Pick-the-Podium - F-1 - Eyetime Grosser Preis Von Österreich, Spielberg, Austria, 2018

[Retroram52]

This week-end the F-1 teams head to Spielberg on another challenging course. Why do I get the feeling Hamilton, with the new Mercs' modifications, is about to go on a string of wins that simply buries the field in the championship points fight like he has done the last four years? Check in to see if this may indeed be the case.

 

[Retroram52]

Hamilton, Bottas, and Vettel are the top three in practice. This looks familiar.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Hamilton, Bottas, and Vettel are the top three in practice. This looks familiar.

Same for quali except Bottas in the lead

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Bottas seems to really love this circuit, I think he can take it tomorrow

Bottas
Hamilton
Vettel
Verstappen

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

I'll swap him and Verstappen now

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Great situation for Grosjean as he starts P5 now, he might as well call it a career if he can't score points tomorrow

 

[forty_three]

BOT
HAM
RAI
VER

Vettel picks up a grid penalty for blocking in quali, which puts him behind Grosjean on the grid. No way that is going to end well. Vettel will be on his horse to get to the front before they get away and Grosjean is, well, Grosjean.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Hamilton
Bottas
Raikkonen
Vettel

 

[Retroram52]

I think Bottas is going to hold-off Hamilton tomorrow and take the win even though Hamilton has a pretty good car. Thus I'll go with:

Bottas
Hamilton
Vettel
Verstappen

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

This race just got real interesting

Bottas who has just had the most awful luck this year breaks down

all the competitors pitted under the VSC except Hamilton, and now if Hamilton were to pit he'd be 4th

what a twist!

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

wow Raikkonen makes an error allowing Ricciardo to make an easy pass

I don't know what strategy Mercedes will try to get around this but we could see a stunning Red Bull 1-2

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Hamilton has a lot of time to get these spots back

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Wow! Ricciardo has a failure on his car and now he's out

the heat seems to be plaguing the field today with constantly graining tires and mechanical failures

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

another car bites the dust

Grosjean and Magnussen run 5th and 6th

if they can avoid these issues plaguing the other teams this would be a huge day for Haas

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

WOW!! Hamilton is out now!

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Alonso was wallowing in misery for a while this race and suddenly he's in 8th

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Verstappen is very popular here you can hear the crowd cheering over the sound of the cars even!

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Best race ever for Haas! 4th and 5th!! Glad to see it!

 

[Retroram52]

I'll swap him and Verstappen now

Hey BSF: Did you change your picks and who did you swap with Verstappen? Was it Vettel?

 

[Retroram52]

Verstappen takes his first win of the season and Vettel takes over the points race by one point as both Mercs retired early in this race. Bottas went out with a loss of hydraulics pressure and Hamilton went out with a loss of fuel pressure. Perhaps the race bad luck bug is now visitng the Mercs.

Also Grosjeans and Haas finished fourth. Wow!!