Pick the Podium: F1 - Spa

[IndyAndy]

Started for Hank Kingsley.

 

[IndyAndy]

Oops!!! - I'm a whole week early on this!

 

[Retroram52]

Yea they don't run til next week-end along with IndyCar.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Oops!!! - I'm a whole week early on this!

Even I wasn't ready to pick them today....

 

[Retroram52]

Well the F-1 boys are in Belgium this week. After nearly a month off, let's see who can continue to pick away at the Mercedes boys and actually win a race.

 

[Retroram52]

Rosberg leads Hamilton and Ricciardo in a FP2 practice session where Roseberg blew a rear tire and nearly wiped out. We shall see where this leads.

 

[forty_three]

Unbelievable lap by Hamilton. On a track like Spa, it's hard to bet against Merc power. Pretty much the only thing that can derail them is themselves.

HAM
ROS
BOT

Would like to see Hulkenberg, Massa, Ricciardo and Vettel have good showings, but they all have to at least go through Grosjean and Perez to get to the front. Some also have to go through Maldonado.

That's like trying to get through a barbed wire fence in a bulky sweater.

 

[IndyAndy]

I thought that they said Grosjean has a grid penalty coming his way for tomorrow?

I'll take:

Hamilton
Rosberg
Perez (just because he's due, dammit!)

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton
Bottas
Ricciardo


Way, way out on a limb here.....

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Rosberg
Hamilton
Vettel

 

[Retroram52]

I'll take Hamilton, Rosberg, and Bottas for $2000 Indy.

 

[IndyAndy]

Jeebus, Williams... soft tires on the front & mediums on the rear.

Perez is putting on quite the show.

 

[IndyAndy]

No real surprises as far as the top two steps of the podium are concerned, but quite a good scrap for 3rd - 8th as that one wound down.

Congrats to Lotus on a well deserved podium finish.

Here's how we did:

forty_three, Retroram52 & IndyAndy: 8 points each, for correctly picking the top two steps of the podium
Hank Kingsley: 5 points, for picking Hamilton to win
Forty_Sixand2: 2 points, for getting Hamilton and Rosberg out of order.

Season Totals so far:

IndyAndy: 77 points
Retroram52: 68 points
forty_three: 63 points
Hank Kingsley: 45 points
Forty_Sixand2: 2 points

Next Up: Monza, on Sept. 6th.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I guess I need to come back to the Hoop before CFB season next year. I feel like Jenson Button

 

[forty_three]

Jeebus, Williams... soft tires on the front & mediums on the rear.

Perez is putting on quite the show.

I had a pretty decent chance of getting the entire podium until then...

I loved the replay, the guy was running out with the correct tire as Valteri was pulling in. He was like "Uhhhh, guys?"

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton
Bottas
Ricciardo


Way, way out on a limb here.....

My branch broke...

 

[Retroram52]

Unfortunately yes Hank.

 

[forty_three]

My branch got fitted with the wrong tyres...

FTFY

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Unfortunately yes Hank.

When I saw Ricciardo coast to a stop, I said a silent "FUCK!!!!" as my wife's aunt was in the next room....