The Official Abu Dhabi GP Thread 2012***SPOILERS***

[BartSimpson]

So the F1 circus is heading to Abu Dhabi and into the closing sequence of the season, do we think it's a forgone conclusion for Vettel to take the title, or will reliability become an issue?

Predictions

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Alonso

[anonymous-user]

See no reason why the Vettel train won't win here.

1) Vettel
2) Alonso
3) Hamilton
4) Webber
5) Button

[Jungles]

Barring any disasters, Vettel will probably win in Abu Dhabi.

Austin and Interlagos, on the other hand, may be much less predictable. Austin's a new track and everyone will be starting from scratch. Vettel seems to be very good at adapting to new tracks (eg. Korea, India, Abu Dhabi, Valencia, etc.), so he will probably do quite well there, even if he's not at the front. Racing at Interlagos tends to be very chancy or at least exciting. Reliability will become more of an issue as the drivers begin to run out of engines.

[Serendipity72]

It is disgusting that we give the regime here any credence. They throw doctors in jail for treating the wrong sort of patient.

[woof]

Vettel for the win
I don't see Alonso getting on the podium and unless he can find a lot of time in quali, otherwise he'll line up 5th on the grid. Overtaking is practically impossible here. ( how the hell can someone design a modern circuit without any overtaking possibilities ?!!)

[vonuber]

Serendipity72 said:

It is disgusting that we give the regime here any credence. They throw doctors in jail for treating the wrong sort of patient.

We throw people in jail for tweeting.
Anyway, can't see past vettel.

[dsl2]

serendipity72 you dumb-ass get your countries right will you!

[Serendipity72]

dsl2 said:

serendipity72 you dumb-ass get your countries right will you!

oops!

[dsl2]

haha, good man!

[The Moose]

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story, eh

[woof]

Well here's a joker in the pack for this weekend !
High winds in Abu Dhabi today, creating sand storms. Looks likely to continue through to Friday!
http://youtu.be/v_oPFl41Ikg

[the other me]

Would love to see Maranello pull something out of the bag. I would so like to see a "real" fight to the end between two great drivers with relatively = equipment.

Currently hoping the Austin-Alternators-Scare- Story has some credence. . . . . . . to set-up a decent finale in Brazil.

Edited by the other me on Monday 29th October 20:00

[coetzeeh]

Does anyone here have the info on the amount of new engines left for each team? Could that become a factor in the last few races?

[hotmelt]

Will be interesting, Mclarens can interfere there inside championship battle. Probably more at Alonso´s cost.

[IainT]

I'm expecting RBR to be the pace-setters with McLaren and Alonso in attendance. Lotus being the next along with Williams, Sauber, FI and Mercedes tussling just ahead Torro Rosso.

[IanUAE]

I hope they get the timing and computers sorted out as they caused a few "cock-ups" at the recent race day at the circuit.

[Serendipity72]

My top 10 prediction:


1 Sebastian Vettel

2 Fernando Alonso

3 Mark Webber

4 Lewis Hamilton

5 Jenson Button

6 Felipe Massa

7 Kimi Raikkonen

8 Nico Hulkenberg

9 Romain Grosjean

10 Bruno Senna

A perfect reflection of the current form of both drivers and cars.

[IainT]

IanUAE said:

I hope they get the timing and computers sorted out as they caused a few "cock-ups" at the recent race day at the circuit.

I would think that F1 would bring its own gear to the tracks to maintain consistency.

[El Guapo]

Alonso - Win
Vettel - DNF

To make the title run-in more exciting.

[dtrump]

El Guapo said:

Alonso - Win
Vettel - DNF

To make the title run-in more exciting.

we can but hope