despite watching all of it. It wasn't as exciting as the previous one indeed. But it was quite nice to see a different winner than Verstappen despite picking him for the win in the pool. Otherwise the season would get quite boring as he would pull away earlier. Perez seems like the most competitive driver for a title challenge with Verstappen for now. Let's see whether Alonso can also keep up right behind as Aston Martin have made an impressive start. 

[swogerino]

Leclerc got passed in the third lap by Verstappen. You can see it after every turn the Red Bull was much faster than the Ferrari no matter who was at the wheel. Of course DRS was also a determining factor for the advancement at the straight away.

I don't think DRS did impact much,the second time Leclerc was passed early on by Verstappen and the difference in speed was scary without DRS at all,it was about 10 km/h faster the Redbull in the straights and in every turn their aerodynamics were perfect,this car is brilliant and based on what I see and I assume every one else is of the same opinion,it can't be beaten during this season,so most likely we have to wait another season to see a competitive one in F1.

It will continue to be a boring season dominated by Redbull and even Aston Martin had lost in pace while the other teams only showed minor improvements toward Redbull closing the gap.

[jeremypwr]

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[casperBGD]

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one more chance to win this one, and that is up to Ferrari or Mercedes, who will have better session in Miami, will have to decide on that, and make prediction

not sure if cars will be driven from Baku to Miami, seems as long road for a week, or there will be another set, for usage in States
how far they can travel in a week?

[CLS63]

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Despite predicting Perez to win in Baku it cost me a lot to pick Hamilton over Leclerc for the 3rd place. I'm very happy that I will have a chance to win this cool-looking hoodie+hat combo again this week. I'm very curious about especially if Leclerc will be able to win the pole position again this week. 

[swogerino]

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Despite predicting Perez to win in Baku it cost me a lot to pick Hamilton over Leclerc for the 3rd place. I'm very happy that I will have a chance to win this cool-looking hoodie+hat combo again this week. I'm very curious about especially if Leclerc will be able to win the pole position again this week. 

In Miami I doubt he can win again the pole position but he is a very good driver in single lap attack so he may as well win it.I am sure though the motivation of Verstappen now that he was beaten by his team mate will be much higher and he won't take things easily anymore,he knows that these upcoming races can be decisive for the title fight and most likely he will go all in.

It is exactly in this race last year that things start to get right for Redbull and they started the dominance exactly after this track.For the hoodie it is nice to have chances to win it both on the Premier League pool and this one also.

[CLS63]

Ferrari are having so much difficulty in tyre management. With the affect of its being hot in Miami tyre wear can give Ferrari a headache. Mercedes were quite disappointing to me in the last race. Hamilton's saying at the end of the race that Sainz was faster than him on straights even when DRS was active is summarizing the situation. We will all see if we will watch a Perez-Verstappen rivalry or Horner will protect Verstappen.

[swogerino]

Ferrari are having so much difficulty in tyre management. With the affect of its being hot in Miami tyre wear can give Ferrari a headache. Mercedes were quite disappointing to me in the last race. Hamilton's saying at the end of the race that Sainz was faster than him on straights even when DRS was active is summarizing the situation. We will all see if we will watch a Perez-Verstappen rivalry or Horner will protect Verstappen.

I don't think Horner is going to protect anyone in this season,he will leave the battle going otherwise the F1 season of 2023 will be closed in early stages as no other team no matter how hard they try won't be able to surpass Redbull seeing what they have brought to the table so far.Hamilton is a great driver but even the best driver at the wrong car or not the best one does not win Championships,well except Senna maybe who even won races with Lotus which was one of the weakest cars if I remember correctly and even if he did not win,I am sure that was a Monaco race that they called void because of the rain where Senna was second and was near passing the top guy,should have been 1984 or 1985.

We would all love a competition going on,even if it is between a team as long as they are left to race but even if Horner allows it I have a lot of reserves for Perez,his inconsistency is what I believe will not let him win any title.

[ILuckyGuyI]

I have checked the results of the previous season in Miami GP and seen that Ferrari drivers weren't that bad back then. Leclerc finished only 3.786 seconds behind Verstappen and Sainz was following him from a few seconds behind also. But now I also have big doubts about these drivers. Because Ferrari's car seems worse than the previous season thinking of the current condition of their rivals.

Even Aston Martin has made a huge improvement as you know. I also think that the track conditions depending on the weather can make extra difficulties for Ferrari drivers. Leclerc can have big issues with finishing the race on podium under normal conditions. For this race, I'm thinking of picking Alonso for podium for now but I need to see Free Practice results first.

Alonso could have overtaken Leclerc in the latest race in fact but Leclerc didn't let this happen this time.

[notblox1]

Well done ILuckyGuyI, you made a big jump of seven places in leaderboard after last Grand Prix race!

I am not sure what to think about next Miami GrandPrix but I think Ferrari is going to have one more good result.
Last year Charles Leclerc won the pole position, he finished race as second, and Carlos Sainz was third place so they are familiar with this track.
It is going to be big battle between Red Bull and Ferrari but Aston Martin and Mercedes wont just give up that easy.
What do you guys use to follow news about Formula 1 except official website?

[jeremypwr]

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