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)
Saudi Arabia changes
Australia changes
Azerbaijan 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 Verstappen 360 21.39 491.93 46 16 Perez 279 16.58 381.25 60 16 Alonso 206 12.24 281.49 81 15 Hamilton 153 9.09 209.07 110 14 Russell 140 8.32 191.31 120 12 Leclerc 118 7.01 161.24 142 10 Stroll 106 6.30 144.85 159 10 Sainz 79 4.69 107.95 213 8 Gasly 46 2.73 62.86 366 6 Ocon 40 2.38 54.66 421 6 Bottas 35 2.08 47.83 481 4 Norris 30 1.78 40.99 562 3 Hülkenberg 21 1.25 28.70 803 5 Piastri 21 1.25 28.70 803 3 Magnussen 20 1.19 27.33 843 2 Albon 15 0.89 20.50 1124 4 Tsunoda 14 0.83 19.13 1204 2 Zhou 14 0.83 19.13 1204 3 de Vries 2 0.12 2.73 8432 2 Sargeant 1 0.06 1.37 16864 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 17 0.059411 18 0.056111 19 0.053158 With 17 players, if ten shares are moved to/from a driver his rating will rise/fall by about 0.59 points/race. *** Return per share as a function of finishing position *** DRIVER Win P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 Verstappen 1150 828 690 552 460 368 276 184 92 46 Perez 1500 1080 900 720 600 480 360 240 120 60 Alonso 2025 1458 1215 972 810 648 486 324 162 81 Hamilton 2750 1980 1650 1320 1100 880 660 440 220 110 Russell 3000 2160 1800 1440 1200 960 720 480 240 120 Leclerc 3550 2556 2130 1704 1420 1136 852 568 284 142 Stroll 3975 2862 2385 1908 1590 1272 954 636 318 159 Sainz 5325 3834 3195 2556 2130 1704 1278 852 426 213 Gasly 9150 6588 5490 4392 3660 2928 2196 1464 732 366 Ocon 10525 7578 6315 5052 4210 3368 2526 1684 842 421 Bottas 12025 8658 7215 5772 4810 3848 2886 1924 962 481 Norris 14050 10116 8430 6744 5620 4496 3372 2248 1124 562 Hülkenberg 20075 14454 12045 9636 8030 6424 4818 3212 1606 803 Piastri 20075 14454 12045 9636 8030 6424 4818 3212 1606 803 Magnussen 21075 15174 12645 10116 8430 6744 5058 3372 1686 843 Albon 28100 20232 16860 13488 11240 8992 6744 4496 2248 1124 Tsunoda 30100 21672 18060 14448 12040 9632 7224 4816 2408 1204 Zhou 30100 21672 18060 14448 12040 9632 7224 4816 2408 1204 de Vries 210800 151776 126480 101184 84320 67456 50592 33728 16864 8432 Sargeant 421600 303552 252960 202368 168640 134912 101184 67456 33728 16864 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 17 3372 1686 843 562 421 337 281 240 210 187 168 84 56 42 18 3571 1785 892 595 446 357 297 255 223 198 178 89 59 44 19 3769 1884 942 628 471 376 314 269 235 209 188 94 62 47 VPP as a function of number of players and number of shares placed on a driver. *** Return per share season history *** DRIVER TOT BAH SAU OZ AZE MIA EMI MON ESP CAN AUT GB HUN BEL NED ITA SIN JPN QAT USA MEX BRA LV ABU Norris 6516 0 0 5392 1124 Hülkenberg 6324 0 0 6324 0 Stroll 6226 3544 0 1728 954 Perez 5663 1818 1725 620 1500 Alonso 5502 1680 1560 1290 972 Hamilton 5084 950 1040 2214 880 Verstappen 4600 1550 972 1250 828 Sainz 4298 1296 872 0 2130 Zhou 4216 0 0 4216 0 Albon 3372 3372 0 0 0 Russell 3132 732 1920 0 480 Leclerc 2826 0 696 0 2130 Piastri 2808 0 0 2808 0 Tsunoda 2737 0 0 1533 1204 Gasly 1570 822 748 0 0 Ocon 1124 0 1124 0 0 Bottas 976 976 0 0 0 Magnussen 843 0 843 0 0 de Vries 0 0 0 0 0 Sargeant 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.