{"id":459909,"date":"2003-04-01T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2003-04-01T21:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=107291"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:31","slug":"predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under most circumstances, I run a mile from making predictions. At an early age, I noticed that all bookmakers lived in a big house and drove a big car, while everybody I knew who poured over form books for hours, got very excited if \u2013 once in a blue moon \u2013 they won as much as fifty pounds on a horse. Fifty pounds does not buy you a Bentley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I feel compassion for the editor of one magazine who began his New Year predictions with, \u201cThe FIA to ban all electronic driver aids forthwith\u201d and then, after going through a further wish list for 2003, which included a desire for Elkhart Lake to be allowed a second US Grand Prix, more or less said, \u201cOkay folks, I\u2019m just dreaming.\u201d My copy of the magazine arrived the day after the FIA announced that it was its intention to ban all driver aids forthwith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under most circumstances, I run a mile from making predictions. At an early age, I noticed that all bookmakers lived in a big house and drove a big car, while everybody I knew who poured over form books for hours, got very excited if \u2013 once in a blue moon \u2013 they won as much as fifty pounds on a horse. Fifty pounds does not buy you a Bentley. I feel compassion for the editor of one magazine who began [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":818473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,548,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-459909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Predictions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence predicts that, in F1, the next season will always be better than the last \u2013 regardless of whether it is or not.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/predictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Predictions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mike Lawrence predicts that, in F1, the next season will always be better than the last \u2013 regardless of whether it is or not.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/predictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-04-01T21:00:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:24:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2003\/04\/1984-Prosts-first-year-with-McLaren-credit-Maureen-Magee-1400x824-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"824\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/predictions\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/predictions\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"Predictions\",\"datePublished\":\"2003-04-01T21:00:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:24:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/predictions\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1026,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/predictions\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2003\\\/04\\\/1984-Prosts-first-year-with-McLaren-credit-Maureen-Magee-1400x824-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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