FISO F1 Style League - Division 2 thread

[Ralfbergs]

This is the thread for participants that registered to FISO F1 league and made it into top(first) division. Below I am just reposting same things from the registration thread in one post:

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Link to our FPL league : https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagu ... tandings/c

Before I go on, I want to also add that I reserve the rights to twist some things around, since this is the first year I am organizing this game, but in general I think it would be quite simple and for fun.


FORMAT - QUALIFICATION/RACE STRUCTURE

To imitate F1 more, the FPL 38 gameweeks will be split in qualification and race gameweeks - basically all odd numbered gameweeks will be qualifcation, while the following gameweek will be actual race (it doesn't matter if any fall in weekend, have less games or double gameweeks etc). The difference will be that for race gameweeks top 10 players will get points (plus "fastest lap" points) - while for qualifcation no points will be given (except if it will be spring race which I will also add in some of the gameweeks (will post fixtures in another post) - then top 8 get points for overall standings).

While it would seem that having whole gameweek for only qualification is boring, here comes the additional twist - to make this gameweek matter more and imitate the placement structure of f1, then each team will get extra "FPL points" which will be added to your FPL score of the race gameweek.

SCORING

So as mentioned before, scoring for the sidegame will be made like this (your FPL score minus points deducted for "paid" FPL transfers is used for calculations in all situations - same as in H2H leagues etc):

Qualification

Players to not get any points for the overall standings of the sidegame. Instead they got what I will call "FPL points" that are added into the score of the next gameweek's race weekend.
"FPL points" are awarded on the basis of your standings for the qualification gameweek:

1st place - 20 FPL points
2nd place - 19 FPL points
3rd place - 18 FPL points
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20th place - 1 FPL point

I know in some cases this might seem like a lot if all participants are similarly skilled FPL players, but its the same in actual F1 - Pole position in qualifying does give you huge advantage over 20th place (I actually considered making it more FPL points, but I think this is enough and simple to follow)

Sprint race

Will be held on some gameweeks in the season in place of qualification. Same scoring as qualification applies regarding FPL points, but additionally top 8 racers get points for overall standings - 1st place 8 points, 2nd place 7 .... 8th place 1 (same as in F1)

Race

Here the scoring imitates actual Formula One. Top 10 get points:

Position Pts
1st 25
2nd 18
3rd 15
4th 12
5th 10
6th 8
7th 6
8th 4
9th 2
10th 1

Additionally, if you get into top 10, you can get points for what we will call "fastest lap" - I thought long what this might be, but I'll keep it simple - most points for captain (in sum of qualification(or sprint) + race) (remember you have to be in top 10) - and to make it so that we don't have too many fastest laps - additional tie breaker - most points for VC in both GWs (if sum of captain points is same) and if both C and VC will have same points in total, then the fastest lap points will be awarded to all given participants (I still do expect this to happen sometimes).

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I hope this explains the idea - the format is quite simple, scoring easy to understand and does not require additional work from any of you. Only what I can not currently guarantee is instant updates per each gameweek - I will try, but sometimes I might post results for few gameweeks at once. I'll try to make it interesting, but lets see.

FISO F1 Schedule 2022 (I took out the newest circuits (Miami, Jeddah and Baku), keeping the list otherwise the same as in actual F1 schedule - only putting Brazil race, to make it more interesting and 37th gw a sprint race)

GW1-GW2 : BAHRAIN (Bahrain International Circuit) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW3-GW4 : AUSTRALIA (Albert Park Circuit) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW5-GW6 : ITALY (Imola Circuit) ( SPRINT + RACE )
GW7-GW8 : SPAIN (Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW9-GW10 : MONACO (Circuit de Monaco) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW11-GW12 : CANADA (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW13-GW14 : GREAT BRITAIN (Silverstone Circuit) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW15-GW16 : AUSTRIA (Red Bull Ring) ( SPRINT + RACE )
GW17-GW18 : FRANCE (Circuit Paul Ricard) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW19-GW20 : HUNGARY (Hungaroring) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW21-GW22 : BELGIUM (Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW23-GW24 : NETHERLANDS (Circuit Zandvoort) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW25-GW26 : ITALY (Monza Circuit) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW27-GW28 : SINGAPORE (Marina Bay Street Circuit) (QUALIFICATION + RACE)
GW29-GW30 : JAPAN (Suzuka International Racing Course) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW31-GW32 : USA (Circuit of the Americas) (QUALIFICATION + RACE)
GW33-GW34 : MEXICO (Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )
GW35-GW36 : ABU DHABI (Yas Marina Circuit) (QUALIFICATION + RACE)
GW37-GW38 : BRAZIL (Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace) ( SPRINT + RACE )

(Will try to writeup some previews before each track start up, but so far this is the list)


RELEGATION

Top drivers at the end of the season will be promoted do Division 1

TEAM PICKING (for 2023/24 season)
At the start of the next season drivers will be able to choose their teams based on their performance this year (meaning relegated drivers choose first (18-20), then 4th place from division 2, 5th place etc) - that way top drivers (plus those previously in division 1) will get to choose top teams or if stay to the team that helped them perform the best. This rule is more regarding next year, so not important for this year, just writing it down so don't forget.

[Ralfbergs]

PARTICIPANTS (and short introductions/power rankings based on infos from FPL history):

TEAM - Red Bull Racing



Drivers:
bossdrum https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/65920/history
coryphaeus https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2084304/history

Short preview introduction:
Experienced and top driver bossdrum has been consistently providing good results in all previous seasons, yet he still is not in our top 3 in our power rankings given some "bad" seasons in last 5 years and therefore holds 4th spot there. He is joined by coryphaeus, who had some great results at the start of the career, but they have been falling in last season - even with that she holds 6th spot in power rankings and with a good season ahead the tides could change.
While each on their own currently Red Bull drivers do not seem to be title contenders, together they do have a strong team to fight for the top 3 spot in the constructor's cup. Still, this is only preseason so it depends how good they will prepare.

TEAM - Ferrari



Drivers:
Britinus https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/414838/history
snakzz https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1243/history

Short preview introduction:
Britinus, while with some driving experience under his belt, has not had any impressive results in last seasons and last two has been especially bad, putting him in 15th place in power rankings and currently seems he will be fighting for top 10, rather than any pole positions. Contrary to Britinus, his teammate snakzz is our top spot in power rankings - while maybe with a slightly less experience than some, he holds the most impressive and constant record in our division and is currently bookies favorite to take the whole championship! Who will step up to stop him? Lets see!
Ferrari, while with clear 1st and 2nd driver in their team, should be getting in points constantly, is currently 4th in the power rankings and it really depends if they will be fighting for constructor's championship too based on how Britinus will perform.

TEAM - Mercedes



Drivers:
Kris_fiso https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2828601/history
wiseowl65 https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/66730/history

Short preview introduction:
Kris_fiso, while being experienced driver, does not really stand out in the crowd - there have been some decent seasons, including last one, but with 16th spot in power rankings it does seem the fight will be to get in points rather than anything else. The other driver is wiseowl65, who has had ups and downs in the past seasons, but if his formula will be prepared well enough for this year, we could see a fight for top 3 - he is currently 8th in our power rankings, therefore seems should be getting in top 10 plenty enough either way, but I could see a dark horse here (also it seems first season when he played was not full season, so it kinda lowers the average based on which power rankings are done)
Compared to other teams, Mercedes is in 5th spot in power rankings - they should be getting in points often, but it remains to be seen if they will be fighting for anything more.

TEAM - McLaren



Drivers:
MorrisonDullforce https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/8201/history
1albert https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/26937/history

Short preview introduction:
MorrisonDullforce is a force to be reckoned with - currently holding 2nd spot in our power rankings and with an impressive driving experience and results, which are were consistent albeit for one season, he will certainly be putting his hat in the title fight. He is partnering up with 1albert, who had some great seasons too, but lacks consistency - it depends how this one will go, but top 10 should be the minimum for him.
McLaren is our number 1 team this year in power rankings - if drivers work together and support each other, they could even go for the double - winning the driver's and constructor's championship! Lets see how it goes.

TEAM - Alpine



Drivers:
mcguffin https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/596765/history
TheBigLewandowski https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/41244/history

Short preview introduction:
mcguffin has mostly been subpar in last few seasons, even though there are some great results in past - given that the lower results appear in past more, he holds only 18th spot in our driver rankings and means most likely will be happy to be in points in the races if something is not changed around - given the opposition it will not be easy though. mcguffin is joined by TheBigLewandowski who is relatively inexperienced driver compared to most here and while his career started on a high, last few years had seen downfall - meaning this year both drivers really will need to prepare well to see them fighting for something.
Alpine is currently 8th in power rankings, which is due to both drivers having had some good results in past but falling off in last years - maybe this is the year they turn it around and push for more?

TEAM - Alfa Romeo



Drivers:
jeffersdn https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/500171/history
mogwai https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1411615/history

Short preview introduction:
jeffersdn is an experienced driver, but without any impressive results - meaning he does it for the love of the sport rather than to prove anything - still, given the experience, anything is possible, but it will be a hard task given the opposition, since he is only 19th in our power rankings and currently seems that points in races is the highest target. The other driver is mogwai, who opposite to jefferdn has had great results often and even holds 5th spot in our power rankings - if not for last few seasons, it for sure could have been even higher - if the bad luck of last seasons is scrapped, maybe we can see Alfa Romeo representative even on some podiums this year?
While Alfa Romeo for sure will get some points this year, it seems hard to imagine them fighting for anything big in the constructor's championship - they are currently only 9th in our power rankings, meaning even top 5 would be a surprise.

TEAM - AlphaTauri



Drivers:
Aardvark https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/16477/history
Blue Fire https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/140464/history

Short preview introduction:
Aardvark seems to be great driver, but just when he wants to - there have been some good seasons in past, but then there are big swings and some of the seasons have been quite bad. Therefore he is only 13th in our driver's power rankings and is joined by Blue Fire who is 14th. Blue Fire has less experience than most and the results, while having not as big swings as his teammate, seem to be very inconsistent.
AlphaTauri seem to be team which gets into points often enough, but not really fighting for much more. Currently they are 7th in power rankings and it will be surprising if they get any podiums, but lets see - there is still time to prepare for the season!

TEAM - Haas F1



Drivers:
trampie https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/599788/history
nemo7x https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/23421/history

Short preview introduction:
trampie is quite an average driver, if not to say bad, which also shows by his power rankings spot - 20th. There have not been any great seasons really and it seems this will be fighting for points and hoping not to crash! He is joined by nemo7x who is the most inexperienced driver here, therefore we can say a rookie but even with that, the results have been okay, giving our rookie number 10 spot in power rankings - so it seems nemo7x will be getting in points now and then and who knows, maybe with experience also comes some podiums?
Haas is currently last spot in power rankings - they will be happy to get into points - anything more than that will be a great surprise. But as I said before - these are only predictions, who knows - maybe they have some tricks up their sleeves?

TEAM - Aston Martin



Drivers:
bluelionman https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1864203/history
fred1266 https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2162/history

Short preview introduction:
Well, bluelionman has plenty of driving experience, but the skill is a different topic - the results, albeit for some seasons, have not been that good, therefore and given 17th spot in power rankings, current prediction is that getting in points will be the main aim for him in races. Other Aston Martin driver is fred1266 who has had some great seasons in past and seems could get good positions and maybe even fight for top3 if the car is prepared well for the season - but currently it remains to be seen. fred1266 is only 9th in power rankings, but I do think, if the seasons starts well for him maybe we could see some podiums.
Aston Martin is 6th in power rankings and currently do not look like they will be fighting for much in the constructor's championship. They should be getting in points now and then, but currently it all seems based on how well fred1266 will do, who is currently considered Aston Martin number 1 driver, but if his seasons starts off bad, that can change fast too.

TEAM - Williams



Drivers:
Isalla https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/577033/history
woody71 https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/256362/history

Short preview introduction:
Isalla is an average driver compared to others here, which also shows in his power rank - 11th. He has decent experience, some decent results, but nothing impressive. While it does seem getting in points constantly is a given, I do not expect fighting for much more currently, but Isalla can prove me wrong when the season gets going. woody71 is the other Williams driver and currently seen as one of the main competitors for the title as he is currently ranked number 3 in power rankings. I do have to say, while there have been amazing results in some past seasons, last years have seen drop of form, so it remains to be seen if he will be fighting for top position and on podium often enough, or will let others overtake him too often.
Williams is ranked in 3rd spot in power rankings - it seems that the team will be constantly in the points, but it does depend on how their form will be if they will be pushing for more and higher spots.

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*All nation pictures that you represent are taken from FPL and your accounts

[Ralfbergs]

Driver's table (SEASON after 19/19 races)

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Constructor's standings (SEASON)

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[Ralfbergs]

Preseason power rankings (based on your average positions in previous FPL seasons):

DRIVERS:

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TEAMS

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[Ralfbergs]

Ok this looks set to go, but tell me if you have any questions or whatever. Writeups and power rankings updated. Hope you enjoy them, but at the same time don't take them too seriously, they are just for banter plus based on average score of all your seasons, so not always it will end up like that when we start.
Not only that - here you need to get good results in the gameweeks not only overall.

Lets have fun !

[fred1266]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a35rNEBNiO4

[jeffersdn]

Nicely done Ralf. The write ups are excellent and surprisingly accurate for my awful seasons!

Sent from my SM-A715F using Tapatalk

[Ralfbergs]

bossdrum and Blue Fire still to join the league in FPL site, the rest are in

[Ralfbergs]

Only bossdrum left to join the league in FPL, then we are ready to go (as said before, results will be only here, league is for easier access too all the scores in one place)

[Ralfbergs]

This will be quite copy-paste preview from Division 1 thread, but since it is only start, not much to add - will try to do more division specific in future

FIRST RACE:
GW1-GW2 : BAHRAIN (Bahrain International Circuit) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )



The season opening race starts in the country of Bahrain in first two gameweeks. All teams will be fresh, getting ready to test the limits of their formulas in the desert of Bahrain. As we can see in our power rankings, the main predicted fighters for the constructor's cup are McLaren, Red Bull Racing and Williams, but it will certainly depend on how well they have prepared for the first races. Not only that, we also have some very promising drivers here. Start of the season is always unpredictable and can bring many surprises while drivers still get used to their cars.
Qualification starts on 5th August (GW1) while the race will be start on 13th August (GW2) - there is still a little bit less than a month to get your engines and chassis in tact and decide for the best strategies to use for the start of the season.

Reminder of rules

In first gameweek, which is qualification, there will be no leaderboard points awarded for the racers (leaderboard points will be only awarded in the "sprint qualification" gameweeks or race gameweeks) - first gameweek will serve as setting the grid for the race. Based on your performance in qualifcation you will get additional FPL points to your second gw score:

"FPL points" are awarded on the basis of your standings for the qualification gameweek:

1st place - 20 FPL points
2nd place - 19 FPL points
3rd place - 18 FPL points
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20th place - 1 FPL point

In second gameweek the fight for the leaderboard points will start - top 10 drivers (and their teams) will get leaderboard points based on their FPL score (after adding qualification "FPL points") and additionally driver with the best captain points over two gameweeks (or in case of tie driver/drivers with best captain+vice captain combos over two gameweeks) will get 1 point for the fastest lap.

Good luck for the race and prepare your racecars well!

[Ralfbergs]

Since we have two divisions, there will also be promotion (and relegation if we get 3 suddenly, but I doubt that) - will decide later for how many drivers, but currently the most likely seems top 3.

[wiseowl65]

Great presentation and write ups Ralf, looking forward to getting a good start of the grid

[Ralfbergs]

Only bossdrum left to join the league in FPL, then we are ready to go (as said before, results will be only here, league is for easier access too all the scores in one place)

Ok everyone is in! Thanks for doing it timely! FPL League is only there to gather your scores in an easier way for me - of course it might also be interesting to compare at the end of season where you will stand in FPL compared to F1 league here.

Wishing you all the best of luck for this season!

[Ralfbergs]

First qualification of the year is closing in and I can already see people are preparing their cars for the best performance! Different strategies - some start off with more experiments and then change quickly what needs to be upgraded (a la FPL wildcard ), some prepare for the long run and not many changes from the start - whichever tactic you choose, I wish you all the best and lets have fun in this!

Last rule/competition updates before the weekend -

1) Top 3 drivers at the end of the season will be promoted to Division 1
2) At the start of the next season drivers will be able to choose their teams based on their performance this year (meaning relegated drivers from Division 1 choose first (18-20 in Division 1)), then 4th place from division 2, 5th place etc) - that way top drivers (plus those previously in division 1) will get to choose top teams or if stay to the team that helped them perform the best. This rule is more regarding next year, so not important for this year, just writing it down so don't forget.

[wiseowl65]

Still waiting on more information from my Strategy Engineer before finalizing my plan for the new campaign

[Ralfbergs]

BAHRAIN (Bahrain International Circuit) - QUALIFICATION RESULTS (GW1)

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Congratulations TheBigLewandowski representing Alpine with P1 in the season opener! It was a close one, but you proved you have that cutting edge which is needed to secure the pole position for our first race next gameweek!

In P2-P4 we see very good performances by 3 drivers at once - bossdrum driving Red Bull racecar, wiseowl65 representing Mercedes and woody71 with Williams. All 3 qualifying with the same time, leaving other drivers further behind.

It is quite fascinating that we see three teams with 2 cars in top 10 at once - Williams, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari! While we felt strong about Williams and Ferrari in preseason power rankings, Alfa Romeo has surprised us in the qualifying - will their car continue to impress in race too? Lets see!

Meanwhile at the second half we see 2 drivers from McLaren and 2 from Aston Martin all with very similar times in qualifying - McLaren were our favorites in power rankings, so will be interesting to see how they come out of this? Just the start of the season though, so you shouldn't be reading into this too much - anything can happen!

Learn from your mistakes, seek out the positives and build on it! Now that we have got to know our cars and the track better - lets get ready to race in GW 2!

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FPL points you see in green will be the ones you get added to your GW2 score to see the overall result for the race.

The tables will be a bit basic, but hope they are easy to understand - tell me if something is not clear.

Just wanted to add - I am still counting all chips used - yes, some gameweeks they will give an advantage to some drivers more than others, but throughout the season it will even out (in Division 1 there was bench boost already used).

Secondly - there will be times that we might have same drivers in first spots or whatever - I thought about introducing some tie-breakers, but to make it easier to calculate for me plus same results are same results, I won't be using tie-breakers (at least not this year) for that and if this happens in race too, then some drivers will just share the same position and split points between them.

After first gameweek your positions in FPL of course more or less match to this here, but later on it will differ more, so remember that the results are only posted here, FPL league is only for faster compiling for me and comparing of differences at the end of season

[mogwai]

While we felt strong about Williams and Ferrari in preseason power rankings, Alfa Romeo has surprised us in the qualifying - will their car continue to impress in race too? Lets see!

I had even chosen the wrong type of tyres... (Kane). But no surprise, as Alfa Romeo was strong in Division 1 too.

Thanks a lot Ralfbergs for the superb presentation and fast update. Respect if you can hold this pace all season long - from my own experience I just can say: it's not easy.

[Ralfbergs]

While we felt strong about Williams and Ferrari in preseason power rankings, Alfa Romeo has surprised us in the qualifying - will their car continue to impress in race too? Lets see!

I had even chosen the wrong type of tyres... (Kane). But no surprise, as Alfa Romeo was strong in Division 1 too.

Thanks a lot Ralfbergs for the superb presentation and fast update. Respect if you can hold this pace all season long - from my own experience I just can say: it's not easy.

Thanks! Glad you liked it - as I said before for sure won't be able to do it timely every time (sometimes might be updating few days after gameweek ends or if it is holiday season with many gameweeks in a row etc, then for sure could take a bit longer), but I'll try my best. I think it is anyway better if updating late but with some effort to it, rather than rushing the update

[wiseowl65]

Thanks Ralf excellent presentation,don't worry to much about getting the updates out quickly i'm sure we can wait for the podium results,i'm already looking forward to a fast start off the grid after a good qualifying round,car seems set for GW2

[Ralfbergs]

BAHRAIN (Bahrain International Circuit) - RACE RESULTS (GW2)

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Congratulations to our winner TheBigLewandowski representing Alpine with the win in the Bahrain GP! Strong drive from P1 in qualification, never letting anyone surpass, choosing the right pitstop strategy and having a constant pace for all the drive to secure the number 1 spot!

2nd place goes to bossdrum, who started from first positions and, while not managing to catch our leader, did have a confident drive to end in strong 2nd.

In 3rd place we see woody71, who also started from front rows and race tactics did not fail him to secure the well deserved top 3.

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Other interesting facts from the race - impressive drive from Blue Fire - rising from middle of the pack to get a decent finish in top 4 and nice points. Furthermore, we see that there have been some strong teams in our race - Williams, Alfa Romeo and Ferrari all have both cars in top 10! Alfa Romeo being low in our preseason power rankings here with the biggest surprise! Well done!

Overall the race ended up being quite similar to the qualifcation - that is for the top spots at least. Especially as TheBigLewandowski got P1 in qualification and did not bat an eye to do the same in the race too.

Surprisingly enough - while we had McLaren at the top of the power rankings, none of the drivers ended up in the points! Definitely will need to look at some upgrades for their cars as otherwise if this keeps up in next races, they might fall back from the leaders too fast.

Additionally fastest lap in the race was performed by 4 drivers at once - all of our top 3 plus snakzz - all having the same C+VC combo for both gameweeks.

As for constructor's standings - we see Alpine in the lead, even though all the points come from only one of the drivers - this is how significant the win can be! Williams are close second though. At the other side - no points yet for 3 teams - Haas, McLaren and Aston Martin
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"Paid" transfers in FPL are taken from your FPL scores in all the tables. For fastest lap I'm giving all drivers 1 point (not splitting it), while race points are being split if drivers have same "FPL points" (I did consider splitting up that 1 point, but to make it more simple will be like this) Any questions please ask

[Ralfbergs]

Since we have only one race so far, I just reposted same results in 3rd post - later when there are more races then will upgrade the table, to show only overall standings there

[woody71]

Thanks for the excellent write ups Ralfbergs.

Happy with that to start the season and good overall team points for Williams.

[Ralfbergs]

SECOND RACE:
GW3-GW4 : AUSTRALIA (Albert Park Circuit) ( QUALIFICATION + RACE )



Second race of the season takes us down under to Australia - weather is expected to be sunny, but with a slight chance of rain! There are certainly some upgrades to be made for some teams who did not start as well as expected, while for our Bahrain race drivers who got podium it is currently expected that they will stick to their current car assembly.

There is no clear leader in constructor's rankings - while Alpine is in first place, it is carried by just one of the drivers so far and it really depends on mcguffin also bringing the goods if they will be able to hold the lead. Not far away is Williams, where both drivers got in top 6 and my prediction would be that they will be the new number one spot after Australia, if they keeps this pace up. Alfa Romeo is not far behind with both drivers also performing well, while for Red Bull there is similar situation like with Alpine - one of the drivers, in this case coryphaeus need to step up. At the other side of the spectrum there are 3 teams with no points yet - biggest surprise being McLaren, who is expected to turn things around in Australia

It is early days though and it is still hard to predict what will happen next as drivers are still finding the best fit to their cars, performing necessary upgrades and learning from previous mistakes. It is hard to predict race winner here, as Bahrain was quite close for top 6 - even though TheBigLewandowski after an impressive performance is the bookie's favorite!

Qualification starts on 20th August (GW3) while the race will be start on 27th August (GW4) - there is still some time to make some upgrades for your cars, if you see fit.

Good luck for the race and prepare your racecars well!

[mogwai]

Just another idea came to my mind in recent days concerning this sidegame.

What about limiting the number on drivers who make it from qualification to the race next season? Say only 16 could qualify for the race or something like that. This maybe could raise excitement for qualification stage already...

[Ralfbergs]

Just another idea came to my mind in recent days concerning this sidegame.

What about limiting the number on drivers who make it from qualification to the race next season? Say only 16 could qualify for the race or something like that. This maybe could raise excitement for qualification stage already...

For this season I dont plan to change the main format but for next season yeah could think about something like that but will see. Currently real F1 doesnt have such way where any drivers couldnt race and still get first place even with bad qualification so this kind of goes against main format. Either way will see after this season whats good and whats not and then can decide- thanks for ideas they are all welcome though

[Ralfbergs]

AUSTRALIA (Albert Park Circuit) - QUALIFICATION RESULTS (GW3)

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Congratulations Aardvark, representing AlphaTauri, with P1 in Australian qualification! Huge improvement after only 17th place in Bahrain race (and 20th there in qualifying) - the improvements to the car have really been working, at least so far - lets see about the consistency!

In P2, with some time difference from P1, we see mcguffin driving Alpine, who has also had a huge leap after only 18th place in Bahrain. Seems Australia has been really kind so far to those who did badly in Bahrain desert. P3 spot is taken by McLaren driver - 1albert, who ended 19th in Bahrain. So all in all in Australian qualifying we have seen huge leaps from drivers performing badly in previous race - 17-19th places are now in top 3! It is only qualifying though, but still huge improvements and we can see that mechanics have really been at work!

Bahrain race winner TheBigLewandowski also starts from decent position here (8-9th), even though I assume he hoped for better results. We see two cars from both Alpine and Red Bull Racing in top 10 - both in top 3 in our constructor's standings so the fight seems to be on between them - while Williams have performed worse than before, but still has time to improve for the race at least from one driver - Isalla starts from 10th, while woody71 had the worst qualification result from all - and that after third place in Bahrain!

Team-wise worst performance from Ferrari - who are in bottom 6 and will be fighting to get at least some points after both being in top 10 in Bahrain race.

Similar to division 1, here also seems that some drivers could really turn it around here, after some upgrades and improvements to their cars! Still, we do see TheBigLewandowski and bossdrum, who were in top 3 in Bahrain, in okay starting position for Australian race too. Lets see what the weekend brings!

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[TheBigLewandowski]

Really enjoy these write ups!

[Aardvark]

Thanks Ralfbergs, the close season work starting to pay off, particularly the pit stops. The change of tyres also helped but more work to do having left 16 points on the bench. Thanks for running the game and the excellent write ups.

[Ralfbergs]

AUSTRALIA (Albert Park Circuit) - RACE RESULTS (GW4)

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Congratulations to our winner jeffersdn representing Alfa Romeo with the win in the Australian GP! Impressive drive helping to climb from P4 to 1st spot early in the race and then cruising towards the victory! Second top 6 in 2 races, this time of course takin home the trophy!

2nd place goes to 1albert, from McLaren, who climbed one spot from the qualifying and is finally starting to show what McLaren is really aiming for here - more podiums!

In 3rd place we see our Bahrain GP winner TheBigLewandowski - while it is 3rd place this time, it is still very impressive - 2 podiums in a row and this one after starting 8-9th!
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Other interesting facts from the race - 3 teams with 2 drivers in points - Alfa Romeo, McLaren and AlphaTauri. And for McLaren these are their first points! So it means they might be finally starting to live up to their place in the power rankings? Lets see. Especially impressive drive from MorrisonDullforce who started from P18 and managed to climb up to 8th place to earn some points for the team!

Meanwhile, even though Aardvark manages to get a point, it is barely scraping it and thats after starting from pole position! His racecar has proven to be unreliable in this race - lets see what improvements are made in the future!

For Alpine we see again the same situation as in first race - one of the drivers TheBigLewandowski earning significant points, while the other being in bottom 5 (this time in 20th!) - to fight for the constructor's cup this won't be enough! And this after mcguffin started from P2! Failures to his car made him fall down to the last position!

As for other teams who got highest points in Bahrain - here both Red Bull and Williams drivers are all out of top 10 places (or in this case 11 to be precise) ! This means that Alfa Romeo and Alpine march into the lead overall! Quite disappointing race from both teams, but especially Red Bull, who had starting positions in top 10 before the race

With Haas, McLaren and Aston Martin having at least one driver in top 10 this means that there are no teams with no points anymore!

Additionally fastest lap in the race was from our race winner jeffersdn!
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[Ralfbergs]

Overall Leaderboards after 2/19 races:

Drivers' leaderboard:

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Constructor's championship

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TheBigLewandowski in the lead in driver's championship with a win in Bahrain and 3rd place in Australia. Not far behind him is jeffersdn though with a win in Australia and top 6 result in Bahrain. 3rd-6th place are quite close though. Clearer picture after more races though

As for the constructor's championship - same teams that are represented by our first two GP winners are battling it out here too - Alfa Romeo and Alpine, currently only split by one point.