ESPN F1 Championship 2018

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen

4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Ricciardo
7. Grosjean
8. Alonso
9. Sainz
10. Hulkenberg

11. Magnussen
12. Ocon
13. Perez
14. Stroll
15. Leclerc
16. Gasly

17. Ericsson

NOP Sirotkin
NOP Hartley
NOP Vandoorne

PP Hamilton
FL Hamilton

1. Verstappen
2. Ricciardo
3. Vettel

4. Räikkönen
5. Hamilton
6. Magnussen
7. Sainz
8. Hülkenberg
9. Alonso
10. Ocon

11. Pérez
12. Grosjean
13. Hartley
14. Stroll
15. Sirotkin
16. Leclerc

DNF: Ericsson
DNF: Vandoorne
DNF: Bottas
DNF: Gasly

P1: Verstappen
P2: Ricciardo

Typical Russian predictions. 👍

Look, folks—whoever picks Max Verstappen for the championship is going to absolutely crush everyone else. The point spread is going to be massive. Personally, I prefer it when things stay tight, maybe within a 20-30 point margin.

I’m bracing for a total meltdown from the crowd trying to force both Hamilton and Vettel onto the podium. There just isn't enough room up there for both of them.

Whoever calls the winner gets a bottle of top-shelf wine—I'll send it over via DM after the race is done.

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Daniel Ricciardo

4. Valtteri Bottas
5. Kimi Räikkönen
6. Max Verstappen
7. Carlos Sainz
8. Kevin Magnussen
9. Fernando Alonso
10. Nico Hulkenberg

11. Romain Grosjean
12. Sergio Perez
13. Esteban Ocon
14. Lance Stroll
15. Pierre Gasly
16. Charles Leclerc

NOP Ben Brauchlich
NOP Sergey Sirotkin
NOP Marcus Ericsson
NOP Stoffel Vandoorne

PP Lewis Hamilton
FL Daniel Ricciardo

1. Kimi Raikkonen
2. Daniel Ricciardo
3. Sebastian Vettel
4. Lewis Hamilton
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Kevin Magnussen
7. Nico Hulkenberg
8. Romain Grosjean
9. Pierre Gasly
10. Carlos Sainz Jr.
11. Sergio Perez
12. Esteban Ocon
13. Stoffel Vandoorne
14. Brendon Hartley
15. Lance Stroll
16. Charles Leclerc

NOP Valtteri Bottas
NOP Max Verstappen
NOP Marcus Ericsson
NOP Sergej Sirotkin

PP Kimi Raikkonen
FL Kimi Raikkonen

Sean Smith5 said:1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Valtteri Bottas
3. Sebastian Vettel

4. Kimi Räikkönen
5. Daniel Ricciardo
6. Max Verstappen
7. Fernando Alonso
8. Carlos Sainz
9. Romain Grosjean
10. Kevin Magnussen

11. Esteban Ocon
12. Nico Hulkenberg
13. Sergio Perez
14. Stoffel Vandoorne
15. Charles Leclerc
16. Marcus Ericsson

NO L. Stroll
NO B. Hartley
NO S. Sirotkin
NO P. Gasly

PP L. Hamilton
FL L. Hamilton

...........

1-Hamilton
2-Vettel
3-Ricciardo

4-Raikkonen
5-Bottas
6-Verstappen
7-Hulkenberg
8-Sainz
9-Magnussen
10-Alonso

11-Vandoorne
12-Ocon
13-Perez
14-Grosjean
15-Hartley
16-Stroll

NOP:
Leclerc
Sirotkin
Gasly
Ericsson

PP:Vettel
FL:Ricciardo

1. Vettel
2. Hamilton
3. Raikkonen
4. Ricciardo
5. Bottas
6. Verstappen
7. Alonso
8. Hulkenberg
9. Sainz
10. Ocon
11. Magnussen
12. Perez
13. Vandoorne
14. Sirotkin
15. Ericsson
16. Leclerc
17. Hartley
NOP Gasly
NOP Stroll
NOP Grosjean

PP Raikkonen
FL Hamilton

1. Hamilton
2. Ricciardo
3. Bottas

4. Vettel
5. Raikkonen
6. Hulkenberg
7. Perez
8. Sainz
9. Ocon
10. Alonso

11. Magnussen
12. Stroll
13. Ericsson
14. Sirotkin
15. Leclerc
16. Gasly

DNF; Grosjean
DNF: Verstappen
DNF; Vandoorne
DNF; Hartley

Pole: Hamilton

Leader: Hamilton

2018 BAKU GRAND PRIX

1. Bottas
2. Hamilton
3. Ricciardo

4. Verstappen
5. Vettel
6. Kimi
7. Hulkenberg
8. Grosjean
9. Alonso
10. Sainz

11. Magnussen
2. Perez
13. Vandoorne
14. Ocon
15. Stroll

NOPE—Hartley, Gasly, Sirotkin, Ericsson, Leclerc

PP Bottas

FL Bottas

p.s. someone buy me two bottles of bourbon and some jerky if Bottas grabs another win—and throw in one more for every single Safety Car

1. Ham
2. Vet
3. Ver

4. Bot
5. Rai
6. Ric
7. Sai
8. Alo
9. Hul
10. Van

11. Gro
12. Per
13. Oco
14. Str
15. Gas
16. Sir

17. Lec
18. Har

Nop - Eri
Nop - Mag

PP - Ham
FL - ALO

1. Ricciardo
2. Vettel
3. Verstappen

4. Bottas
5. Raikkonen
6. Hamilton
7. Alonso
8. Ocon
9. Hulkenberg
10. Magnussen

11. Sainz
12. Vandoorne
13. Perez
14. Grosjean
15. Leclerc
16. Ericsson

17. Stroll

Nope - Sirotkin
Nope - Gasly
Nope - Hartley

Probable - Vettel
Likely - Ricciardo

briskhound76 said:PP:Vettel
FL:Ricciardo

darkmarlin16 said:Sebastian Vettel—it’s a tough one. Hard to pin down a single definitive take without getting into the weeds.
Daniel Ricciardo is out. Just like that. It’s a tough break for him—tougher than most probably realize—but that’s just how this sport works. One day you're the face of the grid, the next you're looking for a seat. No sugarcoating it: it sucks.

Here’s today's starting grid. Only two drivers actually nailed Vettel's pole position prediction. Congrats to them.

Not that I've been keeping up with Joker's predictions.

darkmarlin16 is totally spying on me... he saw I was leaning toward Vettel for the podium, so he switched things up just to mess with my picks😁

I guess they just scavenge the best moves from every other driver to try and stay ahead of the pack, don't they? Maybe it's time I start keeping my strategies under wraps so they can't rip them off🍿

briskhound76 said:I swear, darkmarlin16 is totally spying on me... the guy actually went and switched things up and threw Vettel into the mix just because he caught me rooting for him for the Driver of the Year award. 😁

Honestly, it’s pretty obvious they’re just out here scavenging through everyone else's playbook, cherry-picking the absolute best bits from every top-tier outfit just to pretend they've actually got something original to offer... it's honestly kind of pathetic if you think about it, but hey, that's just how the game is played these days. I really need to start locking down my own data and being way more careful with what I put out there before someone else decides to "borrow" it for their next big move. 🍿

Everyone else is getting spied on while we just sit here, man. It’s like they’re all being watched by some high-level fed agency or something, constantly looking over their shoulders, while we're basically flying under the radar.

📲

Terry Carter2, come on, drop the results already... I’m sitting here with a glass of top-shelf Napa Cab, and it looks like Tyler Bennett5 is thirsty too! Personally, I think some extra criteria will tip the scales—or maybe a wild card will jump out of nowhere and flip the whole thing on its head.

Late tonight!
😁

Terry Carter2 said:Late tonight!
😁

🙄

Final race standings - Azerbaijan
1. Templar Order 30 (4) (-106) - 25
2. mobberzg 28 (2) (-112) - 18
3. macondo 26 (2) (-116) - 15
4. gaff_ 24 (1) (-124) - 12
5. ivic27 23 (0) (-132) - 10
6. Ssung 20 (2) (-118) - 8
7. krajina 19 (1) (-120) - 6
8. lennart 19 (1) (-126) - 4
9. Mateo-nh 18 (2) (-118) - 2
10. _express_ 18 (2) (-118) - 1
11. Life on Mars 18 (1) (-124)
12. Terry Carter2 17 (0) (-108)
13. weasley 17 (2) (-114)
14. akoj 17 (1) (-122)
15. Katza 16 (1) (-130)
16. The Best F1 driver 14 (0) (-136)
17. darkmarlin16 13 (1) (-134)
18. rosi 6 (0) (-130)

swifttiger75, a Knight's Greeting to you!
Tyler Bennett5, great call, but even with swifttiger75's insight, it still wasn't quite enough to clinch the win!
macondo, you nailed it—sticking to that old forecast was the right move, don't back down now!
😁