This was the thing that everything started with. One year ago I wrote a preview of this same GP and that was my first blog post ever. After that I have posted something every day for a year and now I am here writing the same thing only it's 2014 and not 2013.
Last year I spoke about a memorable race we have seen in Hungary, Jenson Button taking his first win in 2006 on this track.
This time we can talk more about statistics and facts so that it will be easier to predict the final results of the race.
First of all the two drivers that have been the most successful in Hungary are Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen. Take a look:
2001 - Kimi was 7th with Sauber which was pretty ok with that car.
2002 - Kimi was 4th leaving him just barely outside of the podium.
2003 - Kimi was 2nd after starting from 7th on the grid.
2004 - Kimi retired after having electrical problems with his McLaren
2005 - Kimi wins!
2006 - Kimi retires from 1st when overtaking nervous back-markers on a very slippery track.
2007 - Lewis wins in Hungary for the first time! And guess who was 2nd? Kimi!
2008 - Kimi was 3rd and Lewis retired.
2009 - Lewis wins again and guess who is 2nd this time? Kimi again!
2010 - Lewis had gearbox issues and Kimi had left F1 in the end of 2009.
2011 - Lewis was 4th when his team mate Jenson Button took another victory in Hungary.
2012 - Lewis wins and Kimi 2nd.
I am very sure that Lewis is going to win this race! Kimi will probably not be up there because of his worst season of his career. That car won't bring him anywhere near the podium.
This track might be difficult for Williams who have done very well lately. There aren't that much fast straights as in the previous races and it's hard to overtake here. That means that even though Valtteri Bottas usually overtakes a lot of cars it wont necessarily be so this weekend. If he proves me wrong then he might just be even better than I think.
I am not the best one to say about the technical stuff but I have a feeling that this track will be good for Red Bull. I am predicting that they will be just behind Lewis.
Here are my predictions for the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix:
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
The race:
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
- Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull
Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
First to have an accident and retire because of it is going to be Felipe Massa. I am not saying that he is a driver to do this often but he has had a lot of drama lately in the starts. This is going to be the bonus in the PREDICTORS LEAGUE (5 points). Predict who retires first because of a crash.
Surprise: Nico Rosberg's luck is about to change! Red Bull is also going to improve.
Post your own predictions to our F1-4-LIFE PREDICTORS LEAGUE!
The rules:
POINTS: 1st - 3 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. Same if he came in another position, and you predicted that wrong. A table will be posted up every race weekend. The point scoring system will change once the cars become more competitive. Everyone will say a merc 1,2 so it won't be close or fun.
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. So be quick! like the Mercedes.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side JT, AE, MW & MH. 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
No comments:
Post a Comment