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[scotty]

Predict anything you want about the upcoming season! Keep it civil though...

My first prediction - Marussia will beat Caterham. With the addition of KERS they already gain a few tenths, and on top, i believe they may find themselves with an ok budget thanks to Chilton and his AON backing, that i believe will be following him to F1. AON are a huge company (they sponsor Man Utd, for example), and i believe his father is the chairman of the company so the purse strings might be a bit looser there. I don't think Caterham have the same budget potential any more, now Fernandes has gone. On top of that you factor in their technical partnership with McLaren and Pat Symonds becoming a bigger part of the team, and i think you have quite a promising unit there now. I've slated them quite a lot in recent seasons but i think it might just be coming together there.

[andrew]

Alonso and Ferrari will win this one.

[myownalias]

I predict that Red Bull will be the team to beat; I also predict that Lewis Hamilton will be very frustrated by this season; I don't expect Mercedes to create a car that will allow Lewis to challenge for the championship; I expect Lewis to get a win or two but that'll be the highlight of his season. I predict that Fernando Alonso will somehow be in the title fight for the drivers title despite Ferrari failing to make a truly front-running car. I predict that Kimi Raikkonen will finish every race and will finish in the points very consistently to finish third overall! McLaren will continue to make bad strategic calls and have technical failures, but despite this Jenson Button will overcome these challenges to win the drivers title!

[darwin dali]

I wanna see the cars before I make any predictions.

[Hammer278]

I predict Mercedes to shut a hell of a lot of naysayers up and Lewis to beat at least one of the McLaren drivers in the WDC. Most probably it would be Button.

Also predict that the WDC will be either Alonso or Vettel again. Redbull WCC for sure.

[racechick]

Oh it's just so hard to separate what you predict will happen from what you want to happen. Don't know if I can do it.

[andrew]

Hedge your bets and sit on the fence then.

Be vague - you can't go wrong with that.

[LewEngBridewell]

I predict....... erm.... I've no idea

Red Bull will take some beating... who will be in line to do that... the usuals probably... Ferrari, McLaren and Lotus. If Merc make a good car, the battle between Hamilton and Rosberg will be fascinating. Could very well be a wake up call for the latter.

[Jabberwocky]

As there is not many regulation changes I don't think it will be too different to this year.

Mercedes, will come out of the box with a top notch car or a dog. I think Lewis will do a 2009 Mclaren style resurgence if it is a dog. ROS is in my mind a bit of an unknown. No one really knows how off form MSC was so have nothing to compare him against.

Ferrari, it depends on which Massa turns up.

Mclaren, Will Button struggle to lead the team and teach Perez how a big team works?

Red Bull, it is hard to bet against the tripple boys.

Marussia/Caterham I agree with scotty, plus I think Caterham have missed Gazza, and this will be the 1st car without his involvement.

HRT will be with me in spirit.

[darwin dali]

Definition of TRIPPLE
chiefly southern Africa
: a gait in which the horse moves both near and both off legs alternately and which somewhat resembles the amble

Definition of BOY
1 often offensive : a male servant
2a : a male child from birth to adulthood
b : son
c : an immature male <separate the men from the boys> <boy genius>
d : sweetheart, beau
3a : one native to a given place <local boy>

[andrew]

Yep, that's them!

Newey's noises so far have been far from encouraging but it's early days yet.

[racechick]

Ok here we go...........

I agree with Jab about Mercedes, top notch or bad at the star of the season.( more I'm thinking top notch )

Massa to be much closer to Alonso throughout the year, maybe more of the histrionics over the radio to move him aside

Webber to be further off the boil .

Grosjean to cut out the errors and give Kimi a real run for his money

Button to start the season being condescendingly supportive of Perez in the press, until Perez beats him , then the barbed comments start.

McLaren to have a very good car at the star of the season but loose their way.

Di Resta to not impress.

Pirelli tyres to allow better racing- the real sort, not the pretend sort.

Lewis to really enjoy his season

Maldonado to have his brace off

[geetface9]

I predict webber will win every single race. I'm j/k, idfk. All I know is I want my F1 NOW D@MNIT!

[darwin dali]

All I know is I want my F1 NOW D@MNIT!

It's ok Nando, keep your toys in your pram, will you?

[vlad]

Next season will be even better than this one. That's my prediction.