🏁🏎️ Sportsbet.io🏁 FORMULA 1 2024 Season🏁🏎️Prediction Pool Discussion Thread

[famososMuertos]

Congratulations to 1miau for winning the round, I think he was the only one to see Ocon on the podium, Well done, it could have been 18 points but the EBP=0 took away that incredible score.

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[swogerino]

Congratulations to 1miau for winning the round, I think he was the only one to see Ocon on the podium, Well done, it could have been 18 points but the EBP=0 took away that incredible score.

I think it is the first time that I see EBP losing points in favor of changing things paying off the user.In fact if we thought it thoroughly we should all have applied it to a track like Monaco because there were almost 0 change of positions in the top 10 during this last race,so 1miau was the smartest of us to change things in favor of Ocon on the podium,he saw the bigger and clearer picture while most of us kept our prediction as it was as we didn't want to lose the EBP points.In most tracks that is the way to go to not change anything but I have changed my mind about Monaco,I will gladly lose the EBP points next time around here.

[tokeweed]

At Superbru, I had Perez on pole position, but I can forget about that now because of the crash. But it's still exciting, so it's more likely to be Verstappen or Leclerc. But we're moving on now, Hamilton is also out at the moment.

A flying lap!

Thinking about this pic...  Didn't it expose Red Bull's floor and now the other teams could possibly copy it?  Been seeing some people laugh about it online and saying that it's possible that the other teams, *cough cough Aston Martin*, could copy it and be more competitive vs Red Bull.  I really didn't take them seriously but then again, what if?

Ferrari and Mercedes could do it too.  I guess we'll after a couple of races.  It could make some markets more interesting as Hamilton, Russel, Leclerc and Sainz all have better chances for a podium finish which might not be reflected by the odds.

What do you guys think?

[swogerino]

At Superbru, I had Perez on pole position, but I can forget about that now because of the crash. But it's still exciting, so it's more likely to be Verstappen or Leclerc. But we're moving on now, Hamilton is also out at the moment.

A flying lap!

Thinking about this pic...  Didn't it expose Red Bull's floor and now the other teams could possibly copy it?  Been seeing some people laugh about it online and saying that it's possible that the other teams, *cough cough Aston Martin*, could copy it and be more competitive vs Red Bull.  I really didn't take them seriously but then again, what if?

Ferrari and Mercedes could do it too.  I guess we'll after a couple of races.  It could make some markets more interesting as Hamilton, Russel, Leclerc and Sainz all have better chances for a podium finish which might not be reflected by the odds.

What do you guys think?

I think that is intentional from the photographer  .He must have been an Aston Martin or Leclerc fan and as such he thought to expose the Redbull bottom so the other teams can have a clearer view about it and start to improve or at least copy some of it  .Most other teams though are preparing massive upgrades,Andrea Stella,head of technical division at McLaren said that in a couple of races max at Silverston they will present a car that will be completely new compared to the car they have now.So has promised Mercedes so we can expect them and also Ferrari which can be shown the improvements in this very race in Barcelona.

[buwaytress]

Congratulations to 1miau for winning the round, I think he was the only one to see Ocon on the podium, Well done, it could have been 18 points but the EBP=0 took away that incredible score.

Holy wow, not bad 1miau, was that a random shot out of the blue or did you actually know what you were doing? Anyway, I've now slipped down several spots -- serves me right for believing in the hype of Monaco's son, and as pointed out by swogerino, this was probably the best time to wait and see, losing the precious 2 EBP for a great jump in points.

16 points is magnificent -- but I'm not sure I'm good enough to even understand the clues from qualification to really afford losing EBPs.

Thanks tokes for formuladank. Gave me one smile today.

[1miau]

Many thanks for your congratulations @everyone.  

Congratulations to 1miau for winning the round, I think he was the only one to see Ocon on the podium, Well done, it could have been 18 points but the EBP=0 took away that incredible score.

Holy wow, not bad 1miau, was that a random shot out of the blue or did you actually know what you were doing?

I've just changed my picks from what I had before qualy to the order of the starting grid as it's extremely hard to overtake in Monaco and Perez / Stroll had a bad qualifying. Even Perez couldn't overtake many cars as he started from the back of the grid.
Unfortunately, the rain still shaked up the grid a bit, where my Yuki lost his points position against Norris and Piastri.
I didn't expect rain as most forecasts have been dry but luckily, Russell, who pitted early for intermediate tyres (rain tyres) binned it in one corner, where he lost his position against Ocon again.
So, after all my idea was: overtaking will be very hard in Monaco, so not many position swaps will occur.
And in the end, a bit luck was involved.

Anyway, I've now slipped down several spots -- serves me right for believing in the hype of Monaco's son, and as pointed out by swogerino, this was probably the best time to wait and see, losing the precious 2 EBP for a great jump in points.

Leclerc was very good in qualy but he got a 3 places grid penalty after the qualifying.
If he had started from position 3, he might be on the podium instead of Ocon.

In most tracks that is the way to go to not change anything but I have changed my mind about Monaco,I will gladly lose the EBP points next time around here.

Exactly, that was my idea behind changing my picks.  
But the rain could have messed up it completely as I didn't expect rain.

He surely was awake,the worse driver of the race of today and there should also be a worse driver of the day vote instead of only driver of the day vote and if this was to be here,Perez deserve it fully having a Redbull and showing nothing while other drivers made some overtakes when they saw it fit while Perez just kept driving around for nothing.

Yes, horrible race from Perez and he seemed to be frustrated the whole race being stuck behind very slow cars and he couldn't overtake.
But Stroll is also a candidate to get "worst driver of the race" and he made a lot of mistakes, too.


And don't forget your picks, next race is one week in Spain.
Maybe Alonso will get a podium once again.

[jeremypwr]

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[Koal-84]

Congratulations to 1miau for winning the round, I think he was the only one to see Ocon on the podium, Well done, it could have been 18 points but the EBP=0 took away that incredible score.

Congratulations, 16 points is impressive and that's without the bonus points.

Leclerc was very good in qualy but he got a 3 places grid penalty after the qualifying.
If he had started from position 3, he might be on the podium instead of Ocon.

It takes a bit of luck of course, did you change your prediction after it became official that Leclerc was moved back or did you change it a second time after qualifying? I think it took an hour for the official announcement to be made...  

Yes, horrible race from Perez and he seemed to be frustrated the whole race being stuck behind very slow cars and he couldn't overtake.

That Perez had to take full risk and also risked something is clear, the first stop was a good tactical move, however, and Perez was able to catch up with the field again quickly but then he also made mistakes of his own. Then only full risk.

"Volles Risiko": Bei Sergio Perez ist Helmut Marko alles "wurscht"

[1miau]

Leclerc was very good in qualy but he got a 3 places grid penalty after the qualifying.
If he had started from position 3, he might be on the podium instead of Ocon.

It takes a bit of luck of course, did you change your prediction after it became official that Leclerc was moved back or did you change it a second time after qualifying? I think it took an hour for the official announcement to be made...  

I've changed it late on Saturday evening, probably around 11 PM CET, when it was known already that Leclerc got a penalty.

Yes, horrible race from Perez and he seemed to be frustrated the whole race being stuck behind very slow cars and he couldn't overtake.

That Perez had to take full risk and also risked something is clear, the first stop was a good tactical move, however, and Perez was able to catch up with the field again quickly but then he also made mistakes of his own. Then only full risk.

Yes, Perez was fast but obviously, but being fast in Monaco doesn't mean much, if there's traffic in front of you, which is difficult to pass, even when Perez was massively faster. And as everyone didn't stop for quite some time, the entire field got more spread out and Perez didn't benefit from cars going into the pits in front of him as most cars had a sufficient gap to stay in front of him.
Qualification is really important in Monaco and Perez should have been more carefully, especially in the first qualification part, where he crashed, because it would have been quite easy to advance to Q2 for him...

[tokeweed]

At Superbru, I had Perez on pole position, but I can forget about that now because of the crash. But it's still exciting, so it's more likely to be Verstappen or Leclerc. But we're moving on now, Hamilton is also out at the moment.

A flying lap!

Thinking about this pic...  Didn't it expose Red Bull's floor and now the other teams could possibly copy it?  Been seeing some people laugh about it online and saying that it's possible that the other teams, *cough cough Aston Martin*, could copy it and be more competitive vs Red Bull.  I really didn't take them seriously but then again, what if?

Ferrari and Mercedes could do it too.  I guess we'll after a couple of races.  It could make some markets more interesting as Hamilton, Russel, Leclerc and Sainz all have better chances for a podium finish which might not be reflected by the odds.

What do you guys think?

I think that is intentional from the photographer  .He must have been an Aston Martin or Leclerc fan and as such he thought to expose the Redbull bottom so the other teams can have a clearer view about it and start to improve or at least copy some of it  .Most other teams though are preparing massive upgrades,Andrea Stella,head of technical division at McLaren said that in a couple of races max at Silverston they will present a car that will be completely new compared to the car they have now.So has promised Mercedes so we can expect them and also Ferrari which can be shown the improvements in this very race in Barcelona.

Hmmm...  I wonder what their car's floor will look like.    Horner should go from garage to garage and go for a look see.  Lolol.

Anyway, here's a fun fact this season...  Alonso has more podium finishes than Perez at 5 - 4.  Man I keep thinking if Vettel gave it one more year it would be him up there.  And would prolly do a tad better because he's so good in qualifying in a decent enough car.  :/

And yes, Vettel fan boy here and am not ashaaamed.  Lol.

[darxiaomi]

If i dont remember bad, it was in the Spanish GP from alst year when Mercedes make a magnificent preformance with a very cuestionable car, so now they have a much more better car and with a complete change who seems to work, can we see a much better performacne in that circuit that suits there really good?

[buwaytress]

Definitely lots to chew on with 1miau's strategy, always easier thought of than replicated, obviously, haha. I'm going back to performance and form once more, and after Tsunoda tricked me into flirting with him again, I'm dropping him. I really hate how he keeps doing 10/11, which is actually overperformance from pre-race odds...

If i dont remember bad, it was in the Spanish GP from alst year when Mercedes make a magnificent preformance with a very cuestionable car, so now they have a much more better car and with a complete change who seems to work, can we see a much better performacne in that circuit that suits there really good?

I MIGHT be tempted to change picks depending on qualifying. With less football going on, maybe I start paying attention to F1. So yeah, if Mercedes actually do well, maybe I switch around. ATM Hammie's not quite yet on my podium.

[swogerino]

If i dont remember bad, it was in the Spanish GP from alst year when Mercedes make a magnificent preformance with a very cuestionable car, so now they have a much more better car and with a complete change who seems to work, can we see a much better performacne in that circuit that suits there really good?

I doubt it.It was a bit further than the Spanish GP,more likely they restarted through Silverston in 2021 to fight up to the title in the last race when they started the season not in the best of their form.Last year they were a mid performance team and didn't show any significant performance,the fact that Russell won a race if I recall correctly means that Redbull was already Champions at that time and were not giving it all.

In this season I really hope that they bring some massive upgrade together with Ferrari which have promised to do so but I have not seen anything like that,I am not keeping my hopes high as I will risk being heavily disappointed if I don't see such expected upgrade.

[boltz]

From Barcelona on , Ferrari officials have said that they will bring an update on the car on every race from now on as long as the budget will allow them to. Now , I don't want to get hyped on this because I'm a huge Ferrari fan but after so many disappointments , I think I can finally see a light on Ferrari because even if the season is a complete mess , they are not under pressure like they used to be in previous years. In conclusion , I'm looking forward to see if Ferrari will actually improve this car by the end of the season or it was just another false promise from them .

[1miau]

If i dont remember bad, it was in the Spanish GP from alst year when Mercedes make a magnificent preformance with a very cuestionable car, so now they have a much more better car and with a complete change who seems to work, can we see a much better performacne in that circuit that suits there really good?

I MIGHT be tempted to change picks depending on qualifying. With less football going on, maybe I start paying attention to F1. So yeah, if Mercedes actually do well, maybe I switch around. ATM Hammie's not quite yet on my podium.

Possibly, Singapore can be an interesting track again, where changing our picks after qualification can make sense. But even Singapore is a lot easier to overtake compared to Monaco. Singapore has 1 or 2 straights, where overtaking is possible in general as we have seen it last round but Singapore is still far away from normal tracks because Signapore is a street track as well.
If there are a few Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull or Aston Martin drivers messing up qualifying big time, changing picks might be an option.
But making up our lost 2 EBP is also a big task, 2 points are quite much sometimes.

[swogerino]

I completely forgot to put my picks before yesterday official qualifying starts and I will start with -3 points which in the end of the pool can prove decisive  ,I had a lot of work to do yesterday and I was deep dived into it that I completely forgot about racing and this is the first time it happens to me.

Nevertheless I will have the opportunity to change my picks but changing them is not of a great help in a technical track where overtaking is very much possible here so anything can happen.I can't wait to see the upgrades of the cars and see if they can match somewhat Redbull speed.

[boltz]

I completely forgot to put my picks before yesterday official qualifying starts and I will start with -3 points which in the end of the pool can prove decisive  ,I had a lot of work to do yesterday and I was deep dived into it that I completely forgot about racing and this is the first time it happens to me.

Nevertheless I will have the opportunity to change my picks but changing them is not of a great help in a technical track where overtaking is very much possible here so anything can happen.I can't wait to see the upgrades of the cars and see if they can match somewhat Redbull speed.

Yea...I did the same. I was too exited for qualifiers that I forgot to place my picks but nevertheless , I did pick the top 10 today with good confidence that Norris can make a podium and keep that 3rd place until end of the race. Also , is somehow Sainz gets a great start , we might have a collision between Max and him so I'm looking forward for turn 1.

[1miau]

I might change my picks as well. Hamilton seems likely to be on the podium, as Mercedes is usually very strong in the race, especially compared to Ferrari.
Not sure if Alonso can get a podium here, he’s starting far back.
Leclerc had a very bad qualifying as well, probably he can get a few points but people like Russell, Perez or Alonso might be too far ahead once Leclerc has cleared all traffic.

It’s a really hard one to decide. I’m tempted to change my picks but rain can affect positions very much, if we get rain, which is not clear yet but seems possible.

[swogerino]

I completely forgot to put my picks before yesterday official qualifying starts and I will start with -3 points which in the end of the pool can prove decisive  ,I had a lot of work to do yesterday and I was deep dived into it that I completely forgot about racing and this is the first time it happens to me.

Nevertheless I will have the opportunity to change my picks but changing them is not of a great help in a technical track where overtaking is very much possible here so anything can happen.I can't wait to see the upgrades of the cars and see if they can match somewhat Redbull speed.

Yea...I did the same. I was too exited for qualifiers that I forgot to place my picks but nevertheless , I did pick the top 10 today with good confidence that Norris can make a podium and keep that 3rd place until end of the race. Also , is somehow Sainz gets a great start , we might have a collision between Max and him so I'm looking forward for turn 1.

First time I put Norris in top ten this time,the management and board of directors at McLaren are saying that we will see a completely different car the max at Silverstone but judging from the performance of McLaren yesterday in qualifying I think it is a right call to put him in the top 10 and maybe this car is already on track  .

I doubt Max will cause a collision,he knows that if he goes to ask for trouble he will find it and he will definitely be the most damaged one.For a change though I have put a nice bet of Ferrari most team points during the race of today at an odd of 10 which I think is doable as long as Perez gets out of the way,his mediocre performances keep following.

[Koal-84]

I might change my picks as well. Hamilton seems likely to be on the podium, as Mercedes is usually very strong in the race, especially compared to Ferrari.
Not sure if Alonso can get a podium here, he’s starting far back.
Leclerc had a very bad qualifying as well, probably he can get a few points but people like Russell, Perez or Alonso might be too far ahead once Leclerc has cleared all traffic.

It’s a really hard one to decide. I’m tempted to change my picks but rain can affect positions very much, if we get rain, which is not clear yet but seems possible.

Correct, Mercedes and Ferrari were surprisingly strong, so the updates to the cars worked well, I haven't changed my predictions, but I don't think my podium is very likely with Verstappen, Alonso and Perez, more like impossible. But let's see how the race goes.