[Iestyn Davies]

Given what we have seen in pre-season testing, I think we can now predict the grid in Melbourne.

I’ve heard that pace discrepancy from fuel can be up to 3 seconds, so this tells us that Red Bull won’t be on pole. However, Red Bull still have the best car, going by the cornering speeds in the last test, so should be heading up the Renault teams on pace with dual-tusked Lotus. But the lack of running for both (a hangover from pushing too hard in late 2013 for no real gain) makes a race finish unlikely. Renault’s crankshaft/vibration fix (due in the European season) can’t come soon enough for these teams.

Team order:
Mercedes
McLaren
Ferrari
Williams
Force India
Red Bull
Sauber
Lotus
Toro Rosso
Marussia
Caterham

The only thing we can be confident in at this point is a Caterham being on the back row, and a Mercedes on the front, with all Mercedes in Q3 (likely with Ferrari). Red Bull will probably be at the sharp end again by mid-late season at the latest.

[hunocsi]

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

[dot_com]

I don’t have much time, so I’ll just do my top ten :)

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Alonso
4. Massa
5. Hulkenburg
6. Bottas
7. Raikkonen
8. Button
9. Vettel
10. Perez

[Kingshark]

1. N Rosberg
2. L Hamilton
3. S Vettel
4. K Magnussen
5. F Alonso
6. K Raikkonen
7. J Button
8. V Bottas
9. D Ricciardo
10. F Massa
11. N Hulkenberg
12. E Gutierrez
13. R Grosjean
14. A Sutil
15. S Perez
16. P Maldonado
17. JE Vergne
18. D Kvyatt
19. J Bianchi
20. K Kobayashi
21. M Chilton
22. M Ericsson

I got 3/22 right, not exactly amazing.

[Anonymous]

Could have been worse… not.

1. S Vettel
2. L Hamilton
3. N Rosberg
4. D Ricciardo
5. F Alonso
6. F Massa
7. K Raikkonen
8. R Grosjean
9. J Button
10. N Hulkenberg
11. V Bottas
12. K Magnussen
13. S Perez
14. P Maldonado
15. A Sutil
16. E Gutierrez
17. D Kvyat
18. J Vergne
19. K Kobayashi
20. J Bianchi
21. M Chilton
22. M Ericsson

[Bradley Downton]

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)

Oooo 4/22.

Best so far! :D

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