Pick-the-Podium - F-1 - Rolex Magyar Nagydij, Budapest, Hungary, 2018

[BoiseStateFan27]

Thrilling end there

It looked like I was at a disadvantage in the points but Vettel and Raikkonen passing Bottas at the end was massive for me

unfortunately Bottas took damage and that prevented me from the clean sweep

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Mercedes have taken full control going into the summer break, Vettels hopes for the title are quickly going away

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Haas got two cars in the points today, nice run there

 

[Retroram52]

Yep, BSF, you'll almost took the sweep!

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Raikkonen has finished on the podium 5 consecutive races, quietly the most consistent driver as of late

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Yep, BSF, you'll almost took the sweep!

Bright side, I did at least sweep the 3 most important positions

 

[Retroram52]

Here is how we did:

BoiseStateFan27: 12 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win; Vettel for second; Raikkonen for third
forty_three: 6 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win
Hank Kingsley: 0 points- skunked
Retroram52: 6 points- Correctly selected Hamilton for the win

Season totals:

BoiseStateFan27: 54 points
forty_three: 51 points
Hank Kingsley: 38 points
Retroram52: 60 points


Next up: Belgian Grand Prix, August 24-26

 

[Retroram52]

Congrats to BSF for the near sweep. BSF moves into second place ahead of 43. The comeback continues and the momentum is on your side. See everyone in a month.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Congrats to BSF for the near sweep. BSF moves into second place ahead of 43. The comeback continues and the momentum is on your side. See everyone in a month.

Coming hot on your tail, sir

you still have the lead but momentum is on my side heading into the summer break

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

3 of us within 10 points, should be fun down the stretch in a month

 

[Retroram52]

This is the beginning. Same thing happening in other series like NASCAR.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/21c...7963378ad01/ss_force-india's-formula-one.html

 

[Hank Kingsley]

That win was entirely due to wet qualifying. And Bottas holding up the rest.

Well played, but fortunate. Ferrari is clearly the quicker car.

 

[Indrid Cold]

Is August the month everybody takes off in Europe?
I worked for an Italian company for a brief time and was desperately trying to get some info from the home office during their vacation month...my boss gave me a number and told me to let the phone ring for as long as it took (this was pre-email for this place) as somebody would eventually answer it, even if they had to come from another building.
I did what he said and somebody did pick up the phone after maybe 15 minutes. They actually spoke English well enough to tell me the person I was looking for was not there...which was exactly what I expected.