Singapore Grand Prix predictions
Felipe Massa is my pick to win the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix
Who’s going to win the first ever Singapore Grand Prix? Several F1 drivers can lay claim to being particularly good on street tracks, including Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica. But the warmer temperatures are expected to favour Ferrari.
Read my podium prediction and make yours below.
In the run-up to the Singapore Grand Prix there was a lot of talk about the race being wet, and how that might play into the hands of McLaren and Lewis Hamilton.
However the local climate seems to be seeing most of its rain in the morning, with drier afternoons and evenings, so a dry race is quite likely.
With Bridgestone bringing the soft and super soft tyres, which Ferrari has made better use of so far this year, I think Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen will have the upper hand this weekend.
So I’m going to put my money on Massa leading the way, with Hamilton chasing and Robert Kubica stil in the hunt:
1. Felipe Massa
2. Lewis Hamilton
3. Robert Kubica
What’s your predictions for the Singapore Grand Prix? Make your podium prediction below.
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I’m going to go slightly wackier and say:
1. Massa
2. Alonso
3. Kubica
1. Massa
2. Raikkonen
3. Hamilton
4. Alonso
5. Kubica
6. Heidfeld
7. Rosberg
8. Piquet
I am going for:
1.Hamilton
2.Vettel
3.Kubica
1.massa
2.Kimi
3.Kubica
F1 gods willing
Hamilton
Kubica
Massa
Predicting a dry race, I go for:
1- Massa
2- Hamilton
3- Raikkonen
If it rains though, Hamilton should win it.
hmmm…
1.massa
2.alonso
3.hamilton
pure guess, but i think massa really see this weekend as a turning point in the championship and be going all out.
alonso must be about ready to kick someone if he doesn’t get a podium, and if he can get hamilton behind him in quali (which i think could be the surprise of the weekend) then he’s got the brains to keep him behind for the race.
if it’s dry
1.Massa
2.Kubica
3.Alonso
it it’s wet
1.Alonso
2.Hamilton
3.Kubica
Maybe
1.hamilton
2.massa
3.kubica
Massa
Heikki
Kubica
1.HAM
2.RAI
3.ALO
1. HAM
2. MAS
3. KUB
4. ALO
5. RAI
I´m going for the surprise.
Alonso
kovalainen
Kubica
1. MAS
2. HAM
3. KUB
4. RAI
5. ALO
6. KOV
1.massa
2.hamilton
3.kubika
1st
Hamilton
2nd
Massa* Delete if Wet
3rd
Alonso
1] Raikkonen
2] Alonso
3] Kubica
Hamilton and Massa run out of fuel on the last lap with 3 corners to go, Kimi goes on the win the championship in the final round by 1 point
My heart says
1) RAI
2) VET
3) KUB
My common sence says:
1) HAM
2) MAS
3) ALO
1.Hamilton
2.Massa
3.Kubica
HAM
KOV
BUT
should be a largely boring race..
Raikkonen will wake up in the last few laps, set the fastest lap, that will be the most exciting part; since all Kimi fans will start jumping: Kimi’s back, Kimi’s back.. [:P]
Sumedh: true!
@Sumedh, it’ll be interesting to see where Kimi ends up in quali… if as I suspect he doesn’t do that well, I don’t think we’ll see him in the top 3.
If Massa or Hamilton win, Kimi’s out of the hunt isn’t he?
Hamilton
Massa
Kubica
In wet
Kubica
Alonso
Heidefeld
Also, the race seems incredibly long. Lap times are similar to Spa 1:45s, 1:47s; but the track almost 2.5kms shorter; and hence we have 61 laps ! ! ! That comes to about 6300 seconds for entire race. about 1hr 45 min!!!
If it rains, I think surely, the 2 hour limit will be reached.
I really cant see Felipe winning this race.
The mix of a bumping track, low temperatures of the track will give Lewis the edge here.
1)Lewis
2)Heikki
3)Massa
Singapore Prediction:
1ST Lewis H (Mclaren)
2ND Felipe M (Ferrari)
3RD Nick H (BMW)
Coutard, Piquet, Alonso, Button, Heikki, Raikkonen DNF
1) Massa
2) Hamilton
3) Alonso
I can see it being another Valencia with a repeated lack-lustre performance from Raik.
1-lewis
2-massa
3-kimi
HAM
MAS
RAI
Massa gets too close to the tortoises and wrecks the bottom, Ham tries the “I cut the corner and got no advantage” trick and beaches it on the tortoises. As it’s a night race, Kimi is awake throughout
and grabs a famous win, Kubica and Alonso dice hard for 2nd place and Alonso outwits Kubica. So:
1. Kimi
2. Alonso
3. Kubica
Dry:
1Massa
2Hamilton
3Alonso
Wet:
1Alonso
2Hamilton
3Kubica
1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Alonso
1.kimi
2.alonso
3.massa
1.HAMILTON
2.RAIKONEN
3.KUBICA
Dry
1. Massa
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
Wet
1. Hamilton
2. Kubica
3. Heidfeld
1. Massa
2. Raikkonen
3. Alonso
1)Kubica
2)Hamilton
3)Rosberg/Alonso
and five/six dnf.
I’m surprised to see so many people including Alonso in their podium’s lists.
Dry (and procesional race):
1- HAM
2-MAS
3-KUB
If Crazy race (HAM/MAS crash, rain, DNFs), maybe we will see ALO on the podium.
Anyhow, I always fail with my predictions…
One is for sure Williams is having the high ground over Renault ,Toyota, Red Bull and Torro Roso.Both finish struggled in practice so i would say :
P1 Lewis
P2 Nico
P3 Nando
Massa was having hard time with understeering in at least 2 turns so a a lot of lost time in the race
Massa
Hamilton
Heiki
Felipe Massa
Kimi Raikkonen
Lewis Hamilton
Heikki Kovalainen
Nico Rosberg
Robert Kubica
Fernando Alonso
Nick Heidfeld
The prediction of my crystal ball is: Alonso (really light) gets the pole position, followed by Massa and Hamilton (all of them in less than 0.1s), but in the race can’t hold the other two after the first round of stops. However, is fast enough to come out ahead of Kimi (4th) and get his dreamed podium… So, it would be:
Massa
Hamilton
Alonso
The ball also predicts that Massa an Hamilton will be separated by less than 2s all the race, without changing positions but showing some amazing drives.
Disclaimer: this crystal ball has made wrong predictions all the year, so don’t run to the bookmaker…
01. HAM
02. MAS
03. ALO
1. Robert Kubica
2. Felipe Massa
3. Lewis Hamilton
I think Hamilton will try too hard and get it all wrong just like towards the end of last season. He will probably stay out on worn tyres for too long and screw it all up. I seriously hope this doesn’t happen as I am a big fan and really want to see him take the title this year but…….
1. MAS
2. KOV
3. ALO
We are way overdue for a turn 1 pile up, sorry to say.
Hamilton and Massa pit on lap one for front wings and inflated tires, neither scores.
Order is:
ALO
KOV
KUB
1.RAI
2.HAM
3.one of the BMWs
MASSA will have DNF
I really don’t like going out on a limb like this, but I predict that whoever finishes first will win—maybe.
;^)~
Dry Race
1. Raikkonen
2. Hamilton
3. Kubica
Wet Race
1. Kubica
2. Vettel
3. Bourdais
1. Hamilton
2. Button
3. Massa
Raikkonen
Hamilton
Massa
…no doubt…
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Massa
My heart and my head agree, so here we go!!!
1. Massa
2. Alonso
3. Hamilton
Dry:
1. HAM
2. RAI
3. MAS
Wet:
1. HAM
2. ALO
3. RAI
Though really I suspect the combination of this track and rain will produce a ton of DNFs and some serious safety car issues.
Hamilton
Massa
Alonso
Great comment from cyanide, delete ir if wet for Massa, here we feel exactly the same he is the first brazilian that don’t get along with wet tracks…
I think Raik is due a good race, he was fastest in FP1 until sector 3 whe traffic hit and went down wrong way in set up in FP2..also temp higher + bridgestone tyres more suitable to Ferarri - will he let Massa thru? methinks not
Raik
Mass
Ham
Alon
first ever night gp?? that’s easy
1-kimi
2-raikonnen
3- iceman on the rocks
Okay, barring any FIA meddling…
1. Hamilton
2. Kubica (aka Bobby K)
3. Alonso
I’m anticipating a better than average run for Sutil and some sort of Melbourne-esque performance from Massa. The man is not a terribly precise driver and I think the character of the circuit is not suited to his strengths.
In case you’re wondering his strengths are driving for a team with a terribly fast car and driving said car on Tilke autodromes.
Massa
Bob
Lewis
1. HAM
2. KOV
3. MAS
Alonso
Kimi
Kubica
1. Alo
2. Rai
3. Kub
Massa + Ham = DNF with near fatal incident between themselves.
This would be an ideal progress towards final races of the season.
Hmmph … I wish Massa has the “balls” to fight Ham. It seems the racers from Schumacher era lacks fighting skills.
Alonso
Massa
Kimi
Even thought it’s hot I’m sure it will be muggy due to the earlier rainfall and I feel that will fall into the hands of Hamilton.
Lewis to take the win in front of Massa and Kovaleinen.
Would also be good to keep an idea on Vettel, Bourdais, Kubica and Alonso in the race.
Kimi will park his Ferrari into a wall for sure.
If this happens…I’ll give you the winning lotto numbers
1. Kimi
2. Hamilton
3. Massa
4. Kubi
5. Kovi
Don’t be so sure William, just remember Spa…
1. Robert Kubica
2. Felipe Massa
3. Lewis Hamilton
I repeat what I said on another post & thread earlier this week: if Kimi is allowed to race, he will win it. If he is not, Massa will. The Unified Temperature/Tire Theory will hold true once again: soft tires & > 27 C = Ferrari win … barring rain and a safety car, of course.
1. KIMI
2. ALO
3. KOVI
**MAS and HAM will have DNF’s to make race to title interesting!!
1. Hamilton
2. Kubica
3. Alonso
We know Massa isn’t the best at street tracks, and I can just see him comitting one of those major errors here that will take him out of the race. Kimi will get tripped up a bit, and perhaps this is where Alonso finally gets back to form.
Eddie, for as much as I would love to see Williams in the mix, I just don’t think they’ll have the race pace to keep up- here’s to hoping for a suprise though.
I think Singapore F1 GP will be a miracle.Here is my predictions……
1.F.Massa
2.R.Kubica
3.L.Hamilton
4.J.Trulli
5.K.Raikkonen
6.S.Vettel
7.F.Alonso
8.T.Glock
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Kubica
This track looks tremendously challenging and seems to require some improvisation. It will favor the best manipulative drivers. This means Hamilton, Raikkonen, and Kubica. Someone like Massa, who is a very technical driver, won’t be well suited. (Nevermind his tendency to be quite harsh on the turn-in and rely on reaction to get him through.)
1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Kimi
4. Sutil
wet or dry:
1. Kubica
2. Raikkonen
3. Alonso
Hamilton out
Massa out
1. Rosberg
2. Alonso
3. Heidfeld
The red and silver cars will all take each other out. Nico will time the safety car periods to perfection (very important when the marshals are as slow these). Fernando would have won if only the team had listened to him (as usual). Nick drives his usual steady race to pick up yet another podium. Wasn’t too hard to predict this week really
1. Kimi
2. Massa
3. Alonso
Hard to say who will win but with a night race and the sun not beating down on the tires the temperatures will be somewhat cooler favoring Mclaren and Hamilton seems to have been handling the turns a bit better than both Ferraris in practice session
1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Raikkonen
1-Lewis
2 Heikki
3 Massa
my picks are
1. hamilton
2. massa
3. rosberg
1 - Massa
2 - Raikkonen
3 - Alonso
Lewis
Felipe
Kubica
Kimi
Heidfeld
Heiki
Vettel
Webber
RAI will DNF for sure.
1. HAM
2. KOV
3. ALO
1. Hamilton
2. Kubica
3. Raikkonen
like all other, my predictions for wet
1. Kazuki Nakajima
2. Toranosuke Takagi (Since people are also putting Alonso)
3. M. Bison (Since people are also putting Alonso)
@ Eddie Irvine:
Nobody predicted it perfectly, but you are damn close!