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)
Malaysia changes
China 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 352 17.78 337.74 56 17 Rosberg 279 14.09 267.70 71 15 Vettel 243 12.27 233.16 81 17 Räikkönen 196 9.90 188.06 101 14 Bottas 183 9.24 175.59 108 13 Massa 169 8.53 162.16 117 13 Grosjean 83 4.19 79.64 239 7 Ricciardo 75 3.79 71.96 264 8 Sainz 66 3.33 63.33 300 6 Kvyat 57 2.88 54.69 348 7 Verstappen 57 2.88 54.69 348 6 Hülkenberg 51 2.58 48.93 389 5 Nasr 44 2.22 42.22 450 6 Ericsson 43 2.17 41.26 461 5 Maldonado 42 2.12 40.30 472 7 Button 30 1.52 28.79 661 5 Perez 16 0.81 15.35 1240 2 Alonso 13 0.66 12.47 1526 6 Backpack 1 0.05 0.96 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 Hamilton 1400 1008 840 672 560 448 336 224 112 56 Rosberg 1775 1278 1065 852 710 568 426 284 142 71 Vettel 2025 1458 1215 972 810 648 486 324 162 81 Räikkönen 2525 1818 1515 1212 1010 808 606 404 202 101 Bottas 2700 1944 1620 1296 1080 864 648 432 216 108 Massa 2925 2106 1755 1404 1170 936 702 468 234 117 Grosjean 5975 4302 3585 2868 2390 1912 1434 956 478 239 Ricciardo 6600 4752 3960 3168 2640 2112 1584 1056 528 264 Sainz 7500 5400 4500 3600 3000 2400 1800 1200 600 300 Kvyat 8700 6264 5220 4176 3480 2784 2088 1392 696 348 Verstappen 8700 6264 5220 4176 3480 2784 2088 1392 696 348 Hülkenberg 9725 7002 5835 4668 3890 3112 2334 1556 778 389 Nasr 11250 8100 6750 5400 4500 3600 2700 1800 900 450 Ericsson 11525 8298 6915 5532 4610 3688 2766 1844 922 461 Maldonado 11800 8496 7080 5664 4720 3776 2832 1888 944 472 Button 16525 11898 9915 7932 6610 5288 3966 2644 1322 661 Perez 31000 22320 18600 14880 12400 9920 7440 4960 2480 1240 Alonso 38150 27468 22890 18312 15260 12208 9156 6104 3052 1526 Backpack 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 MAL CHN BAH ESP MON CAN AUT GB HUN BEL ITA SIN JAP RUS USA MEX BRA ABU Nasr 22740 20940 0 1800 Vettel 4905 1440 2250 1215 Hamilton 3801 1375 1026 1400 Rosberg 3582 1224 1080 1278 Ericsson 3473 3012 0 461 Massa 3234 1224 840 1170 Räikkönen 2460 0 1248 1212 Hülkenberg 2214 2214 0 0 Sainz 2140 724 1416 0 Verstappen 2124 0 2124 0 Bottas 2014 0 1150 864 Ricciardo 1694 968 198 528 Grosjean 1434 0 0 1434 Perez 856 856 0 0 Kvyat 720 0 720 0 Alonso 0 0 0 0 Backpack 0 0 0 0 Button 0 0 0 0 Maldonado 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.
