Fantasy F1 2021

[Kchrpm]

It's almost time for the 2021 Formula 1 race season, so it's time for the 2021 GTXF Fantasy F1 draft!

First off, the rules:

• One team per entrant
• Entrants will PM me their team choice starting at 12 PM EST on Sunday March 21, 2021
  - Please include drivers' last names or short names, not just first names
• Submissions must be sent before the beginning of Q1 for Round 1 (11 AM EST on Saturday March 27, 2021)
• Teams may total no more than 40 in cumulative cost
• No duplicate teams
  - If two entrants submit the same driver lineup during the first approximately 24 hours, the entrant who did better in last year's fantasy league will be asked to change their lineup. After that, whoever selected the team first will get to keep it.
  - If an entrant submits their lineup before the official start time, it will be treated as if it was received after the first 24 hours
• Teams consist of drivers, not team seats
  - If a drafted driver moves to another team, temporarily or permanently, you will continue to earn points for your drafted driver.
  - If a drafted driver is replaced by another driver, temporarily or permanently, you will not receive the replacement driver's points.
• We'll figure out anything else as it comes up

And here are your driver costs, so you can start planning:

Driver Name	Driver Short Name	Driver Cost	F1 Team
Lewis Hamilton	HAM	26.5	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Valtteri Bottas	BOT	20	Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team
Max Verstappen	VER	20	Red Bull Racing
Sergio Perez	PER	17	Red Bull Racing
Daniel Ricciardo	RIC	5.5	McLaren F1 Team
Lando Norris	NOR	4.5	McLaren F1 Team
Lance Stroll	STR	4	Aston Martin BWT F1 Team
Sebastian Vettel	VET	4.5	Aston Martin BWT F1 Team
Fernando Alonso	ALO	3.5	Alpine F1 Team
Esteban Ocon	OCO	2.5	Alpine F1 Team
Charles Leclerc	LEC	4.5	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
Carlos Sainz	SAI	3.5	Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow
Yuki Tsunoda	TSU	3	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda
Pierre Gasly	GAS	3	Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda
Kimi Raikkonen	RAI	2	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen
Antonio Giovinazzi	GIO	2	Alfa Romeo Racing Orlen
Nikita Mazepin	MAZ	0	Haas F1 Team
Mick Schumacher	SCH	0	Haas F1 Team
George Russell	RUS	1	Williams Racing
Nicholas Latifi	LAT	0.5	Williams Racing
Alex Albon	ALB	1	Reserve Driver
Nico Hulkenberg	HUL	1	Reserve Driver
Callum Ilott	ILO	0.5	Reserve Driver
Daniel Kvyat	KVY	0.5	Reserve Driver
Pietro Fittipaldi	FIT	0.5	Reserve Driver
Jack Aitken	AIT	0.5	Reserve Driver
Stoffel Vandoorne	VAN	0.5	Reserve Driver
Nyck De Vries	DEV	0.5	Reserve Driver

Any questions?

[Blerpa]

Oops! Going to send PM!

[dodint]

Out, gave up on F1.

Enjoy!

[dodint]

You can take me out of your tracker.

Out, gave up on F1.

Enjoy!

Same for Ashie.

[Kchrpm]

You can take me out of your tracker.

Same for Ashie.

Did you disenfranchise Tyler as well?

[FaultyMario]

Is the deadline for PM picks still the start of Q1 for Round 1?

[balki]

What's up with Haas? I know they look bad, but free? I think they can score points by luck, should they be 0.5 each?

Maybe make some of the mid-pack 0.5-1.0 higher? I think the cost ratio looks good for them most part, just too low. Basically could see a lot of people trying to pick team suck (i.e.; everyone but Stroll and the top two teams comes out to 40).
Mathematically speaking, Bottas and Verstappen can finish 1-2 at every single race and still lose to Team Suck if Hamilton or Perez have reliability problems.

[Kchrpm]

Is the deadline for PM picks still the start of Q1 for Round 1?

Sure, I'll add that.

What's up with Haas? I know they look bad, but free? I think they can score points by luck, should they be 0.5 each?

Maybe make some of the mid-pack 0.5-1.0 higher? I think the cost ratio looks good for them most part, just too low. Basically could see a lot of people trying to pick team suck (i.e.; everyone but Stroll and the top two teams comes out to 40).
Mathematically speaking, Bottas and Verstappen can finish 1-2 at every single race and still lose to Team Suck if Hamilton or Perez have reliability problems.

I'll leave cost questions to Mario, he made them and I have no insight into what they should be.

[FaultyMario]

Maybe make some of the mid-pack 0.5-1.0 higher? I think the cost ratio looks good for them most part, just too low. Basically could see a lot of people trying to pick team suck (i.e.; everyone but Stroll and the top two teams comes out to 40).
Mathematically speaking, Bottas and Verstappen can finish 1-2 at every single race and still lose to Team Suck if Hamilton or Perez have reliability problems.

I agree that most drivers are off by half a mill.

The problem comes down to calculating in 2 steps, first the team total, based on what betting sites say and then eyeballing the driver split from that total. Though, in my defense, I tried to be as objective as I could.


FWIW, I think the Red Bull total is overvalued, but that's what bookies had them for.
My spreadsheet was also putting out super high values for Williams, but I can't see either of their cars scoring more than 8 points this season, so I had to exclude them from the calculations.
The Haas, well since I was allowed to do the maths, I figured I was allowed to indulge in slamming the driver I hate the most, So it seemed only fair I gave his teammate the same value. :meh:

The one driver who I think came out massively undervalued was Alonso, He should be a great points getter, not only because he can individually perform well, but I think he can single-handedly make his team perform better.

[balki]

Cool, thanks.

Needless to say, the original post doesn't just look organized, but flat-out professional.
Looking forward to tons of easily digestible data