Round of Belgium 2010 - Picks and comments

10 n Pole Admin · Post by **10 n Pole Admin** » Tue Aug 17, 2010 10:27 pm

10 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the thirteenth race of the season in Belgium.

You can submit your picks at http://www.newsonf1.com/10npole/submit.htm then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.

For the latest Formula 1 news, visit the Formula 1 News page.

Please note that the deadline for submitting the picks is now midnight local time on Friday the 20th of August.

Good luck

Note: Results for Germany and Hungary will be sent out by Thursday. Apologies for the long delay

10 n Pole Admin · Post by **10 n Pole Admin** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:19 pm

The event is actually from the 27th to the 29th of August. We thought it is the traditional 3 week break. It is actually 4 weeks.

Apologies for the confusion

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:35 pm

10 n Pole Admin wrote:The event is actually from the 27th to the 29th of August. We thought it is the traditional 3 week break. It is actually 4 weeks.

Apologies for the confusion

Don't sweat it. Y'all do an excellent job as it is; an occasional mistake won't hurt anyone.

Jim Watt · Post by **Jim Watt** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 5:09 am

Well, I was going to wait until next Thursday, but why bother? Nothing's going to happen to change things; I don't think that the order of finish will be much affected even if it rains all weekend.

So here's my picks (and my reasons) for Belgium in 2010:

Sebastian Vettel (at last

) ...because the stars are aligned for him

and he is, really, a talented driver in a very good car...

Fernando Alonso ... because he's the most talented driver in the field and his car isn't too bad either

Mark Webber ... because in the course of the race he'll be ill served by his pit crew (he's DUE!) & both Lewis and Fernando will get past him... he'll be able to deal with Lewis, but no way will he get by Fernando!!

4th: Lewis Hamilton ... because he won't make any errors except for letting Mark past

5th: Jenson Button ... another smooth performance from the quiet man

6th: Robert Kubica ... because he's a hellofadriver b.g.!!

7th: Felipe Massa ... because he's driving a pretty good machine, you know

8th: Nico Rosberg ... maybe next year, Nico, maybe next year

9th: Rubens Barichello ... Next year: the story of my career

10th: V. Petrov ... so we can see what Mom's wearing this week!!

Let's hope the race is exciting and full of real dicing ... after all, because of his ten grid space penalty, Michael will only be able to take out some of the moving chicanes back down at the bottom of the grid.

I'm figuring the seven time world drivers champion will start in 17th. He might make it back up to 11th. I wonder if they'll even show him during the race??

Cheers, chaps and I'm, for one, ready to get back to racing!

Jim Watt

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:36 pm

Winner: Mark Webber

Second: Felipe Massa

Third: Jenson Button

Fourth: Fernando Alonso

Fifth: Nico Rosberg

Sixth: Lewis Hamilton

Seventh: Adrian Sutil

Eighth: Rubens Barrichello

Ninth: Michael Schumacher

Tenth: Sebastian Vettel

Pole: Mark Webber

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Wed Aug 25, 2010 4:25 pm

After drinking copious amounts of Old Forester Kentucky bourbon, here are my picks for the Round of Belgium...............

1st} Lewis Hamilton(continues taking the fight to Red Bull in Belgium w/a win in the Ardennes........)
2nd} Mark Webber(gives his all but comes up just a bit short.........)
3rd} Fernando Alonso(well, we Spainards' were neutral;--what are we talking about?)
4th} Felipe Massa(

)
5th} Sebastien Vettel(

)
6th} Jenson Button(it still ain't JB's finest hour...........)
7th} Nico Hulkenberg(.......a fair result for ole' Nico........)
8th} Adrian Sutil(still fightin' and scrapping for points.........)
9th} Robert Kubica(

)
10th} Michael Schumacher(sees his legacy slip-sliding away..........

)

And for pole position: Lewis Hamilton

Jim Watt · Post by **Jim Watt** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:06 am

M. Little:

I know the McLaren's are better suited to Spa than the Red Bull's, but how do you figure Seb Vettel letting BOTH Ferrari's AND the Webbo get by? Alonso, in a decent car, of course, will either pass Sebastian or the lad will put them both OUT of the race, but Felipe? No way. And is the Jense really five places slower than Ron Dennis's favorite driver?

cheers, Jim Watt

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:16 pm

A Truck Train cleaned up a Roo down by the front gate. On examining the entrails while consuming a gallon of Doctor Swings Seriously Strong Moonshine.........................
Thank you julian mayo for submitting your picks for the race of Belgium

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Mark Webber

Second: Fernando Alonso

Third: Lewis Hamilton

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel

Fifth: Robert Kubica

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Jenson Button

Eighth: Rubens Barrichello

Ninth: Vetaly Petrov

Tenth: Nico Hulkenberg

Pole: Mark Webber

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:17 pm

And if it rains....................

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:39 pm

My first entry

Cheers to the admin man for helping me out getting registered. Now behold my Delphic power!

Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Second: Sebastian Vettel

Third: Mark Webber

Fourth: Fernando Alonso

Fifth: Jenson Button

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Robert Kubica

Eighth: Nico Rosberg

Ninth: Vetaly Petrov

Tenth: Rubens Barrichello

Pole: Sebastian Vettel

Ferrari has a new diffuser, Renault an F-duct, and McLaren are hoping for a new shiny upgrade of their own, but won't say what it is (Batman-style afterburner, perhaps?) I imagine that it'll be tight between the McLarens and Red Bulls at the front, with Renault doing pretty well and Mercedes looking a bit rubbish. Again.

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:09 pm

Jim Watt wrote: M. Little:

I know the McLaren's are better suited to Spa than the Red Bull's, but how do you figure Seb Vettel letting BOTH Ferrari's AND the Webbo get by? Alonso, in a decent car, of course, will either pass Sebastian or the lad will put them both OUT of the race, but Felipe? No way. And is the Jense really five places slower than Ron Dennis's favorite driver?

cheers, Jim Watt

My philosophy at this point in the season, Jim, is basically to throw everything at a wall, see what sticks and go from there.......there is no rhyme nor reason to them(when you're running 7th in this year's F1 Idiots Grous standings, you'll try any combination of picks to gain points on your competitors.........

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:27 pm

If Ferrari is punished for it's sins, will they lose the points awarded, or .........insert devilish smile here.........cop a grid penalty, or worse?

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:28 pm

WOTS A DELP ?

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:42 pm

Delphic is a reference to the Greek oracle at Delphi

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Aug 26, 2010 8:23 pm

Thaddeus wrote:Delphic is a reference to the Greek oracle at Delphi

Populated with delps ?