Fantasy Formula One 2004

[GilesGuthrie]

Thanks to Jordan for letting me post this...

This year sees the fifth running of the giles-guthrie.com Fantasy Formula One contest. It's a bit late in opening this year, but I've had rather a lot on recently...

The upshot is that if you want to enter, you have until next Thursday (4th March) to pick your team. Things are fairly straightforward: you have to pick three drivers, a chassis, an engine and a set of tyres.

So, come to the site, and play this year. I've worked hard to fix some of last year's faults, and to make the contest a little less rough around the edges.

You can get to the Fantasy F1 site by clicking this link.

 

[millencolin]

I'm in

Team Choices

First Driver Mark Webber

Second Driver Cristiano da Matta

Third Driver Jarno Trulli

Chassis BAR

Engine Ford

Tyres Bridgestone

Go Uncle Harrys Racing Team

 

[Mike Rotch]

Registered 👍

 

[DRIFT4EVA]

I've just registered too

 

[wee_man]

Just Registered 👍
Team : Go Johnny! Go! Go! Go!

1st Driver:Webber
2nd Driver:Button
3rd Driver: Wurz
Chassis: Jaguar
Engine: Ford
Tyres: Michellin
Probably not correct as I can't actually remember my team selection
I think I'm gonna come last with that lot .

 

[Race Idiot]

I registered, i've never done something like this. I forget who I picked.

Oh yeah, I picked button and Heidfield and some other guy. I forget the rest.

 

[scuderia229]

Thats tough with the budget....
Idealy i want Kimi/Truili/Button with the Ferrari chassis/Ferrari or BMW engine/bridgestone tires.....

That being said iw as forced to go with

Truili/Button/Fisi (pretty damn good drivers though) diring the minardi/minardi engine/bridgstone tires.

great drivers, great tires and a crap chassis/engine...should be a fun year....

 

[Mike Rotch]

Well as I forgot to add my team to the pool:

Team Name: Hang the Expense.

Driver 1: Button
Driver 2: Trulli ( I think)
Driver 3: Yoong (Hey, I'm working on a budget!)

Chassis: BAR
Engine: Toyota
Tyre: Bridgestone


Millencolin: I need your book-keeper. My budget didnt work out like yours

 

[Glut]

I'm just racking up the post count.



Well, I signed up as well.
I think bridgestone's are going to be very popular this season

 

[millencolin]

Originally posted by Mike Rotch

Millencolin: I need your book-keeper. My budget didnt work out like yours

ha, mine worked out by luck. i got my drivers because theyre cheap and are good, then i got a ford engine because im a ford fan and from there it was simple.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Originally posted by millencolin
ha, mine worked out by luck. i got my drivers because theyre cheap and are good, then i got a ford engine because im a ford fan and from there it was simple.

I suppose.

You have a Ford engine (teh suck) and I have Yoong (teh suck) to make to books balance.

 

[Blake]

First Driver Mark Webber
Second Driver Mika Salo
Third Driver Sebastian Bourdais

Go the Haswell Racing Team!!!
Chassis Toyota
Engine Ferrari
Tyres Bridgestone

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by Glut
I'm just racking up the post count.


Well, I signed up as well.
I think bridgestone's are going to be very popular this season

Last year most people picked Michelin, because they realised that having Renault, Williams and McLaren on Michelin gave them a great chance of some big points.

And they were right, Michelin outscoring Bridgestone almost 2:1.

This year, the inflated (heh heh) price of the Michelins reflects the fact that they have all the works teams save Ferrari.

 

[Mike Rotch]

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie


This year, the inflated (heh heh) price of the Michelins reflects the fact that they have all the works teams save Ferrari.

Slick move. They priced themselves out of the market 👍

 

[Axe_Gaijin]

First Driver: David Coulthard.
Second Driver: Nick Heidfeld.
Third Driver: Alexander Wurz.
Chassis: Jordan.
Engine: Renault.
Tyres: Bridgestone.

Oh yeah... that's 70 mil down the drain

 

[GilesGuthrie]

And the drain indeed! Heidfeld AND Jordan? If that car is the first to die, it's gonna hurt!

 

[Axe_Gaijin]

Yup, let's just say I'm REALLY hoping for a Jordan come back this year

 

[ALPHA]

Right, team name: Pacific Pride.

First Driver: Kimi Raikkonen
Second Driver: Cristiano da Matta
Third Driver: Alexander Wurz
Chassis: Jordan
Engine: Ford
Tyres: Bridgestone

I have very little knowledge of the last year of F1, so I just clicked the boxes and came $1 million under budget.

 

[Matrixhasu77]

Well, I've created my team for this year:

Team Name: Quischen Racing
First driver: Fernando Alonso
Second Driver:Christiano da Matta
Third Driver Pedro de La Rosa
Chassis: Renault
Engine: Ford
Tires: Bridgestone

I couldn't recall how good de La Rosa is as a driver since 2002 when I started seriously watching Formula One. I didn't want the Ford engine but it was the only way I could get the renault chassis and Alonso to boot.

This should be interesting...

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Originally posted by Matrixhasu77
This should be interesting...

That's the idea!

My self-named team:
Team Name: Cement Mixed
Driver 1: Ralf Schumacher
Driver 2: Jenson Button
Driver 3: Giorgio Pantano
Chassis: Jordan
Engine: Cosworth (Minardi)
Tyres: Bridgestone.

 

[millencolin]

this is gonna be interesting

 

[millencolin]

how many teams do u have now?

 

[GilesGuthrie]

69 at the current time.

However, there are quite a few regular players who leave things until the last minute. I also see that the number of hours remaining is incorrect.

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Well, I've fixed the number of hours remaining. We're at 101 teams now.

 

[Blake]

Yay, 55 points, that gives me 1m spending money for replacement of drivers and such, not that it really helps me at all! I need a fair bit more if I'm going to get a new driver instead of Sebastion Bordais.

I'm thinking with BAR's performance that I should change to that, but Toyota was expacted (IMO) to be alot better than last year with how much they spent.

 

[The359]

So far so good for Super Renault Racing, already 6th in the standings after the first race. My choice of Alonso as well as Renault was well worth it.

 

[Blake]

Yes good choice indeed, I imagine expensive though?

 

[The359]

In the end I only had $1 left. I was left with Ford powerplants and Christian Klein as my only other driver who actually drives this season.

 

[Blake]

Mine only had 1 million left in the coughers, but wasn't as productive points wise.

 

[Matrixhasu77]

Originally posted by The359
In the end I only had $1 left. I was left with Ford powerplants and Christian Klein as my only other driver who actually drives this season.

Wow. with my setup I had nothing left. I also went with ford as the engine. I take it you have Michelin tires?

I am 16th overall and have a renault setup also.