Pick the Podium - F-1 - Heineken Dutch Grand Prix, Circuit Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands, September 02-04, 2022

[Retroram52]

Yea, 43, you were close. I can't remember but if you hang onto First Place on our board, is this your First Championship? I believe it is but you would know for sure more than I would.

 

[Retroram52]

I know Hank has one Championship under his belt. I have Five here and Seven over in the IndyCar series. I forgot, the Schmoopster has us all right where he wants us, so be diligent because he is on the prowl. lol.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

I got Leclerc for third too.

And if Mercedes hadn't done Ferrari level strategy mistakes I might have swept it again. They straight up fucked Lewis over. I don't blame him for being that mad.

I had the sweep until Bottas parked his car.

That Alpha Tauris stuff was BS too.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton was only going to win if he could have run to the end on his hard tires. As soon as there was the 2nd stop for mediums and the field closed up and Max got the free stop it was going to be P2 and P3 at best.

So allowing Russell to go to softs just meant he was going to pass Hamilton. No way he (Russell) was going to win.

I really don't know why they did it. They ended up 2,4 instead of 2,3 which they would have been almost for certain as Leclerc was not going to catch Russell for 3rd.

 

[ckhokie]

Here's How We Did:

ckhokie: 9 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win; Correctly selected Hamilton for Fourth Place
forty_three: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Hank Kingsley: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Obxyankee52: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Retroram52: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Schmoopy1000: 9 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win; Correctly selected Hamilton for Fourth Place


2022 Season totals:

ckhokie: 111 points
forty_three: 122 points
Hank Kingsley: 114 points
Obxyankeefan: 101 points
Retroram52: 99 points
Schmoopy1000: 83 points


Next Race: Italian Grand Prix, September 09-11, 2022

I had LEC in third also

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, several of us had LeClerc for third. I had him in mind and on paper then changed it for the post. Just a suckie year for me selecting correct finishing orders.

 

[forty_three]

Yea, 43, you were close. I can't remember but if you hang onto First Place on our board, is this your First Championship? I believe it is but you would know for sure more than I would.

I won once before a few years back.


top stuff from Lewis:

Adrenaline makes you say stuff in the moment. Same with Alonso last week. Champions acknowledge their weakness and move on.

 

[Retroram52]

Yea, I wasn't totally sure and was too lazy to sort back through all the posts. So you will be going for Number Two and a nice little cash bonus that goes with it this year!!

 

[Retroram52]

Sorry everyone. Here is the updated version. My bad. Too much heat and not enough sleep.

Here's How We Did:

ckhokie: 12 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win; Correctly selected LeClerc for Third Place; Correctly selected Hamilton for Fourth Place
forty_three: 10 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win; Correctly selected LeClerc for Third Place
Hank Kingsley: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Obxyankee52: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Retroram52: 7 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win
Schmoopy1000: 9 points-Correctly selected Verstappen for the win; Correctly selected Hamilton for Fourth Place


2022 Season totals:

ckhokie: 114 points
forty_three: 125 points
Hank Kingsley: 114 points
Obxyankeefan: 101 points
Retroram52: 99 points
Schmoopy1000: 83 points


Next Race: Italian Grand Prix, September 09-11, 2022

 

[Retroram52]

Congrats to ckhokie for taking the Race points total and 43 for his expanding lead. There are 7 races remaining in the F-1 season. See everyone next week for the Italian Grand Prix.

 

[Schmoopy1000]

I know Hank has one Championship under his belt. I have Five here and Seven over in the IndyCar series. I forgot, the Schmoopster has us all right where he wants us, so be diligent because he is on the prowl. lol.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton to start at back or field at Monza. Had to take a new engine.