GTPlanet Fantasy Formula One 2023Formula 1

[Famine]

An absolute disaster in the points at Austin as 17 players had a driver failing to score a point - and one player having two...

Top points scorer at COTA was @Miodrag on 69 (nice), and one player scored the joint-second lowest amount of points in any round so far...

1	@Touring Mars	1176.5
2	@Jimlaad43	1161.5
3	@Pupik	1156.5
4	@Mr Grumpy	1143.5
5	@Jordan	1098.5
6	@Shaun	1096
7	@ROAD_DOGG33J	1064.5
8	@Miodrag	1052.5
9	@Fezzik	1039.5
10	@kaori	1023.5
11	@noshog	1016.5
12	@PaMu1337	991.5
13	@Roo	986.5
13	@zjn	986.5
15	@Famine	974
16	@MagpieRacer	965.5
17	@deviln3	958.5
18	@DG_Silva	954.5
19	@lilcat89	945.5
20	@-Fred-	938.5
21	@coyb20	903
22	@Nuschel01	898
23	@XJ40	874.5
24	@Wilsonson	426

It didn't get much better in Mexico, as 12 players had a driver fail to score, Red Bull's FACC blank meant 12 players also had their chassis fail to score, and seven players had both. Among them was early season championship leader @Jordan who - along with @kaori and @noshog - set a new all-time lowest round score of 21.5

@Roo and @zjn topped the round, and with four races left this season the margin at the top of the table is still just 14.5 points... and there's only 31.5pt covering the top four now, which looks like being the remaining pool for the overall winner.

1	Touring Mars	1226.5
2	Mr Grumpy	1212
3	Pupik	1207
4	Jimlaad43	1195
5	Shaun	1126.5
6	Jordan	1120
7	Miodrag	1099
8	ROAD_DOGG33J	1098
9	Fezzik	1088
10	Roo	1058
10	zjn	1058
12	kaori	1045
13	PaMu1337	1044
14	Famine	1040.5
15	noshog	1038
16	MagpieRacer	1012
17	deviln3	1009
18	lilcat89	1006.5
19	DG_Silva	1006
20	-Fred-	985
21	coyb20	954
22	XJ40	930
23	Nuschel01	927
24	Wilsonson	491.5

 

[noshog]

Knew my time would come ... Just like Aston Martin, I'm racing to the bottom of the table

 

[PaMu1337]

Knew my time would come ... Just like Aston Martin, I'm racing to the bottom of the table

I thank you for your service

 

[Famine]

Weird fluke'o'clock: Las Vegas was the only round this season in which nobody scored a half-point... and as everyone was already at a round number after Sao Paulo, nobody is currently on any half-points either...

However, Norris's retirement in the race means everyone has lost ground to perpetu-leader @Touring Mars, who now has the largest advantage yet this season at 23 points going into the final round.

1	@Touring Mars	1372
2	@Pupik	1349
3	@Jimlaad43	1328
4	@Mr Grumpy	1313
5	@Jordan	1266
6	@Shaun	1258
7	@ROAD_DOGG33J	1231
8	@Miodrag	1228
9	@kaori	1191
10	@noshog	1184
11	@Fezzik	1179
12	@Roo	1160
12	@zjn	1160
14	@PaMu1337	1156
15	@Famine	1137
16	@deviln3	1131
16	@MagpieRacer	1131
18	@DG_Silva	1125
19	@-Fred-	1099
20	@lilcat89	1089
21	@coyb20	1050
22	@Nuschel01	1034
23	@XJ40	1032
24	@Wilsonson	591

A maximum score though is 83.5pt (although I think nobody can score more than 82.5pt now), so it's still a top-four, last-race playoff...

 

[PaMu1337]

These last 2 races have not been kind to teams with McLaren...

 

[Mr Grumpy]

These last 2 races have not been kind to teams with McLaren...

Yeah the last 2 races have slaughtered my team as well, gone from 2nd to 4th.

 

[Jimlaad43]

It'll be interesting to see the FACC for 2023 now the season is over.

 

[PaMu1337]

It'll be interesting to see the FACC for 2023 now the season is over.

I would love to see a full season table on all the points per race, in all categories. (Pretty sure Famine actually has this, to calculate people's scores)

I might even do some data analysis to figure out what the optimal strategy would have been, just to see how close people got to the maximum attainable score.

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Let me be the first to congratulate @Touring Mars, well done mate, you pretty much held on to that top spot all season long, I got within 14.5 points of you 3 races ago but in the end the best fantasy team won.

And to everyone else including myself.

 

[Famine]

It'll be interesting to see the FACC for 2023 now the season is over.

The deeper stats on FACC are interesting too - Albon getting no FACC points at all, Haas being within one point of a 50:50 split...

Red Bull	430
Mercedes	271
Ferrari	248
McLaren	247
Aston Martin	215
Alpine	186
AlphaTauri	144
Alfa Romeo	133
Haas	111
Williams	110

 

[Jimlaad43]

Red Bull's FACC score would still have won the Constructors title if everyone else scored as normal.

How does FACC work in the Sprints?

 

[Famine]

Red Bull's FACC score would still have won the Constructors title if everyone else scored as normal.

How does FACC work in the Sprints?

It doesn't. They are an abomination - same as the double-points finale!

 

[Famine]

Probable final standings then, pending any late protests from anything:

1	@Touring Mars	1450.5
2	@Pupik	1425.5
3	@Jimlaad43	1399.5
4	@Mr Grumpy	1383.5
5	@Jordan	1332.5
6	@Shaun	1329.0
7	@ROAD_DOGG33J	1302.5
8	@Miodrag	1291.5
9	@kaori	1257.5
10	@noshog	1250.5
11	@Fezzik	1243.5
12	@PaMu1337	1224.5
13	@Roo	1206.5
13	@zjn	1206.5
15	@Famine	1202.0
16	@deviln3	1194.5
17	@DG_Silva	1183.5
18	@MagpieRacer	1172.5
19	@lilcat89	1156.5
20	@-Fred-	1144.5
21	@coyb20	1092.0
22	@Nuschel01	1085.0
23	@XJ40	1080.5
24	@Wilsonson	661.0

@Touring Mars won the final round to extend his lead - held since day one, in a Verstappen-esque performance - to the largest it's been all season long, taking a 25pt win over @Pupik.

I'll post up component results when I remember (although chassis is the same as FACC, above), but it won't be a surprise to learn it was Verstappen, Red Bull, and RBPT/Honda at the top of each.

 

[Touring Mars]

Well, what can I say... (presuming the results are validated and correct anyway 😅)



And thanks to @Famine for creating and curating this game - I gave up on Fantasy Football-type games a few years ago because they were too much hassle and actually quite stressful at times; this, however, was very much my kind of game - simple, very low maintenance, and easy to understand - though the simplicity of it actually made it quite tricky!

I think I can safely say that I got very lucky with my initial choice of team, which happened to be identical to @Jordan's, but I got my mid-season changes right and switched my team from 'Aston Martian' to 'Red Bull****' at the right time.

Frankly, however, none of this would have been possible without the hero of the team, Fernando Alonso... not only did he score brilliantly in the first half of the season, but he also gained 2 ranks which, ironically, made it possible to sack him and replace him with Max Verstappen. Sorry about that Old Bean, but if I had to do the same again, I would my friend.

 

[Pupik]

Is this the part of the thread where I point at all the crashes with @Touring Mars and @Jimlaad43 on a monitor?

 

[Fezzik]

Just missed the points. Must try harder (and not pick Ferrari).

 

[Jimlaad43]

I suppose the question becomes, will we see this game return for 2024?

 

[Jimlaad43]

I assume this won't be returning then

 

[Famine]

I suppose the question becomes, will we see this game return for 2024?

I assume this won't be returning then

Depends on the interest. Thus far, including me, there's one person interested

 

[Jimlaad43]

Depends on the interest. Thus far, including me, there's one person interested

Make it three as there are two people who liked my post earlier about wanting it to return. Honestly though, post the info for a the new season, tag everyone who took part last season and it'll easily crack 15-20 users in a few days. The interest is here, but it's hard to say how many are actually interested without indication a game is happening. Caption Game currently has not had posts for ages, but it'll be fine once the season begins and the game actually begins.

 

[noshog]

I'll be keen for another round

 

[Spacegoat]

Didn't play last year (wasn't aware that you could enter at anytime. D'oh) but I'd be interested in playing this season.

 

[lilcat89]

I'm interested in playing again this year, @Famine. Its really the only reason I pay attention to Formula 1 anymore.

 

[Famine]

 

[Mr Grumpy]

Count me in again @Famine

 

[XJ40]

I'd like to take part again.

 

[DG_Silva]

Likewise, hopefully I'll do better this time...

 

[Touring Mars]

Likewise, hopefully I'll do better this time...

Me too... oh, wait 😅