With last week’s grid penalties behind him, Lewis Hamilton once again has the faith of the entire FBC staff, as each and every one of us are taking the reigning World Champion for the win. Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, however, is only getting four picks to come home second in Italy. Vettel gets three nods for the second step of the podium, while the Kimster gets one lone pick from Dave. Most staffers picks for the full podium are made up of the usual suspects, some variation of Hamilton-Rosberg and Vettel , though Verstappen, Ricciardo and Raikkonen each sneak in there once, as well. This weekend’s race is one of those rare occasions in which none of us have chosen the same driver for First Out honors. Ocon, Button, Palmer, Sainz, Rosberg, Verstappen, Magnussen and poor, retiring Massa are all getting picked on. Whoever goes out first, the real questions will be can Tony maintain his lead” Can Grace or Todd make up the distance between them using their DRS? Can JP crawl his way back to the top spot that he held for so long?
Todd
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Ricciardo
5. Raikkonen
6. Verstappen
FO Ocon
Grace
1. Hamilton
2. 2. Vettel
3. 3. Rosberg
4. Hulkenberg
5. Raikkonen
6. Ricciardo
FO Button
Paul
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Hulkenberg
6. Perez
FO Palmer
Tom
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Verstappen
4. Vettel
5. Ricciardo
6. Perez
FO Sainz
Andrew
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Ricciardo
4. Raikkonen
5. Bottas
6. Massa
FO Rosberg
Tony
1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Vettel
4. Raikkonen
5. Ricciardo
6. Perez
Verstappen
Dave
1. Hamilton
2. Raikkonen
3. Rosberg
4. Ricciardo
5. Vettel
6. Hulkenberg
FO Magnussen
JP
1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Verstappen
5. Ricciardo
6. Raikkonen
FO Massa
Current Standings
1. Tony 107
2. Grace 100
3. Todd 95
4. JP 85
5. Andrew/Dave 76
7. Tom 64
8. Paul 56
Oh Tony don’t remind me ;-) This is a make or break weekend for Nico and me…
Guess I’ll be the odd-one out, then. I’m going with:
1. Rosberg
2. Hamilton
3. Ricciardo
4. Vettel
5. Verstappen
6. Raikkonen
…and first out will be Ocon.
….and 15 points to me.