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[Famine]

I've just done a quick calc on - because it's easiest to track and see if there's any errors - the teams I'm pretty sure haven't made any swaps yet this year (I hope) and they have the following current Token Values:

18	@Jimlaad43, @ROAD_DOGG33J, @Touring Mars
17	@deviln3, @-Fred-, @Fezzik, @Jordan, @kaori, @Mr Grumpy, @noshog, @PaMu1337, @Pupik, @Shaun
16	@MagpieRacer, @Nuschel01
15	@coyb20, @DG_Silva, @lilcat89 @Wilsonson
14	@Miodrag, @Roo, @XJ40, @zjn
13	@Famine

I appear to have picked the most mid team ever.

Let me know if there's anything amiss with this assessment if you're on there.

Edit: Spotted one, as @DG_Silva's original squad was 12pt plus a leftover token so at the new values of 14 plus that one it should be 15.

Edit edit: I think that's all teams on there now.

 

[Famine]

I'm going for it....... @Famine can I swap out Alonso for Norris this gives me an extra token to swap chassis from Aston Martin to Mercedes please. I think this is correct.

This isn't possible as you've already used up two driver swaps - Sainz for Perez, then Perez for Verstappen.

@Famine, once you've sorted out the points for this race can you please swap Sainz with Perez for my team going forward.

Swapping Perez for Verstappen please.

For transparency purposes, I've swapped Aston Martin (4) to McLaren (3) chassis, and Ferrari (3) to Mercedes (4) engine.

 

[Shaun]

It's not; you still have about 11hr to the race cutoff, but it's a more costly swap now

Oops oh yes of course, just leave it as is please.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

This isn't possible as you've already used up two driver swaps - Sainz for Perez, then Perez for Verstappen.


For transparency purposes, I've swapped Aston Martin (4) to McLaren (3) chassis, and Ferrari (3) to Mercedes (4) engine.

No problem, I obviously didn't pay attention to that rule at the beginning.

 

[Wilsonson]

If it is fine to still participate then I would like to change my initial submission from Monday and switch Fernando for Max. This would result in the following lineup:
D1: Verstappen (was Alonso)
D2: Piastri
Engine: Mercedes
Chassis: McLaren

 

[Famine]

Oops oh yes of course, just leave it as is please.

It's still doable though. It's just now it's a straight swap (3 for 3) rather than gaining you a spare token (3 for 2).

If it is fine to still participate then I would like to change my initial submission from Monday and switch Fernando for Max. This would result in the following lineup:
D1: Verstappen (was Alonso)
D2: Piastri
Engine: Mercedes
Chassis: McLaren

Yes, that's fine, but will cost you one of your two driver swaps.

 

[Wilsonson]

Perfect. Thank you!

 

[Miodrag]

Hi Famine

I would like to swap Alonso for Verstapen.

Thank you.

 

[Famine]

Hi Famine

I would like to swap Alonso for Verstapen.

Thank you.

No problems, but it won't take effect until the Dutch GP at the end of August now.

 

[Touring Mars]

Fernando Alonso's Fantasy F1 season explained in two gifs:

How it started:

How it's going:

 

[Famine]

I've swapped Aston Martin (4) to McLaren (3) chassis

Yeah, that figures.

 

[Touring Mars]

Fernando Alonso's Fantasy F1 season:

 

[Famine]

You are still winning... just

1	@Touring Mars	785
2	@Jimlaad43	784
2	@Jordan	784
4	@Mr Grumpy	778
5	@Pupik	760
6	@Shaun	749.5
7	@kaori	709
8	@noshog	702
9	@Miodrag	696.5
10	@ROAD_DOGG33J	687
11	@MagpieRacer	671
12	@Fezzik	669
13	@-Fred-	668
14	@Roo	662
14	@zjn	662
16	@DG_Silva	655
17	@Nuschel01	646.5
18	@deviln3	637
19	@coyb20	633.5
20	@PaMu1337	608
21	@Famine	606.5
22	@lilcat89	574
23	@XJ40	557
24	@Wilsonson	36.5

ONE point in it for the top three, and only 35.5pt across the top six...

 

[Fezzik]

Midtable mediocrity - my team is the Alpine of GTP.

 

[Famine]

only entries received (by PM or post in this thread) before one hour ahead of first free practice will be eligible to score in the subsequent Grand Prix

That's 1030 UTC, Friday August 25 for the Dutch GP!

 

[Pupik]

May I trade out Perez for Verstappen, since I have a bonus token left over?

 

[XJ40]

My team is over 500 points clear of the team behind, surely this must be a record?

 

[Famine]

Man, August sucked for spare time.

Current standings with the above noted driver swaps:
1 - @Touring Mars - 934
2 - @Jimlaad43 - 924.5
3 - @Jordan - 912.5
4 - @Pupik - 903.5
5 - @Mr Grumpy - 895.5
6 - @Shaun -884
7 - @kaori - 837.5
8 - @noshog - 830.5
9 - @Miodrag - 829.5
10 - @ROAD_DOGG33J - 827.5
11 - @Fezzik - 789.5
12 - @MagpieRacer - 783.5
13 - @Roo - 765.5
13 - @zjn - 765.5
15 - @-Fred- - 764.5
16 - @DG_Silva - 763.5
17 - @Nuschel01 - 760.5
18 - @deviln3 - 748.5
19 - @PaMu1337 - 741.5
20 - @coyb20 - 733.5
21 - @Famine - 727
22 - @lilcat89 - 690
23 - @XJ40 - 655.5
24 - @Wilsonson - 160

Also of note: @Touring Mars won both Dutch and Italian GPs by a cumulative 8.5pt, but still only has a 9.5pt lead!

 

[Jimlaad43]

Now that Stroll has been terrible enough to be dropped by a couple of people at the top, there is actually a battle for victory, rather than 4 people with the exact same options

 

[Touring Mars]

Wow. I'm surprised that I'm still in the lead, since Piastri has failed to deliver the goods thus far. I can only hope that he has more luck / improves for the remainder of the season.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Damn, I've dropped to 5th.

 

[Famine]

Some record-breaking rounds in Singapore and Japan:

1	@Touring Mars	1043.5
2	@Jimlaad43	1033.5
3	@Pupik	1021.5
4	@Mr Grumpy	1005.5
5	@Shaun	986
6	@Jordan	983.5
7	@ROAD_DOGG33J	936.5
8	@Miodrag	929
9	@Fezzik	926.5
10	@kaori	908.5
11	@noshog	901.5
12	@Roo	895.5
12	@zjn	895.5
14	@MagpieRacer	886.5
15	@PaMu1337	875.5
16	@-Fred-	863.5
17	@Famine	863
18	@DG_Silva	856.5
19	@deviln3	851.5
20	@coyb20	839
21	@lilcat89	830.5
22	@Nuschel01	817
23	@XJ40	767.5
24	@Wilsonson	306

First, Roo and zjn set a new record for the lowest points score to win a round - 66.5 - in Singapore, and Nuschel01 set a new record for the lowest points score in any round at 28.5.

Then Wilsonson set a new record for the highest points score in any round - 81.5 (two points off the maximum possible) - in Japan, as Nuschel01 then lowered his own record by half a point That also meant a record differential of 53.5pt for a single round...

As you can see above, Japan meant four players broke through 1,000pt but the lead at the top is still just TEN points... or 1%.

Qatar this weekend will be the final race before the last Token recalculation, and you have until 1200 UTC on Wednesday October 11 to make any changes before the recalculation.

CHASSIS
Red Bull	315
Mercedes	223
Ferrari	201
McLaren	181
Aston Martin	161
Alpine	131
AlphaTauri	92
Haas	88
Alfa Romeo	84
Williams	72

ENGINE
Honda	288
Mercedes	280.5
Ferrari	239
Renault	142

DRIVER
Verstappen	313
Hamilton	264
Alonso	249
Perez	249
Sainz	226
Leclerc	202
Norris	197
Russell	194
Gasly	159
Piastri	150
Stroll	139
Albon	129
Ocon	125
Tsunoda	113
Bottas	111
Guanyu	106
de Vries	102
Hulkenberg	101
Magnussen	88
Sargeant	69

 

[Jimlaad43]

Forgive my ignorance but where did the .5 come for Mercedes engines?

 

[Famine]

Forgive my ignorance but where did the .5 come for Mercedes engines?

Engine score is an average of the best two placed cars using that engine in any given race. That comes out with an xx.5 surprisingly often - such as whenever there's a consecutive finish; there's been 36 occasions where an engine has scored xx.5 for a given round, out of 64 possible, so a little over half the time.

In Japan the Mercedes engine scored 18.5 courtesy of Norris (19) and Piastri (18).

 

[Mr Grumpy]

I'm going for it, for the remainder of the season (not sure if possible @Famine) can I swap Aston Martin out for McLaren

 

[Touring Mars]

I'm staggered that I'm still top, despite having Piastri as my second driver and Perez not pulling his weight at RB.

Is there a summary of who has what set up for the remaining races?

 

[Jimlaad43]

I'm staggered that I'm still top, despite having Piastri as my second driver and Perez not pulling his weight at RB.

Is there a summary of who has what set up for the remaining races?

This, plus what swaps everyone has left please

 

[Touring Mars]

I guess it depends on whether the changes were made publicly in the thread or privately?

Mine have all been private 😏

 

[Famine]

Yeah, I've not posted anyone's full team line-ups in the thread and won't start now

 

[Famine]

I've been too busy to pay attention to this, but there's a couple of hours left until the deadline for any swaps ahead of the USGP weekend.

First, position updates:

1	Touring Mars	1113
2	Jimlaad43	1100
3	Pupik	1094
4	Mr Grumpy	1087
5	Shaun	1053.5
6	Jordan	1042
7	Fezzik	1003
7	ROAD_DOGG33J	1003
9	Miodrag	983.5
10	kaori	967
11	noshog	960
12	PaMu1337	954
13	Roo	939
13	zjn	939
15	Famine	930.5
16	MagpieRacer	930
17	deviln3	921
18	DG_Silva	911
19	lilcat89	908
20	-Fred-	907
21	coyb20	874.5
22	Nuschel01	867.5
23	XJ40	823
24	Wilsonson	388.5

And there's almost no change on the token sitch - @Mr Grumpy definitely got in with a buzzer-beater though!

	DRIVER	ENGINE	CHASSIS
5 TOKENS	Verstappen, Hamilton, Perez, Alonso	Honda/Red Bull Powertrains	Red Bull, Mercedes
4 TOKENS	Sainz, Russell, Leclerc, Norris	Mercedes	Ferrari, McLaren
3 TOKENS	Gasly, Stroll, Piastri, Ocon	Ferrari	Aston Martin, Alpine
2 TOKENS	Tsunoda, Albon, Bottas, Guanyu	Renault	Alfa Romeo, AlphaTauri
1 TOKEN	Magnussen, Hulkenberg, Sargeant, de Vries*	-	Haas, Williams

Not directly connected, but under FACC, Red Bull hasn't won the teams' title yet and could leave COTA still not having done so.

Currently Red Bull leads on 330pt, with Mercedes next on 223pt, and McLaren in third on 204pt, with 125pt remaining.

Mercedes can keep the title race going if it outscores Red Bull by 7pt, while McLaren only remains in the hunt if it scores a (third successive) maximum while Red Bull fails to score - and these things have happened a combined four times this season.

FACC remains better than the real thing.