Round of Bahrain - Picks and comments

8 n Pole Admin · Post by **8 n Pole Admin** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:56 am

8 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the fourth race of the season in Bahrain.

You can submit your picks at http://www.newsonf1.com/8npole/submit.htm then paste your picks here and tell us why you think your picks will be the correct ones.

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The deadline for submitting the picks for Bahrain is the 24th of April prior to the start of the first Friday practice session.

Good luck

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:40 am

Thank you for submitting your picks for the race of Bahrain

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Sebastian Vettel

Second: Jenson Button

Third: Lewis Hamilton

Fourth: Rubens Barrichello

Fifth: Fernando Alonso

Sixth: Felipe Massa

Seventh: Mark Webber

Eighth: Robert Kubica

Pole: Fernando Alonso

........hopefully throwing darts at names will work better as the year goes along..........

Jim Watt · Post by **Jim Watt** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:33 am

Right Mates:

Unless there is a SANDSTORM of EPIC PROPORTIONS, the following should be the order of finish in Bahrain:

Jenson in the Ross Braun, getting back in stride!

Seb Vettel in the Red Bull, pushing to the end

Rubens in the Ross Braun, anchoring the podium

4th: Webbo in the second Red Bull, wondering what the gods have against him giving him such a good car --and such a GREAT team mate

5th: Timo Glock in the ugliest car on the grid, but one that can finally move up from the rear

6th: Fernando in the funny French machine, wondering if he will ever get with the right team & equipment again

7th: Lewis Hamilton in something in silver, finally learning a little humility even?

and for the 8th & final point: Nick Heidfeld, who has had a pretty good run in the desert, finishing fourth the past two years (when the red and silver cars were carrying the day)

Looking forward to, I hope, a race that lives up to F1 standards of thrills and skills, one without the slapstick energy of Harold Lloyd or the cheap tricks of the finally absent Mr. Dennis

Jim Watt

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:46 pm

I wish that I could give my reasons as succinctly as our Jim but the brain is fuddled and I basically agree with MLittle... throw the darts and hope they stick.
Having said all that my tips are as follows...

Winner : Jenson Button

Second : Sebastian Vettel

Third : Rubens Barrichello

Fourth : Mark Webber

Fifth : Felipe Massa

Sixth : Nick Heidfeld

Seventh : Lewis Hamilton

Eighth : Timo Glock

Pole : Jenson Button

and basically just praying for some points. At least the likelyhood of rain drenching the track is unlikely but then again it might be their one day of rain for the year!!!!

JayVee · Post by **JayVee** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:05 pm

Ok, I think the Red Bull will be very strong in Bahrain with Renault narrowly behind.
Brawn will start falling behind but they will also be strong in Bahrain

Winner: Sebastian Vettel - He is on a roll
Second: Fernando Alonso - Double diffuser works in the dry

Third: Jarno Trulli - Didn't Toyota test in Bahrain ?
Fourth: Mark Webber - I am hoping he can do better
Fifth: Jenson Button - The others are catching up
Sixth: Rubens Barrichello - Behind Button Again!!
Seventh: Robert Kubica - Trying to recover from the shocking result in China
Eighth: Heikki Kovalainen - Not so fast but consistent

Pole: Fernando Alonso - Another low fuel run I suspect

jido · Post by **jido** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:34 pm

I predict another sweeping victory for Brawn GP!

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Jenson Button - double diffuser goodness

Second: Rubens Barrichello - eternal second?

Third: Lewis Hamilton - Eh? Really? But *new aero* *KERS* why not a podium?

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel - great package

Fifth: Fernando Alonso - new aero should help once again

Sixth: Timo Glock - still having some faith in the Toyotas. Either him or Trulli gets points.

Seventh: Nico Rosberg - I hope Williams does better than last round

Eighth: Adrian Sutil - That would be interesting... With some luck and a good strategy it would be possible.

Pole: Jenson Button - Fastest

Lloyd · Post by **Lloyd** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:01 pm

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Rubens Barrichello. his turn

Second: Mark Webber He has the car and the confidence

Third: Jarno Trulli. It wont be wet

Fourth: Nico Rosberg. Has to perform apart from Fridays

Fifth: Jenson Button. Slip up

Sixth: Sebastian Vettel. Its not wet

Seventh: Felipe Massa. He used to own this track

Eighth: Lewis Hamilton. Will not give up

Pole: Jenson Button. Fastest car

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:24 am

I have factored in tyre friendly cars, circuit temperatures, dust problems, aero updates, kers, double diffusers, fuel consumption data, team strategists, brake wear, driver weights, their girlfriends/wives birthdays, phases of the moon, consulted chicken entrails, and have decided the only logical thing is to borrow MLittles dartboard.

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:58 pm

Julian Mayo wrote:I have factored in tyre friendly cars, circuit temperatures, dust problems, aero updates, kers, double diffusers, fuel consumption data, team strategists, brake wear, driver weights, their girlfriends/wives birthdays, phases of the moon, consulted chicken entrails, and have decided the only logical thing is to borrow MLittles dartboard.

Which one of the three, Julian? The one with Tony George's picture, the one with the Dwarf's, or the one with Sado-Max's portrait?

Julian Mayo · Post by **Julian Mayo** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:46 pm

Max this race, the Dwarf's next, ok

jido · Post by **jido** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:45 pm

I'd like to see that dartboard

What is the centre?

czeckmate · Post by **czeckmate** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 3:39 pm

bettin da farm on Webba, applying the dart board after that:

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Mark Webber

Second: Jenson Button

Third: Lewis Hamilton

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel

Fifth: Felipe Massa

Sixth: Rubens Barrichello

Seventh: Jarno Trulli

Eighth: Fernando Alonso

Pole: Mark Webber

mlittle · Post by **mlittle** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 4:53 pm

jido wrote:I'd like to see that dartboard

What is the centre?

Its' a rotation of pictures, mainly those of Messrs. Tony George, Max Mosely and Bernie Ecclestone(a/k/a Tony, Sado-Max and the Dwarf)..........

jido · Post by **jido** » Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:05 am

mlittle wrote:
jido wrote:I'd like to see that dartboard

What is the centre?
Its' a rotation of pictures, mainly those of Messrs. Tony George, Max Mosely and Bernie Ecclestone(a/k/a Tony, Sado-Max and the Dwarf)..........

Aah fine, I'd thought it would a part of their anatomy. Ignore me.

8 n Pole Admin · Post by **8 n Pole Admin** » Mon May 04, 2009 11:33 pm

Full results on Tuesday morning, meanwhile here are the Top 3 and Pole statistics for the round!

Winner
Jenson Button 66.87%
Sebastian Vettel 11.15%
Rubens Barrichello 5.88%
Lewis Hamilton 4.33%
Fernando Alonso 3.10%
Mark Webber 2.79%

Second
Sebastian Vettel 30.96%
Rubens Barrichello 25.70%
Jenson Button 18.58%
Mark Webber 4.02%
Jarno Trulli 3.72%
Fernando Alonso 3.10%
Lewis Hamilton 3.10%
Timo Glock 3.10%
Kimi Raikkonen 2.17%

Third
Rubens Barrichello 24.77%
Sebastian Vettel 21.36%
Jarno Trulli 11.76%
Mark Webber 9.60%
Jenson Button 6.81%
Timo Glock 6.50%
Lewis Hamilton 6.19%
Fernando Alonso 3.10%
Felipe Massa 2.79%
Kimi Raikkonen 2.17%

Pole
Jenson Button 63.78%
Sebastian Vettel 13.31%
Fernando Alonso 4.64%
Rubens Barrichello 4.33%
Jarno Trulli 3.41%
Mark Webber 2.79%
Lewis Hamilton 2.48%