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

[swogerino]

Not the best of the races but personally for me in the pool it has been the best race ever,I just set a new record for a single race at 17.5 points which I think is the highest we have had in this pool,last year I also head the record 16.5 but shared with the organizer of this pool Cls63.I am happy to have recovered 4 positions directly with a single race and right now being near the top guys not far away,just 4.5 points behind the leader which during all the remaining races will be very fought ones.I am back doing what I did the same last year,in this time,I am being either second,third or first,most of the races second is enough to secure a winning spot in the end of the tournament.

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Ended up being a good race for me, asides of Max Verstappen dominance and we know he is gonna win, it was a really good fight in all the points position.

This race have a "romantic" thing, Red Bull breaks Mc Claren record, and sudenly MCclaren was the car who oppose them to break that record when few weeks ago this was impossible to think.

The problem is that this track kinda sucks for overtaking and with these cars is not even easy to overtake nowadays.

The DRS is not so strong like it was 3 years ago so, it is harder to overtake if you are faster even if they told us that with this generation of car was easier to overtake.

[CLS63]

Congrats to @swogerino for winning the yellow cap this week!

It was a really great performance by collecting 17.5 points to be honest. It isn't easy to collect that many normally. I see that position bonus points were a big help for you. When it comes to the race there was another standard race for Verstappen as he won easily. But Hamilton really disappointed his fans surely. That was a really bad start and this cost him the podium later on. McLaren were again doing amazing things. Ferrari were another disappointment but I'm not surprised anymore. They just killed Leclerc's race by that pit stop.

[1miau]

@1miau  Even though Verstappen is most likely to win this race anyway at least it was nice to see a competitive qualifying session.    It looks like the new tyre format in qualifying didn't affect Verstappen's performance in a good way for now. But maybe it has something to do with the new changes in the car as well. Red Bull were expected to gain more speed actually but we will see it more clearly in the race.

Yes, you were right, very easy cruise for Verstappen after Hamilton had a bad start, where he dropped 4 places. So, not even a fight Verstappen vs. Hamilton. 
And I agree, qualifying was nice. Maybe it'll happen more often that we can have competitive qualifying sessions due to the new tyre rules but somehow I have the feeling that Hungary was an exception. Maybe rain can help in Belgium to get a competitive weekend.

Really disappointed from Ferrari and Aston Martin again but at least, both cars got points, even if it's only few points. Not like Zhou, who screwed up the start big time by not getting away from his starting position and in turn 1, he braked too late, crashing into Ricciardo, who took out the 2 Alpines. 
At least Perez had a good race once again and Russell as well.

Congrats @swogerino for winning this round. 

[swogerino]

Thank you guys.In fact it was really nice to see that I hit it big when I didn't think much about what drivers to put in,I just put them randomly and the result was magnificent for me.The Championship this season is already over unfortunately with Verstappen dominating easily in every single track,it was a shame for Hamilton that started really bad,as bad as he asked forgiveness to the team for such a slow start as if he got out first of that first corner I am sure we  would have witnessed a great race as I am sure Hamilton would have kept Verstappen a couple of laps behind giving time to the McLarens to be near him.

Username at sportsbet for the yellow cap same as here.

[Trofo]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

[CLS63]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

Red Bull have the fastest car on the grid by far now. As Verstappen is one of the most skilled drivers too this combination brings about a huge domination in this sport. It was the same for Hamilton when we were in the turbo hybrid era. Now Red Bull have captured the domination from Mercedes. This is a domination sport I'm afraid so there will always be someone who wins nearly all the time unless the cars are equal.

Right now there is only a competition among the other drivers. As for the pool it is simple to predict the winner and pole position most of the time. But the more difficult part is generally to predict the whole drivers in top 10 and their placements at the same time.

[püsür]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

Red Bull have the fastest car on the grid by far now. As Verstappen is one of the most skilled drivers too this combination brings about a huge domination in this sport. It was the same for Hamilton when we were in the turbo hybrid era. Now Red Bull have captured the domination from Mercedes. This is a domination sport I'm afraid so there will always be someone who wins nearly all the time unless the cars are equal.

Right now there is only a competition among the other drivers. As for the pool it is simple to predict the winner and pole position most of the time. But the more difficult part is generally to predict the whole drivers in top 10 and their placements at the same time.

We are watching a domination in teams like the 2016 Mercedes season. Mercedes drivers won all races except malaysia and spain (rosberg and hamilton clashed in spain and by a twist of fate verstappen had won that race). A domination in the pilots like Schumi's 2004 season and Vettel's 2013 season. (Schumi won 13 races in the 2004 season, again, Vettel won the last 9 races of the 2013 season in a row, as well as won 13 races that season.) Hamilton dominated between 2014-2020 (except the year Rosberg became champion), but Bottas and Vettel were a little close to him until a certain point in the season. If we come to this year, we are witnessing a heavy domination. As for the race, Verstappen is just at 1, we can say that the rest competed among themselves. I'm not sure I can enjoy this much of a domination, it is literally too much.

[swogerino]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

I follow every single race of F1 but this does not make me an expert in F1 sport.Before choosing my picks I always consult with all the free practice sessions before deciding,there is no point in not choosing Verstappen as he clearly has the best car and if he has no problems during the race he will most probably win them all as he is already doing.The other drivers I choose exclusively based on the free practice placements and so far it has been sometimes right to choose based on that and sometimes wrong but most of the times I was happy with my choices so I will continue to do it.There is nothing more than this for me.

[tokeweed]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

Yup, no F1's seasons most of the time is like this.  Lol.  There was one season in the Mercedes era that was very exciting.  After that, it's pretty much the same as now.  :/  Funny thing tho is the ones who are complaining how Verstappen and Red Bull are so dominant now weren't really complaining when Hamilton and Mercedes were so dominant for 8 years or so.  

From a betting perspective, try looking in the points finish market.  If any driver's odds from teams Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari, Aston Martin is lined above 2.00 and has no grid penalty then it's an auto bet...  At least for me.

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[darxiaomi]

Spa, one of the most mighty circuits on the F1, i hope we can see another winner and not the same as always Max Verstappen.

One thing we need to notice, its a few weeks ago in Spa one young driver died again for a crash. I think he was for F3 or some minor categorie like that, really sad.

So i hope we can have a  race with safety.

[swogerino]

Spa, one of the most mighty circuits on the F1, i hope we can see another winner and not the same as always Max Verstappen.

One thing we need to notice, its a few weeks ago in Spa one young driver died again for a crash. I think he was for F3 or some minor categorie like that, really sad.

So i hope we can have a  race with safety.

F1 safety with the halo system has improved greatly,just a couple of years ago a bad crash of Hamilton vs Verstappen and the halo saved Hamilton life as Verstappen car was stopped by that halo otherwise it would have been catastrophic as a bare minimum Hamilton would have had huge problems with his neck if saved from the tragedy.I think the halo system should be implemented in many other categories and lower categories drivers should not over do it trying to squeeze more than the car can deliver otherwise tragedies will happen.I am sure we will not see any problem with the F1 race this upcoming weekend.

[CLS63]

Red Bull have the fastest car on the grid by far now. As Verstappen is one of the most skilled drivers too this combination brings about a huge domination in this sport. It was the same for Hamilton when we were in the turbo hybrid era. Now Red Bull have captured the domination from Mercedes. This is a domination sport I'm afraid so there will always be someone who wins nearly all the time unless the cars are equal.

Right now there is only a competition among the other drivers. As for the pool it is simple to predict the winner and pole position most of the time. But the more difficult part is generally to predict the whole drivers in top 10 and their placements at the same time.

We are watching a domination in teams like the 2016 Mercedes season. Mercedes drivers won all races except malaysia and spain (rosberg and hamilton clashed in spain and by a twist of fate verstappen had won that race). A domination in the pilots like Schumi's 2004 season and Vettel's 2013 season. (Schumi won 13 races in the 2004 season, again, Vettel won the last 9 races of the 2013 season in a row, as well as won 13 races that season.) Hamilton dominated between 2014-2020 (except the year Rosberg became champion), but Bottas and Vettel were a little close to him until a certain point in the season. If we come to this year, we are witnessing a heavy domination. As for the race, Verstappen is just at 1, we can say that the rest competed among themselves. I'm not sure I can enjoy this much of a domination, it is literally too much.

Sometimes we get lucky about not seeing a heavy domination by only one driver. The 2021 season was just like that. Hamilton was still very fast with his Mercedes but he wasn't able to dominate as always. Red Bull started to close the gap with Mercedes very much. Verstappen took advantage of it and we watched an amazing competition in that season. We even watched these two drivers entering the last race week at equal points.    This is just the kind of a competition I'm hoping to see in this sport.

But in this new era only Red Bull are very fast. McLaren have made big progress but they are still far away from Red Bull. Mercedes aren't much different either.

[famososMuertos]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

Well!  At least you have brought a topic to the table, let's say that your post was about 0.003 seconds with which Hamilton won the PP.

That happened to an implementation of new rules to get some emotion for those who are not fans, which is what a pool is about, I am not an expert in Formula 1 but I have followed it since Marlboro put ads.

Let's say that... I've been told the same thing about La Liga for 20 years, " forever" Real Madrid or Barcelona, 

On the other hand, if the topic itself bores you, selecting them, Ver,Ver,Ver;  Well, he plays with the idea of proposing to hit all the 1.5s, the bonus podium and the EBP.

In fact, I'm not first because I've played it several times and I've lost the 2-point bonus, but I wanted it that way.

 On the other hand, it's not uncommon, this situation has always been every so often... but a fan supports it. 

[LTU_btc]

I know I don't follow F1 and I did not expect much from this pool but I feel like there is almost no point in playing this. I mean everybody is picking Verstappen always which is boring but you must do it and then hoping you get exact placement for one of the other guys. I did not watch a single race or read a single article and still I am in the middle of the pool. Basically all I know is that Verstappen is winning every race and then I pick other guys just by their points that are written in Superbru.

Is there something more to this for those of you that understand the sport?

Well, yeah, this season is about picking Verstappen to win and then trying to predict how rest of grid will finnish. And it's not that easy - last race I didn't managed to get any exact predictions of position, except Vertappen. Qualification can bring upsets like we saw this weekend.

Spa, one of the most mighty circuits on the F1, i hope we can see another winner and not the same as always Max Verstappen.

One thing we need to notice, its a few weeks ago in Spa one young driver died again for a crash. I think he was for F3 or some minor categorie like that, really sad.

So i hope we can have a  race with safety.

F1 safety with the halo system has improved greatly,just a couple of years ago a bad crash of Hamilton vs Verstappen and the halo saved Hamilton life as Verstappen car was stopped by that halo otherwise it would have been catastrophic as a bare minimum Hamilton would have had huge problems with his neck if saved from the tragedy.I think the halo system should be implemented in many other categories and lower categories drivers should not over do it trying to squeeze more than the car can deliver otherwise tragedies will happen.I am sure we will not see any problem with the F1 race this upcoming weekend.

It was F4 Regional championship. Not just F1, but all open wheel racing series in Europe have Halo, but it can protect from crash like that one. It was something similar like Anthoine Hubert fatal crash - car went of track after Eau Rouge and then from barriers jumped back to track. For drivers behind it's almost impossible to react, as there is no visibility, especially in rain. And impact of such crash is such big that we had already 2 fatal accidents in recent years. And in F1 such crashes is possible too, Halo wouldn't protect there.

[buwaytress]

Can't catch a break, really. Just as I thought I was doing alright several races in a row, I finished sooo many points off yellow cap, and have slipped down a rank in the process. What's that they say about one step forwards and two steps back?

Anyway, have to say good job to that amazing yellow cap.

Trofo I have the same tactic but that is my Superbru criticism from the very beginning. Pointless not to choose the strong favourite, as an upset of 100/1 or of 3/1 gives the same points. I have no strategy other than to guess who enters top 10 as those finishers gives points. Time to cut off Ocon and Gasly?

[swogerino]

Time to cut off Ocon and Gasly?

I would say absolutely now that they failed both cars from mechanical problems in this last race that we had on Hungary,as far as I remember they just made a few laps before retiring,well one was hit and the other I don't know what mechanical problem had.The fact is that even if they continued the race it will be difficult for them to be in top 10 now that McLaren has upgraded their cars and are always on the podium,they had a chance before but now they don't stand a single chance as top 10 places most likely will be taken by the top 5 teams now.

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Trofo I have the same tactic but that is my Superbru criticism from the very beginning. Pointless not to choose the strong favourite, as an upset of 100/1 or of 3/1 gives the same points. I have no strategy other than to guess who enters top 10 as those finishers gives points. Time to cut off Ocon and Gasly?

basically, Superbru is favoring picking favorites in all sports, not just F1, because of point system
it is not easy to pick a surprise and reward for that is really low

and of course all pick Verstappen for win, pole, fastest lap, because it is usually correct answer (although lap and pole have gone to others from time to time, but guessing who is usually hard)

who would said that Hamilton will win pole in Hungary and after that finished fourth, lousy performance in the end

[darxiaomi]

Trofo I have the same tactic but that is my Superbru criticism from the very beginning. Pointless not to choose the strong favourite, as an upset of 100/1 or of 3/1 gives the same points. I have no strategy other than to guess who enters top 10 as those finishers gives points. Time to cut off Ocon and Gasly?

I will say yes with closed eyes, but with Alpine you never know, they have this kind of low parts in all the seasons, but always they find a way in a race to recover and start fighting for points. They always lives in this double state.