Pick-the-Podium - F-1 -Grande Premio HEINEKEN Do Brasil, Sao Paolo, Brasil, 2017

[Retroram52]

Formula One ventures into Sao Paolo, Brasil this week-end for the next-to-last race of the 2017 season. Now that Hamilton is the champion, all that remains to be determined is who finishes in the top three for second and third. Is it going to be a Ferrari entry or someone from Red Bull? Get your selections in for this race to see how the three of us finish in our own championship with the last last ending in Abu Dhabi.

 

[Retroram52]

Winning begets winning and this has been the formula for Mercedes in the past four years. Ferrari and Red Bull have made in-roads into the Silver Arrows' dominance but it is going to take a monumental effort to unseat them because of what they do with races at the end of the year.

Mercedes: Final two races to be used as ‘test opportunities’ for 2018

 

[Retroram52]

Mercedes and Ferrari are back together again. After final practice, Bottas leads the way followed by Hamilton, Raikkonen and Vettel.

 

[Retroram52]

Wow, Bottas takes the pole as Hamilton crashes in qualifying. Here are the top five.

1 77 Valtteri Bottas MERCEDES 1:09.452 1:08.638 1:08.322 22
2 5 Sebastian Vettel FERRARI 1:09.643 1:08.494 1:08.360 21
3 7 Kimi Räikkönen FERRARI 1:09.405 1:09.116 1:08.538 18
4 33 Max Verstappen RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER 1:09.820 1:09.050 1:08.925 18
5 3 Daniel Ricciardo

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Vettel
Bottas
Verstappen
Raikkonen

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, I'll go with Vettel to pass Bottas. Bottas for second, Verstappen third, and Raikkonen fourth.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Vettel
Bottas
Verstappen
Raikkonen

Changing mine up to:

Vettel
Verstappen
Bottas
Raikkonen

 

[Retroram52]

Okie dokie and you got the change in before the green flag Hank.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

in before the final whistle

Bottas
Vettel
Verstappen
Hamilton

 

[Retroram52]

AS expected, Vettel has passed Bottas followed by Raikkonen and Verstappen at lap 7.

 

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Hamilton has moved up to 12th already!

 

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Hamilton has moved into 8th. Look out!

 

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Hamilton is now 7th.

 

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And now he is in 6th.

 

[Retroram52]

Hamilton is really on a move and now he is in 5th.

 

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WOW! And Hamilton takes the lead.

 

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Hamilton is still in the lead with 30 to go.

 

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Vettel takes over the lead as Hamilton pits.

 

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Hamilton remains in 5th after his pit stop.

 

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Vettel retakes the lead followed by Bottas.