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
Japan changes
China 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 326 19.37 464.84 51 14 Perez 224 13.31 319.40 75 14 Leclerc 194 11.53 276.62 86 13 Sainz 186 11.05 265.21 90 13 Norris 165 9.80 235.27 102 12 Piastri 135 8.02 192.49 124 10 Alonso 109 6.48 155.42 154 12 Russell 100 5.94 142.59 168 7 Hamilton 92 5.47 131.18 183 7 Stroll 50 2.97 71.29 337 6 Tsunoda 35 2.08 49.91 481 5 Albon 23 1.37 32.80 733 3 Hülkenberg 20 1.19 28.52 843 3 Ricciardo 18 1.07 25.67 936 3 Magnussen 10 0.59 14.26 1686 1 Bottas 4 0.24 5.70 4216 2 Zhou 4 0.24 5.70 4216 3 Ocon 2 0.12 2.85 8432 2 Sargeant 2 0.12 2.85 8432 2 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 1275 918 765 612 510 408 306 204 102 51 Perez 1875 1350 1125 900 750 600 450 300 150 75 Leclerc 2150 1548 1290 1032 860 688 516 344 172 86 Sainz 2250 1620 1350 1080 900 720 540 360 180 90 Norris 2550 1836 1530 1224 1020 816 612 408 204 102 Piastri 3100 2232 1860 1488 1240 992 744 496 248 124 Alonso 3850 2772 2310 1848 1540 1232 924 616 308 154 Russell 4200 3024 2520 2016 1680 1344 1008 672 336 168 Hamilton 4575 3294 2745 2196 1830 1464 1098 732 366 183 Stroll 8425 6066 5055 4044 3370 2696 2022 1348 674 337 Tsunoda 12025 8658 7215 5772 4810 3848 2886 1924 962 481 Albon 18325 13194 10995 8796 7330 5864 4398 2932 1466 733 Hülkenberg 21075 15174 12645 10116 8430 6744 5058 3372 1686 843 Ricciardo 23400 16848 14040 11232 9360 7488 5616 3744 1872 936 Magnussen 42150 30348 25290 20232 16860 13488 10116 6744 3372 1686 Bottas 105400 75888 63240 50592 42160 33728 25296 16864 8432 4216 Zhou 105400 75888 63240 50592 42160 33728 25296 16864 8432 4216 Ocon 210800 151776 126480 101184 84320 67456 50592 33728 16864 8432 Sargeant 210800 151776 126480 101184 84320 67456 50592 33728 16864 8432 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 6619 1818 1440 760 1476 1125 Sainz 6591 1485 546 2325 1335 900 Leclerc 5925 1020 1305 1548 1020 1032 Norris 5865 888 436 1725 980 1836 Verstappen 5675 1625 1400 0 1375 1275 Tsunoda 5539 0 0 5058 481 0 Alonso 5272 310 2050 692 1296 924 Piastri 5176 744 2016 1488 432 496 Russell 4686 1380 1008 0 954 1344 Hülkenberg 3372 0 843 1686 0 843 Stroll 3352 360 0 2992 0 0 Magnussen 1686 0 0 1686 0 0 Hamilton 1588 636 220 0 366 366 Albon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bottas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gasly 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ocon 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ricciardo 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sargeant 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zhou 0 0 0 0 0 0 Scoring over 1000 points per share in a round means that the share did above average.