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 220 15.87 365.04 63 14 Verstappen 198 14.28 328.54 70 12 Bottas 143 10.32 237.28 97 9 Perez 124 8.95 205.75 112 9 Ricciardo 100 7.21 165.93 138 8 Norris 90 6.49 149.34 154 8 Leclerc 83 5.99 137.72 167 8 Gasly 76 5.48 126.11 182 7 Alonso 69 4.98 114.49 201 7 Vettel 61 4.40 101.22 227 6 Sainz 53 3.82 87.94 262 6 Tsunoda 47 3.39 77.99 295 4 Ocon 46 3.32 76.33 301 6 Stroll 41 2.96 68.03 338 2 Räikkönen 19 1.37 31.53 730 2 Schumacher 10 0.72 16.59 1388 1 Giovinazzi 9 0.65 14.93 1543 1 Russell 9 0.65 14.93 1543 1 Latifi 1 0.07 1.66 13888 1 Mazepin 1 0.07 1.66 13888 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 14 0.072143 15 0.067333 16 0.063125 17 0.059411 With 14 players, if ten shares are moved to/from a driver his rating will rise/fall by about 0.72 points/race. *** Return per share as a function of finishing position *** DRIVER Win P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 Hamilton 1575 1134 945 756 630 504 378 252 126 63 Verstappen 1750 1260 1050 840 700 560 420 280 140 70 Bottas 2425 1746 1455 1164 970 776 582 388 194 97 Perez 2800 2016 1680 1344 1120 896 672 448 224 112 Ricciardo 3450 2484 2070 1656 1380 1104 828 552 276 138 Norris 3850 2772 2310 1848 1540 1232 924 616 308 154 Leclerc 4175 3006 2505 2004 1670 1336 1002 668 334 167 Gasly 4550 3276 2730 2184 1820 1456 1092 728 364 182 Alonso 5025 3618 3015 2412 2010 1608 1206 804 402 201 Vettel 5675 4086 3405 2724 2270 1816 1362 908 454 227 Sainz 6550 4716 3930 3144 2620 2096 1572 1048 524 262 Tsunoda 7375 5310 4425 3540 2950 2360 1770 1180 590 295 Ocon 7525 5418 4515 3612 3010 2408 1806 1204 602 301 Stroll 8450 6084 5070 4056 3380 2704 2028 1352 676 338 Räikkönen 18250 13140 10950 8760 7300 5840 4380 2920 1460 730 Schumacher 34700 24984 20820 16656 13880 11104 8328 5552 2776 1388 Giovinazzi 38575 27774 23145 18516 15430 12344 9258 6172 3086 1543 Russell 38575 27774 23145 18516 15430 12344 9258 6172 3086 1543 Latifi 347200 249984 208320 166656 138880 111104 83328 55552 27776 13888 Mazepin 347200 249984 208320 166656 138880 111104 83328 55552 27776 13888 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 14 2777 1388 694 462 347 277 231 198 173 154 138 69 46 34 15 2976 1488 744 496 372 297 248 212 186 165 148 74 49 37 16 3174 1587 793 529 396 317 264 226 198 176 158 79 52 39 17 3372 1686 843 562 421 337 281 240 210 187 168 84 56 42 VPP as a function of number of players and number of shares placed on a driver. *** Return per share season history *** DRIVER TOT BAH EMI POR ESP MON AZE CAN FRA AUT GB HUN BEL NED ITA RUS SIN JAP USA MEX BRA AUS Norris 1848 1848 Hamilton 1575 1575 Bottas 1455 1455 Leclerc 1336 1336 Verstappen 1260 1260 Perez 1120 1120 Sainz 1048 1048 Ricciardo 828 828 Tsunoda 590 590 Stroll 338 338 Alonso 0 0 Gasly 0 0 Giovinazzi 0 0 Latifi 0 0 Mazepin 0 0 Ocon 0 0 Russell 0 0 Räikkönen 0 0 Schumacher 0 0 Vettel 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.