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.