So we reach the end. At the beginning of the year I made 24 incredibly astute and well-reasoned
predictions for the season yet to come and here we are at the season’s end having watched
most of them crumble to dust. So, for completeness and quiet respect for
my humiliation let’s take one last look at just how badly I failed shall we? Take
a look back at the other videos to see how we got the Bingo Board to this state (with
Xs marking correct guesses and blanked out squares indicating where I … fell short.
[MIDFIELD PHOTO] OK so I said 4 different teams would win a race. Instead it’s never
looked less likely that anyone would break through the big three to snatch a victory.
So, this square and this one over hear are fails. Two fails right off the bat.
[PEN TABLE] No I also said that 15 cars would get penalties for going over their power part
allowances for the year. Seemed increasingly likely didn’t it, with only 2 or 3 of each
element permitted for the season? But not. Only 11 drivers went over. And, really,
that’s impressive to be honest. The penalties weren’t as disruptive as previous years.
You’ve really got to marvel at the engineering involved.
Fastest F1 cars ever while doing up to 10 times the mileage of the old lot. Wow. It’s
a fail though. I said Liberty would overcompensate on Grid
Girld, meaning they’d freak out over all the crybabies complaining about the lack of
glamorous women decorating the paddock. I based this on Chase Carey saying in response
to the small backlash, ‘we’re still going to continue to have pretty girls at the race’,
which - ew - but actually they didn’t throw a bunch of tits at the track and we all just
moved on. It’s a fail though. Again - yay for F1 - but
booo for Bingo. 2021 rules - would they include the MGUH?
I mean - who knows? It certainly looks that way doesn’t it, but all news has gone quite
as the whole power unit revamp has hit turbulent water. So… screw it, I’m taking this one.
Gotta give me one for charity, here. Bottas was predicted to finish 4th or lower
in the championship. This. This was the most tense prediction of
them all. Right through the season Bottas was wavering back and forth on this. Up and
down, up and down in the championship tables. A third of the way through the final race,
Kimi was out and Bottas was sitting on a pretty comfortable amount of points to cement his
place at the FIA gala. Then… then the whole race fell apart for him. He ended up 5th on
track and 5th in the standings. Sad for Bottas, but it got a cheer for me. Let’s cross that
one off! I said Silverstone wouldn’t save the British
GP after it’s contract runs out in 2019. As of now I don’t see a contract on the
table and I said in a previous video what they had until now to sort it out.
They didn’t heed my warning, weirdly. It’s a win for me. But a loss for F1. Spotting
a bit of a pattern here - this Bingo is a bit cursed isn’t it? Oof.
I also said someone would get a race ban for going over their 12 penalty points. Now I
had a word with Grosjean and he really tried as hard as possible to get himself banned
so I could cross him off my bingo board but, alas he only got within 2 points of maxing
out. Thanks for the mayhem, Romain. Maybe next year, eh? Fail.
And, finally, I did say a weird even would cause a red flag and I really wanted this
to be something bombastic or silly or at least to happen in the race. I know a wiring problem
shut down FP1 in Australia but… I’m not gonna take it. No, I don’t need your scraps.
Let’s fail it and move on. So, all in all I got 9 out of 24 predictions
right. Just over a third. But I pushed the boat out and I’d do it again.
And I will do it again. There will be a 2019 Bingo and by gumbo I’m going to do even
better. This year was just the benchmark. Next year I’ll nail it. Because now I know
a couple of people in the industry so if I say “McLaren will withdraw from F1” I
can slip on a fake moustache, muscle my way in to a meeting with Zak Brown, slide him
a crisp ten pound note and tell him to get his operation out of town. That’s the influence
I have now. 2019 is a different game. Thanks so much for enjoying this series. I’ve
been surprised how many of you keep asking when the next part is going to be, so I’ll
be glad to bring it back for a second season. Bye for now!
Oh one last thing while the credits are rolling. Remember I said I was supporting the F1 in
Schools Team Light Riders? Well they’re looking for sponsors so if you are one or
know one do drop them an email. The link is in the description! OK bye for real this time.