Wednesday, May 11, 2016

2016 Spanish Grand Prix preview



The Spanish GP is a race where many teams bring new updates for their cars so anything can still happen.


The most interesting thing is Daniil Kvyat and Max Verstappen switching teams but let's talk about the previews races in the last few years.

Remember what happened in 2012? Pastor Maldonado was fighting against Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen and won the race in the end.



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.



2013's podium finishers.

The year after that (in 2013) Kimi actually drove better than Alonso but lost his position because of poor pitstop strategy. 



2014 was a bit different than the years before.


In 2014 and 2015 it was the Mercedes boys at the top. 2014 was Hamilton's year and last year Rosberg won just like he has won in every race the season. Maybe he will win again this time? I have a feeling his luck is about to change.


Then it's time for my predictions.

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

The race:

  1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
  2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
  3. Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari

Surprise: Sebastian Vettel will have a surprisingly bad race again.


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