1. Robert Kubica to return to F1 temporarily and show enough form to get a full drive in 2013.

2. Michael Schumacher to score a podium.

3. The US Grand Prix to take place at Austin - and be a raging success. The race in New Jersey may be a great prospect but how long is it going to last...? Ten years - fifteen years max...?

4. The Williams team to score points in the first five races.

5. Felipe Massa to win a race (preferably on speed alone). Preferably one of the first five. Preferably Australia.

6. The Korean GP to go all-out to attract a race audience and develop the circuit, otherwise rule itself out for the future. It's crazy that a country with a strong car manufacturing industry can't get behind its own GP.

7. Jean-Eric Vergne to be a sensation. Red Bull/Toro Rosso need a young upstart to be upsetting the balance at the senior team. (And the French need a new F1 hero)

8. Mark Webber to mount a serious challenge. Red Bull need an old upstart to be upsetting the balance at the senior team.

9. Valencia, Hungary, Singapore and Canada to be wet races. (Sorry fans in Montreal who got wet last year - though you did get race of the season)

10. In the last half of 2011 the podium places were shared out by just five drivers - Webber, Vettel, Alonso, Hamilton, Button. This season, at least 12 drivers to share the 60 podium places up for grabs.

11. The new Red Bull Racing RB8 is NOT the class of the field.

12. The Indian GP organisers obtain a dust-buster to hoover the circuit before qualifying and the race and the grand prix is a frenzy of overtaking.

13. Lewis Hamilton not to hit anyone all season and be a complete stranger to the stewards,

14. Caterham to beat Lotus for the first time.

15. The Monaco GP organisers move the trees and the barrier that Sergio Perez hit, back by 100 metres.

16. Pirelli produce a tyre that is brilliant for qualifying but lasts for just about six or seven laps into the race, giving the top 10 qualifiers a REAL strategy dilemma.

17. The Championships to go down to the last race.

18. Ferrari to announce a new title sponsor, finally allowing F1 to say that it is free of Marlboro and tobacco sponsorship.

19. Kimi Raikkonen makes a sensational return and everybody realises they did really miss him after all. Rubens Barrichello returns as a replacement driver mid-season, if only to bid F1 a proper farewell.

20. The Bahrain Grand Prix is cancelled and is replaced by the Turkish GP. The Turkish GP organisers raise more money by selling naming rights to their three best corners on the circuit, including the formidable Turn 8. This gives them enough money to support the race and start promoting it properly in Turkey.

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