How many of your pre-weekend Twitter predictions for the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix were correct? Find out below!
1. Will Valtteri Bottas win back-to-back Grands Prix?
1. Will Valtteri Bottas win back-to-back Grands Prix? #SpanishGP #F1
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Your Prediction: No
Correct Answer: No
After qualifying third, Valtteri Bottas’ hopes of back-to-back victories looked to be within grasp. He led the race at one point as Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton pitted, but the Finn was forced into retirement by an engine failure on Lap 38.
2. Who will lead the Constructors’ Championship after the Spanish Grand Prix?
2. Who will lead the Constructors' Championship after the #SpanishGP? #F1
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Your Prediction: Ferrari
Correct Answer: Mercedes
Both the leading teams lost one car from the Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen retired on the first lap after his collision with Max Verstappen. Valtteri Bottas retired on Lap 38 as his engine gave up. It was down to Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel to score the teams’ points. With Lewis taking the win and Sebastian finishing second, Mercedes increased their advantage in the Constructors’ Championship from one point to eight.
3. Will both McLaren cars finish the Spanish Grand Prix?
3. Will both McLaren cars finish the #SpanishGP? #F1
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Your Prediction: No
Correct Answer: No
For the first time in 2017, Fernando Alonso managed to make it to the end of a Grand Prix. Sadly, the same couldn’t be said of his team-mate. Stoffel Vandoorne retired from the Grand Prix with suspension damage after a strange incident in which he collided with Felipe Massa. McLaren are now the only team to have not scored a point in 2017.
4. Will Sauber make Q2?
4. Will either Sauber driver progress to Q2 on Saturday? #F1
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Your Prediction: No
Correct Answer: Yes
Pascal Wehrlein surprised many on Saturday by being able to get his Sauber into the second qualifying session, despite the team’s lack of updates for this Grand Prix.
5. Which Haas driver will get the better result?
5. Which Haas driver will finish ahead in the #SpanishGP? #F1
— Lights Out ●●●●● (@LightsOutF1Blog) May 11, 2017
Your Prediction: Romain Grosjean
Correct Answer: Romain Grosjean
Kevin Magnussen was leading the Haas battle right up until the final laps when he developed a puncture after a collision with Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat. The collision ultimately cost Magnussen a points finish, but on the flip side all but handed Romain Grosjean tenth place and a point. Magnussen finished fourteenth.
PREDICTIONS CORRECT: 3 / 5
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After graduating from the University of Hull in 2015 with a First Class honours degree in English Language and Literature, Nicky Haldenby, a lifelong fan of Formula 1, founded the Lights Out F1 Blog in 2016. Now in its fifth season, the blog has become a firm fan-favourite, delving deep into the sport’s history books and lifting the cover on unusual F1 statistics. Nicky also writes at F1Destinations and GPDestinations. In 2017 and 2018, he wrote for Badger GP. Nicky is also the host of the F1 Rewind Podcast and can be heard as the resident stats man on the 2 Soft Compounds Podcast.