Ray S

Who will win?

jbossolo

Please! Who else but Hammy? His only competition would be Nico, but he'd have to find his ***** to do that!

tomc_mets

Warmer temps, like in Malaysia, plus Ferrari bias leads me to pick the Scuderia! Forza Ferrari!!
Forza Sea Bass!!
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pontifex4

I've got Kimi again. I'd at least like to see him lead a few laps.

My993C2

- Hamilton easily wins this race.
- Rosberg is a shoe in for 2nd.
- Vettel is most likely 3rd again, though Raikkonen is capable of taking it.
- The two Williams will follow miles behind the top 4, but miles ahead of everyone else.
- The mid field will be where all the action is.
- The two McLarens won't be the slowest cars, but will they even finish? Probably not.
- Nothing against the Marussia team, but they are so far behind everyone else.

FGL28

I disagree with the McLaren prediction. They will finish and will take another step in development. Hamilton for the win. Bahrain is NOT as hot as Malaysia and not as humid. Advantage Mercedes.

RallyeChris

I think the 2 Mercs will contact this race. Nico is fu@%ed in the head and will damage his car and Ham's during the first lap. I hope Kimi doesn't screw-up Quali and keeps his car in front of Vettel for the first 3 laps.

Kimi
KI
Nico
Massa
Ham

consolidated

Nico will be hyper-aggressive, either he'll win or crash out both Mercs.

pontifex4

Interesting, though I suspect that if it happens, there would only be minor damage to one or both cars. If Nico can get pole, it would definitely be a different race, and there's no doubt that he's getting desperate. I think it's more likely that he'll spin or go off in qualifying, since Lewis usually gets a quick lap in early and leaves Nico fighting for it all session. Look for Sato to be the spoiler again.

Who is KI? Is that some other sassy nickname for Lewis?

multi21

Nico is finished mentally. The real fight will be if Kimi can out qualify Vettel and stay in front of him by lap 3 -- then we'll see a battle.

pontifex4

I'm interested to see this, too, though I'm getting the sense that Vettel may have the edge when it comes to wheel-to-wheel racing. There are officially no team orders, though, so let's see what happens!

Ray S

+1

I think Nico has basically reached the "acceptance" phase of his number 2 position.

RallyeChris

KI = Kid Index = Seb = Vettel

He is a fan of showing his index finger when he wins... We saw it a lot over the past few years.

FGL28

Unfortunately I agree. But I think it is Vettel that is wreaking the havoc in Nico's head.

the flyin' scotsman

certainly seems that way.

Id like to see Hammy leading with the 2 Red cars drafting on the last lap and passing.

Kimi by a nose
Seb to place
Hammy....what the hell just happened!

Nico will be taken away in restraints to the funny farm