Official 2022 F1 Fantasy Launch Thread
Welcome to the 2022 10/10th Fantasy F1 competition, a year that sees numerous changes, a new World Champion, drivers changing teams and whole new cars that run on 18-inch rims. And let’s not forget one rookie driver coming onto the grid.
This year also sees a calendar of 23 events which will no doubt test the endurance and logistics flow of all the teams, in an ever changing world that is still being affected by personal travel, and flight restrictions.
There will still be 3 sprint events spread over the season, but this time there will be more points available to the drivers and teams.
And so, onto the Launch….
Teams
Your team shall be made up of 2 drivers, 1 constructor and a power unit provider which must abide by the following real-world situation at the start of the season.
Your drivers must be from separate contractors
Your Drivers cannot drive for your constructor
Your Driver cannot drive for your power unit provider
Your constructor cannot be powered by your power unit provider
Teams must comply with the cost cap of 100,000 and are to be submitted in the usual fashion shown in the attachments.
Remember… Each team is to be unique so please refresh the page and check someone hasn’t selected the same team whilst you were deliberating and typing
Entry
All entries are to be submitted onto this, the launch thread.
To be included for the full season entries should be posted before the start of FP1 of the first event.
Additional entries are welcome and will be entered for the next event if the current event has begun.
Scoring
Qualification points for non-sprint events remain as last season,
Drivers are rewarded for reaching Q2 and then for setting a time, like wise reaching Q3 and setting a time. Bonus points for 2nd row of the Grid, front row and of course Pole.
Constructors are rewarded for each car reaching Q2 and then Q3, the same applies to Power unit Providers (regardless of constructor). Bonus points for front row and Pole.
In sprint events the point structure has change, during the Qualifying sessions, there will be 1 drivers point for reaching Q2 with a further point for reaching Q3. The fastest in Q3 receives 1 bonus point. (Drivers will no longer have to set in time in Q2 or Q3 to gain the points).
For Constructors and Power Unit providers, there will be 1 point per car, where that car reaches Q2 and again for Q3. There will be 1 Bonus point for the fastest in Q3.
Sprint points have been expanded, with 1st place taking 8 points down sequentially to 8th place taking 1 point. Unlike last year it will be a straight shoot out of these points, as there will be no placed gain/Loss points awarded.
There will however be 1 bonus point to the Driver who has the fastest lap in the sprint race.
Sprint points for the constructors and Power Unit providers have also been changed with 3, 2 and 1 points awarded to constructors and power unit providers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed cars,
Race points remain as previous seasons and are based on the final official result, which means competitors may be classified as finishers even though they didn’t take the chequered flag.
Race Bonus points remain as previous years, with the Race fastest lap meriting 5 points, to the driver and 3 points each to the constructor and power unit provider.
Positional points apply to only the Race and are based on comparison between the official race result and the official race grid.
So should there be an incident from pitlane opening to grid formation or during the formation lap, this will be considered a Lap 0 incident and therefore subject to possible penalty. This applies to the lead up to Sprint events as well.
In events where a conclusion is called prior to the listed number of laps having been completed by the leader. In a sprint race, the (full) points will only be awarded if the leader completes 50% or more of the race. However for the Grand Prix, the table below shows points distribution based on the official segmentation.
Points scored will be based on official results, Penalties will be applied as per real world to either the sprint event and or the race.
Penalty points
Technical or sporting infringements (breaking curfew or Parc Ferme) will be incorporated as required.
Drivers of cars which are judged to be technical failures (Tech DNF) during the sprint or race are not directly penalised however both Constructor and Power unit provider are.
Should a car fail on the grid and can started from the pits by the constructor, Loss of track position is deemed sufficient penalty.
In race penalties (such as time penalties) will be incorporated in the final results.
The values which can be penalised remain as last season, for the main race, but for a sprint Tech DNF is a 3-point penalty for constructors only.
Should a car be disqualified from a session of the weekend, no points will be allocated however if allowed to continue over the remainder of the weekend, driver, constructor and power unit provider will face DNQ allowed to Race penalty points which will be applied to the race results.
Driver Bans
Should under the licence points system your driver be banned for an (a number of) events the replacement driver will not score you points in that/those races. Your team will be scored on the remaining driver only along with constructor and Power unit points.
You can however choose once it’s known that a driver has been banned, make a substitution before the start of the next event.
Substitutions and replacements.
You can choose to replace a driver in your team, changes can only happen between events, and must be posted ahead of the start of FP1 of an event to be counted at that event.
You can make one driver change free during the season; additional driver changes cost 20 points per driver.
If your driver is replaced (temporarily – illness or injury) or for remainder of the season, and the replacement driver now breaks the real-world rules for teams at the start of the season, your team will be allowed to continue in the new line up.
If you don’t want the replacement driver then the option is there to substitute for the remainder of the season (or substitute the original driver back in again should they return).
Withdrawn from event
Should a team withdraw a car from an event prior to the start of FP1, Driver, team and Power unit provider will be penalised as a Didn’t Qualify – Can’t race.
If the withdrawal is due to driver injury/illness and a replacement cannot take the drive by regulation, no penalties will be issued.
If the withdrawal is due to a perceived safety issue, insufficient time or parts to safely build car then a Didn’t qualify – Can race penalty will be applied. However if the car did participate in Qualification or Sprint, then an points scored will be included.
As is tradition cut off for substitutions or new entries to be included at an event is the Start of FP1.
I’ll do my best to accept and confirm entry ahead of the event starting, but if I’m not able to, I’ll use the timestamp on the post to confirm whether submission is for this or next event.
Should there be anything that happens out with the stated rules, I will consult with the site admin, and my fellow Mods to come up with a fair ruling that can be applied across the remainder of the season.
A request on my part, if you spot that I’ve made a mistake, or missed an obvious rule out or left something undefined in the above rules, or indeed in accepting a team that breaks real world rules, or my data entry to the competition spreadsheets, please do let me know.
Likewise if you have any questions or suggestions I’m only a PM away.
With all of that said, the important information is attached below.
Good Luck!
This year also sees a calendar of 23 events which will no doubt test the endurance and logistics flow of all the teams, in an ever changing world that is still being affected by personal travel, and flight restrictions.
There will still be 3 sprint events spread over the season, but this time there will be more points available to the drivers and teams.
And so, onto the Launch….
Teams
Your team shall be made up of 2 drivers, 1 constructor and a power unit provider which must abide by the following real-world situation at the start of the season.
Your drivers must be from separate contractors
Your Drivers cannot drive for your constructor
Your Driver cannot drive for your power unit provider
Your constructor cannot be powered by your power unit provider
Teams must comply with the cost cap of 100,000 and are to be submitted in the usual fashion shown in the attachments.
Remember… Each team is to be unique so please refresh the page and check someone hasn’t selected the same team whilst you were deliberating and typing
Entry
All entries are to be submitted onto this, the launch thread.
To be included for the full season entries should be posted before the start of FP1 of the first event.
Additional entries are welcome and will be entered for the next event if the current event has begun.
Scoring
Qualification points for non-sprint events remain as last season,
Drivers are rewarded for reaching Q2 and then for setting a time, like wise reaching Q3 and setting a time. Bonus points for 2nd row of the Grid, front row and of course Pole.
Constructors are rewarded for each car reaching Q2 and then Q3, the same applies to Power unit Providers (regardless of constructor). Bonus points for front row and Pole.
In sprint events the point structure has change, during the Qualifying sessions, there will be 1 drivers point for reaching Q2 with a further point for reaching Q3. The fastest in Q3 receives 1 bonus point. (Drivers will no longer have to set in time in Q2 or Q3 to gain the points).
For Constructors and Power Unit providers, there will be 1 point per car, where that car reaches Q2 and again for Q3. There will be 1 Bonus point for the fastest in Q3.
Sprint points have been expanded, with 1st place taking 8 points down sequentially to 8th place taking 1 point. Unlike last year it will be a straight shoot out of these points, as there will be no placed gain/Loss points awarded.
There will however be 1 bonus point to the Driver who has the fastest lap in the sprint race.
Sprint points for the constructors and Power Unit providers have also been changed with 3, 2 and 1 points awarded to constructors and power unit providers of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed cars,
Race points remain as previous seasons and are based on the final official result, which means competitors may be classified as finishers even though they didn’t take the chequered flag.
Race Bonus points remain as previous years, with the Race fastest lap meriting 5 points, to the driver and 3 points each to the constructor and power unit provider.
Positional points apply to only the Race and are based on comparison between the official race result and the official race grid.
So should there be an incident from pitlane opening to grid formation or during the formation lap, this will be considered a Lap 0 incident and therefore subject to possible penalty. This applies to the lead up to Sprint events as well.
In events where a conclusion is called prior to the listed number of laps having been completed by the leader. In a sprint race, the (full) points will only be awarded if the leader completes 50% or more of the race. However for the Grand Prix, the table below shows points distribution based on the official segmentation.
Points scored will be based on official results, Penalties will be applied as per real world to either the sprint event and or the race.
Penalty points
Technical or sporting infringements (breaking curfew or Parc Ferme) will be incorporated as required.
Drivers of cars which are judged to be technical failures (Tech DNF) during the sprint or race are not directly penalised however both Constructor and Power unit provider are.
Should a car fail on the grid and can started from the pits by the constructor, Loss of track position is deemed sufficient penalty.
In race penalties (such as time penalties) will be incorporated in the final results.
The values which can be penalised remain as last season, for the main race, but for a sprint Tech DNF is a 3-point penalty for constructors only.
Should a car be disqualified from a session of the weekend, no points will be allocated however if allowed to continue over the remainder of the weekend, driver, constructor and power unit provider will face DNQ allowed to Race penalty points which will be applied to the race results.
Driver Bans
Should under the licence points system your driver be banned for an (a number of) events the replacement driver will not score you points in that/those races. Your team will be scored on the remaining driver only along with constructor and Power unit points.
You can however choose once it’s known that a driver has been banned, make a substitution before the start of the next event.
Substitutions and replacements.
You can choose to replace a driver in your team, changes can only happen between events, and must be posted ahead of the start of FP1 of an event to be counted at that event.
You can make one driver change free during the season; additional driver changes cost 20 points per driver.
If your driver is replaced (temporarily – illness or injury) or for remainder of the season, and the replacement driver now breaks the real-world rules for teams at the start of the season, your team will be allowed to continue in the new line up.
If you don’t want the replacement driver then the option is there to substitute for the remainder of the season (or substitute the original driver back in again should they return).
Withdrawn from event
Should a team withdraw a car from an event prior to the start of FP1, Driver, team and Power unit provider will be penalised as a Didn’t Qualify – Can’t race.
If the withdrawal is due to driver injury/illness and a replacement cannot take the drive by regulation, no penalties will be issued.
If the withdrawal is due to a perceived safety issue, insufficient time or parts to safely build car then a Didn’t qualify – Can race penalty will be applied. However if the car did participate in Qualification or Sprint, then an points scored will be included.
As is tradition cut off for substitutions or new entries to be included at an event is the Start of FP1.
I’ll do my best to accept and confirm entry ahead of the event starting, but if I’m not able to, I’ll use the timestamp on the post to confirm whether submission is for this or next event.
Should there be anything that happens out with the stated rules, I will consult with the site admin, and my fellow Mods to come up with a fair ruling that can be applied across the remainder of the season.
A request on my part, if you spot that I’ve made a mistake, or missed an obvious rule out or left something undefined in the above rules, or indeed in accepting a team that breaks real world rules, or my data entry to the competition spreadsheets, please do let me know.
Likewise if you have any questions or suggestions I’m only a PM away.
With all of that said, the important information is attached below.
Good Luck!