Apertura 2011 - Round of 16

[ADx_Wales]

Here it is!

Apertura 2011
Round of 16

Here are the qualifiers

And this is how they'll face-off:

Heat 1: Battle of the Bulls (Part 1)

Sebastien Vettel - Germany - 2010 Champion
Red Bull
v
Sebastien Buemi - Switzerland
Toro Rosso

Heat 2: Battle of the Beards

Fernando Alonso - Spain
Ferrari
v
Nick Heidfeld - Germany
Renault

Heat 3: Battle of the Bulls (Part 2)

Mark Webber - Australia
Red Bull
v
Jaime Alguersuari - Portugual
Toro Rosso

Heat 4: Battle of the Increasingly Dull

Lewis Hamilton - Britain - Apertura 2010 Champion
McLaren
v
Tonio Liuzzi - Italy
Hispania

Heat 5: Lion vs Iron

Jenson Button - Britain
McLaren
v
Vitaly Petrov - Russia
Renault

Heat 6: The Wrestling Midgets

Felipe Massa - Brazil
Ferrari
v
Kamui Kobayashi - Japan
Sauber

Heat 7: The Gay-off

Nico Rosberg - Germany
Mercedes
v
Adrian Sutil - Germany
Force India

Heat 8: The Ultimate Showdown

Michael Schumacher - Germany
Mercedes
v
Rubens Barrichello - Brazil
Williams

How the quarter finals will look

Heat 1 v Heat 8
Heat 2 v Heat 7
Heat 3 v Heat 6
Heat 4 v Heat 5

...So, what do ya reckon?

[Wizzie]

Vettel vs Buemi
Alonso vs Heidfeld (The Renault's good but not THAT good)
Webber vs Alguersari (I predict an upset here)
Hamilton vs Liuzzi (Go home, Colin Kolles. And take Liuzzi with you)
Button vs Petrov
Massa vs Kobayashi (Kobayashi FTW)
Rosberg vs Sutil (As I see it the Mercedes is sightly less crap than the Force India)
Schumacher vs Barrichello (They'll find a way to collide with each other on lap 1)

[East Londoner]

Vettel will take the first one easily.
Heidfeld will put up a good fight, but Alonso will prevail.
Webber
Hamilton (was there really any contest here?)
Risky here, but the Renualt has got the measure of the McLaren, so incredibly, considering I'm a Brit, I find myself predicting a Petrov win here (Sorry Button )
Massa will be back (hopefully)
Rosberg surely...
And to round it off... Barichello The Williams looks promising this year.

[Phoenix]

Alonso vs Heidfeld (Heidfeld's good but not THAT good)

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My predictions:
-Vettel.
-Alonso.
-Webber.
-Hamilton.
-Button.
-Massa.
-Rosberg.
-Barrichello

[P_Friesacher]

My Predictions:

1. Vettel vs. Buemi: Vettel

2. Alonso vs. Heifeld: Alonso

3. Webber vs. Alguersaurus: Webber

4. Hamilton vs. Liuzzi: Liuz..., er, Hamilton

5. Button vs. Petrov: Button

6. Massa vs. Kobayashi: Kobayashi

7. Rosberg vs. Sutil: Rosberg

8. Schumacher vs. Barrichello: Barrichello

[tommykl]

Alonso vs Heidfeld (Heidfeld's good but not THAT good)

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My predictions:
-Vettel.
-Alonso.
-Webber.
-Hamilton.
-Button.
-Massa.
-Rosberg.
-Barrichello

What he said.

[Ferrim]

I absolutely loved the heats' names.

[MinardiFan95]

1. Vettel vs. Buemi: Vettel

2. Alonso vs. Heidfeld: Heidfeld

3. Webber vs. Alguersuari: Webber

4. Hamilton vs. Liuzzi: Liuzzi

5. Button vs. Petrov: Petrov

6. Massa vs. Kobayashi: Kobayashi

7. Rosberg vs. Sutil: Rosberg

8. Schumacher vs. Barrichello: Barrichello

[James1978]

1. Buemi
2. Alonso
3. Alguersuari
4. Liuzzi
5. Button
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Barrichello

I've gone for 1, 3 and 4 to be big upsets, becuase Red Bull have totally messed up in Oz last couple of years, plus Webber has a right home curse, and 4 simply becuase it would be really funny if it came true!

8 is the best match-up by a long way though!

[DanielPT]

Jaime Alguersuari - Portugual

In the name of HWNSNBM...



Anyway:
1- Vettel
2- Heidfeld
3- Webber
4- Hamilton
5- Button
6- Kobayashi
7- Rosberg
8- Schumacher

[Klon]

Well, I'll predict as well:

1. - I have the feeling Vettel is going to retire in Melbourne, so Sebastien Buemi will proceed to the next round.

2. - Fernando Alonso, simply because the Ferrari will turn out to be (quite a lot) better than the Renault

3. - Unlike his team mate Mark Webber will finish, therefore he wins against STR.

4. - I'm going to say Vitantonio Liuzzi for the lulz.

5. - Well, the McLaren does not seem to be quite on the level and Button is the anthropomorphism of mediocrity. Vitaly Petrov wins.

6. - Felipe Massa by the power of the superior car

7. - Nico Rosberg will score a fabulous victory against Sutil

8. - "Good friends, better enemies" indeed, Rubens Barrichello will score the win. Maybe this will be the only bout which will be decided one-on-one on the track.

[ADx_Wales]

Bumping is racing.

[JeremyMcClean]

Vettel def. Buemi
Heidfeld def. Alonso (!)
Webber def. Alguersuari
Hamilton def. Liuzzi
Button def. Petrov
Kobayashi def. Massa
Rosberg def. Sutil
Barrichello def. Schumacher

If Liuzzi wins, I will be deeply shocked. The only way that can happen is if Hamilton DNF'ed again!

[ADx_Wales]

Here are the Qualifying High-Grounds.

Heat 1

Vettel Pole
Alguersuari 12th

Heat 2

Alonso 5th
Heidfeld 18th
Nick with it all to do.

Heat 3

Webber 3rd
Buemi 10th
STR Closer than we expected.

Heat 4

Hamilton 2nd
Liuzzi DNQ
Game over man.

Heat 5

Button 4th
Petrov 6th
This could be a close one.

Heat 6

Massa 8th
Kobayashi 9th
This could be an even closer one.

Heat 7

Rosberg 7th
Sutil 16h
First handbags to Rosberg

Heat 8

Schumacher 11th
Barrichello 17th
Game over?

[dinizintheoven]

...and the results are in. At least, I've worked out who will play who in Malaysia. But I'll leave it to ADx_Wales to hand out the official result.

[ADx_Wales]

I dunno If i want to carry this on, the race was so bad that an apertura may be called for in real life.

Will deal with putting the eventual results in properly, but if Malaysia is going to be as boring as this morning was, I may not bother at all.