2013 Formula 1 World Championship Predictions

Welcome to the 2013 predictions thread. Please be as unbiased as possible with your responses!

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races?
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC?
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC?
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)?
6. Which rookie will impress the most?
7. How will Perez do against Button?
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?
11. Who will get most race wins?
12. Who will get most poles?
13. Who will get pole at Monaco?
14. Who will win the Belgian GP?
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP?
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Button & Hamilton (Original i know!)
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Caterham
6. Which rookie will impress the most? BOTTAS
7. How will Perez do against Button? Half the points of JB
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Same as 2012, tough start but improving as the season goes on.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? The RB9 won't be protested at all but the F2013 will be.
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Yes, they'll score their first points.


Gone out on a limb with a few of them and a fair few a uneducated guesses based on nothing. (Since there is nothing to base them on!)

Edited by olliek88, 24 January 2013 - 19:33.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Definitely Vettel and Alonso, maybe Button, Perez, Raikkonen or Hamilton
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? —
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Lotus may fight for the titles, Toro Rosso might improve as they've now got James Key
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? I think he'll do just fine, he might even be better than Button
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Probably Hamilton by the end of the season, Rosberg could be faster in the first few races
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? I don't think it's possible to be any less competition than he was in the first half of 2012. Massa will be an adequate driver for Ferrari but will still be slower than Alonso
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? —
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso
12. Who will get most poles? Alonso
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Button, Perez
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Just beat him (less than 12 points)
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton by 60+
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competition
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Mercedes unveilieng their Adrian Newey clone
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

Edited by matthewf1, 24 January 2013 - 19:34.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Webber & Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India (if they exist till)
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes and Toro Rosso
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Will be behind, but not by too much.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Massa will win at least one race and mix it with the second group of drivers.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP I'll say 2, both Raikkonen
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes, 3
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

Welcome to the 2013 predictions thread. Please be as unbiased as possible with your responses!

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? - VETTEL, ALONSO, RAIKONNEN, BUTTON
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? - ALONSO
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? - RED BULL
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? - FORCE INDIA (less competitive than 2012)
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? - WILLIAMS (Will fight for podiums consistently)
6. Which rookie will impress the most? - BOTTAS
7. How will Perez do against Button? - 2/3 AMOUNT OF POINTS, COMFORTABLE BUTTON VICTORY
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? - HAMILTON FROM BEGINNING TO END
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? - WILL CONSISTENTLY SCORE POINTS AND SOME PODIUMS
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? - WEBBER/RED BULL HAVE A MAJOR FALLING OUT
11. Who will get most race wins? - VETTEL
12. Who will get most poles? - VETTEL
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? - HAMILTON
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? - BUTTON
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP - YES
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? - YES, 2.
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? - NO

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Raikkonen, Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? RBR
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Will lose both in Quali and points, but not by much
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Rosberg
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Better than last year, but still lagging behind clearly
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Lewis' dissapointment with Mercedes' performance (even thought they will be better than last year) and something he will say (or Tweet )
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel and Alonso both with 4 wins
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel of course
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Alonso
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Raikkonen for a change
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Not if they have two pay-drivers

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Raikkonen, Perez, Button, Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull v. Macca - very very close
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? No idea
7. How will Perez do against Button? Fantastic
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Tie
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? If allowed, he would beat Alonso, but that won't be allowed to happen. However, Ferrari will do all in its power to get him to be a healthy #2. They will have to handle the Germany 2010 like incident better this time.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Massa/Alonso when Germany 2010 repeats itself more or less - but only among fans as it will be legal.
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Perez
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Dunno
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Who knows

Who will get Pole at Suzuka - VETTEL - how could this be left off the pole????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Edited by bourbon, 24 January 2013 - 20:10.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Button, Kimi
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Button
3. Who will win the 2013 WCC? Lotus
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Ferrari
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Lotus
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Sort of OK, Button has no problem beating him
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? 50-50, no clear winner
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competition
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Alonso meltdown regarding Massa's surge in performance. Burnt bridges, blackmail etc. The usual for Fernando.
11. Who will get most race wins? Button
12. Who will get most poles? Kimi
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Kimi
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? lol
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? See above

Edited by beancounter, 24 January 2013 - 20:08.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Button, Raikkonen
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Ferrari
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Sauber
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Force India
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He will score 80% of Button's points.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He will win at least one race this year.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Mercedes have hired every engineer working in F1.
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Alonso
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Nowhere near

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? - Button, Vettel, Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? - Button
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? - McLaren
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? - Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? - Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? - Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? - He'll finish behind in the standings but will be reasonably close
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He'll be closer but still playa supporting role
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something relating to the RB9
11. Who will get most race wins? Button
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Perez
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes, 2
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Yes, they'll get a couple of points

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He'll come close, but he'll have to wait until his second season to challenge him in the intra-team battle
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He'll beat Alonso more often than over the past 3 years, but Massa doesn't have the consistency to pull off an upset
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Still no Concorde Agreement; engines still creating a fuss
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Maldonado
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes, but probably just 2
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? I would have said yes had they kept Kovalainen, but I just can't imagine it at this point; call me a pessimist, but no points either

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel and Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Not very well
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton but it will be close
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Distant number 2
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something on the RB car
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Hamilton
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No.
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa (Although both Ferrari drivers fall out of running by India.)
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Sebastian Vettel
3. Who will win the 2013 WCC? Scuderia Ferrari (closely followed by Lotus GP Renault and Infiniti Red Bull Racing Renault)
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India (and maybe Mercedes GP if you had high expectations for Hamilton)
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Scuderia Ferrari and Lotus GP Renault (Both consistently competing for the front row.)
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Max Chilton
7. How will Perez do against Button? Badly (like Kovalainen vs Hamilton 2008)
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Draw (like Alonso vs Hamilton 2007, with Rosberg barely edging it because of less DNFs)
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competition. (He starts off better than Alonso, so by 2nd half of the season he leads, causing Ferrari to not apply team orders to let Alonso catch up.)
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Monza 2013 (Ferrari has a chance of beating Sebastian to win the race with Felipe, but do not apply team orders, causing Felipe to finish 2nd when he finally overtakes Alonso in the pit stops and Alonso finishes a distant 3rd.)
11. Who will get most race wins? Sebastian Vettel (1 more than Kimi and Jenson))
12. Who will get most poles? Sebastian Vettel (by a large margin)
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Mark Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Kimi Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes. (They'll win 4 - all by Kimi, although Grosjean chips in with podiums.)
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No. (Their highest placing will be 2nd. Twice each for Hamilton and Rosberg.)
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No. (But Force India will slowly fall behind closer to Caterham and Marussia.)

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Button, Vettel - many 100 points behind with only mathematical chances
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? RBR
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Sauber not podium capable anymore / Lotus not so strong
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes multiple wins
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Gutierrez matching Hulkenberg in points o_O
7. How will Perez do against Button? Horrible
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competitive. Still second, but taking points of him enough to exclude him from WDC fight
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Kubica F1 come back becomes realistic
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso, Vettel, Button, Perez and Webber.
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Fernando Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull Racing
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Toro Rosso
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Valtteri Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He'll be faster but less consistent. Tie.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton, just.
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He'll be a better #2 and score more points than last year.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something about Hamilton, Mercedes and Twitter.
11. Who will get most race wins? Both Alonso and Vettel will win 5.
12. Who will get most poles? Sebastian Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Mark Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Kimi Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? Yes, 2, one Kimi and Romain each.
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No.
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Nope, Marrusia will do a better job if anything.

Edited by Kingshark, 25 January 2013 - 00:49.

Welcome to the 2013 predictions thread. Please be as unbiased as possible with your responses!

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? ALO, VET, MAL, GRO, PER (damn I understood the question corectly, yet I chose it to be 5 drivers, damn psychololgy)
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? PER
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? FER
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? MER
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? WIL
6. Which rookie will impress the most? BOT
7. How will Perez do against Button? TOP
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? ???
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? MOR
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? DIR
11. Who will get most race wins? MAL
12. Who will get most poles? MAL
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? MAL
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? PER
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? YES
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? NO
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? NO

Edited by SealTheDiffuser, 24 January 2013 - 20:53.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso, Hamilton, KR, Vettel, Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? - Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? - Ferrari
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Botta
7. How will Perez do against Button? about 60 pts behind Button
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Closer 2
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Ferrari stretching the rules a la gearbox seal
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Button
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Hamilton
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

Edited by Winter98, 24 January 2013 - 21:15.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso vs. Vettel.
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso.
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Ferrari.
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes - anything under WDC challenge will be underachievement.
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Ferrari. Fry will outdo Newey.
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas.
7. How will Perez do against Button? Beaten.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competitive, he's cracked the tyres and the car will be better, but still number two.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Some stupid racing incident.
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso.
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel.
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Alonso.
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Vettel.
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? Non.
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Nein.
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Nah.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Ferrari
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Lotus Gennii or whatever they are called
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? [bWill be faster by quite a margin in some races but Button will smack him points wise[/b]
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton easily
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He'll be much closer
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Bernie will die and leave the place in a mess
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso
12. Who will get most poles? Alonso
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Jenson
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes, but probably just 2
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Not really no, still a ways behind FI and sauber

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso, Vettel, Kimi,Nico, Lewis
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Lewis
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Mercedes
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? McLaren
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)?Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? None
7. How will Perez do against Button? very well
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Lewis
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?Be more competitive thanks to new soft tyres
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Can you predict when it would rain in July
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel, Lewis, Alonso
12. Who will get most poles?Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Lewis
14. Who will win the Belgian GP?Finally Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GPYes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Button,Vettel,Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel yet again as he will have far superior car.
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? McLaren
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Sauber, Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He will be slower for the first half of the season but he will be closer to him through the end of the season as he gets used to his new team.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? It will be pretty close. Rosberg will have the advantage at the beginning but I think Lewis will finish in front of him.
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Massa will start to the season better than last year but again he will be beaten easily as his role will be to help Alonso.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?-Illegal exhaust blowing saga will emerge.
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Perez
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No.

Edited by Mc_Silver, 25 January 2013 - 00:42.

Welcome to the 2013 predictions thread. Please be as unbiased as possible with your responses!

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso, Vettel, Button, Raikkonnen, Hamilton
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Hamilton
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? McLaren
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?Red Bull
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Lotus
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Don't know who they are yet
7. How will Perez do against Button?he will do ok but not set the world alight
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?Number 2
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?Bernie gets jailed
11. Who will get most race wins?Hamilton
12. Who will get most poles?Hamilton
13. Who will get pole at Monaco?Button
14. Who will win the Belgian GP?Raikkonnen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GPYes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP?Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?No, they will come last

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Button, Webber, Raikkonen
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Button
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Sauber
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Not too well
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Rosberg
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competition
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Ecclestone corruption sentence
11. Who will get most race wins? Button
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel Webber Alonso Lewis Kimi
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Lewis
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? RBR
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Torro Rosso
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Close but no cigar
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Lewis
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Will almost be a 3
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? RBR and some spirit of the rules crap
11. Who will get most race wins? Lewis
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Kimi
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Lewis
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Yes

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Lewis
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Ferrari
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Perez will beat button on occasion
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Lewis
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Alonso will beat massa easily
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? RBR car legality
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Grosjean
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Raikkonen
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? no

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Perez
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Webber
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes, Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Torro Rosso
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas (not many to chose from at the moment)
7. How will Perez do against Button? Suprizingly well
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton but it will be extremely close
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competition
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Mercedes pulling out all together after the massive restructure/hiring of people.
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Webber
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Yes

Edited by lbennie, 25 January 2013 - 05:03.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso,Vettel,Hamilton..
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Ferrari
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Macca
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? FI
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas(only 'decent' rookie)
7. How will Perez do against Button? blown away
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? more competitive in qualy,while distant finisher in races....
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Kimi leaving for WRC after first half of the season...;)
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Alonso
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button,his only win
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No way..

Edited by aray, 25 January 2013 - 05:59.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races?

Vettel, Webber, Alonso, Button, Massa, Raikkonen & Perez

2. Who will win the 2013 WDC?

Sebastian Vettel

3. Who will with the 2013 WCC?

Red Bull Racing

4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?

Sauber

5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)?

Marussia

6. Which rookie will impress the most?

Valteri Bottas

7. How will Perez do against Button?

Pretty well, I think he can outscore him

8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?

Lewis Hamilton

9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?

More competitive, will surprise but still be number two

10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?

Financial crisis

11. Who will get most race wins?

Sebastian Vettel

12. Who will get most poles?

Sebastian Vettel

13. Who will get pole at Monaco?

Nico Rosberg

14. Who will win the Belgian GP?

Kimi Raikkonen

15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP

Yes

16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP?

No

17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?

They'll close the gap but will still be off the pace

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel and Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC?Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC?Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?Mercedes
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)?Lotus
6. Which rookie will impress the most?Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button?Very close in points. By end of year faster but less consistent
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?Lewis, just
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?Same as usual
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?A collisio between Vettel and Alonso which decides the title
11. Who will get most race wins?Vettel
12. Who will get most poles?Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco?Lewis
14. Who will win the Belgian GP?Jenson
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GPYes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP?No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?Hopefully yes

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel and Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Sauber
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He will be up there with Button
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Number two (Again)
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something with Red Bull
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Webber
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Yes but still going out of Q1

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes or Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He won't beat him, but he won't disgrace himself either.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He'll be closer than he has been. He might win a race or two.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Don't know.
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Maybe
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes or Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He won't beat him, but he won't disgrace himself either.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He'll be closer than he has been. He might win a race or two.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Don't know.
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Maybe
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Realistically rather than mathematically: Vettel, Button, Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel narrowly from Button
3. Who will win the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Sauber
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Respectably, but Button will have his measure
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? His performances will be less underwhelming but he will remain a distant number two to Alonso
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? It will be something Hamilton does, probably "not looking cheerful enough."
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Not in any meaningful way

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Probably totally decided but with mathematical chances: Alonso, Button, Webber, Vettel
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull Racing
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Williams
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? He will finish behind Jenson in the WDC.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He will finish much closer on the WDC
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something Red Bull related
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Not too much.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso and Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Toro Rosso
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Force India
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Finish behind Jenson in the WDC but impress in terms of pace.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Tougher competition, can Alonso really keep up the level of driving since second half 2010?
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something illegal on a Red Bull
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Button, Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? No real surprises
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas probably, right?
7. How will Perez do against Button? Decently, but not really close on points. Maybe 60% of the tally
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? You'd have to think Hamilton, really... But I think they will be almost even
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? He will do better by comparison
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? There's never any controversy in Formula 1
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Alonso
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Kimi, please!
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yeah!
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Naaah
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? lol! no

Edited by Wander, 25 January 2013 - 19:10.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso,Vettel,Perez,Button,Webber,Kimi
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC?Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC?Ferrari
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?Williams
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)?Force India
6. Which rookie will impress the most?Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button?very close
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?absolutely more competitive
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?another illegal redbull
11. Who will get most race wins?Alonso
12. Who will get most poles?Alonso
13. Who will get pole at Monaco?Alonso
14. Who will win the Belgian GP?Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GPabsolutely
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP?yeeaah
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?not in 20 years

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Button realistically. Webber, Perez and Raikkonen mathematically, but not serious contenders by that point.
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? No major surprises
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Somewhere in the region of 50 points behind Button
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton, but Rosberg will have his good weekends
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More consistent than last year, but no major threat
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Major rule change comes into force in time for Silverstone
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? They will have some good weekends, but generally no

Shouldn't this topic be in the bets & games section?

Anyway, here are my guesses based on hunches. Will probably change after pre season tests.


1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso, Vettel, Button, Hamilton
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull Racing
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Lotus
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Similar to the Coulthard vs Raikkonen battle in 2002.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competitive, but still beaten
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Something inventive to be declared illegal again
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Webber
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Button
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? RBR
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Sauber
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Lose
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Rosberg
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? Still distant number 2 due tu Team Orders
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hulkenberg
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Button
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso & Räikkönen
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Ferrari
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? McLaren
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Force India
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Reasonably well, but I expect Button to still finish ahead of him in WDC.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Rosberg
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competitive
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Mercedees imposing team orders to help Rosberg challenge for the WDC
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Rosberg
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Grosjean
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? Yes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Nope

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Alonso vs. Vettel.
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Alonso.
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Ferrari.
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Mercedes - anything under WDC challenge will be underachievement.
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Ferrari. Fry will outdo Newey.
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas.
7. How will Perez do against Button? Beaten.
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competitive, he's cracked the tyres and the car will be better, but still number two.
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Some stupid racing incident.
11. Who will get most race wins? Alonso.
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel.
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Alonso.
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Vettel.
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? Non.
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Nein.
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? Nah.

 

10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Major rule change comes into force in time for Silverstone
 

Wow, you came pretty close with the tyre swap after Silverstone.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel and Alonso
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC?Alonso
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC?Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)?Mercedes
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)?Lotus
6. Which rookie will impress the most?Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button?Very close in points. By end of year faster but less consistent
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle?Lewis, just
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2?Same as usual
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year?A collisio between Vettel and Alonso which decides the title
11. Who will get most race wins?Vettel
12. Who will get most poles?Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco?Lewis
14. Who will win the Belgian GP?Jenson
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GPYes
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP?No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield?Hopefully yes

 

Oh dear. 

Edited by PayasYouRace, 25 November 2013 - 08:51.

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Button, Vettel - many 100 points behind with only mathematical chances
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? RBR
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Sauber not podium capable anymore / Lotus not so strong
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? Mercedes multiple wins
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Gutierrez matching Hulkenberg in points o_O
7. How will Perez do against Button? Horrible (I think he did poorly, but not horribly)
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More competitive. Still second, but taking points of him enough to exclude him from WDC fight
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Kubica F1 come back becomes realistic
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Vettel
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? Yes
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? No

Guttierez and Hulk - what was I thinking? 

1. Who will be competing for the WDC in the final 5 races? Vettel, Alonso, Button realistically. Webber, Perez and Raikkonen mathematically, but not serious contenders by that point.
2. Who will win the 2013 WDC? Vettel
3. Who will with the 2013 WCC? Red Bull
4. Which team will under achieve (if any)? Force India
5. Which team will be the surprise package (if any)? No major surprises
6. Which rookie will impress the most? Bottas
7. How will Perez do against Button? Somewhere in the region of 50 points behind Button
8. Who will win the Mercedes inter team battle? Hamilton, but Rosberg will have his good weekends
9. Will Massa be more competition to Alonso, or still be a distant number 2? More consistent than last year, but no major threat
10. What will be the biggest controversy of the year? Major rule change comes into force in time for Silverstone
11. Who will get most race wins? Vettel
12. Who will get most poles? Vettel
13. Who will get pole at Monaco? Hamilton
14. Who will win the Belgian GP? Alonso
15. Will Lotus win more than 1 GP? No
16. Will Mercedes win more than 1 GP? No
17. Will Caterham close the gap to the midfield? They will have some good weekends, but generally no

I forgot I took part in this! I was obviously very optimistic with answer 1!

Wow, you came pretty close with the tyre swap after Silverstone.

 

But notice how I hedged my bets but not stating the "major rule change" ;-)

Moores were pretty good..

Guttierez and Hulk - what was I thinking? 

 

You should put Vettel on pole at Monaco in red.