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
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 298 17.70 424.91 56 14 Perez 209 12.42 298.01 80 14 Leclerc 193 11.47 275.20 87 13 Sainz 184 10.93 262.36 91 13 Norris 154 9.15 219.59 109 10 Hamilton 153 9.09 218.16 110 11 Russell 133 7.90 189.64 126 9 Piastri 100 5.94 142.59 168 7 Alonso 82 4.87 116.92 205 8 Ricciardo 45 2.67 64.16 374 6 Stroll 45 2.67 64.16 374 5 Tsunoda 25 1.49 35.65 674 3 Albon 23 1.37 32.80 733 3 Hülkenberg 20 1.19 28.52 843 3 Magnussen 10 0.59 14.26 1686 1 Ocon 10 0.59 14.26 1686 1 Bottas 6 0.36 8.56 2810 3 Zhou 6 0.36 8.56 2810 3 Sargeant 3 0.18 4.28 5621 3 Gasly 1 0.06 1.43 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 1400 1008 840 672 560 448 336 224 112 56 Perez 2000 1440 1200 960 800 640 480 320 160 80 Leclerc 2175 1566 1305 1044 870 696 522 348 174 87 Sainz 2275 1638 1365 1092 910 728 546 364 182 91 Norris 2725 1962 1635 1308 1090 872 654 436 218 109 Hamilton 2750 1980 1650 1320 1100 880 660 440 220 110 Russell 3150 2268 1890 1512 1260 1008 756 504 252 126 Piastri 4200 3024 2520 2016 1680 1344 1008 672 336 168 Alonso 5125 3690 3075 2460 2050 1640 1230 820 410 205 Ricciardo 9350 6732 5610 4488 3740 2992 2244 1496 748 374 Stroll 9350 6732 5610 4488 3740 2992 2244 1496 748 374 Tsunoda 16850 12132 10110 8088 6740 5392 4044 2696 1348 674 Albon 18325 13194 10995 8796 7330 5864 4398 2932 1466 733 Hülkenberg 21075 15174 12645 10116 8430 6744 5058 3372 1686 843 Magnussen 42150 30348 25290 20232 16860 13488 10116 6744 3372 1686 Ocon 42150 30348 25290 20232 16860 13488 10116 6744 3372 1686 Bottas 70250 50580 42150 33720 28100 22480 16860 11240 5620 2810 Zhou 70250 50580 42150 33720 28100 22480 16860 11240 5620 2810 Sargeant 140525 101178 84315 67452 56210 44968 33726 22484 11242 5621 Gasly 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 JPN CHN MIA EMI MON CAN ESP AUT GB HUN BEL NED ITA AZE SIN USA MEX BRA LV QAT ABU Perez 3258 1818 1440 Verstappen 3025 1625 1400 Piastri 2760 744 2016 Russell 2388 1380 1008 Alonso 2360 310 2050 Leclerc 2325 1020 1305 Sainz 2031 1485 546 Norris 1324 888 436 Hamilton 856 636 220 Hülkenberg 843 0 843 Stroll 360 360 0 Albon 0 0 0 Bottas 0 0 0 Gasly 0 0 0 Magnussen 0 0 0 Ocon 0 0 0 Ricciardo 0 0 0 Sargeant 0 0 0 Tsunoda 0 0 0 Zhou 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.