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[paulb]

F1

Victories from Leclerc, Sauber, and/or Haas and drivers and constructors championships that go down to the final race.

 

Indycar

O'Ward victory. Bourdais win at The Indy 500. Robert Wickens driving in any scenario.

 

IMSA

A season drive for Nielsen. LMP2 overall victory on merit. A full season Ferrari GTLM car.

[ernestomodena]

F1 fight to the end with a champion that's not called Lewis. And races where it's possible to overtake so hopefully the new aero does something.

 

MotoGP a really big fight between Marques and Lorenzo where somebody else is going away with the championship.

[JeePee]

Verstappen world champ in last race

 

Raikkonen on the podium (at least) once

 

New tyre supplier announced

 

Rain during an F1 race

 

VR46 to win a race

 

Codemasters to make a decent F1 game once

[messy]

Robert Wickens to make a speedy, full recovery and maybe even be back in the car by the end of the season.

 

A long awaited positive development in Michael Schumacher's story. 

 

Jorge Lorenzo to give Marquez a shock and put up a real fight against him.

 

Verstappen to rise up to title contention in F1.

 

M-Sport to be on the start ramp at the Monte, and strong. 

[realracer200]

Less difference between top teams and midfield teams, in other words closer racing and more different drivers and teams on the podiums.

[potmotr]

Brendon Hartley to get the Ferrari reserve/sim role, then Vettel to slip on a banana skin the week before Melbourne. 

[Peat]

I'll just be glad of any bullsh!t free racing. 

[Beri]

Verstappen to be WDC

Williams to be WCC

 

And I might need an new alarm clock to wake me up.

[Victor_RO]

WEC:

 

- at least one or two of the major rumoured programmes for the new LMP1 class to officially materialize, if at least for the second season of the new rule set.

 

F1: 

 

- rookies making a positive name for themselves

- Ferrari's gamble on Leclerc paying off as handsomely as it can

- regular podiums for more than the top 3 teams

- a Ricciardo shoey even after his Renault move

- championship decided at the last race with a clean on-track battle

 

IMSA:

 

- Penske, CORE and Joest grabbing fair shares of wins against Formula Cadillac

- Zanardi's BMW winning its class at Daytona

 

Indycar:

 

- Robert Wickens recovering enough to get back into the cockpit, if poetic justice were to work - the recovery happening in time for Pocono next year

- Pagenaud or Bourdais claiming the Indy 500, at this year's 500 I was literally the only one in that grandstand section cheering for them in the driver intros 

- over-winter aero updates to enable better racing on the superspeedways

- 17 races => at least 8 different winners

- a good enough performance at the 500 by Alonso to convince him and McLaren to go full-time in 2020

 

Random others:

 

- the usual excitement for the Bathurst 12 Hour and Nurburgring 24h

- less major championships becoming foregone conclusions by July

- breakthrough season somewhere (not W Series) for any promising female driver

- Formula E to keep to its upward trend and convert at least some of its current detractors

 

Personal note - since in 2019 I will be planning my 2020 trips, the calendar announcements to fall together well enough so I can correctly plan trips to the 2020 Nurburgring 24h and to a MotoGP race during 2020 (most likely Brno).

[Owen]

F1:

- Resurgence of McLaren. And Williams.

- Commitment to end 'two-tier' F1

- Close, entertaining battles at the front (and not just in the middle)

- End of pay tv deals

- Cheaper race tickets

- All rookies to challenge status quo

- Efforts to equalise power unit performance

- Nobody gets hurt

[Widefoot2]

I want the same thing Lance got - my own seat in my dad's F1 team.

[BuddyHolly]

a WDC other than Hamilton/Vettel (no disrespect to them but it's time for someone new)

 

Bottas turfed out of Merc ASAP

 

Alonso wins the Indy 500

 

Croft quits F1 commentating and bogs off to Darts/Football/insert some other crap sport

 

Halo dropped for 2020

 

Hybrid engines dropped for 2020, back to V10s

 

Codemasters to hire Geoff Crammond and FINALLY make a good F1 game (Thanks JeePee, I almost missed that one)

[chrisj]

Raikkonen winning another GP.

 

Ferrari world champion (either driver).

 

Someone finds the full-length broadcast of '76 Dutch GP and uploads it to youtube.

[red stick]

Leclerc shades Vettel.

 

Haas tires of Grosjean and seeks American driver for 2020.

 

Williams gives Kubica and Russell a competitive car.

 

Hinchcliff wins Indy.

 

NASCAR recognizes declining interest, deep sixes "Chase."

 

Penske dominates IMSA DPi. 

[Cliff]

Max WDC.

The end.

[Bliman]

-Vandoorne wins multiple Formule E races or ends up on the podium (it is a new team after all) and proves many people wrong.

-Neuville finally winning the Rally championship.

-Ferrari and Mercedes and Red Bull fighting a very tight battle for the F1 pilot title.

-That all you people can enjoy all the racing you like and are in good health.

[Tiakumosan]

F1 last race with 6 drivers still fighting for the WDC.

[GoldenColt]

No one to get hurt or worse. Everything else pales in comparison, really.

[Lights]

Honda to be competitive and reliable.

[paulb]

One I forgot to add for F1 - multiple Q3s and points races for Kubica.

[AlexPrime]

Racers staying healthy.
Seb wins his fifth. 
Closer racing in NASCAR.

[balage06]

F2 and F3 live broadcast on F1TV 

[cjm321190]

Would quite like to see a formula E Birmingham super prix! (After raiding online footage).

[MikeV1987]

Wickens returning to Indycar.

McLaren and Renault fighting it out at the front with the other big 3.

Kubica getting a podium.

Honda building a really good engine.

No more two tier f1.

[ArrowsLivery]

WDC for Max. 

[Sterzo]

Formula 3 sorted out as a single coherent formula, with the same cars racing in the F1 support, European and UK series, and drivers meeting in "one offs" in Monaco, Pau and Macau.

[Thatfastguy]

Max WDC.

The end.

[Cobra]

The Mazda Multimatic DPI to win a race for once! I friggin work on the car so it would be nice to finally have tears of joy for a change!

A new face as F1 WDC and for the Honda powerplant to be a contender.

Rossi & Suzuki to win a few races while Aprillia and Ktm gets more of a sniff if the podium.

[noikeee]

A spectacular 3-way fight for the title until the last race between Lewis Seb and Charles. An increasingly impressive Charles in the 2nd half of the season wins it.

 

Occasional Red Bull wins to mix it up.

 

Gasly is quick on occasion and can actually fight Max.

 

Renault makes a massive step up, is pretty close to Red Bull and they get a 1-2 in a chaotic wet race.

 

The new aero changes are brilliant and finally sort out close racing in the corners, to the point they start reducing DRS zones.

 

Pirelli for once nails the tyres and we see more driving near the limit, with interesting tyre strategies mixing up the race at the same time.

 

Russell and Norris have great rookie seasons.

 

Kubica is back at his best and shines a lot too.

 

Prema Powerteam and ART Grand Prix both announce they're joining F1 in 2020 as fully independent new teams.

 

Nobody gets hurt in any major motorsport series.

 

Wickens recovers to regain full control of his legs.

 

One of Tanak or Neuville wins the WRC, rising on the occasion on the final rally to beat Ogier.

 

Lorenzo is unexpectedly every bit as good as Marquez at Honda and we get a epic team-mate 1 on 1 championship battle.

 

Miguel Oliveira has a great rookie season and seals promotion to a top manufacturer ride.

[AustinF1]

An Indy 500 victory for Fernando Alonso and 3 tickets to the race for me & my sons.

[Henri Greuter]

F1: No titles for Mercedes team and/or drivers because of being beaten on merit. I have preferences for who does if but settle with it being done by whoever is in the position to achieve it.

 

Indycar: Marco winning the golden anniversary of his granddad's victory.

 

WEC:  that it survives the current Alonso&Toyota showcase.

 

In general: no serious injuries or worse to anyone......

[cheekybru]

#6

[f1paul]

Every single motorsport race to go down to the last lap.

 

Bit much? 

[messy]

Codemasters to hire Geoff Crammond and FINALLY make a good F1 game (Thanks JeePee, I almost missed that one)

Codemasters to make a decent F1 game once

What do people think is so wrong with Codemasters' F1 games?! They're pretty good from where I'm sitting.

[Youichi]

Red Bull to finish behind Renault.

[jonpollak]

F1
Victories from Leclerc, Sauber, and/or Haas and drivers and constructors championships that go down to the final race.

Indycar
O'Ward victory. Bourdais win at The Indy 500. Robert Wickens driving in any scenario.

IMSA
A season drive for Nielsen. LMP2 overall victory on merit. A full season Ferrari GTLM car.

No need for Jp to respond after that post. !!!!

[Lennat]

1. Alonso to win the Indy 500

2. A top class Honda engine
so that Max can be champion

3. Lorenzo to give Marquez a proper fight

4. Leclerc to do a Ricciardo

[MargaretM37]

Fifth title for Vettel

 

Massive success for Kubica

 

More cars on the grid

 

A long term future for the British Grand Prix. 

 

(Not sure that any of these are likely!)

[sjakie]

 

Indycar: Marco winning the golden anniversary of his granddad's victory.

 

 

 

 

+1

[paulb]

No need for Jp to respond after that post. !!!!

 

 

[Victor]

I would like to have a very competitive season with 3 drivers fighting for the title until the last race and then Ferrari winning

or,

a so-so season with Ferrari winning the title

or even

a completely boring season and (guess what) with Ferrari winning the title

[BuddyHolly]

What do people think is so wrong with Codemasters' F1 games?! They're pretty good from where I'm sitting.

Going wildly off topic here but I can only speak for myself and that is although the game is getting slightly better, in some respects its just very poor indeed and even after eight versions of the game (F1 2010-2017) the game STILL lacks features found in F1 games from over 20 years ago and it's still very simplistic and arcadey in some respects, even with the 'aids' turned off.   It's quite staggering that after eight versions in eight years it still lacks some very basic things like mechanical failures, you'll never DNF in this game, heck even if you run out of fuel the car splutters around the track at 60mph forever, which is ludicrious. 

 

I could go on about it's problems but I won't.

[BRK]

Michael to appear in public again.

[SUFC]

Michael to appear in public again.

 And Max as WDC. 

[Sash1]

I want a Cagiva 500cc GP bike. Or an Aprilia Cube. For track days and other fun. That's all.

[mmmcurry]

Williams back up the order.

Steve.

[RacingGreen]

Just been given a racing related gift - the Autocourse 2019 calendar. It's got a different photo of a 2018 F1 car with an ugly ****ing halo every month to nauseate me.  I think I'll hang it in the toilet.

Edited by RacingGreen, 20 December 2018 - 23:52.

[gowebber]

Ricciardo battling up front with the big three teams in the Renault

Edited by gowebber, 21 December 2018 - 05:24.

[PlayboyRacer]

Leclerc to hit the ground running with Ferrari in the same vein as Hamilton (07) and Villeneuve (96) and rock the establishment. Want him taking on Hamilton & Vettel for the World Championship.

An epic rivalry with some real flashpoints between Marquez and Lorenzo in MotoGP would be a real treat. I love the big, spiteful rivalries between strong, opposing characters and racers. I'd love Rossi back in there too but that may be asking for too much now.

And a cheeky one - Renault to head north with Ricciardo and Red Bull stumble with Honda. Only for the pure entertainment value it would provide with Max Verstappen threatening to quit Red Bull and destroying Honda publicly. He'd make Alonso look timid 😂

Edited by PlayboyRacer, 21 December 2018 - 06:07.

[jstrains]

Alonso return in a top team