[Official] 2009 Predictions Time-Capsule

[ECW Dan Selby]

Actually you're right lol I'd say he was the closest!

Selby

[elspethhardie]

Originally Posted by Peat

just looking at post #67. Hando's was very good!

Indeed and you can argue that he got 5/5 as Webber did not win a race - he won multiple races :P

[ralf fan]

Originally Posted by ralf fan

1. Alonso to win WDC - Nope
2. Ferrari to win WCC - Nope
3. RBR to score their maiden win and have a very good season. Yes
4. Hamilton to be penalized at least thrice. How many did he end up getting? IIRC 2?
5. Heidfeld to win his one and only GP. Nope

1 perhaps 2/5

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

Sweet!

-in season testing ban will be lifted at some point during season - Does the Ferrari Clienti program count?
-problems at the top - Ferrari’s driver pairing will lead to turmoil within the team & Mclaren’s new team organization will lead to many mistakes. - Problems yes but the mistakes were a poor car
-this will open the door for a WDC and WCC other than Ferrari or Mclaren – Kubica and BMW. - door opened but picked the wrong team.
-Sato will replace Buemi for STR as Buemi’s funding will dry up - so wrong!
-sadly Renault will be the next team to leave F1 - the got beaten to it by BMW and Toyota.

do we get half points?

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Marbot

I can only predict that:

It will rain during at least one of the races.
Honda will not start a F1 car GP during the 2009 season.
Force India will not win a championship.
The Ferrari's will be mostly red.
Max Mosley will receive some flak at some point during the season.

5 out of 5!

[flor]

Originally Posted by flor

here are my predictions:

No Ferrari driver will become WDC.
No McLaren driver will become WDC.
First wins for the teams Toyota and RBR.
First win for Nick Heidfeld.
Buemi will be replaced before the end of the season.

ah well, 2.5/5 ;-)

[AussieTimmeh]

Great thread! Look forward to next years!

[Ralf's Girl]

Originally Posted by Ralf's Girl

1. Hamilton to win the title - err, nope
2. Raikkonen to have the beating of Massa - this one doesn't really count...
3. Williams to lose a lot of their major sponsors - nothing too disastrous, which is good
4. At least 7 different race winners (here's hoping) - almost, we had 6
5. Max Mosley to announce that he's standing for re-election as FIA President - wrong, thankfully

Well I wasn't very good, was I?

[Satorian]

To get in line with checking my failures:

Originally Posted by Satorian

Okay then, in order of likeliness:

1. Kubica WDC *coughcough*
2. BMW WCC, also most reliable team BWAHAHAHA
3. Heidfeld coming third in WDC Next year in a McLaren perhaps?
4. Hamilton second in WDC Well... No.
4. Vettel regular contender for race wins Yes!
5. Bourdais showing surprising pace and mingling with the top team's second drivers Well, he does. Just not in F1 though.
6. Alonso showing flashes of his brilliance but hampered by the Renault Sadly the Renault wasn't good enough to even show flashes of brilliance.
7. Nico Rosberg not achieving anything in the Williams I'll count that as a yes.
8. Force India still slow Yes, with some two exceptions.
9. Honda surprising regular in the top half of the field Does 'Surprising winner count'? I think yes.
10. Toyota falling into uninspiring mediocrity Pretty much, although BMW probably deserve that title even more.
(11. Some team axing one of their drivers and recruiting Hülkenberg) Well, after the season, so I call that a draw.

LOLZOR

Something like 5.5 out of 11.

[Chatters]

Originally Posted by Chatters

My five predictions...

• RBR will not win a race. Happy to be proven wrong on that one!
• Bourdais will score more points then Buemi. I'm calling that one void becuase Bourdais didn't finish the season
• Piquet will not score a podium. I'll take that one even though Piquet didn't finish the season either!
• Force India will score less then 8 points. Would've been bang on 8 if only Sutil's car had DNFed like Liuzzi's at Monza.
• Heidfeld will not be WDC. That was almost a given.

2/4.

Back to the drawing board then. Although, go have a look at Knowlesy's predictions.

[Chatters]

Originally Posted by Matt

Mark Webber will again amount to nothing.
Vettel will finish 3rd in the WDC.
Unfortunately, Lewis will win his second WDC.
For some weird reason, the ungainly Renault will be one of the best cars.
Sato in an STR before year out.

[Jimmy Magnusson]

I don't think any Aussie (bar the insane ones) dared guess in February that Webber would get on the podium eight times and win twice.

Or that Button would win six out of the seven first races. Huh, what a strange season indeed.

[Knowlesy]

Originally Posted by Knowlesy

Lewis Hamilton to win the WDC. Ummm...
BMW to win the WCC. *facepalm*
Nick Heidfeld to win the battle of the BMW's. Wasn't a million miles out.
Williams to finish in top four of WCC. No.
Honda to not find a buyer. Jeez!

I was obviously trying to be wacky and controversial or something.