[Anonymous]

1.Kobayashi
2.Bianchi
3Ericsson
4.Chilton

Everybody else, who put out brave, innovative designs (i.e. Newey) would’ve toasted their engines before the end of Q3. On the other hand, I bet the bottom 2 teams probably went with a very conservative design :)

[Anonymous]

Why are people doubting red bull over 1 lap? it’s obvious that Vettel will be on pole. No matter how happy people are the Red Bull are suffering atm, it’s typical that come Q3, the red bull will be the car to beat

Q3? That’s a bit scary.

[GeeMac]

Why not, I’m having a slow day at work. A Mercedes is going to be on pole I think and it’ll probably be Hamilton driving it. Red Bull will be able to cover a lap by the time we get to Melbourne and they’ll be able to do it quickly no doubt. Ferrari will be next ahead of McLaren, with Williams being best of the rest. So I think it’ll look something like this:

1. Hamilton
2. Vettel
3. Rosberg
4. Raikkonen
5. Alonso
6. Button
7. Ricciardo
8. Magnussen
9. Bottas
10. Grosjean
11. Hulkenberg
12. Massa
13. Maldonado
14. Perez
15. Sutil
16. Gutierrez
17. Kvyat
18. Vergne
19. Bianchi
20. Kobayashi
21. Ericsson
22. Chilton

[R.J. O’Connell]

1st – Jenson Button
2nd – Lewis Hamilton
3rd – Nico Rosberg
4th – Kevin Magnussen
5th – Sebastian Vettel
6th – Fernando Alonso
7th – Sergio Perez
8th – Kimi Raikkonen
9th – Valtteri Bottas
10th – Felipe Massa
11th – Nico Hulkenberg (misses Q3 because of Melbourne hex)
12th – Daniel Ricciardo
13th – Pastor Maldonado
14th – Esteban Gutierrez
15th – Romain Grosjean
16th – Adrian Sutil
17th – Daniil Kvyat
18th – Kamui Kobayashi
19th – Jean-Eric Vergne
20th – Marcus Ericsson
21st – Jules Bianchi
22nd – Max Chilton

[HK]

Im amazed some still expect Redbull (Vettel) making the top5. In my view, they stand no chance, and are probably worse of now, than Mclaren was last year, and Ferrari the year before.

1st – Nico Rosberg
2nd – Lewis Hamilton
3rd – Kevin Magnusses
4th – Nico Hulkenberg
5th – Jenson Button
6th – Valterri Bottas
7th – Fernando Alonso
8th – Felipe Massa
9th – Kimi Raikkonen
10th – Sergio Perez
11th – Sebastian Vettel
12th – Romain Grosjean
13th – Daniel Ricciardo
14th – Adrian Sutil
15th – Pastor Maldonado
16th – Esteban Gutierrez
17th – Daniil Kvyat
18th – Jules Bianchi
19th – Max Chilton
20th – Jean-Eric Vergne
21st – Kamui Kobayashi
22nd – Marcus Ericsson

[Aditya]

these are my prediction after Jerez

1. Hamilton — 2. Rosberg
3. Button —– 4. Raikkonen
5. Alonso —– 6. Magnussen
7. Massa —— 8. Bottas
9. Vettel —- 10. Grosjean

but after first test of Bahrain, I think it would be like this

1. Hamilton — 2. Rosberg
3. Button —– 4. Magnussen
5. Massa —— 6. Bottas
7. Raikkonen — 8. Alonso
9. Hulkenberg 10. Perez

considering that Ferrari said that they will start explore the fast lap times in second test of Bahrain (and most likely other teams), the initial pecking order is still shaping up. But honestly, at this moment I can’t say that any Renault-powered car will be there at Melbourne Q3.

[Bradley Downton]

1. Hamilton
2. Magnussen
3. Rosberg
4. Button
5. Vettel
6. Hulkenberg
7. Ricciardo
8. Alonso
9. Perez
10. Raikkonen
11. Bottas
12. Grosjean
13. Massa
14. Sutil
15. Maldonado
16. Bianchi
17. Gutierrez
18. Chilton
19. Vergne
20. Kobayashi
21. Kvyat
22. Ericsson

[Theo Parkinson]

1) Hamilton
2) Rosberg
3) Massa
4) Bottas
5) Alonso
6) Button
7) Raikkonen
8) Hulkenberg
9) Magnussen
10) Vettel

[R.J. O’Connell]

Changing my prediction after the 2nd test.

1st) Lewis Hamilton
2nd) Nico Rosberg
3rd) Fernando Alonso
4th) Felipe Massa
5th) Jenson Button
6th) Sergio Perez
7th) Valtteri Bottas
8th) Sebastian Vettel
9th) Kevin Magnussen
10th) Kimi Raikkonen
11th) Nico Hulkenberg
12th) Daniel Ricciardo
13th) Adrian Sutil
14th) Jules Bianchi
15th) Esteban Gutierrez
16th) Daniil Kvyat
17th) Pastor Maldonado
18th) Jean-Eric Vergne
19th) Romain Grosjean
20th) Max Chilton
21st) Kamui Kobayashi
22nd) Marcus Ericsson

The RB10 is a glass cannon – quick enough, but extremely fragile, so Vettel could still make Q3 and I see Ricciardo getting bumped out in Q2. Hulkenberg’s luck at Melbourne is atrocious so I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets bumped in Q2 at the very last minute, and Perez is a better qualifier than most people think – he’s defeated his teammates in qualifying every year of his brief F1 career. I had McLaren up in the Top 4 last time, I still think Button will do well here as usual, but they didn’t make the steps forward the way Williams did in Bahrain Test 2 so my expectations for them are tempered just a little. Caterham’s duo will occupy row 11 but still get in above 107%. Bianchi will get to Q2 on a dry lap and be a genuine point-scoring threat, but Marussia has had reliability issues too…

[ForzaAlanRabbit]

Having seen all of pre-season testing, it’s now time for me to do my final prediction.

1.Hamilton
2.Rosberg
3.Magnussen
4.Massa
5.Button
6.Alonso
7.Raikkonen
8.Hulkenberg
9.Grosjean
10.Bottas
11.Perez
12.Maldonado
13.Sutil
14.Gutierrez
15.Vettel
16.Bianchi
17.Ricciardo
18.Vergne
19.Chilton
20.Kobayashi
21.Kvyat
22.Ericsson

[Diceman]

My final prediction:

1. Hamilton
2. Massa
3. Bottas
4. Rosberg
5. Hulkenberg
6. Magnussen
7. Alonso
8. Perez
9. Button
10. Räikkönen
11. Vettel
12. Sutil
13. Ricciardo
14. Kvyat
15. Vergne
16. Gutierrez
17. Grosjean
18. Maldonado
19. Kobayashi
20. Bianchi
21. Chilton
22. Ericsson

[Bradley Downton]

As with others, my final prediction.

1. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
2. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)
3. Valtteri Bottas (Williams)
4. Felipe Massa (Williams)
5. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
6. Jenson Button (McLaren)
7. Kevin Magnussen (McLaren)
8. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
9. Sergio Perez (Force India)
10. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull)
11. Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)
12. Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)
13. Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
14. Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso)
15. Daniil Kvyat (Toro Rosso)
16. Adrian Sutil (Sauber)
17. Pastor Maldonado (Lotus)
18. Jules Bianchi (Marussia)
19. Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)
20. Max Chilton (Marussia)
21. Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham)
22. Marcus Ericsson (Caterham)

[infernojim]

Ok, waited until post testing. Here we go!

1) Rosberg
2) massa
3) Hamilton
4) Alonso
5) button
6) bottas
7) hulkenburg
8) raikkonen
9) vettel
10) pereZ

[George]

Here we go then!

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Nico Rosberg
3. Valtteri Bottas
4. Kevin Magnussen
5. Felipe Massa
6. Nico Hulkenberg
7. Jenson Button
8. Fernando Alonso
9. Sergio Perez
10. Sebastian Vettel
11. Kimi Raikkonen
12. Pastor Maldonado
13. Daniil Kvyat
14. Adrian Sutil
15. Jean-Eric Vergne
16. Jules Bianchi
17. Max Chilton
18. Kamui Kobayashi
19. Marcus Ericsson
20. Daniel Ricciardo
21. Esteban Gutierrez
22. Romain Grosjean

I’m expecting the final three not to set a Q time, with their positions based on practice times. Ricciardo and Grosjean have technical issues from FP3 while Gutierrez crashes out.

[Deej92]

This is my second and final attempt. My first was just after Jerez.

1. Hamilton, 2. Rosberg
3. Magnussen, 4. Hulkenberg
5. Massa, 6. Button
7. Bottas, 8. Alonso
9. Perez, 10. Vettel
11. Raikkonen, 12. Ricciardo
13. Grosjean, 14. Maldonado
15. Sutil, 16. Bianchi
17. Gutierrez, 18. Kvyat
19. Chilton, 20. Ericsson
21. Vergne, 22. Kobayashi

From Kvyat down, the drivers will struggle to complete a lap within 107% of Q1’s fastest lap time.

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