Pick the Podium - F-1 - Gran Premio de Espana Pirelli, Catalunya, Spain, 2017

[Retroram52]

The F-1 boyz take the battle between Ferrari and the Mercs to Spain this week. Bottas surprised everyone last week in Russia by beating both Vettel and Hamilton. Maybe we will see another first-time winner this race as well.

 

[Retroram52]

It's the Mercs one-two in Spain. The battle continues.

1 LEWIS HAMILTON 1:20.802 39
2 VALTTERI BOTTAS 1:20.892 +0.090s 38
3 KIMI RÄIKKÖNEN 1:21.112 +0.310s 34
4 SEBASTIAN VETTEL 1:21.220 +0.418s 36
5 MAX VERSTAPPEN 1:21.438 +0.636s 29
6 DANIEL RICCIARDO 1:21.585 +0.783s 35
7 NICO HULKENBERG 1:21.687 +0.885s 40
8 JOLYON PALMER 1:21.992 +1.190s 43
9 FELIPE MASSA 1:22.015 +1.213s 38
10 CARLOS SAINZ 1:22.265 +1.463s 34

 

[Retroram52]

Hamilton edges Vettel for the Spain pole by just .051 seconds. Mercs and Ferrari's alternate for the top four spots. Red Bull follows.

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:19.149
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:19.200
3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:19.373
4 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:19.439
5 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:19.706
6 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:20.175
7 Fernando Alonso McLaren 1:21.048
8 Sergio Perez Force India 1:21.070
9 Felipe Massa Williams 1:21.232
10 Esteban Ocon Force India 1:21.272

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton
Vettel
Bottas
Verstappen

 

[Retroram52]

I'll go with Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas, and Raikkonen.

 

[Retroram52]

Hamilton takes the win followed by Vettel. Bottas and Raikkonen had DNFs. Ricciardo took third followed by Perez for fourth. Hamilton takes the fight to Vettel and onward they go to Monaco in two weeks.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is how we did:

BoiseStateFan27: 0 points- Didn't show up
Hank Kingsley: 10 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win and Vettel for second
forty_three: 0 points- Didn't show-up
Retroram52: 10 points - Correctly selected Hamilton for the win and Vettel for second


Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27: 12 points
Hank Kingsley: 19 points
forty_three: 10 points
Retroram52: 21 points


Next up: Monaco, May 25-28, 2017.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Dadburnit! I forgot again

I always miss the unpredictable races it seems like

 

[Hank Kingsley]

That was a very decent race.

Lots of stuff going on.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

The post race meet up between Kimi and the young fan who was crying when he was knocked out of the race was pretty cool.