godlameroso wrote: ↑28 Oct 2017, 21:35
I like gloating so I'll just leave this here
Wrote this back in July 20th:
The final 9 races of the season will either suit the Mercedes or the Ferrari.
Hungary: Ferrari
Spa: Mercedes
Monza: Mercedes
Malaysia: Ferrari, lots of high speed corners and not very long straights.
Singapore: Ferrari
Suzuka: Mercedes
COTA: Toss up
Mexico: Toss up(high altitude means low drag, and lots of low and mid speed corners suit Ferrari)
Brazil: Mercedes
Abu Dhabi: Ferrari, despite the two long straights, sector 3 is where you gain or lose the most time, and Ferrari have been very good at mid speed 90 degree corners as evidenced in Sochi.
(Edit: ^ how did he not get it right in terms of which track suited whom? Only COTA is off).
Pretty good! I made some similar predictions (not as accurate as yours) and it’s a shame the points don’t reflect the closeness of the overall pace (albeit I think Lewis would still have shaded it based on the predictions).