Pick the Podium - F-1 - Grosser Preis Von Österreich, Spielberg, Austria, 2017

[Retroram52]

After two weeks off, a public apology by Vettel to Hamilton for his Vettel's road rage event, and a renewed effort by Red Bull with Ricciardo's win, Formula 1 is in Austria this week-end where historically, things usually get pretty intense especially at the end of the race. We shall see if Vettel's apology was genuine or just a publicity stunt to smooth things over during the down time. The Vettel/Hamilton feud continues onward and we shall see if Haas can make a break-through for a podium attempt this race.

 

[Retroram52]

Right now, the top three are Hamilton, Vettel, Bottas. Little has changed after a two weeks ago.

 

[Retroram52]

Bottas beats Vettel to the pole and Hamilton is third on the grid but will start 8th for a technical violation. Grosjean is starting 7th. Haas is making small steps to get closer to the podium!

 

[Retroram52]

You have to like Bottas' renewed grit but I'll go with Vettel for the win, Bottas second, Raikkonen for third and Hamilton for fourth.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Bottas
Hamilton
Vettel
Ricciardo

 

[Retroram52]

Bottas holds off Vettel for the win and Ricciardo continues to make in-roads onto the podium. Excellent race.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is how we did:

BoiseStateFan27: 0 points- No-show
Hank Kingsley: 6 points- Correctly selected Bottas for the win
forty_three: 0 points- No-show
Retroram52: 1 point - Correctly selected Hamilton for fourth

Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27: 14 points
Hank Kingsley: 35 points
forty_three: 10 points
Retroram52: 42 points


Next up: Rolex British Grand Prix July 14-16, 2017.

 

[Retroram52]

Nice recovery Hank. And the gap closes!

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

busy weekend screwed me, I could have made some good picks this time too

Ricciardo is on a very impressive run of podiums at the moment, he's been the best driver these past several races. Managing these results at tracks that didn't suit the Red Bull is even better, they have made up some ground on the top 2 teams.

Should be interesting to see what the Red Bulls can do at Silverstone, especially if Verstappen's bad luck finally ends

Grosjean with a great run for the Haas, 6th place is pretty amazing. I think this is like 5 or 6 races in a row that Haas has scored points. They should be able to take 6th from the Toro Rosso's soon and they're only 11 points down on Williams but I think the Williams are still faster

 

[Retroram52]

I agree BoiseStateFan27. Merica Baby!!!

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Sumbitch.....

I had the 4, just the wrong order.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea but the you had the winner right, Hank.