2018 Crystal Ball Thread

[Mintexmemory]

As I have left this rather late I will accept predictions up to the end of January but only those made before next Thursday regarding RMC will be considered valid (20-20 retro vision not counting).
Award for most of 5 predictions correct (please exercise some self-discipline in sticking to just 5 - no multiples in one sentence danke!)
Honour for the most extreme prediction that turns out to be correct (My decision is final)
Dig out the runes, the I-ching and the Tarot and let's go for it!

So I'll kick off

Ogier to take his 6th Championship
The Loeb return turns out not to be what Citroen want from it
Hyundai replace a driver in the second half of the season
7 different winners this season
The title only decided in Australia

[NoName]

A.Mikkelsen world Champ
Østberg top 3 in Sweden
Citroen last season after a new bad season
Ogier not in top 3 in championship
Hyundai win the manufactor championship

[steve.mandzij]

Oooh, fun! Here goes nothing (touching wood)

Lavtala champion

Championship decider will be the final round.

Tanak will have as many victories as retirements

Paddon regains form with a podium

Mikkelsen will finish behind Neuville in the championship

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[Duvel]

Ahum,..

Neuville 2018 world champion.

Loeb wins in Catalunya.

Bouffier finishes on podium in Monte.

Internal struggels at the Toyota camp, Latvalla and Tanak both think there the nr one in the team.

Hyundai wins manufacturer title.

[Watson]

Massive fallouts between Neuville and Mikkelsen

Fallouts between Latvala and Tanak

The Citroens still roll

Ogier takes the driver's thanks to his consistency and composure

M-Sport Ford take the manu's because of the good team spirit

[AnttiL]

Evans will not win any rallies
Tänak will struggle with the new car
Latvala will have more driving mistakes than in 2017 (more than 2)
Suninen will claim his first podium
Neuville will win the drivers title

[sete]

:-)
Ogier wins Title
Title will be decided in Wales
Ostberg extend Citroen deal.
Loeb wins on Corsica
Hyundai wins the Manu title

[mmm]

Neuville wins title.
Latvala in trouble again - mentally.
A huge crash will spark debate about the future of WRC cars and the WRC itself. (hopefully my crystal ball is wrong)
David Evans praising Evans, although Evans underperforming.
New manufacturer interest in WRC.

[Simmi]

Ogier wins a sixth world title
Then retires
Loeb's return doesn't yield a podium for Citroen
But Meeke wins the Monte!
Final wildcard - Tidemand gets a WRC outing this season

[RS]

1) In order to keep things simple for Jon Desborough, before the season begins Kris Meeke will change his name to “The man from Dungannon”

2) As he is not competing on Monte Carlo, Mads Ostberg joins the WRC all-live commentary team. However he arrives late to the studio citing ‘problems with the hire car’

3) Skoda confirm at some point this year that they will return to top-flight WRC competition from 2020. As part of this process this will be their last season in WRC2 and their chosen WRC drivers will be placed in Polo R5s in 2019.

4) Latvala will struggle with increased internal competition from Tanak and Lappi and the greater mental strength he showed in 2017 will begin to suffer.

5) Forum member NOT will win the Euromillions Lottery and set up ‘Potato Dogs World Rally Team’ so that he can finally put his forthright opinions to the test on the stages.

[AL14]

1) Title decided in the last round
2) Breen being faster but with more crashes
3) Evans will finish the championship no more than 5th in the ranking
4) There will be no maiden wins
5) Suninen will take maiden podium

[dupanton]

1) Tanak takes the title
2) Hyundai takes the title
3) Loeb wins 2 rallies
4) Citroën will not have enough cars because Meeke crashed another one
5) NOT will say something positive about Neuville

[focus206]

1 - Neuville wins the Driver Championship
2 - Hyundai wins the Manufacturer Championship
3 - Tanak ends up with more points than Latvala in the final standings
4 - Citroen improves the C3's overall speed, but it's not enough to avoid last place in the Manufacturers, so the works team will retire after this season
5 - Lappi will be able to match his teammates' speed and performances in some occasions

[mknight]

- Citroen will struggle (last in manu champ.) and leave as factory team after the season
- Loeb will get a podium on Corsica or Spain
- Tanak with consistently better results than Latvala over the season
- no wins for Evans (had to put this in after hearing from C. Clark how Evans will fight for Driver champ. in "any car" in 2018)
- only 3rd in manu championship for Ford

[ESTR]

1. Drivers title: Sebastien Loeb
2. Manufacturer title: Citroen
3. Maiden win: Khalid Al Qassimi
4. Maiden podium: Jourdan Serderidis (in 2016 spec car)
5. All that will not happen

[spark13]

1. Drivers title will be decided in Australia between Nueville, Ogier and Mikkelsen.
2. Tanak wins 1 rally.
3. Latvala have zero wins, but tell us whole insights about driving techniques and racer mentality that we ever dream wondering to know.
4. Citroën last in the champ but with 3 wins.
5. Meek will make 18 complete and a half rolls during the season, 7 complete rolls in one rally.

[pantealex]

1.Tänak is leading championship after Sweden

2.Tänak is going to win a rally this year

3.Latvala is not 2nd in overall points.

4.Suninen will take podium place 2018

5.Ogier is 2018 Champion

[A FONDO]

Only Ogier and Neuville with more than one rally win this year;
Tanak smashing Latvala resultwise;
Citroen not winning a single event;
Suninen and Lappi without a podium this year;
One of the events to cancel a whole day/leg.

[Nabbetuss]

1. Mads Østberg is doing Rally Portugal with Citrioen.
2. Norwegian WRC2 winner in Rally Sweden.
3. Hyundai manu Champions
4. Ogier winnier at Tour de Corse, Rally Germany and Spain
5. After Sweden, Tanak finishing better than Latvala on every rally when not retired.

[Sulland]

- Hyundai will win Manu Title
- Østberg will get more rallies both in WRC and WRC2 in Citroen
- Toyota will not have a better season than in 17, but will fight for manu title in 19.
- Mikkelsen will be 3rd in driver champ.
- Ogier will loose his motivation, and 18 will be his last season.
- FIA will continue to destroy the sport, and plans for El-car and micky mouse format are developed.
- Supericence will be introduced in WRC. Numbers of drivers in rallies will drop.
- ERC will continue to grow, and get a better R5 field than WRC2.

FIVE PREDICTIONS ONLY!!! _MM

[AnttiL]

- Hyundai will win Manu Title
- Østberg will get more rallies both in WRC and WRC2 in Citroen
- Toyota will not have a better season than in 17, but will fight for manu title in 19.
- Mikkelsen will be 3rd in driver champ.
- Ogier will loose his motivation, and 18 will be his last season.
- FIA will continue to destroy the sport, and plans for El-car and micky mouse format are developed.
- Supericence will be introduced in WRC. Numbers of drivers in rallies will drop.
- ERC will continue to grow, and get a better R5 field than WRC2.

pick only 5 :)

[spiderem]

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

[BigWorm]

* Meeke will lose his seat at Citroën after the season
* Evans is going to win Tour de Corse but will be underwhelming in other events
* Mikkelsen is going to be the leading Hyundai driver throughout the season
* Neuville is not going to renew his Hyundai contract and move to Citroën at the end of the season (announced mid-season)
* Meeke is not going to be referred to as ”The man from Dungannon” for the first time in a WRC+ season history

[dnb]

Ostberg retires in Sweden, but wins Colin Crest (Fail)
Loeb will lead a rally, but won't win it (WIN)
Toyota 1-2-3 in Finland
No podium for Evans in GB
Season ends with Ogier, Neuville, Tanak, Mikkelsen, Latvala, Meeke in 1-6

[[RMC]Pip]

- Ogier wins title
- huge intra-team battles, ego-fights at Hyundai and Toyota
- at least 5 different crews win a round
- citroen secures rally win but cant keep up with the title contenders, won't compete next year
- manu title decided at final round, will go down to the wire

[Allez Andruet]

- a Finnish 1-2-3 in Finland
- Meeke to lead the championship after first four rallies
- Suninen to be consistently faster than Evans (excluding his WRC2 outings ofcourse)
- me personally to be severely pissed off during most rallies about Hänninen not driving
- last, but definitely not least, Latvala to take the title

[TWRC]

-both titles to be decided on the last round
-Loeb wins one of his events
-during the year they announce that Skoda and/or Peugeot are coming back to the WRC
-Breen to have more than one podium
-Sordo wins a rally in his last season

[Rally Power]

No crystal ball used, just a wish list:
- 2018 champ won’t be a French (first time in 14 years)
- Manu and driver titles decided on the last stage of the last rally
- More wins and a positive year for Citroen (continuing to 2019)
- Suninen gets his first overall win and Huttunen takes WRC2 title
- Skoda announces move to top WRC category

[Rallyper]

Huyndai take manus title
Ogier to win WDC
Toyota best team in Finland
Loeb comeback disappoints fans
Jan VanVurpa will visit Rally Finland in person.

(Just five wishes or guessings is too little. Would also like to read some more touch and twist from Crystal Ball)

[GeoFerg_Sco]

Meeke to win 4 rallies.
Drivers and manufacturers championships to be won in spain.
Toyota last in manufacturers champipnship.
Ogier gets frustrated with an unreliable car.
Breen to win a rally.

[seb_sh]

1) Neuville champion before Australia
2) Citroen retire before the end of the season (don't complete all rounds)
3) Latvala beaten overall (in points) by both Lappi and Tanak
4) Ogier wins only 1 rally
5) The Toyota cars are fast but have many problems (crashes and technical)

[racerx1979]

1. Cars will race on gravel and tarmac roads.
2. People will compete for points.
3. Sebastian Loeb will do cool things.
4. Toyota will be in the top 4 for manu points.
5. Nueville will wear orange glasses

[Mk2 RS2000]

1 Hyundai to win Manufacturers Championship
2 Neuville and Hyundai start to have a messy divorce mid season
3 Ogier to retire at seasons end and replaced in M-Sport by Neuville
4 Drivers title will not be decided until the final round
5 Paddon regains his mojo to become the most successful Hyundai driver by seasons end.

[rp]

- All the Manufacturer teams will win during the WRC 2018 season
- Sébastien Loeb will win at least 1 event
- Mads Østberg will drive more than 1 WRC event with the Citroën C3 WRC
- Teemu Suninen will take his 1st ever Podium place
- Juho Hänninen will drive 4th Toyota in Rally Finland

[Arwel Davies]

Neuville to win the Drivers title
Hyundai to win the Manufacturers title
Loeb wins in Mexico and ends up doing more rounds than the 3 currently planned (Fail)
Breen wins a rally
Sordo to announce retirement at end of the season

[OnlyRally]

Tänak doesn't beat Latvala in the championship
Loeb wins a rally
Ostberg wins in Sweden (Fail)
Ogier takes his 6th title
Latvala 2nd in the championship

(i hope im wrong)

[skarderud]

Mikkelsen WDC

A Norwegian wins the 2 first rallies ( Fail)

Meeke is the second best in total, after a killer second half of the season.

Neuville loses everything at the second half, goes to Ford after the season.

Skoda back to WRC in 2020.

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[Jewy46]

1 - Ogier will win more rallies thanin 2017 but wont win the title

2 - Loeb wont win a rally but will be on the podium in at least 1 event

3 - Breen will (hopefully) win a rally

4 - The Toyota turns into the quickest car ahead of the Hyundai but it's drivers inconsistencies mean they win neither title

5 - Ogier will be the only M-Sport driver to win an event

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Let's see how the betting odds turn out...

2018 WRC Driver's title:

Sebastien Ogier
2/1
Thierry Neuville
9/4
Ott Tanak
5/1
Andreas Mikkelsen
13/2
Jari-Matti Latvala
7/1
Kris Meeke
14/1
Elfyn Evans
16/1
Esapekka Lappi
33/1
Craig Breen
150/1
Dani Sordo
150/1
Haydon Paddon
150/1
Stephane Lefebvre
300/1
Khalid Al-Qassimi

[sollitt]

Tanak to win title.
Hyundai to continue with mechanical issues.
Paddon will drive 10 events, not 7 as currently scheduled.
Loeb return will be farcical.
NOT to reveal himself as a transvestite from Manchester called Delores.

[ruesluporp]

1. Ogier to win the 5 first rallies (Fail)
2. Neuville will finish 5 rallies on 3 wheels
3. Mexico round will be canceled due to war vs USA (Fail)
4. Tanak to return to M-Sport after horrific results
5. Meeke will go through 3 parkings before Finland Rally

[KiwiWRCfan]

1 Monte Carlo winner will not be WDC
2 the Fighting Viking will get a podium
3 part time drivers will win 4 or more events
4 People will be saying wish we had RallySafe sooner
5 Hyundai will achieve a podium 1-2-3

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Anyone think its strange that Toyota new-boy Tanak, with just two WRC wins, is 3rd in the title betting ahead of Latvala and Mikkelsen. ?

[Mintexmemory]

2 the Fighting Viking will get a podium

Who he? (Can’t be Ostberg!!!) Has Ragnar Lothbrok signed for M-Sport?

[AnttiL]

Anyone think its strange that Toyota new-boy Tanak, with just two WRC wins, is 3rd in the title betting ahead of Latvala and Mikkelsen. ?

In last year's overall scores, he was ahead of those two.

[Mintexmemory]

In last year's overall scores, he was ahead of those two.
.
....and that is all bookmakers work on - proven form. So Mikkelsen as a relatively unknown quantity, albeit a rally winner, looks to be the best value. Clearly, most of us would realistically agree that only the top 5 priced drivers are serious contenders.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

What odds are Onebet giving.. they should know rallying better.

[Marcco]

1. Loeb takes podium
2. Ogier takes 6th title
3. Toyota wins manu
4. Paddon regains speed
5. Citroen fixes their issues and has a competitive car

[steve.mandzij]

In last year's overall scores, he was ahead of those two.??? But Mikkelsen did less than half a season, and Latvala... well... he had a bunch of technical failures.

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[Eli]

1. Ogier Wins Monte & becomes WDC for a 6th time
2. Despite it's best efforts, Hyundai lose out to M-Sport Ford again come Rally RACC.
3. Citroen pull out it's WRC effort by the end of the season.
4. Toyota will start challengeing Hyundai for 2nd position come the end of the season.
5. Hyundai kicks out Sordo come the end of 2018, replacing him full time for 2019- Paddon.

[electroliquid]

More like wishlist:
1. Tanak World Champion
2. Toyota manufacturers champion
3. Suninen better than Evans
4. One of Hyundai's crew go to Citroen after season
5. Škoda's WRC comeback official

[Mintexmemory]

3 predictions on the line for Sweden:
Pantealex has Tanak to be leading Championship after Sweden
Seb_sh says Ogier will only win 1 rally, whereas ruesleporp has Ogier was to win the first 5 rounds!
Meanwhile in Pickems, 28/69 thus far,predict a podium for Ogier, only one of those being a win prediction! Why do people ignore proven form?

[pantealex]

and I´m out but Tänak really was trying and flying.

[spiderem]

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

At least 1 of my prediction is already true :)

[KiwiWRCfan]

Meanwhile in Pickems, 28/69 thus far,predict a podium for Ogier, only one of those being a win prediction! Why do people ignore proven form?
I have snow idea

[Mintexmemory]

I have snow idea
B’dum tish!
Excellent :)

[steve.mandzij]

Oooh, fun! Here goes nothing (touching wood)

Lavtala champion

Championship decider will be the final round.

Tanak will have as many victories as retirements

Paddon regains form with a podium

Mikkelsen will finish behind Neuville in the championship

Sent from my Pixel using TapatalkGot quite close to one of my predictions in Sweden, although it seems I'm playing the late game...

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[N.O.T]

NOT to reveal himself as a transvestite from Manchester called Delores.

You know too much.... kid.

I have my eyes on you....

[Mintexmemory]

One prediction came true in Mexico - dnb predicted that ‘Loeb will lead a rally but won’t win it’
Two definite fails for:
Seb_sh - ‘Ogier wins only one rally’
and
Arwel Davies - ‘Loeb wins in Mexico...’
I’m saying nothing in the way of commentary - season not going to plan for many predictions but time for that to change still.

[seb_sh]

This thread is fun :D

[spiderem]

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

Looks like my first prediction will actually happen sooner...

[Essaj]

Looks like my first prediction will actually happen sooner...

That's actually pretty darn close :D

[seb_sh]

Looks like my first prediction will actually happen sooner...

I hope not, but you may not be far off with your 2nd as well.

[spiderem]

I hope not, but you may not be far off with your 2nd as well.

and my 3rd is already true ;)

[KiwiWRCfan]

seems Rally Finland Organisers have heard of the N.O.T. rally cars with flowers photo award and have designed their power stage finish line with a desore to create a winning photo https://twitter.com/SebOgier/status/1023514780580171776/photo/1

[Rally Power]

A bit strange to have an artificial jump at the end of Rally Finland...still a great show on a fantastic rally. Congrats to the Finns!

[Rallyper]

A bit strange to have an artificial jump at the end of Rally Finland...still a great show on a fantastic rally. Congrats to the Finns!

Artificial yes, but copy of the real world. That´s the difference. Perfect round up and end of best rally of the season. Always.

[Rally Power]

Perfect round up and end of best rally of the season. Always.

After the Monte-Carlo.

[pantealex]

after the monte-carlo.

lol

[KiwiWRCfan]

And within next 2 weeks all 2018 Crystal Ball predictions should have come true, cough cough !
For those wishing to make better 2019 predictions try this link https://www.thecrystalball.co.nz/shop/Crystals/crystal+ball.html

[steve.mandzij]

So far at least three of my predictions have come true! Championship decider is the final round, Mikkelsen will finish behind Neuville in the standings, and while he hasn't quite regained his form Paddon did score a podium in Turkey! I missed the mark quite a lot with Latvala being champion though.

My final prediction to be confirmed is whether Tanak has as many victories as retirements. Is it correct so far?

Edit: not quite, but if I count Rally 2 as retiring and he retires/restarts in Australia that'll be correct too!

[mknight]

This thread really needs summary after AU.

Didn't actually remember what I wrote at all, but now after checking I see I have 4.5 out of 5 right!
Guessed right that Citroen will struggle and be last in manus, but they are not leaving. Don't mind that at all tbh.

[Rallyper]

One point to me. Ogier became WDC ...

Else there was not much of correct predictions ... ;)

[AnttiL]

Evans will not win any rallies
Tänak will struggle with the new car
Latvala will have more driving mistakes than in 2017 (more than 2)
Suninen will claim his first podium
Neuville will win the drivers title
1. Correct
2. Correct (according to his statement in an interview)
3. Not correct? Can we count in Portugal and Argentina? Corsica was his only clear crash of the season. In Catalunya he broke the wheel by touching the barrier, not even going wide like usually on VW
4. Correct
5. Incorrect

[AL14]

1) Title decided in the last round
2) Breen being faster but with more crashes
3) Evans will finish the championship no more than 5th in the ranking
4) There will be no maiden wins
5) Suninen will take maiden podium

1) correct
2) I think uncorrect
3) correct (too easy?)
4) correct
5) Correct

4 correct are very good, next year I will try to be a bit more brave :D

[Eli]

1. Ogier Wins Monte & becomes WDC for a 6th time
2. Despite it's best efforts, Hyundai lose out to M-Sport Ford again come Rally RACC.
3. Citroen pull out it's WRC effort by the end of the season.
4. Toyota will start challenging Hyundai for 2nd position come the end of the season.
5. Hyundai kicks out Sordo come the end of 2018, replacing him full time for 2019- Paddon.

1. Correct
2. Wrong
3. Wrong (Thankfully)
4. Correct, didn't know they'd win in only their second season.
5. Yet to be decided bit probably wrong.

Bring On 2019!!!

[steve.mandzij]

Oooh, fun! Here goes nothing (touching wood)

Lavtala champion

Championship decider will be the final round.

Tanak will have as many victories as retirements

Paddon regains form with a podium

Mikkelsen will finish behind Neuville in the championship

1. Incorrect D:

2. Correct!

3. Counting rally 2, unexpectedly correct!

4. Correct

5. Correct

Not bad!

[mknight]

- Citroen will struggle (last in manu champ.) and leave as factory team after the season
- Loeb will get a podium on Corsica or Spain
- Tanak with consistently better results than Latvala over the season
- no wins for Evans (had to put this in after hearing from C. Clark how Evans will fight for Driver champ. in "any car" in 2018)
- only 3rd in manu championship for Ford
1. 50% right
2. right
3. Right
4. Right
5. Right

4.5

[stefanvv]

3. Counting rally 2, unexpectedly correct!


Rally 2 is practically retirement. Otherwise there are only several through the season and whole 2 last rally.

[mknight]

2. Correct (according to his statement in an interview)

Pff ridiculous.
Tänak was 2nd and fastest Toyota in first rally. First Toyota to win, etc etc.

[TWRC]

-both titles to be decided on the last round
-Loeb wins one of his events
-during the year they announce that Skoda and/or Peugeot are coming back to the WRC
-Breen to have more than one podium
-Sordo wins a rally in his last season
1. correct
2. correct
3. do the Skoda rumors count as 25% on this? :D
4. no
5. no

[spiderem]

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

1) partly correct
2) partly correct
3) correct big time
4) correct
5) partly correct, more than 1 point but he was smiling at the end, and i am curious to see if he will be there next year...

[tommeke_B]

Where's the proof that the updated aero has helped Ogier in any way? Also they didn't implement it on other cars...

[pantealex]

1.Tänak is leading championship after Sweden

2.Tänak is going to win a rally this year

3.Latvala is not 2nd in overall points.

4.Suninen will take podium place 2018

5.Ogier is 2018 Champion

1.no
2.yes, multiple times
3.yes, too easy
4.yes
5.yes, why did I choose him?

[stefanvv]

Where's the proof that the updated aero has helped Ogier in any way? Also they didn't implement it on other cars...

It didn't, perhaps 50/50. In Finland it was disaster, but they used it in Germany probably due to more downforce and seemed to work better there.

[KiwiWRCfan]

1 Monte Carlo winner will not be WDC
2 the Fighting Viking will get a podium
3 part time drivers will win 4 or more events
4 People will be saying wish we had RallySafe sooner
5 Hyundai will achieve a podium 1-2-3

1 Wrong
2 Correct
3 Wrong
4 Wrong - I don't recall any comments positive or negative
5 Wrong

I have a slightly used and generally unreliable crystal ball to give away - free to a good home

[AnttiL]

Pff ridiculous.
Tänak was 2nd and fastest Toyota in first rally. First Toyota to win, etc etc.

But Ott says it here https://www.autosport.com/wrc/news/138406/tanak-still-not-comfortable-with-yaris-after-wins


"Normally the car is good when the conditions are consistent, but if they are constantly changing then we struggle a little bit."

Like Gary Boyd said, that makes my prediction a little bit correct :D

[dupanton]

1) Tanak takes the title
2) Hyundai takes the title
3) Loeb wins 2 rallies
4) Citroën will not have enough cars because Meeke crashed another one
5) NOT will say something positive about Neuville

1) Wrong, but he could have taken it
2) Wrong, but they would have taken it with a decent Mikkelsen
3) 50% correct
4) 50% correct? They still had cars but fired him...
5) I think somewhere during the season he did say something positive about the potato dog

I'm not good at this...

[GravelBen]

Apparently I made no predictions, which means none of my predictions were wrong!

[Jewy46]

1 - Ogier will win more rallies thanin 2017 but wont win the title

2 - Loeb wont win a rally but will be on the podium in at least 1 event

3 - Breen will (hopefully) win a rally

4 - The Toyota turns into the quickest car ahead of the Hyundai but it's drivers inconsistencies mean they win neither title

5 - Ogier will be the only M-Sport driver to win an event

1 - Partly correct, he won more events but he won the title also

2 - Wrong! (Glad to say it, his win was epic!)

3 - Wrong, a close second in Sweden but season went downwards from there unfortunately

4 - Partly correct. Toyota is now the quickest car but they won the Manufacturers

5 - Correct!

[rp]

- All the Manufacturer teams will win during the WRC 2018 season
- Sébastien Loeb will win at least 1 event
- Mads Østberg will drive more than 1 WRC event with the Citroën C3 WRC
- Teemu Suninen will take his 1st ever Podium place
- Juho Hänninen will drive 4th Toyota in Rally Finland

A bad mistake to predict Juho´s drive, but otherwise it went well! :)

[N.O.T]

1. Ogier to win the title on the last event after both neuville and Tanak crash. Neuville to blow a 20+ points lead to Ogier.

2.Toyota to win the manufacturers title after being carried by Tanak

3.Ogier to sign with citroen for 2019

4.Loeb to win in spain, will lose the lead in mexico after puncture and crash in Corsica

5. all of the above predictions will be correct



get on my level dogs !!!!!!

[KiwiWRCfan]

1) I will edit something in here after final round

2) I will edit something else in here after final round

3) Fill this is after final round

4) I am so good no one will ever outsmart me

5) Don't tell anyone but N.O.T. is an abbreviation of Naughtly Old Troll


N.O.T. your predictions are so amazingly accurate.
Hard to believe you got 5 out of 5 is amazing.
I have absolutely no idea how you do it.

[Rallyper]

1 Ogier wins WDC on 219 points
2 Loeb will win Catalunia by smaller margin than 5 secs
3 Toyota wins Manu title in an decider in last round
4 Latvala wins last round with a margin over 30 secs
5 Meeke signing for Toyota for 2019

(I´m best crystal ball predictor ever)

Told ya.

[Rally Power]

Yep, it’s quite amazing! NOT even got a 6th prediction right:


6. Sick dog Mikkelesen will crash in Australia after avoiding hitting a tractor

Good joke mate, for a change; you really could use your mind in funny ways often, instead of insulting everyone on a daily basis.

[stefanvv]

1) Ogier will win this title too
2) My 4th prediction won't be correct
3) My 5nd prediction won't be incorrect
4) My 1st prediction is correct
5) My 2nd prediction is not correct


100% success

[spiderem]

I like this thread.
- Tanak to regret his move to Toyota as the car shows speed but very poor reliability in his hands, he publicly explode after Germany
- Ford to struggle first half of the season but massive areo development in the second half make them unbeatable
- Wilson to apply team orders in favor of Ogier
- Ogier takes his 6th driver champ
- Hyundai to miss out by 1 point the manu champ on the last round, Nandan still has a smile on his face and says that it is the sport (gets fired the day after and cook by the Koreans on a barbecue)

Well, latest development at Hyundai makes my final prediction somewhat true ;)

[rp]

I think it would be the right time for the 2019 Crystal Ball Thread!

[dnb]

Ostberg retires in Sweden, but wins Colin Crest
Loeb will lead a rally, but won't win it
Toyota 1-2-3 in Finland
No podium for Evans in GB
Season ends with Ogier, Neuville, Tanak, Mikkelsen, Latvala, Meeke in 1-6
1. second part is correct
2. correct in Mexico
3. wrong
4. correct
5. went to greedy, but correct top3 is pretty decent betting-wise

[Sulland]

Even with 8, I dont think I have one correct prediction. :eek:


:bigcry::beer: ​
:grenade:



- Hyundai will win Manu Title
- Østberg will get more rallies both in WRC and WRC2 in Citroen
- Toyota will not have a better season than in 17, but will fight for manu title in 19.
- Mikkelsen will be 3rd in driver champ.
- Ogier will loose his motivation, and 18 will be his last season.
- FIA will continue to destroy the sport, and plans for El-car and micky mouse format are developed.
- Supericence will be introduced in WRC. Numbers of drivers in rallies will drop.
- ERC will continue to grow, and get a better R5 field than WRC2.

FIVE PREDICTIONS ONLY!!! _MM

[Mintexmemory]

Even with 8, I dont think I have one correct prediction. :eek:


:bigcry::beer: ​
:grenade:


The Ostberg prediction was near enough :)

[Mintexmemory]

Well curtain down on this thread - 2019 looking like just as much fun. As independent judge (and only scoring 2 correct) no one scored more than 4 correct (You know who you are).
'Almost correct' is just as wrong as totally wide of the mark.
Anything a driver says in an interview is not allowable as evidence when the position in the championship points to the contrary.
Retirement means 'does not finish the rally'
Many predictions failed because of multiple conditions in one sentence - Keep it simple with no ifs and buts.
Thanks to KiwiWRCfan for kicking us off this year.

[steve.mandzij]

Well curtain down on this thread - 2019 looking like just as much fun. As independent judge (and only scoring 2 correct) no one scored more than 4 correct (You know who you are).
'Almost correct' is just as wrong as totally wide of the mark.
Anything a driver says in an interview is not allowable as evidence when the position in the championship points to the contrary.
Retirement means 'does not finish the rally'
Many predictions failed because of multiple conditions in one sentence - Keep it simple with no ifs and buts.
Thanks to KiwiWRCfan for kicking us off this year.That's one less with the retirement rule... :(