2014 Formula One predictions (Time capsule)

[321Go]

Time to look into that crystal ball folks. Have a stab in the dark, or an educated guess. A maximum of ten predictions per forum member please, so make them your best.

This thread will be frozen on Thursday 13th March 2014, a day before the Australian GP, and will be re-opened on the 24th of November 2014, a day after the final GP in Abu Dhabi. Let's see how wrong, or right you are at the end of the season.


Here's my stab in the dark for 2014.

1. Lewis Hamilton will be World Champion.
2. Fernando Alonso will announce he's moving to McLaren in 2015.
3. Hulkenberg will move to Ferrari in 2015.
4. Daniel Ricciardo will not win a race.
5. Jenson Button to announce his retirement from full time driving.
6. Magnussen will win a race.
7. Williams to have one of their best seasons in recent years.
8. Bottas will finish ahead of Massa.
9. Lotus will finish 5th or lower in the WCC.
10. RBR will finish 3rd or lower in the WCC.

If anyone of the Moderators could help with the closing and re-opening of this thread on the said dates, that would be much appreciated.

[wnut]

The engine homologation deadline will be extended!

[TheNo1F1Fan]

1. Ricciardo might score a podium.
2. Magnussen could win more than 3 races.
3. Hamilton will take his second World Driver's Champion.
4. Maldonado, Massa and Bottas will have their best driver seasons.
5. Kobayashi will score his second podium in Japan.
6. McLaren to have Magnussen and Alonso in 2015.
7. Button to announce retirement from full-time racing.
8. Nothing about Rosberg, Grosjean and Ericsson...
9. Ferrari to take their World Constructor's Champion since 2008.
10. Ferrari in 2015 will have Hülkenberg and Räikkönen.

[Born Racer]

1. Hamilton will win the drivers' championship.
2. Mercedes will win the constructors' championship.
3. Neither Caterham nor Marussia will score a point.
4. Red Bull will take five wins or fewer.
5. Raikkonen will outscore Alonso.
6. Alonso will win more races than Raikkonen.
7. Magnussen will win a race.
8. Hulkenberg will score at least twice as many points as Perez.
9. At least 16 cars will be classified in Melbourne.
10. The safety car will feature in seven or more and fewer than eleven races.

[Tucky]

1. Hamilton will win WDC
2. Mercedes will win WCC
3. Magnussen will outscore Button
4. Magnussen will win a race
5. Red Bull will finish 4th or lower in the WCC
6. Ricciardo will not win a race
7. Marussia and/or Caterham will finally score their first points.
8. Hulkenberg will outscore Perez
9. Lotus will finish 6th or lower in WCC

and finally...

10. Grosjean will demolish Maldonado in standings

[p-matt]

1. Nico Rosberg will be World Champion but Hamilton will win more races than Rosberg
2. Mercedes will win the constructors
3. Alonso, Raikkonen, Vettel and Button will also win at least one race in 2014
4. Button will outscore Magnussen
5. Bottas will outscore Massa
6. Bottas and Hulkenberg will take maiden podiums, but Ricciardo will not
7. Williams and Force India will both beat Lotus in the constructors championship
8. Vergne will beat Kvyat and both Sauber drivers in the championship
9. One of the Sauber drivers will be dropped mid-season
10. Caterham will beat Marussia to 10th in the constructors championship with a better result in the first four flyaways. Marussia will, however, have a quicker car through the course of the season.

[mattt]

1. Mercedes will win constructors title
2. Renault will still be having engine issues at Spain
3. Caterham will score a point
4. Marussia will not.
5. Ricciardo will score a podium
6. Magnusson will win a race
7. But lose to button in the championship
8. Christian Horner will moan about the engine changes
9. Someone new will be running F1
10. Maldonado and grosjean will clash on track at least once

[Salamus]

Most likely to least likely.

01. Kimi will make at least one joke during an interview about the new noses.
02. Mercedes will win the Constructor's.
03. There will be a controversy between Alonso and Raikkonen.
04. Hamilton wins the Pole Trophy.
05. At least 1 driver will need more than 5 engines.
06. Rosberg will become Driver's Champion by winning the finale.
07. Each team scores at least one point.
08. Massa will win a race. (Bonus: I predict China)
09. Vettel will only win three races.
10. Perez will score more points than Button.

[Gingers4Justice]

1. Red Bull won't sort out their troubles until much too late
2. Mercedes and McLaren will have a fierce rivalry for the constructor's championship
3. Kimi and Alonso will have a fallout
4. Marussia and/or Caterham will score some points
5. There will be at least one race where some of the points-scoring positions aren't filled
6. Grosjean and Maldonado will retire after crashing into each other
7. The British GP will be repulsively wet
8. Lotus will be the lead Renault team
9. Another team will take the twin-tusk solution
10. Martini sales will see a sharp increase.

[Teretonga]

1. Red Bull will win races
2. McLaren will get podiums
3. Magnussen will be on a podium
4. Williams will get a podium
5. Rosberg will win more than one race
6. Ferrari will win at least two races
7. Caterham will get a top 10 (points)
8. A Mercedes driver will win the WDC
9. Ricciardo will get a podium
10. Force India will get podiums

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by TheNo1F1Fan

1. Ricciardo might score a podium.
2. Magnussen could win more than 3 races.

I think we can say that these two are correct already.

[skells22]

let try five for me

1. Button will be champion
2. there will be a new winner
3. there will be a pile up
4. there will be a upside down car
5. title decided before double point race.

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Here's the predictions about Ricciardo.

Originally Posted by 321Go

Daniel Ricciardo will not win a race.

Originally Posted by Teretonga

Ricciardo will get a podium

Originally Posted by mattt

Ricciardo will score a podium

Originally Posted by Tucky

Ricciardo will not win a race

So what would you feel if Ricciardo suddenly won or finished ahead of Vettel in a race?

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by Adam43

I think we can say that these two are correct already.

Okay.

[Hawkwood]

Here goes nothing:

1. Button to win WDC
2. Mercedes to win WCC
3. All teams to score at least one point
4. Marussia to beat Caterham
5. There will be at least one driver change during the season
6. Alonso will be annoyed at Raikkonen in the press
7. Renault engines will not win a race during the first half of the season
8. Lotus will be the top Renault team
9. Susie Wolff will be within one second of Massa/Bottas during her Friday run
10. The WDC will go down to the final race

[Razzzor]

1. Hamilton WDC, Rosberg 2nd.
2. Vettel will prove what he can do without the fastest car, but still won't be WDC because of it.
3. Ricciardo will struggle to match Vettel.
4. Kimi and Nando will get a long fine, both winning at least 1 race.
5. By the end of the season Magnussen will be right with, or faster, than Button.
6. Bottas will easily beat Massa, who will leave Williams in 2015.
7. Maldonado and Villenueve will be in the news for negative comments on F1.

[v2i59]

1. Rosberg will win the championship...
2...despite Hamilton being faster and winning more races...
3...and Vettel mounting a late title charge thanks to double points.
4. Kevin Magnussen will win at least one race.
5. Williams will win at least once.
6. Nico Hulkenberg will stand on the podium at least once.
7. People will recognise how good Vettel is when he scores points despite his car.
8. Maldonado and Grosjean will clash on track.
9. The 2015 New Jersey Grand Prix will be dropped and re-instated at least 3 times.
10. Mr Reliable himself Max Chilton makes the most of a race of attrition to bag the first points for a 'new' team.

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by Hawkwood

3. All teams to score at least one point

Good one man! I would really get a kick out of seeing that happen.

[Teretonga]

Originally Posted by TheNo1F1Fan

Here's the predictions about Ricciardo.

So what would you feel if Ricciardo suddenly won or finished ahead of Vettel in a race?

If it was a straight battle / result (no mechanical trouble or ill fortune organisationally), I would be delighted for Ricciardo. It would validate him being there over his former team mate.

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Here's my predictions about the drivers' and the constructors' home races.

1 - Australia: Ricciardo to score a podium.
2 - Spain: Alonso to win his home race.
3 - Brazil: Massa to win his home race.
4 - Hockenheimring: Vettel to win his home race.
5 - Russia: Kvyat to score points on his home race.
6 - UK: Neither Button or Magnussen will finish in 10th or higher for their constructor's home race, or Hamilton can just win his home race.
7 - Japan: Kobayashi to score points or a podium again.
8 - Austria: Neither Vettel or Ricciardo will finish in 10th or higher for their constructor's home race.
9 - Malaysia: Caterham to finish in 10th or higher.
10 - Italy: Ferrari to finish 3rd or higher for their constructor's home race.

[321Go]

Originally Posted by 321Go

A maximum of ten predictions per forum member please

Just in case you missed it, thought I'd quote the OP. Can you read??

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by Hawkwood

5. There will be at least one driver change during the season

Really possible. Let's look back in the previous series from 2010 until 2013.
2010: 3 driver changes
2011: 3 driver changes
2012: One driver change caused by Grosjean's one-race ban
2013: One driver change caused by Räikkönen's surgery

[chillibowl]

Originally Posted by 321Go

Just in case you missed it, thought I'd quote the OP. Can you read??

its all good, if he wants TheNo1F1Fan can use my picks

[TheNo1F1Fan]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

its all good, if he wants TheNo1F1Fan can use my picks

Sounds funny, because I can.

[321Go]

From the predictions posted so far, it looks to be a three horse race for WDC.

• Lewis Hamilton = 5
• Nico Rosberg = 3
• Jenson Button = 2

Is everyone writing off Vettel as the WDC? Is he finished? He's only won the last four in a row!