This is it. Race week. A long offseason dwindles down to a close, and we await the lights in Melbourne. Lewis wears red, Carlos wears blue, and Fernando is still wearing green. McLaren took the constructors' title, but couldn't stop Max from winning four in a row and continuing the decade of Red Bull dominance. But with a rookie in the team for the first time since Albon in 2019, will they be able to keep their luck going?
Speaking of rookies, six freshman join the grid this year, the most since 2001, with all them looking to prove their worth in those 12 meters between the kerbs. There will be blood, and drama, and unexpected twists. This is, afterall, the most expensive fist fight in the world. We just need to see which one of you brought your brass knuckles...
And now, without further ado.....
Buckle up…HERE WE GO AGAIN!
2025 "BOF's Fantasy Formula One League presented by Osiris" presented by Jdubbya47
Australia FP1 begins at 1:30AM GMT 14th March 2025 (Check your local time for deadline)
Welcome to BOF’s Fantasy F1 competition. Even if you are familiar with the rules from last year’s competition, don't skip to the price list and entry form section at the bottom! We've got some rule changes that might change how your team lines up!
SETTING UP A TEAM
You have an overall budget of €133m
You must purchase
4 drivers (all from DIFFERENT teams)
1 constructor
1 engine
1 team boss
*****The constructor, engine, team boss (collectively called CEB) AND Driver #1 must be from different teams to each other. The CEB can be from the same teams as your drivers #2 - 4.*****
You will score points for each element of your team based on the tables below. It is not quite as straight forward as most fantasy F1 leagues but in my view this is why it can be more rewarding for those who like to do a bit of homework first (but don't worry, you don't have to do homework if you don’t want to!!).
The most important difference to most fantasy leagues is that your drivers score differently depending on where you place them in your team. This makes tactical placement of those drivers a big part of the game i.e placing Bottas as driver 1 will get you different points than putting him as driver 2.
Also note that strictly speaking you are buying the seat, not the driver. So if you buy Alex Albon, you are actually buying his Williams Racing #1 seat. If, for example, he moves to Mercedes mid-season you will take on his replacement at RWR ('Booo' says you). Similarly, if you buy an expensive driver who drops down the grid, you will get his replacement at his old team ('YEEAAAHHH' says you).
MID-SEASON TRANSFERS/CHANGES
You don't have to make changes. You can enter the competition and just check the results if you wish. However, you can make FIVE changes to your original team at any point in the season. Up to THREE of these changes can be transfers in/out. The remainder can be made up of swapping the order of the existing drivers within your team (this too can make a big difference).
Each transfer out is at a cost of 10%. Selling a €17m driver will cost €1.7m and will free up the remaining €15.3m to buy another driver (yes the decimal is included).
******** SPECIAL CAPITAL INFUSION RULE ********
*****RUNNING BETWEEN THE SAUDI ARABIAN GP AND THE MEXICAN GP*****
If you are more than 10%, but less than 15% out of first place based on overall points, then CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just received a new sponsor with capital infusion to help bolster the team! The capital infusion is equal to 20% of the asset you are transferring out of the team AND the transfer costs are waived!!
If you are more than 15%, but less than 20% out of first place based on overall points, then CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just received a new sponsor with capital infusion to help bolster the team! The capital infusion is equal to 30% of the asset you are transferring out of the team AND the transfer costs are waived!!
If you are more than 20% out of first place based on overall points, then CONGRATULATIONS!!! You just received a new sponsor with capital infusion to help bolster the team! The capital infusion is equal to 40% of the asset you are transferring out of the team AND the transfer costs are waived!!
LIMITED TO ONE TRANSFER AFTER EACH RACE.
Capital infusion asset boosts are only available on the sale of drivers, but waiver of transfer costs applies to all parts of the transfer, not only the drivers.
NOTE: additional funding acquired via capital infusion sale of a driver may be used in the purchase of other assets.
For example, if you were to declare capital infusion on the sale of Lance Stroll (+28), and sell the Williams Engine (+28) in the same period, your total cash would be 56 Million to purchase both a new driver and a new engine. Any money left over from these capital infusion transfers cannot be saved. The special capital infusion rule will apply based on the team’s position after each race it is available.
Each asset acquired by capital infusion CANNOT be transferred with capital infusion. For example, you cannot trade Tsunoda for Gasly and the following week trade Gasly for Leclerc. No double-stacking.
The cost of the incoming element (be it driver, engine etc..) will be determined by a new price list that will be created after the first FIVE races have been completed. The new price list will be determined after the Saudi Arabian GP race in Jeddah.
The reason for the new price list is twofold
a. The unknown element of pre-season. I base the prices as accurately as I can, but sometimes you can be caught out badly (remember Brawn?). This way we avoid having identi-kit teams (everyone buying the same element) and it also benefits those who spot the bargains and bring them in at the cheaper original price. Also, if a price does go up, you only get the re-sale value of that element based on what you bought it for.
b. Most fantasy competitions that have transfer markets have some sort of performance-related value fluctuation. This will be ours and it will be a one-off.
If a new team enters F1 at any point in the season they will be added to the price list and can be purchased from that point onwards.
Any changes must be made before first practice of a race weekend. After that, the change becomes active for the following race. Your team must remain legal and within budget at all times (this is regarding drivers all being from different teams and engine/constructor/boss being from different teams).
To make a change, simply private message me via the forum or respond to a results post with the details of the change. I will endeavor to commit the change as soon as possible and notify you of the change. The onus is always on you to ensure your changes are legal. This includes declaring your capital infusion purchases as well as your infusion bonus bracket correctly. If I am late making a change and it turns out your change was illegal and you have no time to rectify it before the race, that is your own fault.
SCORING SYSTEM
There are 6 possible ways your drivers can score points. But each position (1,2,3,4) only scores from its own subset of the 6 areas.
The 6 areas are
a Laps completed (1pt per lap) - going out on lap 41 means you COMPLETED 40 laps. (Only driver #1 scores in this area).
b Finishing position* (pts detailed in POINTS TABLE below) (Driver #1 & #2 score in this area).
c Finishing higher than your starting position (9 pts per position) (Driver #2 & #4 score in this area).
d Achieving a points finish (WDC pts x 2) (Driver #3 & #4 score in this area).
e Finish higher than team-mate (40pts) (Driver #2 & #3 score in this area).
f Starting position($) (pts detailed in POINTS TABLE below) (Driver #1, #3 & #4 score in this area).
(* NOTE you do not need to be classified. Once you are not disqualified your finishing position counts even if you go out on lap 1. This goes for all references to 'finishing position' in the competition)
($) This is NOT qualifying position; it is the grid position when gearbox/engine changes & penalties are taken into account (pitlane starts DO NOT affect starting position. The driver keeps the grid position that he would have started from.)
To summarize, your 4 drivers will be scored using the following entries from above
Driver
1 a, b, f
2 b, c, e
3 d, e, f
4 c, d, f
Driver 1 will be scored based on 'a' Laps completed, 'b' finishing position and 'f' his starting position.
Driver 2 will be scored based on 'b' finishing position, 'c' Moving up the grid compared to starting position and 'e' finishing higher than his team-mate and so on and so forth ...
The skill is in picking drivers suited to getting each type of points. As driver 1 scores based on laps completed, starting position and finishing position, you will typically want a very strong and reliable driver in this seat. It is also the seat that brings in the most points. Driver 2 will ideally be someone who tends to climb the grid and beat his team-mate but finish quite high too. Driver 3 should be a good qualifier who beats his team-mate and driver 4 should be someone who predominantly climbs the field through a race (in a way, someone who races better than they qualify).
Your constructor, engine and team boss will score based on a subset of 6 scoring areas
These 6 areas are
g Laps completed (by BOTH engines, 1pt per lap per car) (Only the engine scores in this category)
h Finishing position (only the top finisher in the team, points are detailed in POINTS TABLE below) (Constructor & Engine score here)
i Race win (30pts) (Constructor and team boss score here)
j Both cars finish (>=90% of race laps completed, 40pts scored) (Engine & team boss score here)
k Starting position (of both cars, points detailed in POINTS TABLE below) (Only the constructor scores here)
l Finishing higher than your starting position by the lower qualified driver (11 pts per position) (Only the team boss scores here)
Each element will score from the following
Constructor - h, i, k
Engine - g, h, j
Team boss - i, j, l
If a driver is disqualified from a race he will lose his race points but not his qualification points. If he is disqualified from qualifying and does not participate in the race he will obviously not get any points. All post-race penalties WILL be retrospectively fitted to the scoring. Depending on the scenario, a team's post-race disqualification may or may not result in the individual driver or drivers being disqualified. This depends on whether it is deemed the driver(s) was at fault and not the team. Any injury to a driver resulting in replacement means you take on the replacement driver.
POST RACE
The fantasy results for each race will typically be posted within 24-48 hours of the completion of the race (best endeavors on my part). They will be in the form of an individual race result (including points breakdown for each team), the overall competition table, a form table (score based on previous 3 races) and a medal table (there's a gold, silver & bronze given out for each race).
After each race I will detail the medal winners of that race and the points they got. I will also output a table of each element (where drivers are each detailed in positions 1 to 4, their points will be in the form 1-2-3-4 where 1=the points as driver 1, 2=the points as driver 2 and so on).
POINTS TABLE:
Driver Points Constructor/Engine Points Qualy Finish WDC Qualy Finish 1 39 91 50 25 50 35 2 34 77 36 21 40 28 3 29 62 30 18 35 24.5 4 24 52 24 16 31 21.7 5 21 43 20 15 30 21 6 19 38 16 15 30 21 7 18 34 12 14 28 19.6 8 17 30 8 14 28 19.6 9 16 26 4 13 26 18.2 10 15 25 2 13 26 18.2 11 14 24 0 12 24 16.8 12 13 23 0 12 24 16.8 13 12 22 0 11 22 15.4 14 11 21 0 11 22 15.4 15 10 20 0 10 20 14 16 9 19 0 10 20 14 17 8 18 0 9 18 12.6 18 7 17 0 9 18 12.6 19 6 16 0 8 16 11.2 20 5 15 0 8 16 11.2 99 0 0 0 0 0 0
So driver 1 scores from categories a, b & f.
'a' relates to laps completed. If he finishes a 70 lap race he gets 70pts.
'b' relates to finishing position. If the driver finishes 1st he will get 91pts according to the above table.
'f' relates to starting position. If he starts the race from pole position he gets 39pts.
So in total, driver 1 will have scored 70 + 91 + 39 = 200pts in that race.
Driver 4 scores from categories c, d & f.
c' gets points for finishing higher than he started. If he started 15th and finished 5th he would have climbed 10 places x 9 = 90pts.
'd' relates to a points finish. For 5th place he would get 10 WDC points (x 2) = 20pts.
'f' is starting position. If he starts 15th he will score 10pts according to the above table.
So driver 4 would get 90 + 20 + 10 = 130pts.
It is the same story for the constructor and engine except that they use their own table above.
PRICE TABLE:
Driver Number Cost Kimi Antonelli 12 25 George Russell 63 27 Charles Leclerc 16 29 Lewis Hamilton 44 29 Max Verstappen 1 33 Liam Lawson 30 28 Jack Doohan 7 19 Pierre Gasly 10 21 Oscar Piastri 81 27 Lando Norris 4 30 Fernando Alonso 14 24 Lance Stroll 18 20 Esteban Ocon 31 16 Oliver Bearman 87 15 Carlos Sainz 55 17 Alex Albon 23 18 Yuki Tsunoda 22 18 Isack Hadjar 6 15 Nico Hulkenburg 27 16 Gabriel Bortoleto 5 15 Constructor Code Constructor cost Engine Cost Team Boss Cost Mercedes AMG Petronas MERC 15 33 5 Scuderia Ferrari FER 18 37 7 Red Bull Racing RBR 16 34 6 Alpine F1 ALP 11 27 3 McLaren MCL 20 39 8 Aston Martin F1 AMF1 13 28 4 Haas F1 Team HAAS 9 25 2 Williams Racing RWR 12 27 3 Visa Cash App RB F1 VCARB 11 28 3 Stake F1 STAKE 8 25 2
ENTRY FORM
Either private message me via the forum or respond to this post the following code filled in with your choices.
Please make sure to fill in everything (including tie-breaker and team name)
Tie-breaker format: hr:min:sec.xxx Example: 1:32:15.678 ( 1 hour, 32 minutes, 15.678 seconds)
All entries must be in by the start of 1st practice at the Australian GP.
Please ensure your budget is not over €133m
NO DRIVERS FROM THE SAME TEAM
NO CONSTRUCTOR/ENGINE/BOSS/Driver #1 COMBO FROM THE SAME TEAM
Username –
Team Name –
Driver 1 –
Driver 2 –
Driver 3 –
Driver 4 –
Constructor –
Engine –
Team Boss –
Tiebreaker (Winning Abu Dhabi GP time) -
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
Edited by Jdubbya47, 12 March 2025 - 14:42.
