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
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 305 18.12 434.89 55 14 Perez 221 13.13 315.12 76 14 Leclerc 195 11.59 278.05 86 13 Sainz 181 10.75 258.08 93 13 Norris 146 8.67 208.18 115 10 Piastri 136 8.08 193.92 124 9 Russell 131 7.78 186.79 128 9 Hamilton 116 6.89 165.40 145 10 Alonso 97 5.76 138.31 173 10 Stroll 45 2.67 64.16 374 5 Ricciardo 32 1.90 45.63 527 5 Albon 28 1.66 39.92 602 4 Hülkenberg 20 1.19 28.52 843 3 Tsunoda 20 1.19 28.52 843 3 Magnussen 10 0.59 14.26 1686 1 Bottas 6 0.36 8.56 2810 3 Zhou 4 0.24 5.70 4216 3 Sargeant 3 0.18 4.28 5621 3 Gasly 2 0.12 2.85 8432 2 Ocon 2 0.12 2.85 8432 2 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 1375 990 825 660 550 440 330 220 110 55 Perez 1900 1368 1140 912 760 608 456 304 152 76 Leclerc 2150 1548 1290 1032 860 688 516 344 172 86 Sainz 2325 1674 1395 1116 930 744 558 372 186 93 Norris 2875 2070 1725 1380 1150 920 690 460 230 115 Piastri 3100 2232 1860 1488 1240 992 744 496 248 124 Russell 3200 2304 1920 1536 1280 1024 768 512 256 128 Hamilton 3625 2610 2175 1740 1450 1160 870 580 290 145 Alonso 4325 3114 2595 2076 1730 1384 1038 692 346 173 Stroll 9350 6732 5610 4488 3740 2992 2244 1496 748 374 Ricciardo 13175 9486 7905 6324 5270 4216 3162 2108 1054 527 Albon 15050 10836 9030 7224 6020 4816 3612 2408 1204 602 Hülkenberg 21075 15174 12645 10116 8430 6744 5058 3372 1686 843 Tsunoda 21075 15174 12645 10116 8430 6744 5058 3372 1686 843 Magnussen 42150 30348 25290 20232 16860 13488 10116 6744 3372 1686 Bottas 70250 50580 42150 33720 28100 22480 16860 11240 5620 2810 Zhou 105400 75888 63240 50592 42160 33728 25296 16864 8432 4216 Sargeant 140525 101178 84315 67452 56210 44968 33726 22484 11242 5621 Gasly 210800 151776 126480 101184 84320 67456 50592 33728 16864 8432 Ocon 210800 151776 126480 101184 84320 67456 50592 33728 16864 8432 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 Tsunoda 5058 0 0 5058 Sainz 4356 1485 546 2325 Piastri 4248 744 2016 1488 Perez 4018 1818 1440 760 Leclerc 3873 1020 1305 1548 Stroll 3352 360 0 2992 Alonso 3052 310 2050 692 Norris 3049 888 436 1725 Verstappen 3025 1625 1400 0 Hülkenberg 2529 0 843 1686 Russell 2388 1380 1008 0 Magnussen 1686 0 0 1686 Hamilton 856 636 220 0 Albon 0 0 0 0 Bottas 0 0 0 0 Gasly 0 0 0 0 Ocon 0 0 0 0 Ricciardo 0 0 0 0 Sargeant 0 0 0 0 Zhou 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.