Round of Italy 2012 - Picks and comments

10 n Pole Admin · Post by **10 n Pole Admin** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:36 am

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

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.

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The deadline for submitting the picks is midnight local time on Friday the 7th of September.

Good luck

jido · Post by **jido** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:13 pm

Not being very imaginative this round-

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Second: Jenson Button

Third: Sebastian Vettel

Fourth: Fernando Alonso

Fifth: Kimi Raikkonen

Sixth: Romain Grosjean

Seventh: Mark Webber

Eighth: Felipe Massa

Ninth: Nico Hulkenberg

Tenth: Sergio Perez Mendoza

Pole: Sebastian Vettel

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:45 pm

Here are my tips (for what they are worth)......

Winner: Fernando Alonso

Second: Mark Webber

Third: Lewis Hamilton

Fourth: Sebastian Vettel

Fifth: Michael Schumacher

Sixth: Kimi Raikkonen

Seventh: Felipe Massa

Eighth: Jenson Button

Ninth: Paul di Resta

Tenth: Bruno Senna

Pole: Fernando Alonso

sennano1fan · Post by **sennano1fan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:26 pm

It will take a miracle or two to save my tipping this year.... here's hoping.

Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Second: Fernando Alonso

Third: Sebastian Vettel

Fourth: Kimi Raikkonen

Fifth: Mark Webber

Sixth: Jenson Button

Seventh: Felipe Massa

Eighth: Michael Schumacher

Ninth: Daniel Ricciardo

Tenth: Kamui Kobayashi

Pole: Lewis Hamilton

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:29 pm

I'm not sure Alonso will do as well as others think. His car looked a bit off the pace in Spa.

The picks you have entered are:

Winner: Jenson Button

Second: Kimi Raikkonen

Third: Lewis Hamilton

Fourth: Fernando Alonso

Fifth: Sebastian Vettel

Sixth: Sergio Perez Mendoza

Seventh: Michael Schumacher

Eighth: Mark Webber

Ninth: Kamui Kobayashi

Tenth: Felipe Massa

Pole: Lewis Hamilton

Jim Watt · Post by **Jim Watt** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:46 am

well, chaps. It appears that few have time to explain their pics, these days. I know I'm less interested in the other picking contests, b/c the people seem less race fans than nerds and techies.

I'm still trying to make sense of this season

:roll:; it looks to me like McLaren's hard work is beginning to pay off, though and Jenson may well take the pole AND the race.

I don't have a clue as to what is going on in Lewis's head these days.

Kimi, too, is an enigma.

Oh well, here's my attempt to get myself back into the top one hundred at least:

Winner: Kimi Raikkonen ---AT LAST!

2cd: Jenson Button ---for the third year in a row.

3rd: Fernando ---it's their home race and Fernando is a miracle maker

4th: Sebastian Vettel ---I know he won last year, but that was last year

5th: Lewis Hamilton ---one place lower than last year, but it's crowded at the top these days!

6th: Webbo ---he could get a podium, but his luck is just awful lately

7th: Rosberg ---the Merc could do better than this; depends how much wing they take out

8th: Kobayashi ---I just have a feeling Sauber's coming back

9th: Schuey ---It would be ironic and fitting for this to be his last victory, yes. But I think we've already seen it.

10th: Perez ---now that the Frenchman is out of the way and the wild Maldonado is wondering if he's next, Perez could get a point

Pole: Raikkonen (and he should run the race from the pole like Jenson did last week)

Good luck with your picks & let's hope its a clean race with no less than 22 cars finishing.

jim watt

jido · Post by **jido** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:52 pm

Hi Jim,
Like you I think, I believe McLaren is the fastest at the moment. Red Bull is not far behind.
Kimi, as you say, is not easy to predict. He is a contender for the drivers championship and could well win in Italy. Lotus is in the race for second in the constructors- what I think is that they are fast but not very consistent.

I can't see Alonso on the podium, despite his talent. I may be wrong.
But the Ferrari is a decent car, and with Massa pressed for results I see both drivers in the points.

That leaves Mercedes, which should be at a relative advantage with its straight line speed, however Sauber, Force India and Williams are close and could outperform the Mercedes.

Thaddeus · Post by **Thaddeus** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:54 pm

I do wonder whether Hamilton's more interested in money and his own image than racing. There's a suggestion that moving to Mercedes would increase his 'global brand' status, and his agents are apparently the same lot that Beckham use (plus Mercedes is a bigger brand, beyond F1, than McLaren).

jacfan · Post by **jacfan** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:22 pm

Sorry Jim. I haven't explained my picks becasue basically I have no idea who or what is happening this year.

In other words no matter what I pick I am as Leonard so eloquently puts it....

Leonard: What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis?
Sheldon: Screwed.
Leonard: There you go.

and that should explain it all.

10 n Pole Admin · Post by **10 n Pole Admin** » Thu Sep 20, 2012 4:48 pm

Chila top scored this round with a score of 68.
Congratulations to Chila, you have won a Gift from NewsOnF1 USA Online Store valued at $25.

Chila managed to pick 9 of the top 10 finishers with 3rd, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th in their exact finishing place. Picking Lewis Hamilton for pole earned Chila 6 additional points and scored a bonus 10 points for picking 9 and Pole!

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