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  • Re: **2025 Pool** Driver and Constructor Championships

    From User8270@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 26 09:52:54 2025
    WDC: VER
    WCC: Ferrari

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  • From News@21:1/5 to News on Wed Feb 26 15:05:13 2025
    On 2/26/2025 11:09 AM, News wrote:
    On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.


    What do ChatGPT and Grok say?

    ChatGPT/Openai

    Which manufacturer and driver will win the 2025 Formula One world championships?

    ChatGPT said:

    As of February 26, 2025, the Formula One season has yet to begin, with the first race scheduled for March 16 in Australia. Pre-season testing is currently underway in Bahrain, providing initial insights into team performances.

    In the initial testing sessions, McLaren's Lando Norris posted the fastest time, despite a power outage disrupting the session. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Mercedes' rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli also showcased strong performances.
    REUTERS.COM

    Bookmakers have identified Lando Norris as the favorite for the 2025 Drivers' Championship, with McLaren leading the odds for the Constructors' Championship.
    COVERS.COM

    Lewis Hamilton's move to Ferrari has generated significant attention. Hamilton has expressed confidence in Ferrari's potential to secure the championship, aiming for a record-breaking eighth title.
    REUTERS.COM

    Red Bull Racing, with Max Verstappen, the reigning four-time World Drivers' Champion, remains a formidable contender. Despite internal changes and the addition of new driver Liam Lawson, the team is determined to reclaim the Constructors' Championship.
    FORMULA1.COM

    Given the competitive landscape, it's challenging to predict the definitive winners of the 2025 Formula One World Championships. The performances during the upcoming races will provide clearer indications of which teams and drivers are poised for
    success.

    Grok

    Which manufacturer and driver will win the 2025 Formula One world championships?

    Grok said:

    As of now, it’s impossible to say with certainty who will win the 2025 Formula One World Championships since the season is just getting underway. The driver’s and constructor’s titles will be determined by performance across the 24 races,
    starting with the Australian Grand Prix on March 16 and ending with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 7. Predictions are floating around based on last year’s results and current team dynamics, but they’re speculative at best.
    Max Verstappen, driving for Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT, is the reigning Drivers’ Champion, having secured his fourth consecutive title in 2024. McLaren-Mercedes, the 2024 Constructors’ Champions, are coming off a strong season, their first title
    since 1998. Both are strong contenders again, but the field is tight. Ferrari’s pairing of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton—who’s joining after 12 years with Mercedes—could shake things up, especially with Hamilton’s experience and Ferrari’
    s recent form. McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are also in the mix, buoyed by their team’s momentum. Mercedes, with George Russell and rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli, might surprise if their car improves, while Red Bull’s new lineup of
    Verstappen and Liam Lawson will aim to reclaim the constructors’ crown.
    The 2025 season is the last under the current power unit rules, and teams have had the winter to refine their cars. Testing in Bahrain starts soon, which might give a hint, but even then, it’s a long season—anything can happen. What do you think—
    got a favorite you’re rooting for?

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  • From News@21:1/5 to Mark on Wed Feb 26 11:09:29 2025
    On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.


    What do ChatGPT and Grok say?

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to Martin Harran on Wed Feb 26 11:47:03 2025
    On 2/25/25 09:20, Martin Harran wrote:
    WDC: Ham
    WCC: Ferrari

    Although IMHO unlikely, I do think that would be fun.
    Unlike some around here I feel long, long time entrant
    Ferrari is worth finally getting rewarded.
    They have been wandering in the wilderness for a long time.

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  • From Carl Keehn@21:1/5 to Mark on Thu Feb 27 08:17:26 2025
    On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...


    WDC: Hamilton

    WCC: Ferrari

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  • From Ar@21:1/5 to Mark on Fri Feb 28 20:10:50 2025
    On 25/02/2025 15:53, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    A sucker for punishment, I will say for another year ...

    Constructor: Ferrari
    Driver: Charles Leclerc

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  • From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to Mark on Sat Mar 1 09:13:43 2025
    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    WDC: Piastri
    WCC: McLaren


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    Sir Tim

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  • From Hornplayer9599@21:1/5 to Mark on Sat Mar 1 18:47:03 2025
    On 2/25/2025 09:53, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.


    WDC: HAM
    WCC: MAC
    --

    Intelligence is no guarantee against being dead wrong.
    --Carl Sagan

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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to Mark on Tue Feb 25 13:36:08 2025
    On 2/25/25 07:53, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    (In case what I sent earlier is totally lost, and not just delayed,,,,)

    a425 predicts
    WDC Lando Norris
    WCC McLaren

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  • From pP85PrR@21:1/5 to Mark on Tue Feb 25 17:37:33 2025
    On 2025-02-25 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver

    Lando Norris

    and constructor championships

    McLaren

    in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.


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  • From Eric@21:1/5 to Mark on Tue Feb 25 16:19:05 2025
    On 2025-02-25 08:53, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Constructor: Ferrari (the Tifosi deserve it!)
    Driver: Leclerc (I think that Lewis will end the season strong but will
    take the first half of the season to really get the feel for the car and
    power unit)

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  • From Yazoo@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 26 08:29:32 2025
    WDC: Norris
    WCC: McLaren
    --
    It's better to be judged by twelwe than carried by six.

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Mark on Sun Mar 9 21:45:07 2025
    On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025

    Driver: Russell
    Constructor: McLaren

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    If liberty means anything at all, it means the right
    to tell people what they do not want to hear.
    - George Orwell

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Mark on Sun Mar 16 11:56:21 2025
    On 2025-02-25 07:53, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

    Track (Melbourne) 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
    Las Vegas 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
    Austin 13/03/2025 20:30 CDT
    West Coast USA 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
    East Coast USA 13/03/2025 21:30 EDT
    Ireland/Portugal/UK 14/03/2025 01:30 GMT
    Central Europe 14/03/2025 02:30 CET
    Most of Arabia 14/03/2025 04:30 AST
    Oman/UAE 14/03/2025 05:30 GST
    China 14/03/2025 09:30 CST
    Japan/Korea 14/03/2025 10:30 JST
    Perth 14/03/2025 09:30 AWST
    Adelaide/Darwin 14/03/2025 12:00 ACDT Melbourne/Canberra/Sydney 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
    New Zealand 14/03/2025 14:30 NZDT
    Ukraine 14/03/2025 03:30 EET

    Mark, this is your game of course...

    ...but I DID enter before the deadline.

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  • From John Milner@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 10 12:10:28 2025
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships

    WDC: Lando Norris
    WCC: McLaren

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    John Milner

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to Mark on Mon Mar 10 19:23:55 2025
    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> writes:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Thanks again for running this Mark!

    WDC: NOR
    WCC: Ferrari

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
    -- NotSanguine on SoylentNews, after Eugen Weber in /The Western Tradition/

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Mark on Wed Mar 12 18:15:24 2025
    On 2025-02-25 07:53, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

    Track (Melbourne) 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
    Las Vegas 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
    Austin 13/03/2025 20:30 CDT
    West Coast USA 13/03/2025 18:30 PDT
    East Coast USA 13/03/2025 21:30 EDT
    Ireland/Portugal/UK 14/03/2025 01:30 GMT
    Central Europe 14/03/2025 02:30 CET
    Most of Arabia 14/03/2025 04:30 AST
    Oman/UAE 14/03/2025 05:30 GST
    China 14/03/2025 09:30 CST
    Japan/Korea 14/03/2025 10:30 JST
    Perth 14/03/2025 09:30 AWST
    Adelaide/Darwin 14/03/2025 12:00 ACDT Melbourne/Canberra/Sydney 14/03/2025 12:30 AEDT
    New Zealand 14/03/2025 14:30 NZDT
    Ukraine 14/03/2025 03:30 EET

    I hate to jump on a bandwagon, but...

    WDC: Norris

    WCC: McLaren

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  • From Sreekumar A@21:1/5 to All on Thu Mar 13 09:30:33 2025
    WDC : HAM
    WCC : McLaren


    Sreekumar

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  • From Hugh Johnson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 7 00:45:53 2025
    On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:53:05 -0000 (UTC), Mark wrote:


    Gotta go with my McLaren boys.

    WDC: Lando Norris
    WCC: McLaren

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  • From Alan@21:1/5 to Mark on Fri Mar 14 09:32:10 2025
    On 2025-03-14 02:10, Mark wrote:
    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

    I have:

    Entrant WDC WCC
    Mark Hamilton McLaren
    Martin Harran Hamilton Ferrari
    a425couple Norris McLaren
    Darryl Johnson Norris McLaren
    Eric Leclerc Ferrari
    Yazoo Norris McLaren
    User8270 Verstappen Ferrari
    Carl Keehn Hamilton Ferrari
    Ar Leclerc Ferrari
    Sir Tim Piastri McLaren
    scole Hamilton Ferrari
    Hornplayer9599 Hamilton McLaren
    Hugh Norris McLaren
    D Munz Hamilton McLaren
    Shaun Hamilton Ferrari
    Mark Jackson Russell McLaren
    JohnM Norris McLaren
    Phil Carmody Norris Ferrari
    durian Verstappen McLaren

    Mark, I don't see name there, but I most definitely entered before the deadline...

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  • From News@21:1/5 to Mark on Fri Mar 14 14:20:11 2025
    On 3/14/2025 5:10 AM, Mark wrote:
    Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor championships in
    2025, for no money whatsoever, just bragging rights, write your
    prediction in to this thread.

    Entries close on Friday 13/14 March 2025 before FP1 starts...

    I have:

    Entrant WDC WCC
    Mark Hamilton McLaren
    Martin Harran Hamilton Ferrari
    a425couple Norris McLaren
    Darryl Johnson Norris McLaren
    Eric Leclerc Ferrari
    Yazoo Norris McLaren
    User8270 Verstappen Ferrari
    Carl Keehn Hamilton Ferrari
    Ar Leclerc Ferrari
    Sir Tim Piastri McLaren
    scole Hamilton Ferrari
    Hornplayer9599 Hamilton McLaren
    Hugh Norris McLaren
    D Munz Hamilton McLaren
    Shaun Hamilton Ferrari
    Mark Jackson Russell McLaren
    JohnM Norris McLaren
    Phil Carmody Norris Ferrari
    durian Verstappen McLaren


    Grok and ChatGPT not playing?

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  • From Mark Jackson@21:1/5 to Mark Jackson on Mon Apr 14 13:03:08 2025
    On 3/9/2025 9:45 PM, Mark Jackson wrote:
    On 2/25/2025 10:53 AM, Mark wrote:
    Who do you think will win the driver and constructor
    championships in 2025

    Driver: Russell
    Constructor: McLaren

    My prediction was made on the theory that Norris and Piastri would take
    points away from each other on the way to a solid McLaren WCC, letting
    George sneak away with the WDC. But if Lando doesn't pull himself
    together it could be Oscar in a walk.

    --
    Mark Jackson - https://mark-jackson.online/
    I'm honestly running out of words I can use on the air
    to describe what's happening in and to this economy.
    - Kai Ryssdal

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