2008 Chinese Grand Prix predictions
Will Lewis Hamilton avenge his Chinese GP nightmare by winning this year?
Shanghai has been a Ferrari stronghold since it arrived on the F1 calendar four years ago.
With fairly cool but dry weather expected this weekend and Bridgestone bringing their harder compound tyres, I think we’ll see McLaren score their first win in China this weekend.
We’ve seen several times this year how tyre compounds and temperatures can have a profound influence on car and driver performance.
This weekend the track conditions and compounds seem to point towards McLaren having the upper hand: especially the fact Bridgestone are bringing their two hardest compounds of tyres.
We all remember Lewis Hamilton’s disastrous end to last year’s Chinese Grand Prix – but don’t forget how strongly he started the weekend. He put his McLaren on pole position and led comfortably at the start.
Ferrari, as ever, will be very close. But I’m getting an impression that Kimi Raikkonen has become the quicker of the two drivers once again. In a recent interview he said that at Spa he had gone back to an earlier setup configuration and it had improved his pace.
He was quicker than Massa at Spa (but crashed) and was very quick late in the race at Monza. At Singapore he was reeling in Massa and Hamilton when the safety car came out, then at Fuji he out-qualified Massa for the first time since the British Grand Prix.
Does Raikkonen now have the upper hand at Ferrari? If so, can Ferrari use him to get Massa ahead of Hamilton? Even if not, I’m sure come the end of the race they’ll have moved Raikkonen aside to elevate Massa:
1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Felipe Massa
3. Kimi Raikkonen
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What do you think will be the top three for the Chinese Grand Prix? Make your podium predictions below…
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S Hughes said on 17th October 2008, 15:14
Agree with you there Anonymouse.
pcatalanuk said on 17th October 2008, 15:23
Kubica
Raikkonen
Piquet
pcatalanuk said on 17th October 2008, 15:25
Kubica
Raikkonen
Piquet Jr.
Nirupam said on 17th October 2008, 15:28
1. Kubica
2. Alonso
3. Kimi
@Anonymouse
All these happened only to Hamilton. Well..Kubica also is in the title hunt, he is not attacked by all? Is everybody (except british fans and media, of course!) against him because he is Black?? Or to put things in other words, Hamilton has done (and said) everything perfect and simply ALL OTHERS dont want him to become WDC?
gaz said on 17th October 2008, 15:34
Kubica this weekend
2 massa
3 alonso
i have a bad feeling for lewis this weekend…..please be wrong
S Hughes said on 17th October 2008, 15:55
Nirupam, so by your reasoning, Lewis deserves the hatred and that no-one wants him to be champion. I would love to know what definitive reason(s) you would give for this. It is almost as if you have concrete justified reasons for agreeing with this, instead of realising just because some people think something, it doesn’t mean it is necessarily right. If a majority of people are in favour of capital punishment, it doesn’t mean it is right for example.
And you saying it is only the British and media who want him to win is saying you know about every single F1 fan/viewer in every single country in the world that watches F1. There is no way you could know this. Lewis has fans AND detractors in Britain, just as in all countries of the world. And I do think the antipathy is in a large part because he is black.
Macademianut said on 17th October 2008, 16:33
Unless some major error happens, I don’t see a reason why RAI will finish ahead of MAS.
My guess would be:
1. HAM
2. MAS
3. ALO
Flutterfly said on 17th October 2008, 16:49
1. Lewis
2. Alonso
3. Kimi
Lewis and Alonso to have fair fight for the win with Lewis on a 3 stopper coming out just in front!!!!
(ps i’m not a Lewis fan)
Eric M. said on 17th October 2008, 16:49
I putting my money on Hamilton for the win. I don’t think either Ferrari driver will be able to match his pace, but Massa should be able to grab at least second. Third should be Alonso. But who knows, Bourdais and Kubica were going very well in practice, maybe they might be able to grab the final spot.
My podium is:
1. Hamilton
2. Massa.
3. Alonso
dmw said on 17th October 2008, 16:52
HAM
MAS
RAI
Ron brings in HAK to talk some sense into Lewis, gets him an acupuncture, and flies in a PussyCat Doll for good measure. Lewis chills out and brings it home.
Kimi will be very fast and will be forced to have a very slow pit stop to let Massa by
… then Massa buries the field the Brazil from lights-out. Lewis and Fred battle it out for 5th spot and the title is decided in a cloud of silver and orange carbon fiber, I mean, a brilliant outside pass in Turn One by Lewis (I can’t decide.)
Flutterfly said on 17th October 2008, 16:58
Dam it – I want to change my mind after seeing the updated weather forecast for tomorrow (http://www.weathercity.com/cn/31/shanghai/)
1. Lewis
2. Alonso
3. Vettel
Alex-Ctba said on 17th October 2008, 17:42
1. Massa
2. Barrichello
3. Piquet
A brazilian weekend at Shanghai!
GDalcin said on 17th October 2008, 17:50
1-lewis
2-massa
3-alonso
Nick said on 17th October 2008, 17:54
1. Kimi
2. Alonso
3. Kubica
4. Hamilton
5. MASSA!!!!!!!!
gregoff said on 17th October 2008, 18:00
Kubica
Raikkonen
Heidfeld