F1 WDC - 2017

[Melman Giraffe]

So after the first 3 races who's going to Win the WDC 2107

[Vocal Minority]

Hamilton or Vettel.


Flip a coin.

Given recent development track record Hamilton.

Given that hopefully Ferrari's start to the season has broken the silly 'it happened last year, it'll happen this year' logic of prediction - maybe it'll be different this time.

So back to tossing the coin!

[sc0tt]

Hamilton

[cuprabob]

Vettel

[anonymous-user]

It is hard to say.

Ferrari need to improve their qualifying as the Mercedes cars clearly are faster in a one lap situation. This automatically can make life hard for Vettel if he continues to qualify behind the two Mercedes cars on the grid.

However Mercedes being fast on a one lap then means that they seem to use their tyres more during a race situation. This then hands the advantage back to Ferrari.

The main issue for Vettel is that Kimi looks off the pace. If he is going to win the Championship then he needs either Bottas "Mercedes will not allow him" or perhaps one of the Red Bull finishing ahead of Lewis.

Lewis on the other hand has Bottas who looks more likely to be able to take some points from Vettel due to the Mercedes cars being so fast.

It should be interesting but hopefully Vettel will take it.

[ajprice]

It's close, but I'm going to favour Vettel on this one. Unless Mercedes stop the 'let them race' equal status between Hamilton and Bottas. Now that there's another team as fast as them, they need 1 and 2 drivers.

[HardtopManual]

Hamilton.

Bottas will take points off Vettel at some point.

Can't see Raikkonen taking points off Hamilton.

[AXlawrence]

HardtopManual said:

Hamilton.

Bottas will take points off Vettel at some point.

Can't see Raikkonen taking points off Hamilton.

This. I'd be surprised if Ferrari get more 1-2 finishes than Mercedes.

[sandman77]

This thread is missing something - A poll.

[Melman Giraffe]

sandman77 said:

This thread is missing something - A poll.

I will start a poll now