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)
China changes
Bahrain 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 357 18.03 360.57 55 18 Vettel 336 16.97 339.36 59 17 Räikkönen 234 11.82 236.34 84 17 Bottas 228 11.51 230.28 87 14 Verstappen 170 8.59 171.70 116 14 Ricciardo 163 8.23 164.63 121 15 Massa 97 4.90 97.97 204 12 Perez 77 3.89 77.77 257 8 Grosjean 60 3.03 60.60 330 8 Sainz 54 2.73 54.54 367 5 Ocon 43 2.17 43.43 461 5 Hülkenberg 40 2.02 40.40 496 5 Kvyat 34 1.72 34.34 583 4 Magnussen 29 1.46 29.29 684 4 Stroll 29 1.46 29.29 684 6 Alonso 19 0.96 19.19 1044 4 Palmer 15 0.76 15.15 1322 2 Ericsson 5 0.25 5.05 3968 1 Vandoorne 5 0.25 5.05 3968 4 Wehrlein 5 0.25 5.05 3968 1 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 20 0.050500 21 0.048095 22 0.045909 23 0.043913 With 20 players, if ten shares are moved to a driver his rating will rise by about 0.505 points/race. *** Return per share as a function of finishing position *** DRIVER Win P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 Hamilton 1375 990 825 660 550 440 330 220 110 55 Vettel 1475 1062 885 708 590 472 354 236 118 59 Räikkönen 2100 1512 1260 1008 840 672 504 336 168 84 Bottas 2175 1566 1305 1044 870 696 522 348 174 87 Verstappen 2900 2088 1740 1392 1160 928 696 464 232 116 Ricciardo 3025 2178 1815 1452 1210 968 726 484 242 121 Massa 5100 3672 3060 2448 2040 1632 1224 816 408 204 Perez 6425 4626 3855 3084 2570 2056 1542 1028 514 257 Grosjean 8250 5940 4950 3960 3300 2640 1980 1320 660 330 Sainz 9175 6606 5505 4404 3670 2936 2202 1468 734 367 Ocon 11525 8298 6915 5532 4610 3688 2766 1844 922 461 Hülkenberg 12400 8928 7440 5952 4960 3968 2976 1984 992 496 Kvyat 14575 10494 8745 6996 5830 4664 3498 2332 1166 583 Magnussen 17100 12312 10260 8208 6840 5472 4104 2736 1368 684 Stroll 17100 12312 10260 8208 6840 5472 4104 2736 1368 684 Alonso 26100 18792 15660 12528 10440 8352 6264 4176 2088 1044 Palmer 33050 23796 19830 15864 13220 10576 7932 5288 2644 1322 Ericsson 99200 71424 59520 47616 39680 31744 23808 15872 7936 3968 Vandoorne 99200 71424 59520 47616 39680 31744 23808 15872 7936 3968 Wehrlein 99200 71424 59520 47616 39680 31744 23808 15872 7936 3968 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 20 3968 1984 992 661 496 396 330 283 248 220 198 99 66 49 21 4166 2083 1041 694 520 416 347 297 260 231 208 104 69 52 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 VPP as a function of number of players and number of shares placed on a driver. *** Return per share season history *** DRIVER TOT OZ CHN BAH RUS ESP MON CAN EUR AUT GB HUN BEL ITA SIN MAL JAP USA MEX BRA ABU Magnussen 7936 0 7936 0 Vettel 4194 1675 1044 1475 Hamilton 3674 1134 1550 990 Perez 3622 1584 496 1542 Bottas 3342 1365 672 1305 Massa 3216 1584 0 1632 Räikkönen 3052 1044 1000 1008 Verstappen 2540 950 1590 0 Sainz 2516 932 1584 0 Ricciardo 2482 0 1272 1210 Kvyat 1416 1416 0 0 Grosjean 1320 0 0 1320 Ocon 1115 300 354 461 Hülkenberg 992 0 0 992 Alonso 0 0 0 0 Ericsson 0 0 0 0 Palmer 0 0 0 0 Stroll 0 0 0 0 Vandoorne 0 0 0 0 Wehrlein 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.
