Mercedes may have won the Russian GP, partially due to the timing of the safety car, but Ferrari proved once again that it has a car capable of challenging for wins in many types of circuits. How quickly things can change!! Mercedes finished 1-2 in Suzuka last year but can he repeat it this year? In any case, he cannot mathematically secure the title in this round no matter where his opponents finish.

The model, rather expectedly, predicts a battle between Hamilton and Leclerc but I wouldn’t rule Verstappen out. He will try to give it everything in Honda’s home grand prix.

Driver	Qualifying Prediction	Actual Qualifying Result	Race Prediction	Actual Race Result
Bottas	3	3	4	1
Vettel	4	1	3	2
Hamilton	2	4	2	3
Albon	7	6	7	4
Sainz	8	7	6	5
Ricciardo	12	16	15	6
Leclerc	1	2	1	7
Gasly	17	9	13	8
Perez	11	17	12	9
Hulkenberg	9	15	11	10
Stroll	16	12	10	11
Kvyat	18	14	17	12
Norris	10	8	9	13
Raikkonen	6	13	8	14
Grosjean	13	10	16	15
Giovinazzi	15	11	14	16
Magnussen	14	19	18	17
Russell	19	18	19	18
Kubica	20	20	20	19
Verstappen	5	5	5	R