F1 Late Season Predictions

The final six races of the F1 season are about to kick off, starting with a triple header of COTA, Mexico, and Brazil. With that in mind, I wanted to bring you a fun article with some predictions for the final six races of the season. Enjoy!

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Colapinto outscores Albon in fantasy

This is more GridRival fantasy-focused than actual F1 racing, but here is something interesting: since taking over for Logan Sargeant, Colapinto has scored an average of 140 points per race. Albon has scored an average of 120.6. To be fair, that included his DNF in Singapore, so it’s not fair to say Colapinto has completely outclassed Albon to this point. But, I do think that with the Personal Improvement points helping him out, Colapinto can and will beat Albon in fantasy points for the rest of the season, even if Albon scores more actual real-life race points. 

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Sauber scores a point

You wouldn’t think this is a bold prediction or be worth mentioning at the start of the year, but here we are. Sauber has come close on occasion to scoring a point but has yet to actually do it. The car has simply not been there for Bottas and Zhou this season. Sauber is letting down their drivers, but I think one of them scores a point in the final races. Though Bottas has been the more consistent driver, watch it be Zhou who gets the final laugh for scoring a point before he exits the sport.

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Red Bull finishes third in the constructors' title

Red Bull has fallen off since the beginning of the year, losing out to McLaren for the constructors' championship lead. But, why stop there? Ferrari is only 34 points behind Red Bull with six races left. Yes, it’s a tall task because Ferrari isn’t head and shoulders better, but with Perez still trying to break out of his slump and Max Verstappen struggling to stay ahead of top competitors? Since Belgium, Ferrari has scored 96 points to, Red Bull’s 67. That’s a 29-point gain on Red Bull by the Italian team in four races. Given six, we might see some interesting things happen.

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Esteban Ocon finishes in the points twice

This might sound dumb, but I'm inspired by the Alpine Indiana Jones livery. As an American, I'm hoping it looks as cool on track as it did in their promo video. Ocon has only finished in the points three times this year in 18 races, so stepping up that pace to a points finish every three races from every six? I'd say that's a decently bold call. Especially given Alpine's very up and (mostly) down form so far this season.