Round of Abu Dhabi '19 - Picks and Comments

[10 n Pole Admin]

10 'n' Pole players, post your picks for the final race of the 2019 season in Abu Dhabi.

You can log-in to the new 10 'n' Pole site and submit your picks at http://newsonf1.net/10npole/ 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 is the start of Saturday practice. That is at 14:00 Abu Dhabi time (10:00 GMT).

Good luck

[cmlean]

Winner: Max Verstappen
Second: Charles Leclerc
Third: Lewis Hamilton
Fourth: Sebastian Vettel
Fifth: Valtteri Bottas
Sixth: Alexander Albon
Seventh: Daniel Ricciardo
Eighth: Carlos Sainz
Ninth: Lando Norris
Tenth: Pierre Gasly
Pole: Max Verstappen

Max to clean up the last race of the season.

[Jim Watt]

Wll, cmlean, I am close, as usual, to your picks. I just feel that Lewis is steaming about how puny his power was back in Brazil and since he is a 6-time WDC I think he is more like Michael Schumacher than Ayrton Senna --a thinker and a cut-throat, not like Max and Ayrton who are simply supernatural drivers, ALWAYS on the edge and so not really winners unless everything goes their way.

The upshot is I believe Lewis will WIN the race, post the fastest lap AND take the Pole ... or, if they wind up his Merc too far, end up like Valteri with a blown engine. Here are the rest of my picks

1. Lewis will win and burn some doughnuts. The car WILL BE numbered "44"
2. LeClerc will be more cautious this time and not pass Seb until very late in the game, maybe in the final five laps, having lulled Seb into relaxing
3. Seb will make the podium and be all smiles, the happy Daddy
4. Max will make a mistake and not have enough time to make up for it
5. Bottas will drive carefully from the back and make it to the top five.
6. Albon will try to keep Bottas behind him but not succeed.
7. Gasly will show that Brazil was no fluke
8. Kvyat will let the field know that HONDA is coming back with a vengeance
10. and so will Sainz.

I predict next year will be the last season for Renault for some time and they'll be near the tail end of the mid-pack. Poor Danny Riddiardo! He just jumped in the wrong direction ... something like Fernando.

Finally, I am thinking of writing to FIAT to ask them if I can be the Scuderia Ferrari Boss on the grounds that I can't possibly be as bad as the last two Team Leaders and I'll be willing to do it for a mere sixty grand. Wish me luck. A year in Maranello will be sweet for this octagenarion!

Dheers! I hope the race is a repeat of Brazil; we've got SIX drivers in fast cars and the all want very much to win

[Tim]

Always entertaining to read your posts and predicitons Jim

I second that proposal Jim, I am sure you'd do a better job at Ferrari

Bottas seems to be strong here but the track is hard to overtake on. It will be very interesting when he catches Max in the Red Bull

My picks:

Winner: Lewis Hamilton
Second: Charles Leclerc
Third: Sebastian Vettel
Fourth: Valtteri Bottas
Fifth: Max Verstappen
Sixth: Alexander Albon
Seventh: Pierre Gasly
Eighth: Sergio Perez
Ninth: Daniel Ricciardo
Tenth: Carlos Sainz
Pole: Lewis Hamilton

Here's to an exciting 2020 season ... I know every year we say next year will be close but I do feel that next year will be

[10 n Pole Admin]

Congratulations to the winners of the Round of Abu Dhabi '19

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Rank	Score	Player		Country
1	82	JTodd		United States
2	76	tevansppg	United States
2	76	pingf1		United States
2	76	Dom		United Kingdom
5	74	frk		Italy
6	73	Stingray_65	Netherlands
6	73	Joe		United States
6	73	Maxtreme	Netherlands
9	72	Steven Pazin	Australia
9	72	Orange Peel	United Kingdom

[10 n Pole Admin]

10'n'Pole standings after the Round of Abu Dhabi '19

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Rank	Score	Player		Country
1	1120	Packer		Australia
2	1117	JTodd		United States
3	1105	Roger4		Jamaica
4	1101	Scooby		United Kingdom
5	1099	TJ		United States
6	1098	Nulli Secundus	Canada
6	1098	PAF		Brazil
6	1098	Maxtreme	Netherlands
9	1097	Joe		United States
10	1096	TimH		Australia

Another tight season in 10'n'Pole is in the books.
Congratulations to the top 3 place getters. Packer, JTodd and Roger4.

It's good to see some new names in the mix.