Well, well, well! It's finally time for the spanish gp! Why do we have to wait this long between the Bahrain GP and the Spanish GP? 3 weeks is too much!
The Spanish GP is a race where many teams bring new updates for their cars so anything can still happen.
Remember what happened in 2012? Pastor Maldonado was fighting against Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen and won the race in the end. I hope he does well this time too because if he continues as he has been doing this year it will be his last year in Formula One. Lotus may need money but they can't have a driver that has accidents all the time and doesn't drive as good as Romain Grosjean (his teammate).
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| Pastor Maldonado won in 2012. |
In 2013 Alonso won, Kimi was second and Felipe Massa was third. Are these drivers going to be good this year at Catalonia? Massa is showing some new motivation at Williams and Kimi has a better car than last year. Alonso seems to get more speed every time he is driving in front of his biggest fans but the McLaren hasn't been that good yet. I wish them all three well because beating the Mercs is almost impossible.
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| 2013's podium finishers. |
Last year (in Barcelona) Kimi actually drove better than Alonso but lost his position because of poor pitstop strategy.
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| 2014 was a bit different than the years before. |
This year the only drivers who can stop him are Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg and his teammate Sebastian Vettel. I loved the way Kimi drove in the previous race. I am now very excited if we get 4 drivers fighting for the championship instead of just two (or three?) like last year.
Ferrari is getting huge updates on their engine and the car in general as well. You never know how good the car might become! I am sure though that Mercedes is ready for them and Hamilton will still be a tough guy to beat. Rosberg has been a bit more passive this year. What's the reason for that? Isn't he trying anymore?
Then it's time for my predictions.
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
- Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari
Surprise: Sebastian Vettel will have a surprisingly bad race.
The rules:
2nd - 5
3rd - 10
HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. If you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points same if you get 1 correct. eg. 2nd you get 5 points. If a driver wins the race and you said he would come 2nd or 3rd no points would be awarded. A table will be posted up every race weekend.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side MH, JT, AE & MW. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway. We may also come up with some other prize if it helps.
That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
