5AF Fantasy F1 2017

Post by **dodint** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:42 am

Good game, tif. Good effort.

Post by **tifosi77** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:32 pm

I think I should put my focus on the 2018 car.

Post by **MR25** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:50 pm

Hulkenberg finally gets on the board and Verstappen poops the suitcase.

Post by **CBear3** » Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:23 am

My other F1 fantasy team is Hamilton, Stroll, Verstappen, & Sainz. Two crashed each other out and a third went headfirst into the wall. Not a good weekend.

Post by **BigMck** » Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:00 pm

20 races over 8 months. One would imagine travel being the biggest spend for a team, what is the realistic expense in running a team for a season and what is the realistic financial gain in return?

Post by **tifosi77** » Fri Apr 28, 2017 7:10 pm

You know the old joke: How do you make a small fortune in motor racing? Start with a large one.

The big teams are spending in the $300 million a year range, easy. And that might not even include the engine costs on the part of the manufacturer-constructors like Ferrari and Mercedes and Renault; engine dev can easily add 50% of the budget on by itself. The smaller budget teams are probably a tick or so over the $100 million mark. You could run a competitive 2-car team in IndyCar for a full year on the hospitality budget of a Ferrari or a Red Bull.

Ten or more years ago, Ferrari's annual F1 budget was estimated to be $550 million. From a company that at the time was only selling around six or seven thousand new cars a year.

Once prize money and TV money is doled out, most teams break even on the year. I think last year Williams and RBR were they only two teams to turn a profit.

Post by **Shyster** » Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:54 pm

No one had this race down as a 1.5 multiplier.

Round 4:

This race:
Cbear3 - 44
dodint - 43
MR25 - 32
Shyster - 18
tifosi - 27
BigMck - 39
Gaucho - 28

Total:
Cbear3 - 160
dodint - 151
MR25 - 127
Shyster - 116
tifosi - 99
BigMck - 150
Gaucho - 154

Post by **Shyster** » Mon May 15, 2017 12:42 am

No one had Spain down as a 1.5 multiplier.

Round 5:

This race:
Cbear3 - 24
dodint - 20
MR25 - 26
Shyster - 34
tifosi - 35
BigMck - 30
Gaucho - 31

Total:
Cbear3 - 184
dodint - 171
MR25 - 153
Shyster - 150
tifosi - 134
BigMck - 180
Gaucho - 185

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed May 24, 2017 3:46 pm

I am the actual worst.

Post by **Shyster** » Sun May 28, 2017 10:02 pm

MR25 has Monaco down as his first 1.5 multiplier.

Round 6:

This race:
Cbear3 - 45
dodint - 37
MR25 - 52.5
Shyster - 45
tifosi - 33
BigMck - 44
Gaucho - 33

Total:
Cbear3 - 229
dodint - 208
MR25 - 205.5
Shyster - 195
tifosi - 167
BigMck - 224
Gaucho - 218

Post by **CBear3** » Tue May 30, 2017 10:08 am

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed May 31, 2017 11:05 am

I am the Minardi of 5AF FF1.

Post by **Shyster** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:33 am

BigMck, Shyster, and Gaucho have Canada down as a 1.5 multiplier.

Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix:

This race:
Cbear3 - 30
dodint - 30
MR25 - 16
Shyster - 40.5
tifosi - 35
BigMck - 39
Gaucho - 46.5

Total:
Cbear3 - 259
dodint - 238
MR25 - 221.5
Shyster - 235.5
tifosi - 202
BigMck - 263
Gaucho - 264.5

Post by **Shyster** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 1:16 am

Team Minardi had Azerbaijan down as his first 1.5 multiplier.

Round 8 - Azerbaijan Grand Prix and Demolition Derby:

This race:
Cbear3 - 34
dodint - 30
MR25 - 12
Shyster - 43
tifosi - 37.5
BigMck - 26
Gaucho - 20

Leaderboard:
1. Cbear3 - 293
2. BigMck - 289
3. Gaucho - 284.5
4. Shyster - 278.5
5. dodint - 268
6. tifosi - 239.5
7. MR25 - 233.5

Post by **dodint** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:26 am

I'm winning my other league with basically the same team. Weird.

Post by **CBear3** » Mon Jun 26, 2017 10:37 am

CBear3 wrote:Shocked at the Kvyatt picks over Sainz.

Post by **Gaucho** » Tue Jun 27, 2017 5:58 am

Precisely.

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 2:37 pm

Jesus P Crikey, even with my multiplier I only finished second.

Post by **Shyster** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:28 pm

Look on the bright side; you did pass MR25 for last place. Verstappen's DNFs are killing him.

Post by **Shyster** » Wed Jun 28, 2017 10:47 pm

Based on the salary numbers used to set the teams here, Sainz is indeed the ROI leader with a value of 14.50 points earned thus far per million dollars of salary. Numbers below. Magnussen is second at 11 points per million, and Vettel is third at 8.05 points per million.

Sebastian Vettel 8.05
Lewis Hamilton 5.79
Valtteri Bottas 5.84
Daniel Ricciardo 5.41
Kimi Räikkönen 5.62
Max Verstappen 2.65
Sergio Perez 7.33
Esteban Ocon 7.00
Carlos Sainz 14.50
Felipe Massa 2.86
Nico Hulkenberg 4.50
Lance Stroll 3.40
Kevin Magnussen 11.00
Romain Grosjean 5.00
Pascal Wehrlein 5.00
Daniil Kvyat 2.00
Fernando Alonso 0.67
Jolyon Palmer 0.00
Marcus Ericsson 0.00
Stoffel Vandoorne 0.00

Post by **tifosi77** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:53 pm

Shyster wrote:Look on the bright side; you did pass MR25 for last place.

Post by **Gaucho** » Thu Jun 29, 2017 4:35 pm

Post by **MR25** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 5:37 pm

Verstappen is killing my team. 1.5 bonus won't make much of a difference

Post by **Shyster** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:00 pm

MR25 had Austria as his second 1.5 multiplier.

Round 8 - Austrian Grand Prix:

This race:
Cbear3 - 43
dodint - 43
MR25 - 27
Shyster - 41
tifosi - 31
BigMck - 32
Gaucho - 22

Leaderboard:
1. Cbear3 - 336
2. BigMck - 321
3. Shyster - 319.5
4. dodint - 311
5. Gaucho - 306.5
6. tifosi - 270.5
7. MR25 - 260.5

Post by **dodint** » Sun Jul 09, 2017 11:11 pm