The totally unofficial 2011 speculation thread

[zeph]

Go nuts and voice your wildest ideas, save the facts and common sense for another thread.

I'll kick this off by saying that Schu will bag his 8th title next year in the last race when Rosberg leads and yields in the last corner to give his teammate the crown.

After losing out on his second title Vettel will retire from F1. Webber remains the #2 at RBR even if they don't have a new #1 yet.

Massa will soundly beat Alonso only to lose the title in the last race because Rosberg gives way to Schu. Robbed twice of WDC's by German drivers he will leave the sport.

Kubica wins second GP with newly renamed Lada F1.

Hamilton wins 2 GP's but post-race disqualifications leave him without victories. Button ditto, but not because of DQ's.


your turn...

[Mysticf1]

After more Vettel favoritism Webber will leave RBR in a huff forcing them to draft in Daniel Ricciardo, who will outpace Vettel by seasons end

Lotus take on the title "Team Lotus" while group lotus do a deal with Renault and re-brand it "Lotus" making a joke of both teams.

New adjustable rear wing rule will be seen for the ridiculous, contrived and down right stupid idea it is....oh wait thats not silly....

[bidong]

square wheels.

[bidong]

square wheels

[raymondu999]

Hakkinen makes a surprise comeback and replaces Nico Rosberg, leaving a surprise pairing of Schumacher - Hakkinen. Alonso feels unloved after losing the title and goes back to Renault again. And yet again, like in 2007 and 2008, Heikki Kovalainen is called upon to replace him. After an unlikely series of events leaves Massa out of the running again, Heikki Kovalainen becomes the surprise champion of the 2011 season.

[Byronrhys]

James Key makes a kick ass Sauber C30, Renault is back uncompetitive, Lotus(1Malaysia) score a point, HRT Get bought by Porsche, After feeling less favored than Vettel, Webber retires mid season and Kimi Raikkonen makes a surprise return. Hulk doesn't make it to the grid. Mercedes, ferrari and Mclaren all challenge for the title, Williams Win a race.

[SchumacherM]

Ferrari wins the 2011 drivers and constructors championship with multiple double victories. Ecclestone has a fist fight with every driver on the grid claiming "I'm not short, I'm just not as tall as you".

[gridwalker]

Kobayashi pulls off a grand chelem at a rain drenched Monza ...

[spinmastermic]

Pirelli make tires that actually force the teams to make proper race strategies.

Newey will make a fully flexable car. Horner will say its nonsense that anything flex's and stick to his usual excuse of, "its just everybody brakes earlier than us".

[SiLo]

Pirelli secretly change tyres for the start of the season, giving different compounds at random to teams, and forcing them to pit at least 4 times during the race. Some tracks install water spraying devices and are used at random through a race to make the entire track wet. Lotus win a race by virtue of guessing when to stick on wet tyres and got lucky with compounds.

Red Bull build a flexing moveable rear wing but actually end up nowhere because they are so cocky, Mclaren build an even longer car with 6 wheels and lose the championship to Mercedes, who went one better and built a car with 8 wheels. Ferrari come a close third with their twin engined motor as the engine size was decreased again.

Webber beats Vettel in one race, so Vettel retires from F1, Ralf Schumacher comes back with Montoya to Williams because they keep dreaming of their last glory days, Renault try desperately to give Kubica the win he deserves and get Petrov to bring in some bad men from his home country to shoot the other drives in the kneecaps.

Donnington gets the British grand prix, gets rebuilt and ends up being an awesome race because they include a shortcut that is open to the car that has the fastest speed through the traps. The Indian grand prix track isnt finished in time, but they race there anyway, and the laughing stock of the paddock, Virgin, get the last laugh because their 4 wheel drive car wins by a country mile. We go back to Indianapolis where the Torro Rosso, specifically designed to be fast in a straight line, and looking like a cigar, wins with a top speed of 300mph.

Finally, John Legard gets shot by Martin Brundle.


Would make for an interesting season, would it not?

[andrew]

Ferrari begs Todt, Barnard, Brawn and Schumacher to rejoin the team during the course of December. In the months leading upto the season, Ferrari creates a revolutionary F1 car - it goes backwards. The aim is to show the world that Schumacher is still the best and can bet the whole field going backwards. The car is amazing and wins both titles by mid-way through the season. After which Schumacher turns his car around (which is a bit slower) thus letting Massa win the remaining races and finish 2nd in the championship. Unfortunately, this revolutionary design is too revolutionary and after much lobbying by McLaren,who after loosing the F-duct, creat an F-duck (no idea what this is yet but I'll try and think of something), the FIA (now under the dictatorship of Darth Vader, sorry I mean, Max Mosley) bans the design. Despite MrM loving innovation, he is still pissed at Ferrari since his road car developed a misfire and he gt beaten in a drag race on the A92 by James May in a 1976 Austin Allegro.

Meanwhile, whilst on a visit to Disney on Ice with his grand daughter, Bernie gets an amzing idea to keep F1 fans entertained until the start of the season (you can see whwere I'm going with this). F1 on Ice! The creating of this show succeeds in coaxing Kimi Raikkonen back into F1, who goes onto race in 2012 and win the drivers title. After some erratic "chops" off the start line in 2012, random breathalyser tests are introduced for 2013.

On the BBC, after 2 years of having a verbal kick to the head from Eddie Jordan, David Coulthard finally snaps and beats EJ round the head with a near-by frying pan. The fallout of this leads to a national day of mourning for the funeral of EJ, the revision of the BBCs policy on hosting the F1 forum in the hospitaliy area of various teams and after 10 years in a mental institution, DC is deemed fit to return into the community on a limited basis. Due to his mental state still being a bit skewed, his freedom is limited for his own and the publics safety. He is voted Primeminister of Britain in 2023.

I've given this waaaaay too much thought.....

[nae]

red bull make a 2 seater car with the rear seat for webber thus ensuring he always finished behind vettel

ferrari clone alonso and give him both cars giving him the maximum points at every race. also having the effect of nullifying any team orders seen to favour alonso.

the super soft Pirelli is made in such a manor to catch fire if it gets too hot.

the FIA decide to use 6 dice thrown randomly to ensure more consistent penalties for on track infringements.

bernie retires

[gridwalker]

In order to improve weight distribution and compensate for mandatory KERS, Adrian Newey demands that driver weight is reduced. Red Bull replace Webber with a 10 year old midget, who goes on to become the sport's youngest champion.

[lolzi]

Michael Schumacher will replace Bernie. 'Nuff said.

[Caito]

Virgin invents the virgin duct and wins the championship.-