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Old 11-03-2013, 16:50
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League Name : DS 2013 F1
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Overview

Fantasy Grand Prix is designed to be fun, easy and quick to play (but tricky to win!)

In a nutshell: you create your own ‘dream team’ of three drivers and three cars and then you score points according to how your dream team perform in the 2013 F1 World Championship Grands Prix.

To add a touch of strategy you have a budget of £75million to spend on cars and drivers – so you wont be able to afford all the top drivers and top cars. Instead you’ll need to spend wisely and decide which midfield and back of the field competitors you want in your team.

After each Grand Prix the real results are input and scores are calculated so you’ll be able to logon to see how you are getting on.

Make the most of the first two races to figure out your strategy! During the first two rounds you can make as many team changes as you like – use this opportunity!!

From China onwards you have just 3 free team changes for the rest of the season, you can change your team more but it will cost you a 25 points penalty.

Scoring

Race Points:

As with real Grand Prix the winning driver scores 25 points, 2nd place receives 18, then 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2… to 1 point for 10th place. If any of your drivers finish in the top ten places they will receive the same points.

Again, in symmetry with real F1, cars also score points so if you choose McLaren as one of your cars and Jenson Button (McLaren Driver) finishes 3rd then you’ll still score 15 points even if you didn’t have Button because you have McLaren as a car. If McLaren scored a 1-2 finish then you’d receive a whopping 43points (25+18).

Bonus Points:

This is a neat bonus system that rewards those truly great race drives. If you have Mark Webber (for example) in your team and he starts 16th on the grid after a dismal qualifying but finishes 2nd you’ll receive the 18 points for 2nd place and also 42 bonus points for such a great drive through the field – that’s 3 points per move up the field, i.e. 16th to 2nd is an improvement of 14 positions hence (14 x 3) 42 points.

Bearing this in mind, having less expensive drivers such as Charles Pic can be advantageous if they consistently finish when others drop out. If he starts 21st and ends up 11th then that’s a solid 30 points in the bank even though he didn’t finish in a points paying position.

These ‘bonus’ or ‘improvement’ points only apply to drivers and not cars, since it is generally the driver that brings the car home and is responsible for making great moves.

Prediction Points:

To add an element of excitement to watching the races on telly you can also predict pole position for the starting grid, the race podium results, the fastest lap and the number of Safety Car periods before each Grand Prix and score bonus points for being correct.

If you correctly guess who is on pole position you’ll get 25pts, likewise if you correctly predict who wins then you’ll receive 25pts. The same again if you correctly guess 2nd or 3rd place.

There’s also a combo-bonus where if you guess the podium correctly with all 3 drivers in the correct positions, you’ll get 25pts for each and an additional 50pts. If you’re very good and manage to predict the entire podium as well as pole position, fastest lap and the number of Safety Car periods, you’ll receive 25 points for each correct prediction and an additional 75pts for getting all of them correct. Massive points!

It really is worth submitting your predictions to stand a chance of winning!

Rules

Team Changes

If at some point you decide that a driver or car isn’t worth having in your team you can change that driver or car for another one. You will retain your current points total and score points on the next race with your new line up.

Of course, changing your drivers and cars every race would be a bit ridiculous so to add an element of risk, you are allocated 3 free changes for the whole season and after that each change will cost you 25 points so be careful making flippant decisions!


Note: during the first two rounds of Australia and Malaysia, you have unlimited team changes – use this time to work out your strategy. From the Chinese GP onwards, team changes will be limited to 3.

Predictions can be changed as many times as you like before qualifying begins without a penalty.

During a Grand Prix:

While a Grand Prix weekend is in progress you can still login and view your team and predictions for the race, but team changes and prediction changes are not possible. The game will go into this ‘lock down’ state from when qualifying begins on Saturday, until up to 1hr after the race on Sunday (pending any delays from the FIA or the stewards).

Make sure you’re happy with your team and predictions before qualifying begins!

Tie Breaks:

In the event of two or more Fantasy teams scoring equal points for a Grand Prix then the winner for that Grand Prix will go to the team who registered first for the Fantasy Grand Prix game (league tables are in this order when teams are on equal points).
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Old 12-03-2013, 07:37
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Old 12-03-2013, 08:42
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I'm in.

Thrown together a team and predictions but might go and tweak a bit when I have more time to read through it properly!!
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Old 12-03-2013, 14:33
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Old 12-03-2013, 16:07
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I'm in.

Thrown together a team and predictions but might go and tweak a bit when I have more time to read through it properly!!
Don't know what you think but it was tough to choose with the budget given.
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Old 12-03-2013, 20:23
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Don't know what you think but it was tough to choose with the budget given.
Yea it was...amazing how quickly you can spend the budget! I am glad that we can tweak for free over the first couple of races
which may help get some sort of balance.....or the complete opposite
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Old 13-03-2013, 07:31
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Yea it was...amazing how quickly you can spend the budget! I am glad that we can tweak for free over the first couple of races
which may help get some sort of balance.....or the complete opposite
The first couple of races free is a good idea.
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Old 13-03-2013, 13:58
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Some more info on the Prediction points system.
Correctly predicting the outcome of a grand prix can give you a big points haul.
■25pts are awarded for each correct prediction
■50pts are awarded in addition if you predict the complete podium places
■75pts are awarded in addition if you predict the complete podium, fastest lap, pole position and number of Safety Car periods

You can change your predictions for the next race as many times as you like up until before qualifying begins.
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Old 13-03-2013, 20:33
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Piston Broke

Very difficult to get a strong team
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Old 13-03-2013, 21:28
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Old 14-03-2013, 08:06
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Piston Broke

Very difficult to get a strong team
Makes it more fun to do
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Old 14-03-2013, 16:27
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If its unlimited for the 2 races you could change your Pole Postion prediction until the last minute
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Old 14-03-2013, 20:36
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Old 14-03-2013, 20:42
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If its unlimited for the 2 races you could change your Pole Postion prediction until the last minute
Will we be able to do this then do you think, or will there be a "lock" in place during quali?
I've not read through it completely so don't know if this is explained.
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Old 14-03-2013, 21:34
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Will we be able to do this then do you think, or will there be a "lock" in place during quali?
I've not read through it completely so don't know if this is explained.
just gone through the rules and there is a "lock down".


During a Grand Prix:

While a Grand Prix weekend is in progress you can still login and view your team and predictions for the race, but team changes and prediction changes are not possible. The game will go into this ‘lock down’ state from when qualifying begins on Saturday, until up to 1hr after the race on Sunday (pending any delays from the FIA or the stewards).
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Old 14-03-2013, 22:21
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Just joined: Silver Machine - Uberman.

What does the winner get?
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Old 14-03-2013, 22:39
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Old 15-03-2013, 09:50
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After the P1 and P2 sessions I have changed my team and predictions...twice!

Jeez this is hard..
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Old 15-03-2013, 12:43
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After the P1 and P2 sessions I have changed my team and predictions...twice!

Jeez this is hard..
It's good that you have look towards the middle of the field for a change
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Old 15-03-2013, 13:38
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Old 15-03-2013, 16:13
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Don't forget The game will go into this ‘lock down’ state from when qualifying begins on Saturday, until up to 1hr after the race on Sunday.
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Old 15-03-2013, 22:10
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After watching the qualifying I have changed my team again
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Old 16-03-2013, 07:37
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dean michael : dean michael
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uberman : Silver Machine
bobby_1 : Schumacher me sick
DimSum : Dimmy KK

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Old 17-03-2013, 16:49
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Standings after the Australian Grand Prix

1)fatsi : fatsiF1 : 147pts
2)DimSum : Dimmy KK : 145pts
3)charlieparr : Piston Broke : 110pts
4)bobby_1 : Schumacher me sick : 107pts
5)tonypenny : Frantic Four F1 : 92pts
6)dean michael : dean michael : 74pts
7)uberman : Silver Machine : 57pts


fatsi takes an early lead after the first Grand Prix of the season. The next Grand Prix is the Malaysian. (March 24th)
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Old 23-03-2013, 10:42
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Standings after the Australian Grand Prix

1)fatsi : fatsiF1 : 147pts
2)DimSum : Dimmy KK : 145pts
3)charlieparr : Piston Broke : 110pts
4)bobby_1 : Schumacher me sick : 107pts
5)tonypenny : Frantic Four F1 : 92pts
6)dean michael : dean michael : 74pts
7)uberman : Silver Machine : 57pts


fatsi takes an early lead after the first Grand Prix of the season. The next Grand Prix is the Malaysian. (March 24th)

On a side note…

There were some points changes following the Australian GP – you may have noticed your totals changing from time to time, which was due to a technical fault with the points calculations. Rest assured that the cause of these issues has been found and fixed, tested thoroughly and sorted going ahead. It’s the first time we’ve had such an issue in 5yrs of running the game, so I can only apologise for any confusion caused.
1)fatsi : fatsiF1 : 150pts
2)DimSum : Dimmy KK : 148pts
3)charlieparr : Piston Broke : 116pts
4)bobby_1 : Schumacher me sick : 107pts
5)tonypenny : Frantic Four F1 : 92pts
6)dean michael : dean michael : 77pts
7)uberman : Silver Machine : 60pts
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