Well, well, well! It's finally time for the spanish gp! Why do we have to wait this long between the chinese gp and the spanish gp? 3 weeks is too much!
If you want to read the chinese gp review as a reminder then click on this link: http://f14life.blogspot.fi/2014/04/2014-chinese-grand-prix-review.html
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. |
Last year 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, Kimi has a better car than last year (or does he?) and Alonso seems to get more speed every time he is driving in front of his biggest fans. I wish them all three well. Especially Kimi because I am very disappointed in his performance this year. I said last year that Kimi and Alonso are going to be the most exiting thing in 2014 but they haven't.
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| Last year's podium finishers. |
Thanks to Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg the season has some excitement left. I know that Mercedes is too good to beat but who knows which driver will win. Many fans believes in Hamilton but Niki Lauda and Toto Wolff have a lot of faith in Rosberg. I do too. If Nico Rosberg would have gotten the same chances as Hamilton in 2007-2008 I believe that he would have succeeded in the same way as Hamilton did.
Hamilton has said many times that they have always been equal with Nico and now he is faster than ever so he can't be too sure about the outcome of this season. Nico has been trained to be a world champion ever since he was a little boy. His father Keke won the championship in 1982 and it's just a matter of time when Nico wins the title. I really think he has it in him. It's not going to be easy though! Hamilton is very good as well.
Force India is getting better and better and McLaren is taking steps back in every race. Anyone else noticed?
Ferrari on the other hand is between the good teams and the bad teams. It's really hard to say where they stand. I know that usually Ferrari is the team everybody wants to beat but this year there is something missing. I know that Kimi has problems to set up his car but why is even Alonso having problems with that? He has been with the engineers designing the car much before Kimi rejoined the team! He has a small advantage there but he isn't performing that good either.
Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo is doing better than anyone would have guessed and even Sebastian Vettel has admitted that he is a very though teammate to beat. The team has said that Vettel has probably had similar issues as Kimi at Ferrari. When they find what's wrong with the car he will start acting like he has done for the last 5 years.
Then some rumors. I heard earlier last week that Heikki Kovalainen has been negotiating with Mercedes about a testdriver's seat. Both Rosberg and Hamilton know him pretty well so it should help to seal the deal if it's true.
Then it's time for my predictions.
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
- Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
Surprise: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - He will find some new speed finally!
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. 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. 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
