2017 Formula 1 time capsule.

[Richard C]

Originally Posted by Richard Casto

1. Hamilton will complain about Bottas.
2. Bottas will force an error on Hamilton which will see Hamilton retire from a race.
3. Neither McLaren will see the finish line in Australia if they even manage to qualify.
4. McLaren will only use Honda power during the course of the 2017 season.
5. Honda will not leave F1 during or immediately after the 2017 season.
6. Honda will show enough promise to pickup an extra team for 2018.
7. McLaren will score at least one point.
8. Alonso will leave McLaren at the end of 2017.
9. Kimi will win at least one race.
10. A race will be red flagged due to a significant crash.

Bonus (doesn't count)!

11. Mercedes will remain with Mercedes power throughout the entire 2017 season!

1. No, don't think so.
2. No, don't think so.
3. No (thankfully!)
4. Yes! (I think the regulations say so anyhow! )
5. Yes!
6. Yes.. then No (darn you Sauber)
7. Yes
8. No, but Honda left McLaren instead.
9. No (sadly)
10. Yes! (Azerbaijan GP)

11. Yes!

Richard

[dsg]

Originally Posted by dsg

1. Hamilton wins the WDC.
2. HAAS get a podium.
3. Red Bull will win at least 3 races.
4. There will be 4 wet races.
5. Hamilton will upset people who don't like him and will be vigorously defended by those that do.
6. The manufacture’s championship will be won by a fizzy drink watch maker.
7. Vettel will win 2 races for Ferrari. Raikkonen 1.
8. Stoffel will be the first person named Stoffel to get an F1 podium.
9. Daniel Ricciardo announced as Ferrari driver replacing Kimi.

1. Yay
2. They were lucky to get points let alone a podium.
3. Yay
4. Can't remember but I think not?
5. I'll claim this one.
6. No, maybe next year.
7. 5 to Nil
8. Not this year.
9. No, maybe next year.

[F1Guy]

Originally Posted by F1Guy

1] McLaren will not win a race in 2017.
2] Both McLaren drivers will use up their allocated engines before round 11.
3] Vandoorne will outscore Alonso.
4] Alonso will sign on for another year with McLaren.
5] Lewis Hamilton wins the championship before the final round.
6] All previous fastest lap records will be broken.
7] Ocon outscores Perez.
8] Stroll will DNF at least 5 times.
9] Massa stays on next year at Williams.
10] Raikkonen retires from F1.

1] Correct. Was never going to happen.
2] Correct. Was always going to happen.
3] Incorrect. Close, only 4 points difference.
4] Correct. Most expected him to retire.
5] Correct. With two rounds left.
6] Incorrect. Lap records were broken during FP/Quali but surprisingly not during the race.
7] Incorrect. Ocon just behind Perez (13 points).
8] Incorrect. DNF'd 4 times!
9] Incorrect. Fortunately.
10] Incorrect. Unfortunately.

4/10. Fail.

[Greem]

Originally Posted by Greem

1. Mercedes will romp away with the WCC again.
2. Stroll will bin his car in FP1 on at least 3 occasions.
3. (Controversial) Brawn will leave his new job at the end of the season after finding that the politics of F1 are just too much to bother with.
4. Alonso will walk away before the season finishes.
5. We'll have a "rookie" winner.
6. Haas will win a race (I can dream!).
7. McLaren will not complete the season with Honda engines.

(I have to miss out me being on TV at Silverstone this year as I'm not going)

Um...

Well, number 1 was right. Not sure about number 2 although he binned it in a couple of FP2 and FP3 sessions. 3 hasn't happened, 4 sort of happened (Indy, Toyota seat fit), 5 sort of (Bottas taking his first although not a rookie!), 6 noooope, 7... well, very nearly.

So mostly a pile of nope. Never ask me to select your lottery numbers

[steve_r]

Originally Posted by steve_r

1) Hamilton WDC
2) Vettel runner up
3) Mclaren 9th in WDC, only beating Sauber
4) More processional racing than last year
5) Bottas wins at least 3 times
6) Perez gets a podium finish
7) Sauber only score in one race all season long
8) Tyres to revert back compounds that degrade quicker

1) YES
2) YES
3) YES
4) Maybe??
5) YES
6) NO. Perez best finish was 4th
7) NO. Wehrlein finished in the points twice.
8) NO. Less people are talking about tyres this year, which is a good thing.

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by S griffin

1) Bottas will get his first win
2) Stroll will score on his debut
3) Both Ferrari drivers will win races
4) McLaren will in Q3 at least once in the first half of the season
5) More teams will enter (I wish!)
6) Hamilton will be very consistent, if not always winning
7) Red Bull will not win a race (I hope not!)
8) Australia will be wet
9) Stoffel will be on the podium at some point
10) Ricciardo leaves F1

1) Got that one right
2) Nope
3) Unfortunately no
4) Fred did it in Spain
5) Will have to wait for that
6) Scored in every race, so yes
7) Thankfully no
8) Nope
9) Nowhere near
10) He's here to stay

3/10

[Born Racer]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

Jenson Button will at some point be called on to replace Alonso

Well done on that, chillibowl. I doubt it was for the reason you were thinking.

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by Born Racer

Well done on that, chillibowl. I doubt it was for the reason you were thinking.

no no...it came true in both the way i imagined it and specifically because i predicted it!

but seriously though, i still find it hard to believe that it happened ...maybe the most interesting story of the 2017 season in part because it came out of no where!

[rustyfan]

Originally Posted by rustyfan

1. Hamilton wins the WDC...
2. ...but Vettel puts up a bigger fight than expected to finish 2nd.
3. Bottas wins a race but only finishes 5th in the championship.
4. Raikkonen brings out the sisu, winning a race. Or two.
5. Stroll fails to finish half of the races, mainly due to crashes.
6. Verstappen wins two races and outscores Ricciardo over the season.
7. Ricciardo wins at Monaco, though.
8. There will be a couple of rainy races and the new wet race procedures will turn into a mess.
9. Ericsson will outperform Wehrlein, but only just. Bias? Of course.
...and the usual:
10. Someone will flip his car.

Bonus:
11. McLaren will have a torrid, torrid season, resulting in Alonso finally giving up and joining Haas for 2018.

1. Correct
2. Correct
3. Mostly incorrect (he won 3 races and ended up 3rd in points)
4. Fail
5. Fail again
6. Half correct; he did win 2 races but ended up just behind Ricciardo in the points
7. Nope, another fail
8. Fail
9. It was pretty close but ultimately another fail (although Ericsson would've scored in Baku if not ordered to move aside - which people tend to forget)
10. Semi-fail as Wehrlein's crash in Monaco only counts as a half-flip
11. Semi-fail again

2/11. Oh well, better luck next year I guess.

[Graz]

Originally Posted by S griffin

1) Got that one right
2) Nope
3) Unfortunately no
4) Fred did it in Spain
5) Will have to wait for that
6) Scored in every race, so yes
7) Thankfully no
8) Nope
9) Nowhere near
10) He's here to stay

3/10

Just curious - why did you think Ricciardo would leave F1?

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by Graz

Just curious - why did you think Ricciardo would leave F1?

Stranger things have happened, but thankfully he didn't.

[Graz]

Originally Posted by S griffin

Stranger things have happened, but thankfully he didn't.

Agreed, he's great for F1 and seems to be flying under the radar now...it's all about Max at RB, Hamilton failed to name him recently as a challenger and Autosport had him surprisingly far down the top 50 drivers list.

Everything a Honey Badger needs to prove them wrong!