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
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 340 16.35 343.40 61 17 Vettel 264 12.70 266.64 78 16 Bottas 246 11.83 248.46 84 14 Verstappen 227 10.92 229.27 91 15 Ricciardo 219 10.53 221.19 95 16 Räikkönen 196 9.43 197.96 106 15 Grosjean 111 5.34 112.11 187 12 Magnussen 100 4.81 101.00 208 8 Alonso 86 4.14 86.86 242 9 Vandoorne 70 3.37 70.70 297 7 Hülkenberg 64 3.08 64.64 325 6 Sainz 64 3.08 64.64 325 8 Ocon 37 1.78 37.37 563 5 Perez 27 1.30 27.27 771 5 Stroll 13 0.63 13.13 1602 2 Gasly 12 0.58 12.12 1736 2 Sirotkin 10 0.48 10.10 2083 1 Ericsson 6 0.29 6.06 3472 2 Leclerc 5 0.24 5.05 4166 1 Hartley 3 0.14 3.03 6944 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 21 0.048095 22 0.045909 23 0.043913 24 0.042083 With 21 players, if ten shares are moved to a driver his rating will rise by about 0.481 points/race. *** Return per share as a function of finishing position *** DRIVER Win P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 Hamilton 1525 1098 915 732 610 488 366 244 122 61 Vettel 1950 1404 1170 936 780 624 468 312 156 78 Bottas 2100 1512 1260 1008 840 672 504 336 168 84 Verstappen 2275 1638 1365 1092 910 728 546 364 182 91 Ricciardo 2375 1710 1425 1140 950 760 570 380 190 95 Räikkönen 2650 1908 1590 1272 1060 848 636 424 212 106 Grosjean 4675 3366 2805 2244 1870 1496 1122 748 374 187 Magnussen 5200 3744 3120 2496 2080 1664 1248 832 416 208 Alonso 6050 4356 3630 2904 2420 1936 1452 968 484 242 Vandoorne 7425 5346 4455 3564 2970 2376 1782 1188 594 297 Hülkenberg 8125 5850 4875 3900 3250 2600 1950 1300 650 325 Sainz 8125 5850 4875 3900 3250 2600 1950 1300 650 325 Ocon 14075 10134 8445 6756 5630 4504 3378 2252 1126 563 Perez 19275 13878 11565 9252 7710 6168 4626 3084 1542 771 Stroll 40050 28836 24030 19224 16020 12816 9612 6408 3204 1602 Gasly 43400 31248 26040 20832 17360 13888 10416 6944 3472 1736 Sirotkin 52075 37494 31245 24996 20830 16664 12498 8332 4166 2083 Ericsson 86800 62496 52080 41664 34720 27776 20832 13888 6944 3472 Leclerc 104150 74988 62490 49992 41660 33328 24996 16664 8332 4166 Hartley 173600 124992 104160 83328 69440 55552 41664 27776 13888 6944 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 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 24 4761 2380 1190 793 595 476 396 340 297 264 238 119 79 59 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 AZE ESP MON CAN FRA AUT GB GER HUN BEL ITA SIN RUS JAP USA MEX BRA Gasly 20832 0 20832 Ericsson 6944 0 6944 Hülkenberg 4550 1950 2600 Vettel 4400 2450 1950 Alonso 3902 2450 1452 Hamilton 2085 1170 915 Magnussen 2080 0 2080 Räikkönen 1890 1890 0 Bottas 1804 292 1512 Vandoorne 1742 554 1188 Ricciardo 1200 1200 0 Verstappen 680 680 0 Ocon 563 0 563 Sainz 325 325 0 Grosjean 0 0 0 Hartley 0 0 0 Leclerc 0 0 0 Perez 0 0 0 Sirotkin 0 0 0 Stroll 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.