Grand Prix Preview 2013

RedBull Grand Prix Preview 2013 2012 was a fantastic year for sport, and 2013 is shaping up to be equally exciting At the end of last year, MoneySupermarket asked recognised motorsport experts to vote on who they believed had been the best Grand Prix driver of the season as part of its campaign to promote high driving standards with its ever improving telematics insurance offering. We are looking to continue this into 2013 and have therefore asked participants to vote on who they think will be the star performers of the new season. Can Alonso out-perform his machinery and beat Vettel to a 4th consecutive title? Or will Lewis Hamilton stun his rivals driving for his new Mercedes team? WHO WILL WIN THE 2013 DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP? Kimi Raikkonen His consistency will result in a Championship win this year after a close season. (extremehousewife. blogspot.com) Felipe Massa I just have a feeling about the champion (bensweeneyflblog. wordpress.com) 2.6% 5.3% Jenson Button JB will revel in his newfound number 10.5% one status. (flpodcast.co.uk, Neil) Fernando 55.3% Alonso If McLaren gets on top of it's mechanical 26.3% If as consistent as 2012 and with a car faster at the beginning of the year, should win. (silhouet.com) failures this year then Jenson Button will be champion. (fl-fansite.com) I believe this may be Alonso's best chance at Sebastian Vettel winning a championship Difficult to see past Sebastian Vettel for yet another World Drivers' Championship. (cliptheapex.com) with Ferrari. (flpoet.wordpress.com) The most complete You'd be crazy to bet against Vettel securing a 4th title. (flpodcast.co.uk) driver in the field. (richardsfl.com) WHICH TEAM WILL BE CROWNED 2013 CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONS? Ferrari nearly did it last year and with the stable regs the cars should be better from the start. (breathefl.com) FERRARI 17.9% Red Bull will come out on top for the same reasons as last year: gritty drivers, consistency, strong strategy, few operational errors, and an excellent car. (talkingaboutfl.com) RED 66.7% BULL McLaren had the fastest car last year. Looks like they've even improved it again. (fl-fansite.com) MCLAREN 10.3% Lotus have closed the gap to Red Bull, and Red Bull are no longer superior. (flezine.com) LOTUS 5.1% WHO WILL BE THE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER OF 2013? 35.9% 20.5% 10.3% 7.7% 7.7% ROMAIN SERGIO FELIPE VALTERRI NICO GROSJEAN PEREZ MASSA BOTTAS HULKENBERG Will hopefully remind people Sergio's switch to McLaren will Look for a Will have an The Hulk is on vastly improved turn of speed a good run of form. excellent Rookie how good he is. (fl-viewpoint. blogspot.com) give him a lot of podiums and his maiden victory. (fl-fansite.com) season. from the (silhouet.com) (flpodcast.co.uk) Brazilian. (richardsfl.com) 5.1% 5.1% 5.1% 2.6% LEWIS KIMI PASTOR PAUL HAMILTON RAIKKONEN MALDONADO DI RESTA WHO WILL BE THE MOST IMPROVED TEAM OF 2013? "Hamilton will have given them a great boost" (flpredictions.net) MERCEDES 23.7% "Have two really quick drivers and will unnerve a lot of people." (flpodcast.co.uk) WILLIAMS 18.4% "will be the suprise for 2013" (fl-fansite.com) SAUBER 15.8% "marked revisions to the rear of the car and the sidepods will allow the team to start strongly" (gpfocus.com) TORO ROSSO 13.2% "Had a good car last year, plus drivers have now settled down" (flpulse.com) LOTUS 13.2% "expect Caterham to take big steps forward." (flezine.com) CATERHAM 7.9% "Marussia wilI make a big step" (talkingaboutfl.com) MARUSSIA 5.3% FORCE INDIA 2.6% TEAM MATE vs TEAM MATE VETTEL 97% 3% WEBBER ALONSO 97% 3% MASSA ASangund BUTTON 75% 25% PEREZ RAIKKONEN 97% 3% GROSJEAN HAMILTON 81% 19% ROSBERG PETRONAS DETON HULKENBERG 100% 0% GUTIERREZ DI RESTA 75% 25% ? BIANCHI / SUTIL SAHARA MALDONADO 50% 50% BOTTAS RICCIARDO 56% 44% VERGNE PIC 78% 22% VAN DER GARDE CHILTON 41% 59% RAZIA WHAT WILL BE THE BIGGEST / MOST SURPRISING NEWS STORY OF 2013? "Webber retiring" pitpass.com "Who will replace Webber at Red Bull" "A decent season at "Something tells me that there is some Sauber gets Hulkenberg a race seat with Ferrari in 2014." lowdownblog.com drama coming our way with regards to Bernie" flpoet.wordpress.com Yallaf1.com "Hulkenberg becoming Alonso's teammate at "Replacement for Webber for 2014" "Bianchi replacing Ferrari" thecheckered "Massa dropped by Ferrari for 2014" Massa" flpodcast.co.uk, Ant flag.co.uk f1-forecast .com lewisfl. blogspot.com "Raikkonen "Mercedes "Kobayashi to sell team replacing Webber in 2014" to return" to Toto Wolff" OneStopStrategy.com flezine.com theflblogger. com "Mercedes pulls out of the sport" grandprix weekly.com "Another "Mark Webber "Ross Brawn Move to Ferrari" team will go bust" talkingabout f1.com to announce his streetscribez.com retirement" cliptheapex.com "A big team will drop out for financial reasons" "Hulkenberg at Ferrari, Massa looking for a seat" theformula1.com "Alonso Vettel's strongest point contender till thelotusforums "Red Bull .com decides to last GP" techmotor "Force India being sold mid-season" sell their team" sports.blogspot. flprofessor. wordpress. com fofassociation.com com "Force India winning a race" flarchives.com "lack of Concorde agreement just one of the many "Vettel will partner "Vettel move political issues" gpfocus.com Fernando Alonso at to Ferrari" circusfl.com Ferrari for 2014- the ultimate driver pairing" enterfl.com "At some point I think we "Sebastian Vettel failing to may see a team resurrected from "Magny Cours will be the 10th race on the calendar "Felipe Massa winning the World Championship" bensweeneyflblog. wordpress.com make the Top 2 in the 2013 the ashes of HRT" drivers standings" sportzpower.com that is currently undecided" flpredictions.net, Fred theflgeek.com TM MoneySupermarket com E-