GTPlanet Fantasy Formula One 2026

[DG_Silva]

I'm kinda stuffed now for the rest of the season. I can't swap Albon for another driver because that would mean leaving the Mercedes engine, which would be daft at the moment; using the Joker would mean losing Antonelli and Mercedes engine to swap for a more rounded line up.

 

[Famine]

using the Joker would mean losing Antonelli and Mercedes engine to swap for a more rounded line up.

Not to give any ideas, but the Joker only requires two wholly new drivers because I never thought to add the part about wholly new chassis/engine too.

You could, in principle, burn the Joker just to swap drivers out then use a driver swap to bring one back.

Bit bold at Race 6, but...

 

[noshog]

If I'm going to make a driver swap do I have to recalculate my full total points used @Famine ?

Original line up (and points) was this...
D1: Albon (1)
D2: Sainz (3)
Chassis: Merc (5)
Engine: Ford (4)

According to the list I have 2 extra points I can use now, I'm thinking of swapping Albon to Hadjar which would use those extra 2 points but I'm not sure if I need to allow for the increased value of the Merc chassis in my new calculations ?

 

[Famine]

If I'm going to make a driver swap do I have to recalculate my full total points used @Famine ?

Original line up (and points) was this...
D1: Albon (1)
D2: Sainz (3)
Chassis: Merc (5)
Engine: Ford (4)

According to the list I have 2 extra points I can use now, I'm thinking of swapping Albon to Hadjar which would use those extra 2 points but I'm not sure if I need to allow for the increased value of the Merc chassis in my new calculations ?

Original Tokens are now not relevant. Your team is now worth 15 Tokens because its value has gone up after the Token update:

CHASSIS: Mercedes (6)
ENGINE: Ford (4)
DRIVER: Sainz (3)
DRIVER: Albon (2)

Whatever your new team, after swaps, it must now be worth no more than 15 Tokens. If you want to swap out any one component, it must not be a higher-value item: Albon (2) for Hadjar (3) would account for one extra Token, so you cannot do that.

You can free up a Token by swapping a component for a lower-value item first, say Mercedes to Ferrari (6 Tokens to 5 Tokens), and then use the left-over Token to swap Albon for Hadjar. Then your team would still be worth 15 Tokens.


Edit: Imagine it's not Tokens but million pounds in Fantasy Football. You have to make a team that's no more than £13m to start with. But after some of the early season plays out, some players go up in value and others down. Your team went up to £15m, so now you can do some transfers and stuff to take advantage of the increased value by getting new players who you think will do better long-term.

 

[noshog]

Ahh OK thanks @Famine !
So if I want to keep my chassis and engine it only really leaves me with 5 driver points to play with... I'll reconsider my options 🙂

 

[Famine]

Gee, thanks F1.

Monaco Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly regains third place after Alpine successfully appeal against penalties

Pierre Gasly is reinstated into third place in the Monaco Grand Prix, after the stewards rescind the two penalties he received for pit-lane speeding.

www.bbc.co.uk

The one time I actually do the points on a Wednesday...

 

[TheCracker]

 

[Famine]

Updated updated R6 rankings (bastards):

Position	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Total	CHANGE
1	@Jordan	53.5	43.5	56.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	336.5	▲1
1	@lilcat89	53.5	43.5	56.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	336.5	▲1
3	@TheCracker	54.5	42.5	52.5	56.5	56.5	70.0	332.5	▲1
4	@Nacho Libre	44.0	48.5	55.5	44.5	53.0	71.0	316.5	▲5
5	@Digitdan7	52.0	59.5	48.5	45.5	60.0	50.0	315.5	▼4
6	@noshog	60.0	54.5	50.5	58.5	33.0	58.0	314.5	▼1
7	@DG_Silva	47.5	32.5	45.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	308.5	▲3
8	@Saidur_Ali	62.5	55.5	46.5	48.0	35.0	55.5	303	-
9	@ROAD_DOGG33J	31.0	26.5	52.5	56.5	56.5	70.0	293	▲6
10	@Fezzik	48.0	47.5	24.5	47.5	66.0	55.0	288.5	▲1
10	@Jimlaad43	61.0	51.5	32.5	53.5	57.0	33.0	288.5	▼4
12	@bliprunner	53.0	47.5	52.5	41.5	31.0	60.0	285.5	▲1
13	@Famine	54.5	57.5	51.5	46.0	39.0	33.5	282	▼6
13	@GTracer38	52.5	40.5	50.5	48.0	32.0	58.5	282	▲1
15	@Spacegoat	42.0	25.5	43.5	61.0	50.0	54.5	276.5	▲1
16	@-Fred-	44.5	55.5	33.5	50.5	48.5	28.0	260.5	▼4
17	@gdmnd	38.0	30.5	37.5	59.0	39.0	46.5	250.5	▲1
18	@Sureboss	46.5	37.5	33.5	41.0	51.0	32.5	242	▼1
19	@Gerarghini	18.0	18.0	43.5	50.0	41.0	37.5	208	-
20	@hamishl	18.0	6.0	47.0	38.5	40.5	44.0	194	▲1
21	@XJ40	8.0	14.0	43.5	41.0	48.0	31.5	186	▼1

Luckily it doesn't affect the Token updates particularly. I'd also missed that Williams got FACC points but we have nobody who'd picked Williams so...

 

[TheCracker]

That was a premature celebration then ...so i lost half a point even though my chassis went from 7th to 3rd

 

[Famine]

That was a premature celebration then ...so i lost half a point even though my chassis went from 7th to 3rd

FACC only recognises the second car of any team, so where the first one finishes isn't relevant. The second Alpine was still ranked fourth behind the second Racing Bulls, Audi, and Mercedes cars.

However I think you should have gone up because of the engine (1st+3rd, rather than 1st+4th). Maybe there's a glitch in the engine calcs...

Edit: Yep. FIA managed to **** me Inthe Arse again.

 

[Saidur_Ali]

CHASSIS: Alpine
ENGINE: Ferrari
DRIVER 1: Russell
DRIVER 2: Albon

CHASSIS swap: Red Bull
ENGINE swap: Ford
DRIVER 2 swap: Hadjar

 

[Famine]

Oh good.

Mercedes ask for right of review of decision to overturn Pierre Gasly's Monaco Grand Prix penalty

Mercedes ask the FIA for a right of review of the decision to overturn Pierre Gasly's penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix.

www.bbc.com

Apropos of today's race, it looks like only three people scored over 50, and that buzzer beater above me - eight minutes before deadline - was one of them.

 

[Nacho Libre]

@Famine, can we please get the rankings updated up to R8?

 

[Famine]

@Famine, can we please get the rankings updated up to R8?

Position	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Total	CHANGE
1	@Saidur_Ali	62.5	55.5	46.5	48.0	35.0	55.5	74.0	76.0	58.5	511.5	0
2	@TheCracker	54.5	42.5	52.5	56.5	56.5	70.0	39.5	53.0	43.0	468	0
3	@Digitdan7	52.0	59.5	48.5	45.5	60.0	50.0	43.0	54.0	51.5	464	▲3
4	@Nacho Libre	44.0	48.5	55.5	44.5	53.0	71.0	39.0	60.0	41.5	457	▲1
5	@Famine	54.5	57.5	51.5	46.0	39.0	33.5	54.0	62.0	58.5	456.5	▲4
6	@bliprunner	53.0	47.5	52.5	41.5	31.0	60.0	53.0	62.0	54.5	455	▲2
7	@Jordan	53.5	43.5	56.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	27.5	55.0	28.0	447	▼4
7	@lilcat89	53.5	43.5	56.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	27.5	55.0	28.0	447	▼4
9	@noshog	60.0	54.5	50.5	58.5	33.0	58.0	37.0	50.0	31.5	433	▼2
10	@ROAD_DOGG33J	31.0	26.5	52.5	56.5	56.5	70.0	39.5	53.0	43.0	428.5	▲1
11	@Jimlaad43	61.0	51.5	32.5	53.5	57.0	33.0	34.0	46.0	53.5	422	▲3
12	@DG_Silva	47.5	32.5	45.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	27.5	55.0	28.0	419	▼2
13	@GTracer38	52.5	40.5	50.5	48.0	32.0	58.5	37.0	52.5	42.0	413.5	0
14	@Fezzik	48.0	47.5	24.5	47.5	66.0	55.0	31.0	56.0	36.5	412	▼2
15	@Spacegoat	42.0	25.5	43.5	61.0	50.0	54.5	29.0	46.5	39.0	391	0
16	@-Fred-	44.5	55.5	33.5	50.5	48.5	28.0	37.5	25.0	43.0	366	▲2
17	@Sureboss	46.5	37.5	33.5	41.0	51.0	32.5	40.0	49.5	34.0	365.5	▼1
18	@gdmnd	38.0	30.5	37.5	59.0	39.0	46.5	21.0	56.5	31.5	359.5	▼1
19	@Gerarghini	18.0	18.0	43.5	50.0	41.0	37.5	28.0	38.5	46.5	321	▲1
20	@hamishl	18.0	6.0	47.0	38.5	40.5	44.0	42.0	54.5	21.5	312	▼1
21	@XJ40	8.0	14.0	43.5	41.0	48.0	31.5	47.0	39.5	24.5	297	0

 

[Nacho Libre]

Thanks @Famine. And now I will make my final driver swap of Piastri for Lindblad.

So, I have Antonelli:5, Piastri 4, Ford engine 4, Audi soapbox racer: 2 = 15 tk

Only a Joker swap left for me.

 

[TheCracker]

Did Bernd Maylander score FF1 points for his impressive win for Mercedes at Silverstone?

 

[lilcat89]

@Famine, I would like to change my 2nd driver from Albon to Bortoleto.

 

[Nacho Libre]

I'm feeling good this morning!

Edit: 0n 07-26 I'm NOT having a good morning

 

[Nacho Libre]

This just in: Hadjar out of Red Bull (injury) Liam Lawson replaces him, AND Yuki Tsunoda goes to VCARB. Doesn't this need an emergency rating for Tsunoda?

 

[Famine]

This just in: Hadjar out of Red Bull (injury) Liam Lawson replaces him, AND Yuki Tsunoda goes to VCARB. Doesn't this need an emergency rating for Tsunoda?

No, it's covered under the temporary substitute rules.

Which reminds me, I should update the rankings. I've been working for a client for a month and have had no spare time, but now I'm not. And now it's GT7 update week...

 

[Famine]

****.

I completely missed that the Dutch GP even happened... and it was Race 12, so Token update week.

Double ****.

Mmmkay, let's bump the Token update to Race 13, which is whatever's happening this weekend.

Also, thanks FIA for changing the Monaco result again.

 

[Nacho Libre]

Well it seems Gasly wants his podium back... Gasly owners rejoice?

 

[Famine]

Results to R13:

Pos	Player	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Total	▲/▼
1	@Saidur_Ali	62.5	55.5	46.5	48.0	35.0	55.5	74.0	76.0	58.5	53.5	70.0	50.0	55.5	740.5	0
2	@Famine	54.5	57.5	51.5	46.0	39.0	33.5	54.0	62.0	58.5	69.5	62.0	59.0	63.5	710.5	0
3	@TheCracker	54.5	42.5	52.5	56.5	56.5	70.0	39.5	53.0	43.0	62.0	53.0	56.5	64.5	704.0	0
4	@Nacho Libre	44.0	48.5	55.5	44.5	53.0	71.0	39.0	60.0	41.5	62.5	62.0	56.0	64.5	702.0	0
5=	@Jordan	53.5	43.5	56.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	27.5	55.0	28.0	58.0	57.0	58.5	59.5	680.0	0
5=	@lilcat89	53.5	43.5	56.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	27.5	55.0	28.0	58.0	57.0	58.5	59.5	680.0	0
5=	@Digitdan7	52.0	59.5	48.5	45.5	60.0	50.0	43.0	54.0	51.5	61.5	49.0	43.0	62.5	680.0	▲2
8	@bliprunner	53.0	47.5	52.5	41.5	31.0	60.0	53.0	62.0	54.5	40.5	58.0	55.0	63.5	672.0	0
9	@ROAD_DOGG33J	31.0	26.5	52.5	56.5	56.5	70.0	39.5	53.0	43.0	62.0	53.0	56.5	64.5	664.5	0
10	@DG_Silva	47.5	32.5	45.5	56.5	53.5	73.0	27.5	55.0	28.0	58.0	57.0	58.5	59.5	652.0	0
11	@Fezzik	48.0	47.5	24.5	47.5	66.0	55.0	31.0	56.0	36.5	57.5	53.0	45.0	57.5	625.0	▲1
12	@noshog	60.0	54.5	50.5	58.5	33.0	58.0	37.0	50.0	31.5	33.5	45.0	52.0	58.5	622.0	▲1
13	@Jimlaad43	61.0	51.5	32.5	53.5	57.0	33.0	34.0	46.0	53.5	60.5	54.0	38.0	31.5	606.0	▼2
14	@GTracer38	52.5	40.5	50.5	48.0	32.0	58.5	37.0	52.5	42.0	36.0	50.5	54.5	49.5	604.0	0
15	@Spacegoat	42.0	25.5	43.5	61.0	50.0	54.5	29.0	46.5	39.0	54.0	46.5	45.5	46.5	583.5	0
16	@gdmnd	38.0	30.5	37.5	59.0	39.0	46.5	21.0	56.5	31.5	33.0	48.5	53.0	55.0	549.0	0
17	@Sureboss	46.5	37.5	33.5	41.0	51.0	32.5	40.0	49.5	34.0	55.0	46.5	24.5	34.5	526.0	0
18	@-Fred-	44.5	55.5	33.5	50.5	48.5	28.0	37.5	25.0	43.0	36.0	28.0	28.5	41.5	500.0	▲1
19	@Gerarghini	18.0	18.0	43.5	50.0	41.0	37.5	28.0	38.5	46.5	49.0	43.5	56.0	18.0	487.5	▼1
20	@hamishl	18.0	6.0	47.0	38.5	40.5	44.0	42.0	54.5	21.5	56.5	37.0	35.5	43.5	484.5	0
21	@XJ40	8.0	14.0	43.5	41.0	48.0	31.5	47.0	39.5	24.5	45.0	32.5	31.0	36.0	441.5	0

I've never had a round win in GTPFF1 and somehow I missed having three in four races

Of course my position isn't relevant, so there's a 36.5pt gap between the top two eligible players now - closed slightly after a round win for TheCracker (shared with Nacho Libre and ROAD_DOGG33J...

Current component scores:

Position	CHASSIS	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Total
1	Mercedes	25	25	25	18	0	18	8	25	8	0	15	25	25	217
2	Ferrari	18	18	15	15	25	0	10	12	25	25	25	18	0	206
3	Racing Bulls	12	12	8	0	0	25	15	10	18	10	12	12	12	146
4	McLaren	0	0	18	25	0	0	25	15	12	15	0	15	18	143
5	Alpine	10	15	6	0	15	12	12	6	15	12	6	8	15	132
6	Red Bull	0	0	12	0	18	0	18	18	2	18	18	0	8	112
7	Audi	0	0	10	0	12	15	0	8	0	8	10	10	10	83
8	Haas	15	10	0	10	8	0	6	4	10	4	2	0	6	75
9	Williams	8	0	2	12	0	10	0	0	0	6	4	6	4	52
10	Cadillac	0	8	4	6	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	26
11	Aston Martin	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	20

Position	ENGINE	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Total
1	Mercedes	21.5	21.5	21.5	21.5	19.5	21	20.5	21	20	20	21	21.5	21.5	272
2	Ferrari	19.5	19.5	18.5	16	20	17.5	16	16.5	21	20	18.5	18.5	12.5	234
3	Ford	16	15.5	14.5	13.5	19	18	18	19	17.5	18.5	19	14	17.5	220
4	Audi	7	6	11	5.5	10.5	11	6	11.5	7.5	12.5	13	12.5	11.5	125.5
5	Honda	0	0	2.5	7	4	6.5	0	2.5	4.5	2	9.5	7	0	45.5

Position	DRIVER	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	Total
1	Antonelli	21	22	22	22	22	22	7	20	8	22	20	21	22	251
2	Hamilton	19	20	17	17	21	21	22	18	20	19	18	19	17	248
3	Russell	22	21	19	19	0	11	21	22	21	0	16	20	21	213
4	Leclerc	20	19	20	15	19	0	8	15	22	21	19	18	0	196
5	Norris	18	0	18	21	0	0	20	16	19	16	22	22	19	191
6	Verstappen	17	0	15	18	20	0	19	21	3	20	21	0	20	174
7	Hadjar	0	15	11	0	18	19	17	17	18	17	17	16	9	174
8	Piastri	0	0	21	20	12	18	18	19	12	18	0	17	18	173
9	Gasly	13	17	16	0	15	20	16	10	13	12	11	13	16	172
10	Lawson	10	16	14	0	16	17	15	14	17	11	15	12	13	170
11	Lindblad	15	11	9	9	0	16	14	13	16	14	13	11	15	156
12	Colapinto	9	13	7	16	17	9	13	8	14	13	8	9	14	150
13	Bortoleto	14	0	10	11	10	12	12	12	15	15	12	10	12	145
14	Ocon	12	9	13	10	9	14	10	7	10	6	7	0	7	114
15	Sainz	8	14	8	14	14	7	11	0	6	7	5	7	10	111
16	Bearman	16	18	0	12	13	0	6	9	11	9	4	0	8	106
17	Hulkenberg	0	12	12	0	11	10	0	11	0	10	14	15	11	106
18	Albon	11	0	3	13	0	15	0	6	0	8	6	6	6	74
19	Perez	7	8	6	7	0	8	9	0	9	0	0	8	5	67
20	Alonso	0	0	5	8	0	13	0	5	5	4	9	14	0	63
21	Bottas	0	10	4	5	7	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	4	42
22	Stroll	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	4	0	10	0	0	28

Note that Lawson scored DRIVER points for Hadjar in R12/R13, and Tsunoda scored DRIVER points for Lawson in R12/R13, as temporary driver swaps.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand finally, NEW TOKEN VALUES!

TOKEN VALUES	Drivers	Chassis	Engines
6	▲Antonelli, Hamilton	Mercedes	Mercedes
5	▼Leclerc, Norris, Verstappen, Russell	Ferrari, ▲Racing Bulls	Ferrari
4	Gasly, Lawson, Piastri, ▲Hadjar	▼McLaren, ▲Alpine	Ford
3	▼Colapinto, Ocon, Lindblad, ▲Bortoleto	▼Haas, Red Bull
2	Bearman, Albon, ▼Sainz, Hulkenberg	Audi, Williams	Audi
1	Alonso, Bottas, Perez, Stroll	Aston Martin, Cadillac	Honda

 

[GTracer38]

Joker time.

Old line-up, with current values;
Driver 1: Russell (5)
Driver 2: Albon (2)
Chassis: Audi (2)
Engine: Ferrari (5)


Aaand the new line-up:

Driver 1: Norris (5)
Driver 2: Hulkenberg (2)
Chassis: Red Bull (3)
Engine: Ford (4)

Total: 14 (0 remaining)

 

[Saidur_Ali]

CHASSIS swap: Red Bull
ENGINE swap: Ford
DRIVER 2 swap: Hadjar

DRIVER 1 swap: Verstappen

 

[Nacho Libre]

What's the score after Singapur?

 

[Famine]

What's the score after Singapur?

No idea, but I do have a relatively loose week until Friday (though the house is being turned inside out) to catch up and sort the error nobody spotted on the last one... 🤐

 

[Famine]

No idea, but I do have a relatively loose week until Friday (though the house is being turned inside out) to catch up and sort the error nobody spotted on the last one... 🤐

That went well.

Along with the inverted house (good news: that finished yesterday; bad news: that was just the reconstruction part and the rest of it won't be until the back end of the month), I'm having to take up slack as my side-gig counterpart is off for the foreseeable future and - not their fault - it's right in the middle of one of the two busiest bits of the calendar (the other being Christmas). I'd normally get through a job every 3-4 days, I've done 14 this month (and four more over the next two days). Result: no time. I haven't even updated the engine swap/car/track list from 1.72 yet :|


With the additional two races being returned to the calendar, I'll run a standings and Token update... ummm... maybe tomorrow (in the evening after job two) but at some point before next Wednesday (18th), with the Token update effective from 1200 UTC on Wednesday November 18th.

 

[Nacho Libre]

That went well.

Along with the inverted house (good news: that finished yesterday; bad news: that was just the reconstruction part and the rest of it won't be until the back end of the month), I'm having to take up slack as my side-gig counterpart is off for the foreseeable future and - not their fault - it's right in the middle of one of the two busiest bits of the calendar (the other being Christmas). I'd normally get through a job every 3-4 days, I've done 14 this month (and four more over the next two days). Result: no time. I haven't even updated the engine swap/car/track list from 1.72 yet :|


With the additional two races being returned to the calendar, I'll run a standings and Token update... ummm... maybe tomorrow (in the evening after job two) but at some point before next Wednesday (18th), with the Token update effective from 1200 UTC on Wednesday November 18th.

Looks like you are in the Money Pit!