Which are the 5 drivers you should have chosen at Fanta F1 and what combination of predictions should you have made to get maximum points in Bahrain? Let's see the first top 5 of this season, i.e. the most profitable lineup to Fanta F1 and which one maximum score could be obtained for this weekend in Bahrain!
A captain, there is only one captain
Max Verstappen is that captain who when the ship sinks sinks with it considering the price you have to pay for it. But the best part is that this ship never sinks! Or at least he hasn't done it for 23 races - that is the 22 of last season plus the first of this season. In Bahrain Max Verstappen he didn't leave many bonuses for his opponents: victory, fastest lap, Pole, best Sky driver. Just the bonus of last place is missing or that of the greatest number of overtakings, which he is rarely forced to do. The RB20, he says, is a perfect machine. And this combination is noticeable on the track. With a partnership like that it is difficult for others to have the opportunity to do better.
But there is a team that can certainly aspire to take away from him, not the victory but some bonuses from Verstappen, and it is the Ferrari. Indeed, one of the two drivers of the Maranello team is in this top 5 Fanta F1, having arrived on the podium in Bahrain.
The first top 5 of the season, in Bahrain, would have allowed us to bring home +70 points, which with Max as captain would have become +108. Strangely enough, in this top 5 we also find riders from the lower part of the ranking, who are usually avoided because they are at risk of DNF. But in this case two of them were able to do better even than those who had a much higher cost. We're talking about Kevin Magnussen and Logan Sargeant. Neither of them has great ambitions but between the positions gained and the bonus of the last place they did not disappoint the expectations of the Fantamanagers who chose them for this race weekend. Their cost and bonuses were the perfect combination to match 3-time world champion Max Verstappen.
Together with the three of them we also find Carlos Sainz, less expensive than Leclerc but more profitable thanks to the podium achieved after an excellent race. Unfortunately, as the last driver in the top 5 we had to select one who obtained -2 points, namely Nico Hulkenberg. The compromise to have the best driver on the market in the team.
So here is the complete top 5: VERSTAPPEN – SAINZ – MAGNUSSEN – HULKENBERG – SARGEANT
Predictions that came true
We now come to the predictions that came true during the Bahrain GP. One of the most difficult to guess was perhaps the bonus for the number of withdrawals. In fact, no one retreated to Bahrain.
Safety Car in the race: NO
Virtual Safety Car in the race: NO
Red flag in the race: NO
Drivers unmark wet/full wet tires in the race: NO
Team double in the race: YES
Driver who starts on Pole wins the race: YES
Number of teams with both drivers in the top 10: 5
Number of withdrawals: 0
The combination of all these predictions would have paid off + 32 points.
The Yawk team's prediction
In conclusion, the correct answer regarding the prediction of the Yawk team, which would have provided us with further + 25 points, rd 0> 19, given that the team, led by Yuki Tsunoda, only scored 16 points in this round.
The perfect combination of training + predictions would have given you a whopping +165 points.
