End Of Year Predictions:

[Wycco]

Time for flights of fancy and predicting the unpredictable...

How will the 7 championship hopefulls end the season?



Italy:
1) M$ 2) R$ 3) JPM 4) RB 5) KR 6) DC 7) * 8) FA

US:
1) JPM 2) KR 3) M$ 4) FA 5) DC 6) R$ 7) RB 8) *

Japan:
1) KR 2) JPM 3) M$ 4) R$ 5) DC 6) FA 7) RB 8) *

* - Some Other Driver

Overall:
01 J.P.Montoya 95
02 M.Schumacher 94
03 K.Raikkonen 92
04 R.Schumacher 74
05 F.Alonso 63
06 R.Barrichello 58
07 D.Coulthard 56
#nosmileys

[2002M3]

Hmmm...very interesting Wycco. I have it slightly dif.

Monza
1. JPM, 2. Half, 3. MS, 4. Rubens, 5. Kimi, 6. DC, 7. Fred, 8. Jarno

Indy
1. JPM, 2. Half, 3. Rubens, 4. Kimi, 5. MS, 6. DC, 7. Fred, 8. Jarno

Suzuka
1. MS, 2. Kimi, 3. JPM, 4. Half, 5. Rubens, 6. DC, 7. Fred, 8. Jarno

1. JPM 97 (WDC)
2. MS 92
3. Kimi 86
4. H...Ralf 79
5. Rubens 64
6. Alonso 60
7. DC 54
8. Jarno 27

My thinking is, Monza and Indy are hp tracks with Indy requiring a good aero and tyre combination. This gives Juan the advantage. Suzuka is one of MS' favorite tracks and suits the superb ballance of the GA...also not too demanding on tyres. I also think Kimi will be ahead of Juan at the flag b'cuz the McLaren is very sweet in the twisties and kimi has nothing to lose but go for the win.

I suppose I should mention that is based on 100% reliability for all top 8 and the remaining 3 races are dry. If one or two of these races are done in the wet, then my arse will be puckered until the flag drops in Suzuka.

M3

[Wycco]

I too based Monza as a HP track... However, I don't think Ferrari are too far behind in HP... Being Italy- Michael has the "home crowd advantage" - and I think the motivation will be there!

Indy- with the tight twisty in-section, I personally never really thought of as a HP dependent track... Although the main straight definately needs it.

It will likely be hot though in Indy- so a Michelin advantage to be expected.

Suzuka has a bit of everything- and I had a hard time deciding who I thought would do best at it... It is often considered a "driver's" circuit- and that is partially what I based my prediction on.

[julio_montoya]

Im starting to think Michael has lost his edge. If Jacques Villeneuve is having trouble keeping up with Button then Ms could be getting too old for this. Maybe Ms should have called it quits last year. Im not really saying this is for sure just cause of a few bad races. But this is looking really bad: 18 points in 5 races. 3 in the last 2. You never know what Ferrari can pull out when they test at Monza this week. If they can get the Bridgestones working again, than maybe Ms can take it this year but these are my predictions.
1.Jpm 97
2.Kr 94
3.Ms 89
4.Rs 81
5.Fa 67

[2002M3]

Despite my prediction, I'd just like to toss out "Watch out for those Toyotas!"

With so much grunt available and a trimmed out areo for this venue, I wouldn't at all be shocked if one of the Toyotas claim a top six place.

Cheerz
M3

[Srrh]

1)Paul Tracy
2)Junky
3)Pat
4)Bourdais

;D

Srrh

[2002M3]

Oh Srrh, now you're talking my language. For Chanp Car, I'm picking:

1. PT
2. Jourdain
3. Junky
4. Sebe

I don't think Junky has truly prepared himself for a championship challenge yet. With all the mistakes yesterday in Montreal, I think he left himself open not only to Paul for 1st but to Michel to take away that 2nd place. Haas is not really pleased with him right now.

M3

[Wycco]

Wot!!!!

Darren Manning isn't winning Cart this year?

But I thought the English win at all sports???

[Senninha]

Wyc,

Reynard went bust, but have a few chassis poking around at the bottom of the grid.

Who is the leading Reynard driver?

I rest my case.




Btw, he is the only top level single seater driver from West Yorkshire, therefore = God!! [Ok, my patriotism is a little more local than most - but the guy has MY accent!!!! ROFL!!]

Also, I read the other day he's just finished the last 10 races or something or other in the top 10, and this was something that hadn't been done before by a rookie. He's winning alright....