Without engine tokens, they’ll have an easier job of catching but in engine development as in racing, catching is one thing, passing is another.įurther back, I’m expecting expected 2017 World Drivers’ Champion Max Verstappen to beat out teammate Ricciardo. The battle between these two could come down to overtaking. I really, really want Ferrari or Red Bull to take the fight to Mercedes but that Mercedes power unit is just consistently too much of an advantage for Ferrari or Renault to overcome. With what I believe will be the better car over the course of the season, I think it’s advantage Hamilton for 2017. Development of this car started with Allison in charge but will the team know how and where to develop the car for maximum performance without him around? I’m not particularly confident that it will go to plan. It all comes down to how much Mercedes may be sandbagging and whether Ferrari will be able to continue to develop the SF70-H without James Allison as technical director. It’s been a continuous flip-flop between Lewis and Seb for the top spot. I’ve changed this list so many times that I’m not even sure where half these names started other than the top two. So who will win the 2017 Formula One World Drivers’ and World Constructors’ Championships? I have a punt at it today. Everyone thinks that it’s down to Ferrari and Mercedes with both teams believed to be sandbagging each other so the other doesn’t have an accurate performance target. So watch as I go ahead and make those same mistakes all over again. This season’s predictions come down to the number of sandbags that teams offload from their car after pre-season testing. I also hadn’t counted neither Williams nor Force India really making significant improvements their 2015 cars into 2016 and I didn’t expect Haas to rack up points that early in the season. I hadn’t expected the massive improvement to the Renault power unit that allowed Red Bull to finish 2nd in the WCC. My predictions last season could have been a bit more correct.
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