Spanish GP 2017

Spanish GP 2017

With the Spanish Grand Prix approaching, here I present the forecast for the qualifying and race results. For some not-so-clear reason, the model seems to favour Daniel Ricciardo to start 2nd with Hamilton starting as low as 4th. This could due to his crash last year with Nico Rosberg; the model might have thought that it was Hamilton’s fault after all! Surprisingly enough, Verstappen is expected to start only 6th despite his impressive win in 2016.

I think that Lewis is going to get the pole, locking up the first row with Bottas. I expect the Ferraris to push but only manage a podium while the Red Bulls will struggle a little bit. I’d also keep a close eye on Massa and Sainz!

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

3 thoughts on “Spanish GP 2017

  1. Pretty arguable results :). I would put Hamilton somewhere in 1-3, Ricciardo after merces and ferraris (and maybe after Verstappen). And I will put Sainz in top 10 because he is Spaniard and it his home track . But will see soon.

    1. Very interesting race although my predictions were not as good this time 🙂

      You were right about Sainz (P7)!

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