F-C

Picks go here. Reminder, pick both one driver and one team for the race. You can only pick each driver three times and each team four times the whole season.

Picks close at 5am EST March 17th, or prior to the start of qualifying, whichever comes first.

Only picks placed in this thread will count.

F-C

Deadline will be 2am EST on March 17th.

speedemon90

the first two practices literally told me nothing!

Chief F1 Fan

told me something . . . .

F-C

Schumacher - Mercedes AMG

TommySalami

Schumacher - Sauber

F-C

Tommy's first pick since Turkey of 2011. Welcome back.

TommySalami

I forget about things, and then after forgetting for a few weeks, it's like why bother?

Chief F1 Fan

Don't forget Tommy in two weeks it's malaysia.

TommySalami

I'll try

Chief F1 Fan

FYI-it's next week Tommy.

First totally wrong pick of the year:
Button/Mercedes

uzzmaan

Schumacher - Mercedes

Legend2TL

Button
McLaren

The Dougler

iTrader: (1)

Safety pick of Schumacher/Mercedes.


Practice 3 is at 11pm so I may be back.

dallison

You guys were thinking what i was, but i have a feeling the others might be sandbagging a little, but,


schumacher/force india

icy2

Schumacher/Mercedes

Bearcat94

Hamilton/Mercedes

speedemon90

Hamilton/Mclaren

speedemon90

Is there any place to stream quali online? I'm not gonna be home.

The Dougler

iTrader: (1)

changing to Hamilton/Mclaren

West6MT

Hamilton/Mclaren

West6MT

I get the feeling the Red Bull cars will be quicker than they looked in practice (hope I am wrong based on my pick).

speedemon90

yea, these practices are weird!! Its not Red bull, Mclaren, Ferrari

Its all over the place!
Practice 3 normally reflects the best times and number two spot is Grosjean from Renault.

West6MT

glad that didnt happen lol

F-C

Who wants to swap picks?

uzzmaan

Did that Schumi pick ever backfire on me, or what?

Bearcat94

No harm done:


It's the second one that hurts.

icy2

I'm done with Mercedes GP. They f me everytime i pick them!

Legend2TL

Way to go Button!

F-C

I hate you.

F-C

Legend2TL jumps out to the front after race 1. Everyone who copied my picks were screwed.

Chief F1 Fan

Chief F1 Fan

I like the way Jense is driving so far. Hamilton looked like he swallowed a turd after that race. WTF, does he want his team mate to pull over and let him fly off into the distance?

speedemon90

I dunno how button left so quickly, even after the safety car I expected the race to be close again, but nope! And damn vettel for pitting with the safety car, made hamilton move down a place.

Legend2TL

+1 Button's start was about as perfect as it gets. Once out front he paced himself and also handled traffic pretty well.

I find the Button/Hamilton pairing so interesting since they get along so well (on/off the track) while having very different driving styles and strategies.

Ron Dennis was obviously very instrumental in Hamilton's signing and nurturing his career but I think signing Button was Whitmarsh's idea and plan. Dennis is chairman of the board but apparently does not have as much say as Martin who has the final say from what's been written in the press. Alot of critics panned the signing and it's great to see them proven wrong.

F-C

I think that relationship will sour very quickly if Button continues to outperform Hamilton.

Legend2TL

Perhaps, although Mika and Coulthard had a pretty good relationship despite Mika having the upper hand in performance.

Where I respect Hamilton and Button is that when they have had on-track incidents (ie Canada 2011) they talk it out in private vs in the press (ie Webber & Vettel, Senna & Prost,...).

Chief F1 Fan

^^Just wait Legend-as soon as Hamilton gets his azzz handed to him a few more times, we will see the "we are all friends" routine disappear I suspect.