The 2011 F1 season in 20 questions
2011 F1 season preview
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, Barcelona, 2011
With the first action of 2011 just three days away it’s time to make our predictions for what the year ahead has in store.
Will McLaren bounce back from their problems? What will the Horse Whisperer find to grumble about?
And who will celebrating come the final round in Brazil? Make your 2011 predictions here.
20 questions on the 2011 F1 season
1. What will be the best surprise?
2. What will be the worst surprise?
3. Which driver will be replaced first?
4. Who will he be replaced by?
5. What will be the biggest political story?
6. How many races will McLaren win?
7. Will Mark Webber extend his Red Bull contract before the end of the season?
8. What will the Horse Whisperer’s first complaint be about?
9. What will Michael Schumacher’s best result be?
10. Who will crash out of the most races?
11. Which team will have the worst reliability?
12. Which rookie driver will score the most points?
13. Which will be the most entertaining race?
14. Who will set the most pole positions?
15. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
16. Who will be the first retirement at Melbourne?
17. At which race will the drivers’ title be won?
18. How many points will the winning driver score?
19. Who will win the 2011 constructors championship?
- Red Bull (60%)
- McLaren (12%)
- Ferrari (21%)
- Mercedes (4%)
- Renault (1%)
- Williams (0%)
- Force India (0%)
- Sauber (0%)
- Toro Rosso (0%)
- Lotus (0%)
- HRT (0%)
- Virgin (2%)
Total Voters: 449
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20. Who will win the 2011 drivers championship?
- Sebastian Vettel (27%)
- Mark Webber (11%)
- Lewis Hamilton (13%)
- Jenson Button (2%)
- Fernando Alonso (37%)
- Felipe Massa (2%)
- Michael Schumacher (5%)
- Nico Rosberg (1%)
- Nick Heidfeld (1%)
- Vitaly Petrov (0%)
- Rubens Barrichello (0%)
- Pastor Maldonado (0%)
- Adrian Sutil (0%)
- Paul di Resta (0%)
- Kamui Kobayashi (0%)
- Sergio Perez (0%)
- Sebastien Buemi (0%)
- Jaime Alguersuari (0%)
- Heikki Kovalainen (0%)
- Jarno Trulli (0%)
- Narain Karthikeyan (0%)
- Sakon Yamamoto (0%)
- Timo Glock (0%)
- Jerome d'Ambrosio (1%)
Total Voters: 449
Loading ...Here are my answers to the 20 questions – cast your votes above and share your answers in the comments:
1. At least one of the second-year teams scoring a point
2. At least one of the second-year teams dropping out before the end of the season
3. Vitantonio Liuzzi
4. Sakon Yamamoto
5. The row over the Concorde Agreement
6. Third
7. Yes
8. Three-car teams
9. Second
10. Narain Karthikeyan
11. HRT
12. Sergio Perez
13. The Brazilian Grand Prix
14. Sebastian Vettel
15. Fernando Alonso
16. Jerome d’Ambrosio
17. The Brazilian Grand Prix
18. 273
19. Ferrari
20. Fernando Alonso
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verstappen (@verstappen) said on 24th March 2011, 19:17
1. What will be the best surprise?
Kobayashi on the podium in Melbourne
2. What will be the worst surprise?
Yamamoto driving races again
3. Which driver will be replaced first?
Timo Glock (stomach problems)
4. Who will he be replaced by?
Sakon Yamamoto
5. What will be the biggest political story?
The fall out of the Gribowsky arrest will be that Bernie has to resign, but somehow in the spaghetti of offshore companies and trusts it says that it is not possible to have Formula 1 without Ecclestone. In the end this will be solved by his daughters following in their fathers footsteps. When their first announcement i: ‘We will have no more Tilke-tracks’, they immediately steal the hearts of F1 fans world wide.
6. How many races will McLaren win?
zero (auch!)
7. Will Mark Webber extend his Red Bull contract before the end of the season?
Yes
8. What will the Horse Whisperer’s first complaint be about?
The tyres, which ‘are not proper racing tyres’
9. What will Michael Schumacher’s best result be?
Becoming champion
10. Who will crash out of the most races?
Adrian Sutil
11. Which team will have the worst reliability?
Lotus
12. Which rookie driver will score the most points?
Maldonado
13. Which will be the most entertaining race?
A wet Monaco
14. Who will set the most pole positions?
Vettel
15. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
Michael Schumacher
16. Who will be the first retirement at Melbourne?
Adrian Sutil
17. At which race will the drivers’ title be won?
Brasil
18. How many points will the winning driver score?
216
Gnarly Racing (@gnarly-racing-2) said on 24th March 2011, 23:00
1. Best surprise? Sauber will do really well
2. Worst surprise? Red Bull will start the season miles ahead
3. Replaced first? Liuzzi
4. Replaced by? A chimp
5. Political story? Lots of boring droning noises about the new engines for 2013
6. McLaren wins? 2
7. Webber’s Red Bull contract? Yes
8. Horse Whisperer? One of the new safety-car rules, a Ferrari will get caught out
9. Schumacher’s best result? 2nd
10. Who will crash out of the most races? Maldonado
11. Worst reliability? Virgin
12. Rookie driver? Perez
13. Most entertaining race? Spa
14. Most pole positions? Vettel
15. Monaco? Alonso
16. First retirement? d’Ambrosio
17. Drivers’ title won? Brazil
18. How many points? 352
19 & 20: Alonso & Red Bull
Max said on 25th March 2011, 0:24
1- Sutil will get a podium finish
2- Senna being replaced
3- d’Ambrosio
4- Yammamoto
5- return of KERS
6- 4
7- Yes
8- something about the backmarkers not driving fast enough and getting in the way
9- third
10- Karthikeyan
11- HRT
12- di Resta
13- Istanbul
14- Vettel
15- Webber
16- Perez
17- Abu Dhabi
18- 219
Champions- Webber/Red Bull
Victor. (@victor) said on 25th March 2011, 14:00
1. What will be the best surprise?
Kubica coming back for the last couple of races.
2. What will be the worst surprise?
3. Which driver will be replaced first?
Buemi
4. Who will he be replaced by?
Ricciardo
5. What will be the biggest political story?
DRS
6. How many races will McLaren win?
3
7. Will Mark Webber extend his Red Bull contract before the end of the season?
Yes.
8. What will the Horse Whisperer’s first complaint be about?
2013 engine rules.
9. What will Michael Schumacher’s best result be?
Second, but I have a feeling that he might win a race.
10. Who will crash out of the most races?
Maldonado
11. Which team will have the worst reliability?
HRT
12. Which rookie driver will score the most points?
Perez
13. Which will be the most entertaining race?
Australia
14. Who will set the most pole positions?
Vettel
15. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
Alonso
16. Who will be the first retirement at Melbourne?
Karthikeyan
17. At which race will the drivers’ title be won?
Brazil
18. How many points will the winning driver score?
292
19. Who will win the 2011 constructors championship?
Red Bull
20. Who will win the 2011 drivers championship?
Alonso
PJA (@pja) said on 25th March 2011, 18:13
A bit late but here are mine
1. What will be the best surprise? – Williams winning a Grand Prix
2. What will be the worst surprise? – HRT not finishing the season
3. Which driver will be replaced first? – Liuzzi
4. Who will he be replaced by? – Who can bring the most money to HRT
5. What will be the biggest political story? – The next Concorde
6. How many races will McLaren win? – Three
7. Will Mark Webber extend his Red Bull contract before the end of the season? – Yes
8. What will the Horse Whisperer’s first complaint be about? – Backmarkers
9. What will Michael Schumacher’s best result be? – First
10. Who will crash out of the most races? – Karthikeyan
11. Which team will have the worst reliability? – HRT
12. Which rookie driver will score the most points? – Di Resta
13. Which will be the most entertaining race? – Canada
14. Who will set the most pole positions? – Vettel
15. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? – Alonso
16. Who will be the first retirement at Melbourne? – Karthikeyan if he starts the race
17. At which race will the drivers’ title be won? – Abu Dhabi
18. How many points will the winning driver score? – 260
19. Who will win the 2011 constructors championship? – Red Bull
20. Who will win the 2011 drivers championship? – Alonso
vinicius.jlantunes (@vinicius-jlantunes) said on 14th April 2011, 1:54
1. What will be the best surprise? Sauber winning a race (with Koba)
2. What will be the worst surprise? Australian GP being dropped
3. Which driver will be replaced first? Narain Karthikeyan
4. Who will he be replaced by? Yamamoto
5. What will be the biggest political story? Concorde agreement
6. How many races will McLaren win? Three
7. Will Mark Webber extend his Red Bull contract before the end of the season? Yes
8. What will the Horse Whisperer’s first complaint be about? The tires that don’t last
9. What will Michael Schumacher’s best result be? A fourth place
10. Who will crash out of the most races? Narain Karthikeyan
11. Which team will have the worst reliability? Virgin
12. Which rookie driver will score the most points? Paul di Resta
13. Which will be the most entertaining race? Spa
14. Who will set the most pole positions? Vettel
15. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Hamilton
16. Who will be the first retirement at Melbourne? (will not respond as race is past)
17. At which race will the drivers’ title be won? Brazil
18. How many points will the winning driver score? 280