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”
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.
Very interesting race although my predictions were not as good this time 🙂
You were right about Sainz (P7)!
That’s because of Kimi, Bottas and Max DNF’s mostly.