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Pick the Podium - F-1 - Gulf Air, Bahrain Grand Prix, Sakkir, Bahrain, March 18-20, 2022

Retroram52

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The 2022 F-1 season is upon us and the opener is in Sakhir, Bahrain. The F-1 circuit in Bahrain hosted last week all the teams who were testing the new cars. Lots of stories going on with all of the driver changes, team changes, and very new livery systems with bigger 18" wheels and multiple air management systems body panels. The big question is whether Hamilton can finally get his record-setting eighth championship along with Mercedes. Red Bull is hot coming off of their championship with the Max man. So here we go. get your picks in before Sunday at the start of the cars engines and we shall see who is the champion this year on this board.

New changes for 2022 here on the board. We now have a sponsor. A one-year deal has been signed and this is a engineering car firm right here in Phoenix who has interests in racing both in the U.S. and internationally. Stevens Enterprises or the Silent Partner (SP) is our new sponsor.

So the following changes take place on Sunday per race: If you correctly select First Place, 7 points will be awarded; Second Place, 5 points; Third place 3 points; Fourth Place is 2 points; 3 points are awarded if you run the table including Fourth Place. Total Points possible per race is now 20 points. If F-1 does those crazy competitions again, the points awarded will reflect what is given by F-1 as last year. First place was two points and the other podium finishes were 1 point each.

At the end of the season, the Champion will receive a $12.00 cash award mailed to your residence. Second Place will receive $5.00 cash award and Third Place will receive $3.00 cash award all mailed to your residences. Only the top three positions in our championship competition will receive a cash award. If there is a tie, the two members will be paid equally the amount of that position. So if there are two Second Place winners, each will receive $5.00. If you start the competition and disappear for three consecutive races or five hit-and-miss races, you forfeit cash awards if you are the top three at the end of the year. This per the contract language and no cash award will be levied to that competitor.

I know this is a small start but we shall see who shows-up and if the response is favorable, the cash awards may increase going forward in the next contract. I hope everyone comes out for the cash awards, new this year as well as the racing. Enjoy and see you all on this board!!
 

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Red Bull are on target going into the P3 and Qualifying sessions coming-up. Ferrari is there too but Mercedes is struggling and we may see them in the mid-pack for a bit. This is unusual even for them.

 

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K-MAG go t the Haas into Q3 and Mick was close to getting in as well.
 

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Very cool news with the sponsorship, Retro
 

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Ferrari looks like a rocketship, Red Bull solid, Mercedes a tad behind as they said. And GR63 made an uncharacteristic mistake in quali and blew his last lap and starts P9.

My picks: they finish like they start
LEC
VER
SAI
PER
 

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Lots to be excited about. Ferrari is competitive, Haas in Q3, and Bottas starting right behind Hamilton, ready to go full ape shit

VER
LEC
SAI
PER
 

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Verstappen
Leclerc
Perez
Sainz

& what is up with Haas.
Looking at this so far, will they consistently score some points week to week?
McClaren is looking disappointing so far.
Bottas with lesser equipment has to be smiling so far this weekend.
 

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Yea, ckhokie: Chit-chattin with some motorheads and the convo got overheard and this dude introduces himself and voila, an hour later we have a deal.
 

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Problems for both Red Bulls with less than 10 to go? Dropping them from 2 and 4 to double DNF?

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Congrats to the Scuderia.
 

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Congrats to Hankela for nailing 2-4...

I fucking love watching RB and their great power unit properly shit bed....
 

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Congrats to Hankela for nailing 2-4...

I fucking love watching RB and their great power unit properly shit bed....
Must be a pretty fundamental issue to have both die within a lap of each other. And Pierre’s car burned down. Not a great start for RB Powertrains

Also crazy that Mclaren found a way to have a much worse day than RBR
 

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LeClerc and Sainz make it 1-2 for Ferrari and Hamilton and Russell make 3-4 for Mercedes. Verstappen gets a DNF and Magnusson has Haas in 5th. Big improvement for Haas.
 

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Here's How We Did:

ckhokie:
0 points-Skunked
forty_three: 7 points-Correctly selected LeClerc for the win
Hank Kingsley: 10 points-Correctly selected Sainz for Second Place; Correctly selected Hamilton for Third Place; Correctly selected Russell for Fourth Place
Obxyankeefan: 7 points-Correctly selected Leclerc for the win
Retroram52: 0 points-Skunked
Schmoopy1000: 0 points-Skunked

2021 Season totals:

ckhokie:
0 points
forty_three: 7 points
Hank Kingsley: 10 points
Obxyankeefan: 7 points
Retroram52: 0 points
Schmoopy1000: 0 points


Next Race: Saudia Arabia Grand Prix, March 25-27, 2022
 

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Congrats to Hank for coming out of the blocks guns ablazin' and almost scores a sweep!! Hank takes the first race. Nice tally for 43 and Obxyankeefan. See everyone next week-end!
 
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