F1 Championship predictions 2011

[bulla003]

Who do you think will win the drivers and constructors championship?
Top 5 drivers at end of 2011 season
Drivers:
1 - Hamilton
2 - Vettel
3 - Alonso
4 - Button
5 - Webber

Constructors:

Top 5:

1 - McLaren
2 - Red Bull
3 - Ferrari
4 - Mercedes
5 - Renault

[Life Saab Itch]

Vettel to win 18 of the 19 races apart from Monaco.

Red Bull to win constructors.

[bulla003]

Are you serious. They probs get most of poles this season but I doubt they will win from most poles.

[Life Saab Itch]

bulla003 said:

Are you serious. They probs get most of poles this season but I doubt they will win from most poles.

I was maybe being a little bit facetious with that comment, but I don't think it will be that far off.

Vettel was on pole by 0.8 seconds.

That's only going to improve when/if RB get a kers system working.

With that much pace in hand he can cruise like he did in Aus.

I don't think it's that far off tbh.

I stand by the Monaco comment though. Vettel isn't good enough to win there. That will be a Hamilton/Button/Alonso victory.

[Life Saab Itch]

Gaz. said:

Webber was awesome last year, could be a clean sheet.

I was going to put that, but the car has been designed around Vettel this year. I don't think Mark will find it easy anywhere, least of all Monaco.

But it is certainly plausible.

[Gun]

Drivers

1 - Vettel (comfortably)
2 - Alonso
3 - Hamilton
4 - Webber
5 - Button

Constructors

1 - Red Bull
2 - McLaren
3 - Ferrari
4 - Mercedes
5 - Sauber

[jains15]

Gun said:

Drivers

1 - Vettel (comfortably)
2 - Alonso
3 - Hamilton
4 - Webber
5 - Button

Constructors

1 - Red Bull
2 - McLaren
3 - Ferrari
4 - Mercedes
5 - Sauber

I would swap Alonso & Hamilton, based solely on pace at Albert Park. To my eyes, Lewis's Macca is comfortably faster than the Fezzas at the moment. However I am tempted to put a cheeky fiver on Alonso, I could see him winning it this year through a combination of consitant driving, a little luck and a lot of whiley-ness. Stranger things have happened.

And WRT the RB7, Red Bull would have been silly not to design it around Seb really. Bet they haven't admitted that to Maaaarrrk though

[Life Saab Itch]

jains15 said:

I would swap Alonso & Hamilton, based solely on pace at Albert Park. To my eyes, Lewis's Macca is comfortably faster than the Fezzas at the moment. However I am tempted to put a cheeky fiver on Alonso, I could see him winning it this year through a combination of consitant driving, a little luck and a lot of whiley-ness. Stranger things have happened.

And WRT the RB7, Red Bull would have been silly not to design it around Seb really. Bet they haven't admitted that to Maaaarrrk though

Horny told Autosport last year. It is no secret.

[AJS-]

It would be hard not to say Vettel based on the Australian GP. 0.8 seconds faster than second place is mighty.

I don't see him winning every race - he's still prone to errors and I'm sure he will make one or two.

Hamilton is looking pretty handy when you think how badly last season started for him.

I would also like to see Alonso win some races, just to annoy you lot.

I think the story of the year though will be each of these drivers developing a clear number 1 seat in their teams, so Webber, Button and Massa will be further behind than last year.

[iamlars]

I think Red Bull's weakest races of last season need to be taken into account. It wouldn't surprise me if they are still their weakest this year, so perhaps no wins in Montreal, Spa or Monza.