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So I'm eager this year

here are my best guesses:

1. Vettel: defending champion & fast car
2. Button: always a threat down below
3. Hamilton: just not as lucky as the the wunderkind!
4. Raikkonen: I THINK he might even steal a podium finish
5. Alonso: probably too high for the red sled, but Alonso is a champion
6. Webber: the Webbo never does well at his home race
7. Shuey: the Merc should be more to Michael's liking this year
8. Rosberg: the bridesmaid again
9. di Resta: another wild pick; I like the kid
10. Massa: probably too high for little phil, but can Ferrari put only one car in the points?!

Pole: Hamilton will get a good start on the year.

looking forward to see what actually happens!

Jim Watt

Thanks Jim for setting up the first picks thread for 2012

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

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The deadline for submitting the picks is midnight local time of Friday practice.

Good luck

Bit of a shot in the dark, but here we are:
The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Jenson Button

Second: Lewis Hamilton

Third: Sebastian Vettel

Fourth: Kimi Raikkonen

Fifth: Mark Webber

Sixth: Fernando Alonso

Seventh: Michael Schumacher

Eighth: Nico Rosberg

Ninth: Paul di Resta

Tenth: Romain Grosjean

Pole: Sebastian Vettel

Edit: I found the mail, so I corrected the list.

My picks, as I sent them:

1. (was 2.) Jenson Button - Last year's contender
2. Lewis Hamilton - a focused man is a fast man
3. Sebastian Vettel - The man to beat
4. (was 6.) Nico Rosberg - Mercedes is in good form now
5. (was 4.) Mark Webber - Hoping he does well this year
6. Felipe Massa - My daughter's a fan, I had to put him in!
7. Kimi Raikkonen - My personal pick
8. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India showed good pace, I think Nico's fast
9. Michael Schumacher - Based on past performance, he may trail Nico at this point
10. Fernando Alonso - Same as Massa. Plus he drives like a champion.

Pole: Lewis Hamilton - I expect McLaren on the front row in the first leg

Pole : Mark Webber

Winner : Mark Webber = I like to dream
Second : Jenson Button = Like the guy
Third : Kimi Raikkonen = thought his testing went well. be good to see
Fourth : Daniel Ricciardo = I think he'll only just miss the podium
Fifth : Lewis Hamilton
Sixth : Sebastian Vettel
Seventh : Jean-Eric Vergne
Eighth : Fernando Alonso
Ninth : Pastor Maldonado
Tenth : Felipe Massa

Yes folks I continue to dream....

Winner : Mark Webber ~ Will finally prove his critics wrong and get the hometown curse off his back

Second : Jenson Button ~ Eating Red Bull dust

Third : Sebastian Vettel ~forgot his lucky rabbits foot and is his turn for a run of bad luck.... (fingers crossed)

Fourth : Fernando Alonso ~ The best of the red team again

Fifth : Lewis Hamilton ~ Looking for his mojo

Sixth : Nico Rosberg ~ why not????

Seventh : Felipe Massa ~I love Felipe but again he be mid field

Eighth : Kimi Raikkonen ~Needs a bit of time to settle in (and down)

Ninth : Bruno Senna ~Should be better this year

Tenth : Paul di Resta ~

Pole : Mark Webber ~ (hopefully)

I would love for this to happen but maybe it's just a pie in the sky.
Thank you for submitting your picks for the race of Australia

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Mark Webber
Second: Jenson Button
Third: Sebastian Vettel
Fourth: Lewis Hamilton
Fifth: Fernando Alonso
Sixth: Nico Rosberg
Seventh: Michael Schumacher
Eighth: Felipe Massa
Ninth: Romain Grosjean
Tenth: Paul di Resta

Pole: Mark Webber

Slightly optimistic perhaps regarding P1 but hey, I am from Scandinavia

Winner : Kimi Raikkonen

Second : Sebastian Vettel

Third : Jenson Button

Fourth : Lewis Hamilton

Fifth : Fernando Alonso

Sixth : Mark Webber

Seventh : Michael Schumacher

Eighth : Kamui Kobayashi

Ninth : Paul di Resta

Tenth : Pastor Maldonado

Pole : Sebastian Vettel

Wow can't wait to see how these predictions look at the end of the day!!!

Enigma top scored this round with 64 points.

Congratulations to Enigma, you have won a Gift from NewsOnF1 USA Online Store valued at $25.
Enigma managed to pick 8 of the top 10 finishers with 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in their exact finishing place. Picking Lewis Hamilton for pole earned Engima 6 additional points and scored a bonus 6 points for picking 8 and Pole!

The Overall Top 100 is available here

The Australia Top 300 is available here

The Popularity Picks (top 5 for each position) for the round of Australia is available here

Well, didn't quite go to plan but enjoyed none the less. Well done to having 2 aussies in the points for the first time in history. I reckon a cracker year this year for F1.

Agreed Shabbie.... a very good year for F1 and Australian fans