swifttiger75 said:You're basically my only real competition this year, brighthound8.
Once you and I clinch that Constructors' Championship—assuming we actually pull it off—can I head back to Panda next season? I'm honestly impressed by how much you've been looking out for my old team. 😁
What's your take?
And what if you don't even win the Constructors' title?
Maybe we'll grab 5 or 6 in the individual race, and hopefully 4 for the team. We just need to push forward—grab as many points as possible and put those trophies right where they belong. A short break now, then it's off to Belgium in a month.
Let’s go for another win—I'm looking for my guy to rise from the ashes because we need to settle some scores, both individually and for the team. To keep things interesting for you all, here are my slight tweaks compared to my last prediction.
2018 GERMAN GRAND PRIX - HOCKENHEIM
1. Lewis Hamilton 2. Sebastian Vettel 3. Kimi Raikkonen
4. Valtteri Bottas 5. Daniel Ricciardo 6. Max Verstappen 7. Nico Hulkenberg 8. Romain Grosjean 9. Kevin Magnussen 10. Sergio Perez
11. Lance Stroll 22. Esteban Ocon 13. Sergei Sirotkin 14. Pierre Gasly 15. Marcus Ericsson 16. Charles Leclerc
DNF: Brendon Hartley DNF: Carlos Sainz DNF: Fernando Alonso DNF: Stoffel Vandoorne
Honestly, I have no idea how I managed to snag the first win in this series. Look, the goal for this season is to break into the top 10 individually and hit the top 5 in the constructors' standings—though let's be real, I'm not expecting much from our ranking, whether it's individual or team. My advice to everyone else? Keep it tough, fight fair, go for those aggressive overtakes during the race, and for heaven's sake, cut down on the pit stops. As a team, we’re looking decent, though my teammate really needs to step up—we actually added some special performance additives to my car to boost torque and make overtaking easier, because we definitely don't want to end up at the bottom of the pack. I know being at the bottom of the standings is almost a guarantee for the Konkvić crew, but we aren't throwing in the towel just yet. Looking ahead to next season, I'm hoping for an invite to join Konkvić or maybe just drift into a cloud of dust—and I really want us to play both the team and individual cups (kind of like the Davis Cup) starting next year, even if we aren't there quite yet.
Luck hasn't been on my side until now, but that moment has finally arrived. I’ll be analyzing our opponents and trying to pull off some surprises so we can climb higher—anything to ensure those bottom-tier rankings belong to someone else.
So, did poker just fall apart? Obviously it did—whatever. We seriously need to tighten up as a team and grab some wins or at least a top 5 finish, and honestly, I’m holding out hope we can pull it off over the next 5 races.