Fifth Avenue Forum

Welcome to the sixth-annual 5AF Fantasy F1 league.

• The competition is open to all posters. Welcome aboard!

• You each have $40 million to spend on your team.

• You may select as many drivers as your budget allows. There is no advantage gained from not spending your entire budget.

• You are selecting by driver. If a driver switches teams, your points earned will follow that driver to the new team. If a driver is replaced or misses races due to injury or catching the 'rona, you will not earn points for that driver's replacement.

• Ties will be broken by looking at the points earned in each race by each fantasy participant and giving the highest point earner on a given week "first place," the next highest "second place" and so on. Ties are broken by whoever has more first-place finishes, and if necessary it goes on to second place, third place, etc. If there's still a tie, I will perform a coin flip.

• Your team must be unique. Please check what lineups have already been selected by other posters.

• The points earned by your selected drivers are the same as the points earned by the F1 drivers’ championship (1st place - 25 points; 2nd -18; 3rd - 15; 4th -12; 5th - 10; 6th - 8; 7th - 6; 8th - 4; 9th - 2; 10th - 1). This includes the points earned during sprint-race qualifying and the point earned for fastest lap.

Driver salaries in millions:
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Max Verstappen (Red Bull): 14.5
Sergio Perez (Red Bull): 13.5
Carlos Sainz (Ferrari): 12
Charles Leclerc (Ferrari): 12
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes): 11.5
George Russell (Mercedes): 10.5
Lando Norris (McLaren): 8
Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren): 8.5
Pierre Gasly (Alpha Tauri): 6
Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri): 4.5
Esteban Ocon (Alpine): 4.5
Fernando Alonso (Alpine): 5
Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin): 4
Lance Stroll (Aston Martin): 4
Nicolas Latifi (Williams): 3.5
Alex Albon (Williams): 3.5
Mick Schumacher (Haas): 0.5
Kevin Magnussen (Haas): 2.5
Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo): 2
Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo): 0.5

The schedule (assuming races are not canceled or delayed or another war breaks out):
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1 - Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain - Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir - 20 March
2 - Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Saudi Arabia - Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Jeddah - 27 March
3 - Australian Grand Prix - Australia - Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne - 10 April
4 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Italy - Imola Circuit, Imola - 24 April
5 - Miami Grand Prix - United States - Miami International Autodrome, Miami Gardens, Florida[c] - 8 May
6 - Spanish Grand Prix - Spain - Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló - 22 May
7 - Monaco Grand Prix - Monaco - Circuit de Monaco, Monaco - 29 May
8 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix - Azerbaijan - Baku City Circuit, Baku - 12 June
9 - Canadian Grand Prix - Canada - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal - 19 June
10 - British Grand Prix - United Kingdom - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone - 3 July
11 - Austrian Grand Prix - Austria - Red Bull Ring, Spielberg - 10 July
12 - French Grand Prix - France - Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet - 24 July
13 - Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungary - Hungaroring, Mogyoród - 31 July
14 - Belgian Grand Prix - Belgium - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot - 28 August
15 - Dutch Grand Prix - Netherlands - Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort - 4 September
16 - Italian Grand Prix - Italy - Monza Circuit, Monza - 11 September
17 - TBA - TBA - TBA - 25 September
18 - Singapore Grand Prix - Singapore - Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore - 2 October
19 - Japanese Grand Prix - Japan - Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka - 9 October
20 - United States Grand Prix - United States - Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas - 23 October
21 - Mexico City Grand Prix - Mexico - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City - 30 October
22 - São Paulo Grand Prix - Brazil - Interlagos Circuit, São Paulo - 13 November
23 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - United Arab - Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi - 20 November

Please post your driver lineup by 9:00 pm Eastern time on Friday, March 18.

@CBear3
@Gaucho
@dodint
@tifosi77
@MR25

Alright alright alright.

Max
Chuck
Lando
Der Seb
Bottas

Miami

Verstappen
Hamilton
Norris
Gasly

Uh, we aren't doing tiebreaker races. See the fifth bullet point.

Max
Chuck
Lando
Der Seb
Bottas

Miami

I'm honored you think so highly of me, but my performance is this game is completely fantasy and won't award you any points. Circular Logic and all.

Verstappen
Sainz
Ocon
Vettel
Alonso

Max
Chuck
Lando
Der Seb
Bottas

Miami

I'm honored you think so highly of me, but my performance is this game is completely fantasy and won't award you any points. Circular Logic and all.

That B-Spec life...

Whatever, I'm still picking Miami.

I just followed tifs lead ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

HAM
RUS
PER
VET
SCH

Verstappen
Hamilton
Stroll

Hamilton
Verstappen
Leclerc
Bottas

... goddammit Gaucho

... goddammit Gaucho

What will you do with the $10 million you saved?

He probably still would have beaten me.

... goddammit Gaucho

What will you do with the $10 million you saved?

GODDAMNIT I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME


I literally had my team, then convinced myself I went up to 50 million and not 40.

Ok i definitely have my original team back up there.

VER
SCH
GAS
OCO
LEC
MAG

Let's get it on.

Earwormed.

I think K-Mag might be a decent sleeper pick.

Round 1 - Bahrain

This race:
Cbear3 - 26
dodint - 27
MR25 - 15
Shyster - 42
tifosi - 34
Gaucho - 49

Leaderboard:

1. Gaucho - 49
2. Shyster - 42
3. tifosi - 34
4. dodint - 27
5. Cbear3 - 26
6. MR25 - 15

I was doing good until I wasn't.

I don't want to hear it

well well welly welly well