5AF Fantasy F1 2017

Post by **dodint** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:11 pm

5AF Fantasy F1 2017

Good day Grand Prix fans!

Welcome to the first annual 5AF Fantasy F1 league; a set-it-and-forget-it competition that's so easy Sato could do it!

You each have $40M dollars to spend on your team.
You may select as many drivers as your budget allows.
Teams do not have to be unique.
You are selecting by driver name; however, if there is a Kvyat-type team move your pick stays with the original seat.
Choose your two favorite Grand Prix weekends, this set must be unique if you have the same driver lineup as someone else. Your drivers will score 1.5x points on these race weekends.

Driver Salaries in millions:
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24 Mercedes Lewis Hamilton
19 Mercedes Valtteri Bottas
19 Ferrari Sebastian Vettel
13 Ferrari Kimi Räikkönen
17 Red Bull Daniel Ricciardo
17 Red Bull Max Verstappen
7 Williams Felipe Massa
5 Williams Lance Stroll
6 Force India Sergio Pérez
5 Force India Esteban Ocon
4 Renault Nico Hülkenberg
3 Renault Jolyon Palmer
3 McLaren Fernando Alonso
2 McLaren Stoffel Vandoorne
2 Toro Rosso Daniil Kvyat
2 Toro Rosso Carlos Sainz, Jr.
2 Haas Romain Grosjean
1 Haas Kevin Magnussen
1 Sauber Ericsson
1 Sauber Wehrlein

Schedule:

Australian Grand Prix Australia Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 26-Mar
Chinese Grand Prix China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 9-Apr
Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 16-Apr
Russian Grand Prix Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30-Apr
Spanish Grand Prix Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona 14-May
Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 28-May
Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 11-Jun
Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 25-Jun
Austrian Grand Prix Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 9-Jul
British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 16-Jul
Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 30-Jul
Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 27-Aug
Italian Grand Prix Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 3-Sep
Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 17-Sep
Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 1-Oct
Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka 8-Oct
United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 22-Oct
Mexican Grand Prix Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 29-Oct
Brazilian Grand Prix Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 12-Nov
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 26-Nov

Reply here with your driver selections and your unique set of two race weekends by 11:59pm on Friday, March 24th. You may edit your selections up to that time.
Check back throughout the season to track your progress!
Winner receives a 1:43 diecast of their highest scoring driver's car, or an Amazon gift card of same value, your choice.

Drivers, start your engines!

Beveridge
BigMck
CBear3
Freddy Rumsen
@Gaucho
@iamjs
mikey
MR25
@relantel
@shafnutz05
@Shyster
slappybrown
@the errey i breathe
@TheHammer24
tifosi77
@Tomas

This list was populated by enumerating those that posted in the racing related threads.
The competition is open to all posters.

Teams:
Cbear3 - Vettel, Bottas, Sainz GPs: Hungaroring, Monza
dodint: Vettel, Bottas, Kvyat GPs: Spa, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
MR25 - Vettel, Verstappen, Hulkenberg GPs: Monaco, Austria
Shyster - Riccardo, Vettel, Grosjean, Magnussen GPs: Canada, Singapore
tifosi - Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Pérez, Hulkenberg GPs: Silverstone, Azerbaijan
BigMck - Vettel, Räikkönen, Ocon, Kvyat, Magnussen GPs: Canada, Spa

Post by **Beveridge** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:14 pm

I don't know the difference between F1 and Indy Car...is there a difference?

I'm not the droid you're looking for.

Post by **mikey** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:15 pm

**** you...

Post by **dodint** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:18 pm

mikey wrote:**** you...

You can use real money if it piques your interest.

Post by **mikey** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:19 pm

I'm listening...

Post by **dodint** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:21 pm

People do bet on F1. I...don't get it. To each their own.

Post by **tifosi77** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:43 pm

Is the cost a combo of the car/driver package? Cos Bottas isn't making anything like $19 mil.

Also, for the two unique grands prix, are the picks first-come-first-served? Like, if I set my team and unique two today, and someone else comes in and picks the same lineup, when we get to those two races, does the second person have to do a driver swap for those events? I'm a little fuzzy on that one.

And if you win, I'll agree to provide the prizing on the set terms. I mean, you can just go buy yourself a 1:43 at any time, right?

Post by **dodint** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:58 pm

tifosi77 wrote:Is the cost a combo of the car/driver package? Cos Bottas isn't making anything like $19 mil.

Also, for the two unique grands prix, are the picks first-come-first-served? Like, if I set my team and unique two today, and someone else comes in and picks the same lineup, when we get to those two races, does the second person have to do a driver swap for those events? I'm a little fuzzy on that one.

And if you win, I'll agree to provide the prizing on the set terms. I mean, you can just go buy yourself a 1:43 at any time, right?

GP set selection is first come first served. If a second person picks the same set as you and doesn't change their pick they will forfeit their bonus round multiplier. I will clarify a little better that unique GP set selection is only actually required if you also have identical teams. It's a mechanism to allow for anyone to have the exact drivers they want while still having a unique result at the end of the year. For the more knowledgeably F1 types there is a strategy at play here (speed trap teams do well at Monza, others at Monaco, etc), so best to pick early.

Salary is just generated to keep the teams even. You could buy the whole bottom of the grid if you wanted, or just buy 2-3 top guys. Has nothing to do with their real life income, most are pay to play anyway.

If I win and you want to put up the prize, GT:S is about the same price...

Post by **dodint** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:38 pm

Drivers: Vettel, Bottas, Kvyat

GPs: Belgian Grand Prix, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Post by **MR25** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:07 pm

Vettel, Verstappen, Hulkenberg

GPs: Monaco, Austria

Post by **CBear3** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 5:55 pm

Vettel, Bottas, Sainz

GPs: Hungaroring, Monza

Post by **Shyster** » Mon Mar 13, 2017 8:47 pm

Riccardo, Vettel, Grosjean, Magnussen

GPs: Canada, Singapore

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:17 pm

Goddamnit, Shyster picked the exact drivers and GPs I was going to pick.

Post by **dodint** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:41 pm

In the other league I do this in we have to have unique teams. The GPs modifier is an addition I put in (and was shot down by my other group) to make the likelihood of that happening a bit less. I originally was going to go with three but pared it down to two for simplicity sake. Sorry mate.

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:47 pm

Everyone's picking Vettel, too....... okay then...........

Drivers
Ricciardo, Räikkönen, Pérez, Hulkenberg (hon mention: Maldonado)

GP
Silverstone, Azerbaijan

Post by **BigMck** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 4:36 pm

NASCAR cars have that cool midlevel engine noise as they pass by.

NHRA Top Fuel cars shake the earth and rattle your teeth as they pass by.

F1 Indy cars sound like a group of rice burning gnats as they pass by.

I think that best describes the sounds of each car.

Gonna have to research the driver's and race tracks, because this sounds like fun.

Post by **MR25** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:21 pm

@tifosi77 I almost picked Hamilton and Raikkonen, but thought that wasn't leaving me enough wiggle room.

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:41 pm

I think @dodint and @CBear3 might have done well with their Bottas selections; he's the wildcard in the top six seats, IMO. Which is weird for me to say that, because I'm banking on Kimi being less pedestrian this year.

Post by **dodint** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:49 pm

I'm a former champion. Kind of a big deal...

I picked up Kimi that year he exploded at Lotus. Then I retired. This is my comeback tour.

Post by **CBear3** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:26 pm

tifosi77 wrote:I think dodint and CBear3 might have done well with their Bottas selections; he's the wildcard in the top six seats, IMO. Which is weird for me to say that, because I'm banking on Kimi being less pedestrian this year.

I'm a nerd. I took each seats' points output from last year, adjusted for new rules and drivers for 2017, divided by the salary and picked the three highest.

Post by **tifosi77** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:59 pm

Ha, the extent of my analysis was to complain that Shyster swiped all my picks. Literally, the fcker went 6-for-6.

Post by **BigMck** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:55 pm

Drivers:
19 Ferrari Sebastian Vettel;
13 Ferrari Kimi Räikkönen;
5 Force India Esteban Ocon;
2 Toro Rosso Daniil Kvyat;
1 Haas Kevin Magnussen

Races:
Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 11-Jun;
Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 27-Aug

I hope that is set right.

Post by **Shyster** » Fri Mar 17, 2017 8:10 pm

tifosi77 wrote:Ha, the extent of my analysis was to complain that Shyster swiped all my picks. Literally, the fcker went 6-for-6.

Sorry.

I decided to try for consistency, and then I looked to see what races Riccardo and Vettel seem to finish well.

Post by **CBear3** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:28 pm

Shocked at the Kvyatt picks over Sainz.

Post by **dodint** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 2:56 pm

Six teams so far. Enough for a proper podium and a healthy field of losers. I like it.