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)
China changes
Bahrain changes
Russia changes
Spain changes
Monaco changes (including Spain entries)
Canada changes
Azerbaijan changes
Austria changes
Britain changes
Hungary changes
Belgium changes (including Hungary entries)
Italy changes
Singapore changes
Malaysia 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 358 18.08 361.58 55 18 Vettel 354 17.88 357.54 56 18 Bottas 243 12.27 245.43 81 14 Ricciardo 193 9.75 194.93 102 15 Verstappen 193 9.75 194.93 102 15 Räikkönen 189 9.54 190.89 104 15 Ocon 85 4.29 85.85 233 11 Perez 77 3.89 77.77 257 10 Alonso 61 3.08 61.61 325 7 Hülkenberg 61 3.08 61.61 325 9 Sainz 53 2.68 53.53 374 7 Massa 29 1.46 29.29 684 4 Grosjean 24 1.21 24.24 826 3 Magnussen 20 1.01 20.20 992 2 Stroll 18 0.91 18.18 1102 3 Vandoorne 12 0.61 12.12 1653 5 Gasly 10 0.51 10.10 1984 2 Palmer 10 0.51 10.10 1984 4 Ericsson 5 0.25 5.05 3968 1 Wehrlein 5 0.25 5.05 3968 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 1375 990 825 660 550 440 330 220 110 55 Vettel 1400 1008 840 672 560 448 336 224 112 56 Bottas 2025 1458 1215 972 810 648 486 324 162 81 Ricciardo 2550 1836 1530 1224 1020 816 612 408 204 102 Verstappen 2550 1836 1530 1224 1020 816 612 408 204 102 Räikkönen 2600 1872 1560 1248 1040 832 624 416 208 104 Ocon 5825 4194 3495 2796 2330 1864 1398 932 466 233 Perez 6425 4626 3855 3084 2570 2056 1542 1028 514 257 Alonso 8125 5850 4875 3900 3250 2600 1950 1300 650 325 Hülkenberg 8125 5850 4875 3900 3250 2600 1950 1300 650 325 Sainz 9350 6732 5610 4488 3740 2992 2244 1496 748 374 Massa 17100 12312 10260 8208 6840 5472 4104 2736 1368 684 Grosjean 20650 14868 12390 9912 8260 6608 4956 3304 1652 826 Magnussen 24800 17856 14880 11904 9920 7936 5952 3968 1984 992 Stroll 27550 19836 16530 13224 11020 8816 6612 4408 2204 1102 Vandoorne 41325 29754 24795 19836 16530 13224 9918 6612 3306 1653 Gasly 49600 35712 29760 23808 19840 15872 11904 7936 3968 1984 Palmer 49600 35712 29760 23808 19840 15872 11904 7936 3968 1984 Ericsson 99200 71424 59520 47616 39680 31744 23808 15872 7936 3968 Wehrlein 99200 71424 59520 47616 39680 31744 23808 15872 7936 3968 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 CHN BAH RUS ESP MON CAN AZE AUT GB HUN BEL ITA SIN MAL JAP USA MEX BRA ABU Grosjean 52275 0 0 1320 0 901 19840 1044 0 17632 0 0 7932 0 3606 0 Stroll 30933 0 0 0 0 0 0 1652 14160 793 0 0 0 5952 3968 4408 Palmer 26448 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26448 0 Ocon 23485 300 354 461 3966 6400 0 4176 2600 888 1028 488 542 1824 225 233 Vandoorne 21820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1984 0 0 9918 9918 Ricciardo 21082 0 1272 1210 0 2055 1710 1860 3275 1920 1180 0 1710 1416 1944 1530 Wehrlein 19840 0 0 0 0 15872 0 0 3968 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Perez 18044 1584 496 1542 2056 3012 0 1880 0 1188 396 808 0 416 2610 2056 Bottas 17363 1365 672 1305 2000 0 960 1332 1350 1950 1368 1035 690 1296 1230 810 Sainz 17266 932 1584 0 389 1980 2688 0 2088 0 0 1950 483 0 5172 0 Hamilton 15571 1134 1550 990 636 1325 324 1375 550 636 1350 636 1325 1325 1425 990 Vettel 13997 1675 1044 1475 1008 918 1350 636 648 1008 330 1400 1008 825 0 672 Räikkönen 13584 1044 1000 1008 1560 0 1818 546 0 1000 1560 2034 1044 970 0 0 Magnussen 13176 0 7936 0 0 0 992 0 4248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hülkenberg 12472 0 0 992 1440 3168 0 1256 0 0 2880 0 2736 0 0 0 Massa 11068 1584 0 1632 422 0 684 0 0 574 396 0 2264 2144 0 1368 Verstappen 9636 950 1590 0 1120 0 1040 0 0 0 1224 1050 0 112 0 2550 Alonso 8144 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2480 0 0 5664 0 0 0 0 Gasly 3896 1416 0 0 0 2480 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ericsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.
