PARTICIPANTS (and short introductions of them for next season):
TEAM - Red Bull Racing
Drivers:
jeffersdn
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 89/history
Redsnout
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 12/history
Short preview introduction:
Both Red Bull drivers got promoted so this here is a completely new roster, so not comparing team's performance of last year, but only about drivers-
jeffersn finished 13th last season and had just 2 podiums and no wins - he really has not managed to improve much in last seasons and has not been in contention for promotion, so not much is expected this season either, but at the same time maybe with new team for him and new teammate it is finally time for him to turn his luck around too?
He is joined by newcomer
Redsnout - while we do not know yet how he will do, by the records in FPL we can expect a serious contender here who will try and fight for promotion straight from the get go, so will definitely be interesting to see what he brings to the table!
TEAM - Ferrari
Drivers:
jimmy ching
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 77/history
Stena Bib
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 19/history
Short preview introduction:
jimmy ching, who debuted one season before last in 15th place, managed to improve significantly as he finished 7th - while he was quite far from promotion spots, he found serious improvement and if the trajectory continues this year maybe he can fight for top 6 spots or with luck even top 3? hard to say now - he got 4 podiums last year, but none of those were wins, so at the moment it is not expected, but it is only for him to prove us wrong. His new teammate is
Stena Bib - a newcomer who has had some great seasons in FPL in past, but also had some flops, so it is very hard to say what will happen this time - from one side both drivers could do quite well, but on the other hand - we do need to first see how consistently they can provide good results.
Ferrari finished last season 3rd and were not too far away from the number 1 spot, but at the same time this season they have a new driver - at the moment it is expected that he will show the same or even better results than last year's promoted
Britinus, but it is very hard to say, so lets see what the season brings.
TEAM - Mercedes
Drivers:
chris2k_11
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 59/history
The Real Slim Shady
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 87/history
Short preview introduction:
For
chris2k_11 this will be his third season, just like for his teammate - while he did do quite well in first year, last season he finished only 17th and while he had one win, it was his only podium, so this time around it is really hard to predict what he will bring to the table. Certainly the potential is there, but if he wants to be able to fight for promotion he need to bring out something much more impressive than previous season. He is joined by
The Real Slim Shady, who did manage to get another top 10 finish in his second season - this time in 8th spot. While he did not fight for the promotion really, he did make stable performances and got 3 podiums - the problem is, he never finished higher than 3rd place.
Mercedes is having same roster for third year in a row and while first was quite decent, last year they finished only 6th - not really fighting for top 3 spots. Potential is certainly there to improve, but to really see if that will happen we need to wait.
TEAM - McLaren
Drivers:
Ralfbergs
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 29/history
topspur
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 61/history
Short preview introduction:
Ralfbergs has been dropping in places in each of last seasons, after he got relegated - last year he finished 11th. Still, this time around he will try to bring his best and hopefully the car improvements will be good enough too. He is in a team still with
topspur, who had shown great results in season before last, but last year had a season to forget - finishing only 16th and getting 2 podiums, but no wins. So while
topspur has shown great promises in past, his form, just like his teammate's, has been dipping. For both drivers they will definitely try to end this drop in form and bring back the results that made them fight for the top 6 spots rather than be in second half of the leaderboard.
McLaren finished 8th last season and basically their performances were quite mediocre - being just good enough to not be completely bad. Season before that they did finish 4th, so yeah, quite a big variance and lets see what they bring to the races this time.
TEAM - Alpine
Drivers:
S_sutton87
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 58/history
yorkshiredragon
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 79/history
Short preview introduction:
S_sutton87 has not had the best of results in last seasons - he finished 15th last year and before that also did not manage to get a top 10 finish - he did get a win and 3 podiums total which sound like quite decent result, but overall he has been very inconsistent and bookmakers are not really expecting much more from him this season, based on his past stats. He is joined by
yorkshiredragon, who got relegated from top division and got two podiums last season there. It is hard to tell what he will bring to the table in Division 2 - will he prove that he is Division 1 material still or end up in similar places like his teammate? At the moment top 10 seems like the current prediction, but not promotion spots, but also not as bad results as last year - but we will see better within time.
Alpine as a team finished 7th last year and while it is expected that they finish around middle of the table again most likely, it is very doubtful that they will bring a surprise performance and fight for top 3 spots.
TEAM - Racing Bulls
Drivers:
Blue Fire
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 15/history
Oxford NZ
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 60/history
Short preview introduction:
Blue Fire improved significantly last year, finishing 9th after a season where he was only 16th. He was not too far away from top 6, but at the same time was not really in the promotion fight. He got 3 podiums, out of which one was a win and two second places, so actually quite great results, but at the same time his inconsistency to get good results cost him overall to get a higher position. He is joined for the second year with
Oxford NZ, who had a great season and finished 6th - while promotion ended up out of his reach, he certainly brings great potential to fight for it this season, so lets see what happens.
Racing Bulls finished 4th last season and basically were the number 1 team out of the rest - with that I mean that top 3 teams were with significantly higher points, but Racing Bulls did manage to get top spot out of the rest. If both drivers improve this season then top 3 should be in reach at the minimum or maybe even something more?
TEAM - Haas
Drivers:
Mystery
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 54/history
RomynPG
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 63/history
Short preview introduction:
Mystery debuted last season and just like it was predicted - did not show much impressive stats, but at the same 14th place for debut season is not that bad - he did get a win and one more podium. At the same time - it is hard to expect much better results from him this year based on the first performance, but too early to tell.
RomynPG is his teammate and as he debuted last season quite good results were expected, but it ended up being wrong - he finished 19th - he did get a win and one more podium, but the rest of his results were quite bad, not really bringing many points to his total.
Haas finished 9th last season and did not really show much - so the feeling is that they will not improve much more than that, but at the same time - given their results the improvement is still expected as it should not be too hard to at least improve a bit compared to how bad it was.
TEAM - Aston Martin
Drivers:
bluelionman
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 92/history
woody71
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 56/history
Short preview introduction:
bluelionman finished 18th last season and had a season to forget - he is really prepared this season and has even built a case that it was a serious fluke and he could fight for the promotion, so lets see what happens this time around - he did get two podiums, out of which one was a win, last year, so yet another driver in the roster who lacks consistency but with improvement could fight for something much more. He is joined by
woody71, who got relegated before previous season and actually was not too far for a return - he finished 5th last season.
woody71 had 4 podiums and 2 wins and certainly will try to push even harder to get promoted or even fight for the championship. than in Division 1 last year, but at the moment bookies are not expecting him to manage to fight for promotion back straight away.
Aston Martin finished in a decent 5th place last year - actually for 2nd year in a row. While some other teams are hard to call because of newcomers, this team is hard to call as drivers have had their ups and downs and it really will depend how well they have prepared for the races this season.
TEAM - Williams
Drivers:
Malrom
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 81/history
mogwai
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/en/en ... 98/history
Short preview introduction:
Malrom got relegated from Division1 before last season, but did do better in this season finishing 12th. Even though at the same time it depends how you look at it - while he got better finishing place, this is Division so he probably expected fight for a promotion rather than 12th place. He had 3 podiums and one win and it really seems that this year he will improve on that if he finds the correct rhythm , but lets see. He is joined by a returning driver -
mogwai, who is another newcomer here with some serious stats - at the same time he has been out of F1 for a bit so lets see how comfortable he feels in the car.
As a team Williams finished in last place - it was not really
Malrom's fault though as the other driver who is not racing this year -
trampie - ended up last in driver's championship with quite low amount of points. This time though I would not expect them being last, but at the same time bookmakers are not expecting top spot fight.
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