To start with, I think it will be safe to assume that what we won’t be having in 2017 is a repeat result of the 2016 championship. They will still be ahead of Sauber however, with an old PU they’ll be down on power and will be lucky to score points at all in 2017. Haas will struggle a lot compared to last season, they have two solid drivers and will score points, but not as many as in 2016, possibly not even double figures. Williams will have a good year, they’ve been running a lot of miles in testing and the young Canadian Stroll has a great future ahead, a podium or two may be on the cards for him. Bottas will win his first F1 race, though seeing as he’s in a Mercedes that’s not really a prediction, everyone knows it’s going to happen. McLaren are going to have a tough start to the season, testing has been hampered by engine problems and unless Honda sort them out it will be a repeat of 2015, though maybe not quite as bad. As for the eventual winner though, I’ll take a punt at Vettel. The Red Bull drivers I think will be around Bottas, strong, particularly at some circuits, but not quite strong enough to challenge for the title. Ferrari look fast but Raikkonen has been disappointing in recent years, because of that I think Mercedes will take the Constructors’ even if the Ferrari is quicker.ĭrivers’ Championship is a little tricky, Hamilton and Vettel will be fighting it out, with Bottas just behind. For the Constructors’ Championship, I’m sticking with Mercedes, throughout testing they’ve had solid reliability and two very strong drivers. ![]() With the rather large shake up in aerodynamics it’s going to be tricky to predict so early on, but we’ll try it anyway. Probably fair to say my predictions for 2016 were a little mixed… While I was the only one to correctly predict both championships (I also predicted back in 2012 that Nico Rosberg would win his first race that year and a championship later down the line), I also made a prediction about Renault that was nowhere near, it was bad, really bad…
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