With Bahrain Grand Prix approaching, here are my predictions for both qualifying and race. For the first time this year, the Mercedes drivers are expected to fill-up the front-row with Raikkonen starting 5th despite his phenomenal performance there last year. Race predictions will be updated after the qualifying.

I actually think the Ferraris will be very strong this year and may grab the pole and the victory. I hope Red Bull can also join the battle although I doubt it. Poor Alonso will at least get some confrontation since he will be allowed to race at Indy 500 later this year.

Driver	Qualifying Prediction	Actual Qualifying Result	Race Prediction	Actual Race Result
Vettel	3	3	1	1
Hamilton	1	2	2	2
Bottas	2	1	3	3
Raikkonen	5	5	4	4
Ricciardo	4	4	6	5
Massa	8	8	8	6
Perez	11	18	15	7
Grosjean	13	9	11	8
Hulkenberg	7	7	7	9
Ocon	15	14	14	10
Wehrlein	20	13	17	11
Kvyat	9	11	9	12
Palmer	19	10	12	13
Alonso	16	15	18	14
Ericsson	17	19	19	R
Sainz	10	16	13	R
Stroll	12	12	10	R
Verstappen	6	6	5	R
Magnussen	14	20	16	R
Vandoorne	18	17	20	R

Qualifying predictions were pretty good this time! The top-8 are in the exact same order except Hamilton and Bottas! Regarding the race, it was correctly predicted that Vettel would pass both Mercedes and take the win while Lewis would jump ahead of his teammate.