Hello all, I'll be back for the race predictions again.

This is shaping up to be sensational season, with Mercedes-powered cars prevailing above much of the rest, but I can't see this being straight-forward for any team. The Mercedes team are tipped as favourites already, but many would predict that Lewis Hamilton would take title from this. Nico Rosberg has just as much chance as demonstrated already by his will-power to lead a team, so I can see both drivers having a closely fought year.

The only way I can see Red Bull achieving either constructors or a drivers title is if they methodically plan their first half of the season. Clearly they won't contend for podiums yet (I can see Williams and Force india benefit from this with podiums of their own) although they likely are to accumulate points when they car retains reliability. They could use that as a bench-mark to go further and perhaps contend with everyone else further down the line.

I am enjoying the slight downfall of one of Formula 1's behemoths but I don't want to see them out of the picture altogether. I will even be watching Daniel Ricciardo quite closely as well to see if he contends with Sebastian Vettel which I can see as a possibility.

Fingers crossed for McLaren though, hopefully this season will be a step forward from the last.

That's pretty much a given I'd say. They were way off the pace last season, so much so that they didn't even get a single podium.

Agreed, I probably worded that wrong actually.

Oh me like i might actually sign up for that i usually dont bother with those kind of things halfway a season

Angelus said: ironmanDX said: It is a bit all over the place. Hopefully Ricciardo can get a podium in Melbourne... That would be great.   Ya, uhm......that's not gonna happen man. They'll be lucky to even go the distance.

Wrong. He'll harness the power of the Australian fans, go super sayain and win. YOU WILL SEE!!!!!

I can hope, ok!

ironmanDX said: Angelus said: ironmanDX said: It is a bit all over the place. Hopefully Ricciardo can get a podium in Melbourne... That would be great.   Ya, uhm......that's not gonna happen man. They'll be lucky to even go the distance. Wrong. He'll harness the power of the Australian fans, go super sayain and win. YOU WILL SEE!!!!! I can hope, ok!

Pff....Super Sayain is so yesterday. They had children going SS3 ages ago. It's gonna take a lot more than that

But hey....who knows what exactly is gonna go down in the first race. I'm sure it'll be delightfully chaotic 

I'm glad that by the looks of it, vettel starts slighty behind for once....
got bored with his face
Massa looks revigorated being away from ferrari, good i'm still pissed he missed the championship with one point

I've got £10 on a Massa win at 25/1

If he doesn't then Hamilton all the way ;)

I'll go ahead and start us off with some preliminary picks.....

1. Hamilton
2. Rosberg
3. Button

DNF: (my god we're gonna have a lot of those this year lol) Maldonado

Just some random picks:

1. Hamilton
2. Massa (though I'm not sure about this, need to wait until quali)
3. Rosberg

DNF: Grosjean, though really anyone could be here.