Pick the Podium - F-1 - Petronas MALAYSIA Grand Prix, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2017

[Retroram52]

Vettel and Ferrari set the pace as Hamilton and Bottas struggle in practice. Should be another tough race and never count out Team Petronas and Hamilton especially when he leads a championship.

 

[Retroram52]

Presently, after two practices, it is Vettel, Raikkonen, Ricciardo, Verstappen, Alonso, Hamilton, and Botas.

 

[Retroram52]

Just as I thought after Vettel has another disaster. Never count out Hamilton especially this late in the season and he is now the top dog in yet another championship. This is the top five:

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.076
2 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:30.121
3 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1:30.541
4 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:30.595
5 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:30.758

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton
Verstappen
Ricciardo
Raikkonen

 

[Retroram52]

I'll go with Hamilton, Verstappen, Ricciardo, Raikkonen.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

dadburnit! I almost forgot this


Hamilton
Ricciardo
Raikkonen
Verstappen

 

[Retroram52]

Yea BSF27, but you got your picks in before they dropped the green flag.

 

[Retroram52]

Verstappen surprises everyone and gets by Hamilton for the win. Ricciardo brings home third and Vettel came all the way back to finish fourth followed by Bottas for fifth. Hamilton still keeps his lead over Vettel in the championship hunt.

 

[Retroram52]

Here is how we did:

BoiseStateFan27: 0 points- Skunked
Hank Kingsley: 2 points- Correctly selected Ricciardo for third
forty_three: 0 points- No-show
Retroram52: 2 points - Correctly selected Ricciardo for third

Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27: 52 points
Hank Kingsley: 70 points
forty_three: 10 points
Retroram52: 76 points


Next up: Japanese Grand Prix, Oct 6-8, 2017

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Yea BSF27, but you got your picks in before they dropped the green flag.

Still got the same result anyways

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

ESPN is taking over the rights next year...should be interesting...the races are much more accessible next year but I wonder how the broadcast will be

hopefully they keep the same crew of announcers

 

[Retroram52]

We shall see BSF!