Before the 2018 British Grand Prix weekend began, I posted five prediction polls on the Lights Out twitter account. How many of the questions did you get right? Find out below!
1. How will Lewis Hamilton get on at his home event?
1. How successful will Lewis Hamilton's 2018 #BritishGP weekend be? #LightsOutPredictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: HE’LL TAKE POLE AND WIN
CORRECT ANSWER: HE’LL TAKE POLE ONLY
Lewis Hamilton took his 44th pole in car number 44 by just 0.044 seconds on Saturday, but he was unable to convert it into a win on Sunday. Just 17% of you correctly predicted that outcome.
2. Which rookie will have the best weekend?
2. Which rookie will have the best finishing position in Sunday's #BritishGP? #LightsOutPredictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: CHARLES LECLERC
CORRECT ANSWER: PIERRE GASLY
Charles Leclerc was having a brilliant weekend until a botched pit-stop forced him out of another points finish. Pierre Gasly had the best on-track finishing position of the rookies, even though a post-race penalty dropped him from tenth to thirteenth. Sergey Sirotkin was the only other rookie to finish the race.
3. Will any of the top teams’ drivers retire from the race?
3. Will any driver from Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull retire from the #BritishGP? #LightsOutPredictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: YES
CORRECT ANSWER: YES
Five of the top six drivers finished the race. It was only Max Verstappen who was forced to retire from the race. Brake issues forced him into retirement after 46 laps.
4. Who’ll score for McLaren?
4. Will either McLaren driver score points this weekend? #LightsOutPredictions #BritishGP #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: ALONSO WILL, VANDOORNE WON’T
CORRECT ANSWER: ALONSO WILL, VANDOORNE WON’T
As 51% of you correctly predicted, Alonso scored McLaren’s only points at the British Grand Prix. The Spaniard finished eighth, though he felt there was enough pace in the car to have finished sixth.
5. Will Raikkonen finish on the podium?
5. Will Kimi Raikkonen score a seventh #BritishGP podium? #LightsOutPredictions #F1
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YOUR PREDICTION: YES
CORRECT ANSWER: YES
It was a close poll, but the majority of you were correct. Despite some first lap controversy, Kimi Raikkonen finished on the podium. It’s the first time he’s finished in the top three at the British Grand Prix in consecutive years since 2006 and 2007.
After graduating 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 sixth 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 Motorsport Guides. 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.