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F1 Pools 2015: Australia (Round 1)

Started by kismet , Mar 07 2015 17:01

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#1 kismet

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Posted 07 March 2015 - 17:01

H e l l o !

A little birdie told me a new F1 season is almost upon us, and we all know what that means... Welcome to F1 Pools 2015!

A more organised game host could tell you how many seasons this game has been running but, alas, there aren't any around here so I'm just going to guess that we must be approaching the game's 10-year anniversary.

If you've been around for any of those ten or so years, you already know how this thing works. If not, game rules can be found behind a spoiler tag at the end of this post (click 'Show'). I chose to hide them because they're sort of annoying to look at if you no longer need them.

So, onwards... My trusty old war horse that was the Marussia - Caterham duel is no more. * one-minute silence* :cry:

I felt like starting the season with a Mercedes vs the field joke duel but perhaps I'll wait and see if the balance of power has shifted before I'll trot out that pony. Here's the first set of duels for the 2015 season:

F1 Pools 2015: Australian Grand Prix (Round 1)

Qualifying:                           Race:
1. Red Bull - Mercedes                 7. Red Bull - Mercedes
2. Williams - Ferrari                  8. Williams - Ferrari
3. Force India - McLaren               9. Force India - McLaren

4. Toro Rosso - Lotus                 10. Toro Rosso - Lotus
5. Red Bull - Williams                11. Red Bull - Williams
6. Sauber - Ferrari                   12. Sauber - Ferrari

Edit: I'm not boycotting Manor/Marussia. They didn't get their own duel for round 1 because, frankly, I didn't realise they'd be taking part. The last I heard they were floating belly up in the pool... Suffice to say I've paid shamefully little attention to F1 during these winter months so looks like I've totally missed the big resurrection scene. Shame on me!

I'll leave the duels as they are for round 1. Manor will start its F1 Pools season in Kuala Lumpur.

Sorry about this; not my proudest moment but I think we'll live.

Post your guesses before the start of qualifying.

I'm not picky about the format used but something along the lines of 'XXX 12X 22X 12X' would be great. However, as long as it's clear what you mean, it's OK.

So, guess away! Good luck! cheerleader%202.gif

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Game rules

F1 Pools is a game loosely based on soccer betting (1X2 bet or match betting) – only with F1 teams instead of soccer teams and with random(ish)ly picked 'duels' instead of actual soccer matches.

Your job is to pick the right outcome for each 'team 1 vs team 2' duel. There are three possibilities:

(1) team 1 win
(X) draw
(2) team 2 win

Because F1 isn't soccer and because each F1 team has two car/driver combos, picking a winner isn't quite as simple as guessing who's ahead when the checkered flag waves. Or it kind of is but you need to consider both cars of a team – not just the higher-placed one. This means that both reliability and pace are important.

The basic idea is that by picking "1" you're predicting a team 1 sweep. Logically, it follows that "2" is a team 2 sweep and that obviously leaves "X" for everything else. While ”everything else” may seem like an awfully vast selection of possible outcomes, a fairly loose definition of a draw was necessary in order to keep it as a realistic option. Here's a summary of how various qualifying and race results translate into duel outcomes (team A vs team B) :

1    team 1's cars nicely lined up ahead of their opponents on the results sheets
     corresponds to finishing orders AABB, AAB, AB and just A
     see item * below

X    a mixed grid/split result/any deviation from the above (or below)
     i.e. finishing orders ABAB, BABA, ABBA, BAAB, ABA, BAB, ABB, BAA
     see item ** below

2    as in 1, but now it's team 2 that's ahead

* If you can’t beat them on track, you can still earn points for reliability. A finishing order ABB (team A wins on pace, B on reliability) translates into an 'X' because this is supposed to be a team sport and there are 2 cars in a team. However, an AB finish does not warrant a punishment for unreliability because team A hasn’t done any worse than team B in that respect (A wins on pace, no one on reliability, hence the outcome is '1').

** No unreliabilty punishments for draws. An ABA result is an X and a mission accomplished for team B in that they’ve managed to beat one of their opponents on track.

As for scoring, points will be awarded for every correct answer and since this is a betting-inspired game, guessing an unlikely outcome right is worth more than being right about something expected. Instead of any fancy odds-calculating, your guesses are used as an indicator of probability so that for each correct guess, your score will be 1 + the fraction of players that guessed wrong. An example: let's say 50 % of you have picked 1, 40 % X and the remaining 10 % 2. If 1 is the correct guess, the clever 50 % will score 1 + 0.5 = 1.5 points. Similarly, if X is the way to go, the score will be 1 + 0.6 =1.6 points etcetera. The results for each individual round will be determined using this method (the highest score wins, obviously) and the top 10 players will be awarded championship points according to the 25-18-15 etc. points system used in real F1. F1 Pools champion will be the person who amasses the highest number of championship points over the season.

Edited by kismet, 08 March 2015 - 19:52.

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#2 scheivlak

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Posted 07 March 2015 - 17:19

So, onwards... Unless I've missed something, it seems that we only have nine teams this year?!? My trusty old war horse that was the Marussia - Caterham duel is no more. * one-minute silence*

You have missed something!

Marussia is no more, but it will reappear as Manor!

So we have ten teams and Manor could/should be included in your nice little game!

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#3 kismet

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Posted 08 March 2015 - 19:10

Oopsie... An unusually strong start to my season this time! :blush:

Something DID seem a bit suspicious - what with that long-ass eleventh hour thread on the RC forum and all - so I actually checked formula1.com and those effers didn't (and still don't) list Manor as a team (they do have a little blurb in their season preview piece but guess who didn't read it). I blame them!

Anyway, I'm going to keep the duels for round 1 as is. Manor shall make its F1 Pools debut in Malaysia - unless I forget about them again!