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
Russia changes
Spain changes
Monaco changes (including Spain entries)
Canada 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 Vettel 373 18.84 376.73 53 18 Hamilton 359 18.13 362.59 55 18 Bottas 266 13.43 268.66 74 15 Räikkönen 216 10.91 218.16 91 15 Verstappen 183 9.24 184.83 108 16 Ricciardo 160 8.08 161.60 124 15 Perez 105 5.30 106.05 188 10 Massa 71 3.59 71.71 279 9 Hülkenberg 63 3.18 63.63 314 8 Sainz 43 2.17 43.43 461 6 Ocon 38 1.92 38.38 522 5 Stroll 24 1.21 24.24 826 5 Magnussen 20 1.01 20.20 992 2 Grosjean 19 0.96 19.19 1044 3 Alonso 16 0.81 16.16 1240 4 Kvyat 16 0.81 16.16 1240 3 Palmer 15 0.76 15.15 1322 2 Wehrlein 7 0.35 7.07 2834 2 Ericsson 5 0.25 5.05 3968 1 Vandoorne 1 0.05 1.01 19840 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 Vettel 1325 954 795 636 530 424 318 212 106 53 Hamilton 1375 990 825 660 550 440 330 220 110 55 Bottas 1850 1332 1110 888 740 592 444 296 148 74 Räikkönen 2275 1638 1365 1092 910 728 546 364 182 91 Verstappen 2700 1944 1620 1296 1080 864 648 432 216 108 Ricciardo 3100 2232 1860 1488 1240 992 744 496 248 124 Perez 4700 3384 2820 2256 1880 1504 1128 752 376 188 Massa 6975 5022 4185 3348 2790 2232 1674 1116 558 279 Hülkenberg 7850 5652 4710 3768 3140 2512 1884 1256 628 314 Sainz 11525 8298 6915 5532 4610 3688 2766 1844 922 461 Ocon 13050 9396 7830 6264 5220 4176 3132 2088 1044 522 Stroll 20650 14868 12390 9912 8260 6608 4956 3304 1652 826 Magnussen 24800 17856 14880 11904 9920 7936 5952 3968 1984 992 Grosjean 26100 18792 15660 12528 10440 8352 6264 4176 2088 1044 Alonso 31000 22320 18600 14880 12400 9920 7440 4960 2480 1240 Kvyat 31000 22320 18600 14880 12400 9920 7440 4960 2480 1240 Palmer 33050 23796 19830 15864 13220 10576 7932 5288 2644 1322 Wehrlein 70850 51012 42510 34008 28340 22672 17004 11336 5668 2834 Ericsson 99200 71424 59520 47616 39680 31744 23808 15872 7936 3968 Vandoorne 496000 357120 297600 238080 198400 158720 119040 79360 39680 19840 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 Grosjean 23105 0 0 1320 0 901 19840 1044 Wehrlein 15872 0 0 0 0 15872 0 0 Ocon 15657 300 354 461 3966 6400 0 4176 Perez 10570 1584 496 1542 2056 3012 0 1880 Magnussen 8928 0 7936 0 0 0 992 0 Ricciardo 8107 0 1272 1210 0 2055 1710 1860 Vettel 8106 1675 1044 1475 1008 918 1350 636 Bottas 7634 1365 672 1305 2000 0 960 1332 Sainz 7573 932 1584 0 389 1980 2688 0 Hamilton 7334 1134 1550 990 636 1325 324 1375 Räikkönen 6976 1044 1000 1008 1560 0 1818 546 Hülkenberg 6856 0 0 992 1440 3168 0 1256 Verstappen 4700 950 1590 0 1120 0 1040 0 Massa 4322 1584 0 1632 422 0 684 0 Kvyat 3896 1416 0 0 0 2480 0 0 Stroll 1652 0 0 0 0 0 0 1652 Alonso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ericsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Palmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vandoorne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.
