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)
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 339 18.02 342.39 55 16 Rosberg 275 14.62 277.75 68 14 Bottas 212 11.27 214.12 88 13 Vettel 196 10.42 197.96 96 14 Massa 183 9.73 184.83 102 12 Ricciardo 155 8.24 156.55 121 10 Räikkönen 115 6.11 116.15 163 9 Kvyat 65 3.46 65.65 289 7 Verstappen 65 3.46 65.65 289 6 Sainz 52 2.76 52.52 362 4 Grosjean 51 2.71 51.51 369 6 Hülkenberg 51 2.71 51.51 369 5 Button 45 2.39 45.45 418 6 Maldonado 32 1.70 32.32 589 6 Ericsson 25 1.33 25.25 753 2 Perez 22 1.17 22.22 856 4 Nasr 9 0.48 9.09 2094 2 Alonso 7 0.37 7.07 2692 3 Backpack 1 0.05 1.01 18848 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 19 0.053158 20 0.050500 21 0.048095 22 0.045909 With 19 players, if ten shares are moved to a driver his rating will rise by about 0.532 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 Rosberg 1700 1224 1020 816 680 544 408 272 136 68 Bottas 2200 1584 1320 1056 880 704 528 352 176 88 Vettel 2400 1728 1440 1152 960 768 576 384 192 96 Massa 2550 1836 1530 1224 1020 816 612 408 204 102 Ricciardo 3025 2178 1815 1452 1210 968 726 484 242 121 Räikkönen 4075 2934 2445 1956 1630 1304 978 652 326 163 Kvyat 7225 5202 4335 3468 2890 2312 1734 1156 578 289 Verstappen 7225 5202 4335 3468 2890 2312 1734 1156 578 289 Sainz 9050 6516 5430 4344 3620 2896 2172 1448 724 362 Grosjean 9225 6642 5535 4428 3690 2952 2214 1476 738 369 Hülkenberg 9225 6642 5535 4428 3690 2952 2214 1476 738 369 Button 10450 7524 6270 5016 4180 3344 2508 1672 836 418 Maldonado 14725 10602 8835 7068 5890 4712 3534 2356 1178 589 Ericsson 18825 13554 11295 9036 7530 6024 4518 3012 1506 753 Perez 21400 15408 12840 10272 8560 6848 5136 3424 1712 856 Nasr 52350 37692 31410 25128 20940 16752 12564 8376 4188 2094 Alonso 67300 48456 40380 32304 26920 21536 16152 10768 5384 2692 Backpack 471200 339264 282720 226176 188480 150784 113088 75392 37696 18848 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 19 3769 1884 942 628 471 376 314 269 235 209 188 94 62 47 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 VPP as a function of number of players and number of shares placed on a driver. *** Return per share season history *** DRIVER TOT OZ MAL CHN BAH ESP MON CAN AUT GB GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JAP RUS USA MEX BRA ABU Nasr 20940 20940 Ericsson 3012 3012 Hülkenberg 2214 2214 Vettel 1440 1440 Hamilton 1375 1375 Massa 1224 1224 Rosberg 1224 1224 Ricciardo 968 968 Perez 856 856 Sainz 724 724 Alonso 0 0 Backpack 0 0 Bottas 0 0 Button 0 0 Grosjean 0 0 Kvyat 0 0 Maldonado 0 0 Räikkönen 0 0 Verstappen 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.