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   Wessel (@wessel-v1) said on 8th March 2013, 10:48

   1. How many different teams will win races? 5.
   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Bottas, mechanical failure.
   3. Who will set the most pole positions? Vettel, presumably.
   4. Who will crash out of the most races? Bianchi
   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? One before and one after the summer break.
   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 5
   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 3rd, Brazilian GP.
   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? Only if Alonso wins the DWC.
   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? Yes, but he rejects the offer.
   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? Chilton
   11. And who will take their place? Da Costa
   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? Maldonado
   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Mark Webber wins his final Grand Prix here.
   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Marussia.
   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? Bottas.
   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? Interlagos
   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? Let’s hope not, but after viewing the news this morning it may be Korea.
   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? Interlagos
   19. Who will win the constructors’ championship? Ferrari (don’t know how they did it though)
   20. Who will win the drivers’ championship? Alonso

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   Ninjenius (@ninjenius) said on 8th March 2013, 10:49

   1. How many different teams will win races? 5 (RB, McL, Fer, Ren, Merc)
   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Grosjean, along with 3 others
   3. Who will set the most pole positions? Sebastian Vettel
   4. Who will crash out of the most races? Grosjean, along with 3 others ;)
   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? 2
   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 7
   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 4th
   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? No
   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? Yes
   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? Grosjean, due to a 1 race ban
   11. And who will take their place? Davide Valsecchi
   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? Maldonado
   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Sebastian Vettel
   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Marussia
   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? Bottas
   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? Abu Dhabi
   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? The new concorde agreement
   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? Canada
   19. Red Bull (unfortunately!)
   20. Sebastian Vettel (unfortunately!)

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   Cyclops_PL (@cyclops_pl) said on 8th March 2013, 10:51

   1. How many different teams will win races?
   Five. Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes and Lotus
   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
   Chilton
   3. Who will set the most pole positions?
   Uh.. Vettel
   4. Who will crash out of the most races?
   Maldonado
   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
   2
   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
   7
   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
   Third place, maybe on more than one occasion.
   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
   Yes, and he will deserve continuing his late 2012 form.
   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
   Yup. Whether he will accept it…
   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
   Someone at Marrussia. For money.
   11. And who will take their place?
   Mr. Petrov
   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
   Maldonado.
   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
   Webber or Alonso
   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
   Marussia of course
   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
   Bottas.
   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
   Brazil.
   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
   Bernie getting convicted and forced to leave F1.
   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
   Spa, Interlagos and one nobody expects to be entertaining but the madness on track will make it so.
   19. Who will win the constructors’ championship?
   Surprisingly I say Ferrari. Massa’s revival + Alonso’s usual thing + actually working wind tunnel should give them the title.
   20. Who will win the drivers’ championship?
   I want to say Raikkonen, but if Ferrari doesn’t blow it then it must be Fernando.

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   Avenger said on 8th March 2013, 10:54

   1. How many different teams will win races?
   Ans: 5. Ferrari,Mclaren,Mercedes,Lotus and Redbull
   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
   Ans: Nico Rosberg.
   3. Who will set the most pole positions?
   Ans: Fernando Alonso
   4. Who will crash out of the most races?
   Ans: Valtteri Bottas
   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
   Ans: 3
   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
   Ans: 4
   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
   Ans: 3
   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
   Ans: No
   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
   Ans:Yes as always.
   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
   Ans: Max Chilton
   11. And who will take their place?
   Ans: Luiz Razia
   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving
   infringements?
   Ans: Pastor Maldonado
   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
   Ans: Lewis Hamilton
   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
   Ans: Marussia
   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
   Ans: Esteban Gutierrez
   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
   Ans: Austin
   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
   Ans: Impact of 2014 cars on grid.
   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
   Ans:Suzuka
   19. Who will be constructor’s champion?
   Ans: Ferrari
   20. Who will be driver’s champion?
   Ans: Fernando Alonso

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   Enigma (@enigma) said on 8th March 2013, 10:55

   1. Seven
   2. Esteban Gutierrez
   3. Sebastian Vettel
   4. Romain Grosjean
   5. Two
   6. Eight times
   7. A win
   8. Yes
   9. Yes (unless he’s far behind Vettel)
   10. Noone – all 22 will race for the whole season
   11. Noone
   12. Pastor Maldonado (but much less than in 2012)
   13. Lewis Hamilton
   14. Caterham
   15. Valtteri Bottas
   16. At Interlagos
   17. No idea
   18. Melbourne
   19. Red Bull
   20. Fernando Alonso

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     Enigma (@enigma) said on 8th March 2013, 11:07

     And one just for fun:
     (the first one is the serious one and counts when we compare come the end of the season.)

     1. How many different teams will win races?
     Only Red Bull and Ferrari.

     2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
     Fernando Alonso.

     3. Who will set the most pole positions?
     Pastor Maldonado

     4. Who will crash out of the most races?
     Sebastian Vettel

     5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
     None

     6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
     Once

     7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
     8th.

     8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
     No.

     9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
     No.

     10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
     Mark Webber

     11. And who will take their place?
     Antonio Felix da Costa

     12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
     Jenson Button

     13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
     Valtteri Bottas

     14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
     Marussia

     15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
     Esteban Gutierrez

     16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
     India, with 3 races remaining.

     17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
     No idea

     18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
     Korean GP

     19. Who will win the constructors’ championship?
     Mercedes (without a win, just by both drivers consistently picking up podiums.

     20. Who will win the drivers’ championship?
     Mark Webber, after getting a huge advantage by picking up 6 wins in the first 9 races.

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       Girts (@girts) said on 8th March 2013, 15:18

       @EnigmaF1 I hope we’ll get a hybrid of your serious version and the ‘for-fun’ one, namely, 7 different race winners, lots of pole positions by Maldonado, Hulkenberg winning a race, Bottas winning the Monaco GP, no political rows and Webber beating Vettel for title :D

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         Enigma (@enigma) said on 8th March 2013, 22:19

         @Girts Sounds good, I’d take that :)

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       Girts (@girts) said on 8th March 2013, 15:19

       @Enigma

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   Abnash (@abnash) said on 8th March 2013, 10:56

   1. How many different teams will win races? 5
   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Esteban Guittierez
   3. Who will set the most pole positions? Sebastian Vettel
   4. Who will crash out of the most races? Esteban Guittierez
   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? 2
   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 9
   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 5th
   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? Yes
   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? Yes
   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? Adrian Sutil
   11. And who will take their place? James Rossiter
   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? Esteban Guittierez
   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton
   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Caterham
   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? Valterri Bottas
   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? USA
   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? Bahrain
   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? USA
   19. Who will win the constructors championship? Ferrari
   20. Who will win the drivers championship? Fernando Alonso

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   AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse) said on 8th March 2013, 10:56

   1. How many different teams will win races? 4
   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Nico Hülkenberg (he has prior)
   3. Who will set the most pole positions? Lewis Hamilton
   4. Who will crash out of the most races? Esteban Guitierrez
   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? 3
   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 3
   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 4th
   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? no
   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? no
   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? Paul di Resta
   11. And who will take their place? Heikki Kovalainen
   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? Maldonado
   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Nico Rosberg
   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Caterham, courtesy of Bianchi
   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? #BOTTAS
   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? Brazil
   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? Engine costs too much for the lower third of the grid
   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? Brazil
   19. WCC? Red Bull
   20. WDC? Sebastian Vettel

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   Chris (@tophercheese21) said on 8th March 2013, 10:58

   1. How many different teams will win races? (5)

   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? (Gutierrez)

   3. Who will set the most pole positions? (S. Vettel)

   4. Who will crash out of the most races? (P. Maldonado)

   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? (2)

   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? (11 times)

   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? (5th)

   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? (Depends if he delivers results)

   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? (Yes)

   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? (Van der Garde)

   11. And who will take their place? (Who ever
   Caterham’s test driver is)

   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? (Maldonado)

   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? (F. Alonso)

   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? (M. Chilton)

   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? (Bottas)

   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? (Abu Dhabi)

   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? (Ferrari demoting Massa to help Alonso)

   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? (The Belgian GP)

   19. Red Bull

   20. S. Vettel

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     Chris (@tophercheese21) said on 8th March 2013, 11:06

     Whoops! Correction:

     14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? (M. Chilton)

     Marussia

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   James (@iamjamm) said on 8th March 2013, 10:59

   1. How many different teams will win races?
   Five. Ferrari, Lotus, Mercedes, McLaren, Red Bull.

   2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
   Romain Grosjean

   3. Who will set the most pole positions?
   Sebastian Vettel

   4. Who will crash out of the most races?
   Maldonado

   5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
   Two

   6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
   Six

   7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
   Fourth

   8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
   Yes – on the basis that Ferrari can’t have Perez and Bianchi won’t be ready

   9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
   Yes – but I’m not sure he’ll take it.

   10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
   Romain Grosjean

   11. And who will take their place?
   Davide Valsecchi

   12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
   Maldonado

   13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
   Lewis Hamilton

   14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
   Caterham

   15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
   Bottas

   16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
   Brazil

   17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
   The unsigned concorde agreement

   18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
   Canada

   19. Who will win the constructors’ championship?
   Red Bull

   20. Who will win the driver’s championship?
   Alonso

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    Timothy Katz (@timothykatz) said on 8th March 2013, 11:05

    Keith,
    I think you might add another question- “Will any team(s) announce that 2013 will be their last season due to finance/engine uncertainties for 2014?”

    Anyway, predicitions are boring to read after the first couple. So I’m answering the questions in terms of what I want to see and their entertainment value.

    1. How many different teams will win races? 7.
    2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Vettel, front wing disintergration.
    3. Who will set the most pole positions? Kimi.
    4. Who will crash out of the most races? Chilton
    5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? None.
    6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 7
    7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 1st at Monaco
    8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? No; replaced by Kimi.
    9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? Yes (Vettel announces shock retirement).
    10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? Button – broken foot in triathlon
    11. And who will take their place? Mansell Junior
    12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? Hamilton
    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Mark Hulkenburg – see 7 above.
    14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Toro Rosso.
    15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? Chilton.
    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? Austin
    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? Bernie converts to Buddhism; withdraws to monestary in Thailand. CVC sold to Alan Sugar.
    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? Bahrain . . . no, really.
    19. Who will win the constructors’ championship? Williams
    20. Who will win the drivers’ championship? Grosjean

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    Antonio Nartea (@tony031r) said on 8th March 2013, 11:07

    1. How many different teams will win races?
    Six: Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren, Mercedes, Williams, Sauber – not in this particular order.
    2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
    Grosjean
    3. Who will set the most pole positions?
    Vettel
    4. Who will crash out of the most races?
    Gutierrez
    5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
    Two
    6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
    Five
    7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
    One win
    8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
    Yes
    9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
    Yes
    10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
    Bianchi
    11. And who will take their place?
    Razia
    12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
    Gutierrez
    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
    Perez
    14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
    Caterham
    15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
    Bottas
    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
    Abu Dhabi
    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
    Honda making a return in 2014 with a works-team lead by Ross Brawn and McLaren as a client.
    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
    Belgian GP
    19. Who will win the constructors’ championship?
    Red Bull
    20. Who will win the drivers’ championship?
    Alonso

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    black (@black) said on 8th March 2013, 11:15

    1. How many different teams will win races? Six ( Red-Bull , Ferrari , Mclaren , Mercedes , Lotus , Williams )
    2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Gutierrez
    3. Who will set the most pole positions? Vettel
    4. Who will crash out of the most races? Gutierrez
    5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? 2
    6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 8
    7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 3rd
    8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? Yes
    9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? Yes
    10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? None
    11. And who will take their place?
    12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements? Gutierrez
    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Hamilton
    14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Caterham
    15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? Bottas
    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? Brazil
    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? 2014 Engine Regulations
    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? India
    19. Who will win the constructors’ championship? Red-Bull
    20. Who will win the drivers’ championship? Vettel

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    type056 (@type056) said on 8th March 2013, 11:16

    1. How many different teams will win races?
    5: SF, RBR, Mc, Lotus, Mer

    2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
    Vettel

    3. Who will set the most pole positions?
    Alonso

    4. Who will crash out of the most races?
    Maldonado

    5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
    3

    6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
    8

    7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
    4

    8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
    Yes

    9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
    No

    10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
    None

    11. And who will take their place?
    Nonoe

    12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
    Pic

    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
    Massa

    14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
    Marussia

    15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
    Gutierrez

    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
    Abu Dhabi

    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
    Vettel-Webber relationship

    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
    Belgium GP

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    Bullfrog (@bullfrog) said on 8th March 2013, 11:18

    1. How many different teams will win races? 5 (not saying which ones!)
    2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix? Giedo can der Garde
    3. Who will set the most pole positions? Vettel
    4. Who will crash out of the most races? Gutierrez
    5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win? 1
    6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium? 15
    7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be? 2nd
    8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014? Yes
    9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull? No
    10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race? Sutil
    11. And who will take their place? Luiz Razia
    12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix? Webber
    14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship? Caterham
    15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship? Bottas
    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided? Brazil (it will be “managed” towards a final-round climax as usual)
    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year? Endless ******** about engines and costs
    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year? Montreal
    19 & 20 Alonso & Ferrari

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    sam3110 (@sam3110) said on 8th March 2013, 11:22

    1. How many different teams will win races?
    Four
    2. Who will retire first in the Australian Grand Prix?
    Charles Pic
    3. Who will set the most pole positions?
    Sebastian Vettel
    4. Who will crash out of the most races?
    Romain Grosjean
    5. How many races will Lewis Hamilton win?
    Two
    6. How many times will Kimi Raikkonen finish on the podium?
    Six
    7. What will Nico Hulkenberg’s best result be?
    Third
    8. Will Felipe Massa get a contract extension at Ferrari for 2014?
    No
    9. Will Mark Webber get the same at Red Bull?
    No
    10. Who will be the first driver to be replaced or substituted for a race?
    Esteban Gutierrez
    11. And who will take their place?
    Robin Frijns
    12. Which driver will receive the most penalties for driving infringements?
    Pastor Maldonado
    13. Who will win the Monaco Grand Prix?
    Jenson Button
    14. Who will finish last in the constructors’ championship?
    Caterham
    15. Which rookie driver will finish highest in the championship?
    Valteri Bottas
    16. At which race will the drivers’ championship be decided?
    USA
    17. What will be the biggest political story of the year?
    2 NEW ENGINE MAKERS
    18. What will be the most entertaining race of the year?
    The Grand National Canadian GP
    19. Who will win the Construstors Championship?
    Red Bull
    20. Who will win the World Drivers Championship?
    Fernando Alonso

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