New entries are always welcome!
Do note the difference between entering the game for the first time and making changes to your existing entry:
If you don't want to make any changes, you don't need to make any post here!
* New entries submit an entry with 100 shares as described below
* Existing players may only shift position for at most 20 of their shares each round, as described below.
Deadline for both edits and new entries is the start of first free practice.
Initial thread (including scoring rules)
Bahrain changes
China changes
Russia changes
Spain changes (including Russia entries)
Monaco changes
Submitting an initial entry
The first time you play this game, you shall submit an entry where you place 100 shares among the drivers, fulfilling these conditions:
* You may only hold 100 shares (or less, which doesn't help you) in total at a time.
* You can not own fractions of a share, just integer shares.
* You can place no more than 40 shares on any one driver.
* You must own shares in at least three drivers.
* You may not own shares in more than ten drivers.
* You may edit your first entry as much as you like until the edit deadline (first free practice) for the coming race.
Note that there is no limit to the number of shares available for each driver.
Also note that your initial entry is the basis for the following rounds too! You'll be allowed to change no more than 20 shares before each race, so make sure your initial entry looks at least 80% respectable...
Entry Example A from 1975:
E Fittipaldi 37
Reutemann 22
Depailler 16
Peterson 12
Ickx 10
Donohue 3
Editing your entry after the first round it takes part in
* After the first race your entry took part in, you may only change 20 of your shares at a time (for the next race).
* You do not have to edit your entry at all! If you so wish, you can leave your entry as it is from race one and not make a single change throughout the season.
* If a driver is replaced -temporarily or permanently- during the season, the shares placed on him will automatically be transferred to the replacing driver. So you could say that the shares actually are attached to the car number.
* You may edit your changes as much as you like until the edit deadline for the coming race.
* Edit deadline for changes is the beginning of first free practice for each race.
Example B:
After the first race, the shareholder who submitted the entry in Example A from 1975 realizes that the Lotus is a dud, and submits an edit to her entry as follows:
Sell:
Peterson -10
Ickx -10
Buy:
Pace +10
Reutemann +5
Depailler +5
Her new "portfolio" will after the entry look like this:
E Fittipaldi 37
Reutemann 27
Depailler 21
Pace 10
Donohue 3
Peterson 2
The above change of shares can perhaps best be written like this:
E Fittipaldi 37
Reutemann 27 (+5)
Depailler 21 (+5)
Pace 10 (+10)
Donohue 3
Peterson 2 (-10)
Ickx 0 (-10)
Posting changes in this way may make it easier for you to keep track of what your portfolio looks like, if you look back into these change threads.
Just look at the initial thread, and it's a bit of a drag to backtrack some players' changes!
An edit doesn't have to look just like above, any way is fine as long as it's easy to understand which driver shares are to be sold and which to be bought.
NOTE: I won't automatically be posting updates on what each player's portfolio looks like, so remember to keep track of what you own!
*** Share distribution and value *** DRIVER DShares Race Season VPP Owners Hamilton 348 15.98 335.50 62 20 Rosberg 343 15.75 330.68 63 19 Vettel 275 12.63 265.13 79 17 Ricciardo 223 10.24 214.99 97 16 Verstappen 206 9.46 198.60 105 15 Räikkönen 197 9.04 189.93 110 14 Bottas 85 3.90 81.95 256 7 Button 69 3.17 66.52 316 10 Alonso 67 3.08 64.59 325 8 Kvyat 65 2.98 62.67 335 7 Massa 61 2.80 58.81 357 5 Sainz 57 2.62 54.95 382 10 Grosjean 51 2.34 49.17 427 7 Perez 38 1.74 36.64 574 5 Hülkenberg 30 1.38 28.92 727 4 Magnussen 20 0.92 19.28 1091 2 Ericsson 18 0.83 17.35 1212 3 Palmer 15 0.69 14.46 1454 3 Wehrlein 12 0.55 11.57 1818 2 Gutierrez 11 0.51 10.61 1984 3 Nasr 6 0.28 5.78 3637 2 Haryanto 3 0.14 2.89 7274 2 The table above shows how the shares are distributed and the race points scores corresponding to these share distributions. A driver's share provides above average return when the driver scores more points than the value listed for him in the "Race" column. *** WDC points value for one share as a function of number of players *** # points/share 22 0.045909 23 0.043913 24 0.042083 25 0.040400 26 0.038846 With 22 players, if ten shares are moved to a driver his rating will rise by about 0.459 points/race. *** Return per share as a function of finishing position *** DRIVER Win P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 Hamilton 1550 1116 930 744 620 496 372 248 124 62 Rosberg 1575 1134 945 756 630 504 378 252 126 63 Vettel 1975 1422 1185 948 790 632 474 316 158 79 Ricciardo 2425 1746 1455 1164 970 776 582 388 194 97 Verstappen 2625 1890 1575 1260 1050 840 630 420 210 105 Räikkönen 2750 1980 1650 1320 1100 880 660 440 220 110 Bottas 6400 4608 3840 3072 2560 2048 1536 1024 512 256 Button 7900 5688 4740 3792 3160 2528 1896 1264 632 316 Alonso 8125 5850 4875 3900 3250 2600 1950 1300 650 325 Kvyat 8375 6030 5025 4020 3350 2680 2010 1340 670 335 Massa 8925 6426 5355 4284 3570 2856 2142 1428 714 357 Sainz 9550 6876 5730 4584 3820 3056 2292 1528 764 382 Grosjean 10675 7686 6405 5124 4270 3416 2562 1708 854 427 Perez 14350 10332 8610 6888 5740 4592 3444 2296 1148 574 Hülkenberg 18175 13086 10905 8724 7270 5816 4362 2908 1454 727 Magnussen 27275 19638 16365 13092 10910 8728 6546 4364 2182 1091 Ericsson 30300 21816 18180 14544 12120 9696 7272 4848 2424 1212 Palmer 36350 26172 21810 17448 14540 11632 8724 5816 2908 1454 Wehrlein 45450 32724 27270 21816 18180 14544 10908 7272 3636 1818 Gutierrez 49600 35712 29760 23808 19840 15872 11904 7936 3968 1984 Nasr 90925 65466 54555 43644 36370 29096 21822 14548 7274 3637 Haryanto 181850 130932 109110 87288 72740 58192 43644 29096 14548 7274 The above table illustrates the return each share gives for each finishing position given the current share distribution. *** VPP samples *** Players Shares/driver 5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 22 4364 2182 1091 727 545 436 363 311 272 242 218 109 72 54 23 4563 2281 1140 760 570 456 380 325 285 253 228 114 76 57 24 4761 2380 1190 793 595 476 396 340 297 264 238 119 79 59 25 4960 2480 1240 826 620 496 413 354 310 275 248 124 82 62 26 5158 2579 1289 859 644 515 429 368 322 286 257 128 85 64 VPP as a function of number of players and number of shares placed on a driver. *** Return per share season history *** DRIVER TOT OZ BAH CHN RUS ESP MON CAN EUR AUT GB HUN GER BEL ITA SIN MAL JAP USA MEX BRA ABU Perez 15322 0 0 0 1678 5034 8610 Alonso 11913 0 727 0 7936 0 3250 Grosjean 9660 3872 4640 0 1148 0 0 Verstappen 9157 0 1572 3885 0 3700 0 Ricciardo 9102 2232 2208 1668 0 1248 1746 Massa 8739 2240 776 1936 2450 980 357 Sainz 7784 596 0 948 0 4712 1528 Hülkenberg 7220 1404 0 0 0 0 5816 Rosberg 6903 1750 1675 1575 1525 0 378 Magnussen 6546 0 0 0 6546 0 0 Räikkönen 5876 0 1818 920 1410 1728 0 Bottas 5310 588 372 200 2460 1690 0 Hamilton 4970 1080 870 390 1080 0 1550 Vettel 4419 1125 0 1296 0 1050 948 Button 3087 0 0 0 1091 1364 632 Kvyat 2458 174 1392 620 0 272 0 Ericsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gutierrez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haryanto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nasr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wehrlein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.
, it's been a confusing year all around. If you could please PM me my current line up, I'd appreciate it - I promise I'll be good in the future 
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? You are right of course, apologies for the extra work I caused. I would feel very stupid indeed, if only I hadn't won the Guess the Pole round with remarkable accuracy - I can't be that bad, can I. 
