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Right, we're back for another bash at this. Pre-season testing has thrown the leopard amongst the magpies and has made it quite difficult to judge the pricing for this season. Mercedes look by far the strongest team but will that translate across the whole season? Will Ferrari and Red Bull up their game and will the testing promise of Williams and Force India turn into something substantial? I guess we just have to find out...
We say farewell to Mark Webber and Paul Di Resta, with Daniel Ricciardo making the move to Red Bull alongside Vettel. Kimi moves to Ferrari to join Alonso with Pastor Maldonado buying a move to Lotus, whilst Hulkenberg & Perez make up an exciting Force India pairing as do Massa & Bottas at Williams. Rookie Magnussen joins Button at a reforming McLaren whilst everyone's favourite overtaker Kamui Kobayashi returns at Caterham. There is also a return on the calendar for the formerly named A1 Ring in Austria, now the Red Bull Ring, and a street race around the Sochi Olympic park in Russia also joins the calendar. The Indian GP takes a year off to return in 2015.
So the pricing is similar to last season, you get £160m to spend on 2 drivers, 1 constructor and 1 engine. This year your engine choice is very important with all the regulation changes:
Drivers
Sebastien Vettel (Red Bull)-£55m.
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)-£50m.
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)-£50m.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)-£50m.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)-£50m.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)-£45m.
Jenson Button (McLaren)-£45m.
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)-£45m.
Kevin Magnussen (McLaren)-£40m.
Pastor Maldonado (Lotus)-£40m.
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)-£40m.
Sergio Perez (Force India)-£40m.
Felipe Massa (Williams)-£40m.
Valtteri Bottas (Williams)-£35m.
Adrian Sutil (Sauber)-£35m.
Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)-£35m.
Jean-Eric Vergne (Torro Rosso)-£30m.
Daniel Kvyat (Torro Rosso)-£30m.
Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham)-£25m.
Marcus Ericsson (Caterham)-£25m.
Jules Bianchi (Marussia)-£25m.
Max Chilton (Marussia)-£25m.
Constructors
Red Bull-£45m.
Mercedes-£45m.
Ferrari-£45m.
Lotus-£40m.
McLaren-£40m.
Force India-£35m.
Williams-£35m.
Sauber-£35m.
Torro Rosso-£30m.
Caterham-£25m.
Marussia-£25m.
Engines
Mercedes-£25m.
Ferrari-£25m.
Renault-£20m.
Your budget is £160m.
Points
Drivers
You get the points scored by your driver in the race (ie. 1st=25, 2nd=18, 3rd=15 etc.).
For qualifying, you are awarded 3 points for getting through Q1, and that is upped from 3 to 6 if you make it through to Q3. Instead of the previous top 10 Qualifying points system, it is being capped to the Top 6, meaning now that pole position will earn you 10 points, 2nd-8pts, 3rd-6pts, 4th-4pts, 5th-2pts and 6th-1pt.
You will gain or lose a point for every position you finish above or below your last race finish, but this will only apply to drivers who complete both races,
It is still -10 points for retirement due to a mechanical or technical issue with the car and -15 for a crash that your driver caused. These are the only deductions that will be placed on drivers this year and no points will be deducted for your driver being involved in a crash that was caused by another driver.
Constructors
The constructors points system will remain the same as last season. You will score the points your constructor scored for that race and you will gain or lose the difference between the total scored at that race and the previous race. I.e. if you score 25 in the first race and then 28 in the 2nd race, you will actually score 31 at the 2nd race as you will gain an extra 3 points and so on.
Engines
Same as last year. 10 points for all of the engines provided by your engine manufacturer completing the race, -3 points per engine change and -6 per engine failure.
Disqualifications
Disqualifications caused by a driver (ie. dangerous driving, refusing to obey marshals etc.) result in a 20 point deduction for the driver. DQ's caused by the team (fuel flow, unsafe car, team refusing to obey stewarding decisions etc.) is a 20 point deduction for the team.
In the case of the Daniel Ricciardo DQ in Australia, the punishment has been handed to Red Bull, so all teams with Red Bull as a constructor suffer a 20 point deduction. The ruling on this is final.
Deadline for being included in the Australian GP is 23.59 on Thursday 13th March.
In the event of 2 teams that are entered being the same, the team entered 2nd will be asked to change.
My team:
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)-£50m.
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)-£40m.
Mercedes-£45m.
Mercedes-£25m.
Good luck!
We say farewell to Mark Webber and Paul Di Resta, with Daniel Ricciardo making the move to Red Bull alongside Vettel. Kimi moves to Ferrari to join Alonso with Pastor Maldonado buying a move to Lotus, whilst Hulkenberg & Perez make up an exciting Force India pairing as do Massa & Bottas at Williams. Rookie Magnussen joins Button at a reforming McLaren whilst everyone's favourite overtaker Kamui Kobayashi returns at Caterham. There is also a return on the calendar for the formerly named A1 Ring in Austria, now the Red Bull Ring, and a street race around the Sochi Olympic park in Russia also joins the calendar. The Indian GP takes a year off to return in 2015.
So the pricing is similar to last season, you get £160m to spend on 2 drivers, 1 constructor and 1 engine. This year your engine choice is very important with all the regulation changes:
Drivers
Sebastien Vettel (Red Bull)-£55m.
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)-£50m.
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)-£50m.
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)-£50m.
Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)-£50m.
Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull)-£45m.
Jenson Button (McLaren)-£45m.
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)-£45m.
Kevin Magnussen (McLaren)-£40m.
Pastor Maldonado (Lotus)-£40m.
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)-£40m.
Sergio Perez (Force India)-£40m.
Felipe Massa (Williams)-£40m.
Valtteri Bottas (Williams)-£35m.
Adrian Sutil (Sauber)-£35m.
Esteban Gutierrez (Sauber)-£35m.
Jean-Eric Vergne (Torro Rosso)-£30m.
Daniel Kvyat (Torro Rosso)-£30m.
Kamui Kobayashi (Caterham)-£25m.
Marcus Ericsson (Caterham)-£25m.
Jules Bianchi (Marussia)-£25m.
Max Chilton (Marussia)-£25m.
Constructors
Red Bull-£45m.
Mercedes-£45m.
Ferrari-£45m.
Lotus-£40m.
McLaren-£40m.
Force India-£35m.
Williams-£35m.
Sauber-£35m.
Torro Rosso-£30m.
Caterham-£25m.
Marussia-£25m.
Engines
Mercedes-£25m.
Ferrari-£25m.
Renault-£20m.
Your budget is £160m.
Points
Drivers
You get the points scored by your driver in the race (ie. 1st=25, 2nd=18, 3rd=15 etc.).
For qualifying, you are awarded 3 points for getting through Q1, and that is upped from 3 to 6 if you make it through to Q3. Instead of the previous top 10 Qualifying points system, it is being capped to the Top 6, meaning now that pole position will earn you 10 points, 2nd-8pts, 3rd-6pts, 4th-4pts, 5th-2pts and 6th-1pt.
You will gain or lose a point for every position you finish above or below your last race finish, but this will only apply to drivers who complete both races,
It is still -10 points for retirement due to a mechanical or technical issue with the car and -15 for a crash that your driver caused. These are the only deductions that will be placed on drivers this year and no points will be deducted for your driver being involved in a crash that was caused by another driver.
Constructors
The constructors points system will remain the same as last season. You will score the points your constructor scored for that race and you will gain or lose the difference between the total scored at that race and the previous race. I.e. if you score 25 in the first race and then 28 in the 2nd race, you will actually score 31 at the 2nd race as you will gain an extra 3 points and so on.
Engines
Same as last year. 10 points for all of the engines provided by your engine manufacturer completing the race, -3 points per engine change and -6 per engine failure.
Disqualifications
Disqualifications caused by a driver (ie. dangerous driving, refusing to obey marshals etc.) result in a 20 point deduction for the driver. DQ's caused by the team (fuel flow, unsafe car, team refusing to obey stewarding decisions etc.) is a 20 point deduction for the team.
In the case of the Daniel Ricciardo DQ in Australia, the punishment has been handed to Red Bull, so all teams with Red Bull as a constructor suffer a 20 point deduction. The ruling on this is final.
Deadline for being included in the Australian GP is 23.59 on Thursday 13th March.
In the event of 2 teams that are entered being the same, the team entered 2nd will be asked to change.
My team:
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)-£50m.
Nico Hulkenberg (Force India)-£40m.
Mercedes-£45m.
Mercedes-£25m.
Good luck!