🏎️ HOW TO PLAY F1 FANTASY 🏎️
Hi everyone this is your beginners guide to
#F1Fantasy
and in this thread I’ll outline the basic rules and tips to play the game.
WARNING: The game has drastically changed this season so it’s uncharted territory for all managers
Chip Thread 🍟
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Some basic strategy for every chip
🏎️ EXTRA DRS
X3 points for a driver. Use this on a Sprint weekend. Ideally when your team has two premium drivers so you can still maximise DRS too.
Been a crazy week and gained over 1700 followers. Now hit the 5k milestone. Just want to say thanks to everyone and super excited for what will be the best
#F1Fantasy
season yet! 🎊 🔥
The final race of the season is upon us.
I just wanted to wish everyone good luck, and cheers to a fun and entertaining
#F1Fantasy
season 🍻
Hopefully the game continues to improve and the community continues to grow ❤️
Well fantasy wise it’s been a disaster again 😂
Sold RUS who wins
Sold MER who get a 1-2
Own 4 of the bottom 5 back markers including the only guy who DNFs
But as a neutral, that was a darn good race! 🔥🔥🔥
#BelgianGP
Could this be the team I settle on for
#BahrainGP
?
3x RED - Best team
3x AST - Best value
ZHO - Best budget? Fav to score points, and best overtakes stats last season
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#F1
@F1
Here’s a very interesting strategy posted in the F1 Fantasy Tracker Discord 👀
A bold final fix play that could get you the final budget your short of for Triple MCL.
Go check their discord out here 👇
For anyone wondering this is my current team. Still completely undecided on almost all spots but that uncertainty is the main reason why I want to start with VER and RED.
If FER/MER/MCL end up emerging as the best assets then I can move to them at any point
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#F1
NEWS ON
#F1Fantasy
🚨
🏎️ 2 CONSTRUCTORS + 5 DRIVERS
🏎️ NO DYNAMIC PRICING, PRICE CHANGES ONCE A WEEK
🏎️ NO MORE STREAKS
🏎️ NO 20M LIMIT FOR TURBO DRIVER (NOW CALLED DRS BOOST)
🏎️ 6 BOOSTS A SEASON NOT 2
🏎️ NEW BOOSTS
🏎️ 2 SUBS A WEEK, CAN CARRY 1 OVER
🏎️ CAN EARN BADGES
These are the current best teams to run for the
#SaudiArabianGP
according to
@f1fantasytools
This suggesting that VER to LEC (with DRS), and your budget guy up to GAS is the optimal play this Raceweek.
What’s your thoughts?
#F1Fantasy
#F1
Here’s my early thinking atm
Plan A:
ZHO ➡️ SAR
Plan B:
PER ➡️ LEC
STR ➡️ SAR
All comes down to my faith in Leclerc, and if I have the courage to gamble on him, if he does receive a grid penalty.
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#F1
My final team for
#BahrainGP
🔒
🏎️ Triple RED
🏎️ Triple AST risky with STR injury but willing to gamble
🏎️ SAR tempting as lower risk for positions lost, but a chance of top 10 for ZHO edges it along with overtakes
🏎️ DRS VER
Good luck all ✌️
#F1Fantasy
#F1
For those with a budget of $104.6m, you can now afford RED - FER - VER. Which is a no brainer decision.
I’m still $0.9m short so will likely have to try and gain extra with LEC/SAI/PER over next few races.
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#F1
Team for
#MexicoGP
Rank 1.6k 🌎
Was leaning RUS+ZHO but here I am again trusting Checo. Can he deliver in his home race?
Budget wouldn’t allow ZHO but coin flip anyway. Hopefully a fair amount of overtakes for TSU.
No chip confirmed. Good luck all ✌️
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#F1
My favourite teams for the
#HungaryGP
1) FER - VER - LEC - ALO - OCO - MAG $106m
2) RED - VER - LEC - OCO - ALB - MAG $108.1m
3) RED - VER - LEC - ALO - SCH - MAG $107.1m
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#F1
My favourite teams for
#BahrainGP
(Pre Practice)
1) RED - AST - VER - PER - ALO - STR - ZHO
2) RED - AST - VER - PER - ALO - GAS - HUL
3) RED - AST - VER - PER - ALO - BOT - ZHO
4) RED - FER - VER - ALO - ALB - ZHO - HUL
5) RED - AST - VER - LEC - ZHO - HUL
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#F1
Main takeaway after Raceweek 1:
We could be in for a very boring
#F1Fantasy
season 😂
Triple Red Bull. Triple Aston Martin.
At least our budget pick will be fun 😆
#BahrainGP
#F1
Here’s a couple builds I’m looking at currently.
Still lots to think about and consider before the deadline.
What’s your teams looking like currently?
#F1Fantasy
#F1
🏎️ Driver points🏎️
VER 10
PER 9
LEC 8
SAI 7
ALO 6
RUS 5
HAM 4
STR 3
OCO 2
HUL 1
🏎️ Team points🏎️
RED 29
FER 25
AST 19
MER 19
ALP 7
HAA 6
MCL 1
ALT 1
WIL 1
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#F1
Thought after two races
Two good constructors needed, even at the sacrifice of VER as DRS
PER clear 2nd best driver so good enough DRS option
The rest of the budget guys lowest priority
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#SaudiArabianGP
#F1
Locking my team now as will miss FP3 and Deadline in the UK
🏎️ SAR losing power in FP1 is just enough to make me not wanna risk him. He’s giving me cursed asset vibes
🏎️ TSU new fav but splitting hairs. Him, SAR, DEV, ZHO all good
🏎️ Rest picks itself
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#AustraliaGP
Average overtakes so far this season
🥇 ZHO 7
🥈 PIA 5
🥉 PER, MAG, NOR 4.7
Zhou had the most overtakes in
#F1
last season, and continues the trend this season. If he carries on qualifying fairly low now. He’s by far the standout budget pick to own.
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Final points now updated 🚨
The Top 1k finish was achieved after all, rising another 60 odd places. Buzzing with that 😂
Up another 7 places in F1 Fantasy League too after finishing on 322 points
That was worth the wait for me 🔥
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#F1
#abudhabiGP
#f1twt
Albon is now affordable for me for my 5th driver spot.
He’s right up there for me as best driver to go for. Him, Zhou & Yuki my top 3.
If we get data that Alfa Romeo have low Quali pace again though there’s no touching Zhou.
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#F1
Current team thinking.
RED, VER + ALO are locked 🔒
It’s between AST and FER, need to work out just how lucrative cons. are, because even though AST may be great value, it still might not be the way to go. I like the fact RED/FER/VER teams are hard though
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#F1
Tips for
#F1Fantasy
Raceweek 1
🏎️ Wait until FP3 before making final team decisions
🏎️ DRS Max
🏎️ RED a must have
🏎️ ALO a must have
🏎️ Don’t use any chips
🏎️ AST or FER likely best 2nd team
🏎️ Go with your gut on the rest!
#F1
Driver’s final points scored for
#BahrainGP
🏎️ (I think 😂)
ALO 39
VER 35
PER 28
GAS 20
SAI 19
HAM 19
STR 17
RUS 16
ZHO 15
BOT 13
ALB 13
SAR 11
MAG 8
DEV 8
TSU 8
HUL -1
NOR -1
LEC -11
PIA -16
OCO -17
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#F1
The one chip NOT to use on a sprint race is the ‘No Negative’.
As drivers are more likely to score positive totals at the end of the weekend. This makes the NN chip redundant as it only wipes out total negative scores back to 0.
I’ll be using mine in a wet race
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🏎️ CHIP ADVICE:
3xDRS any Sprint or a VER grid pen
Limitless whenever FER/MER look better than MCL/AST
Auto pilot whenever you think max might not win
No Neg on rainy race of high DNF rate
Wildcard if you wanna take hits
Final Fix can’t be planned for.
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#F1
Some fun
#F1Fantasy
season stats
Most DOTDs:
🥇 NOR 5
🥈 VER/PER 3
🥉 PIA/ALO/SAI 2
Most FLs:
🥇 VER 12
🥈 HAM 4
🥉 PER 3
Most DNFs:
🥇 OCO 8
🥈 SAR 6
🥉 MAG 5
Most overtakes:
🥇 PER 144
🥈 PIA 143
🥉 TSU 138
Most positions gained:
🥇 PER 117
🥈 STR 83
🥉 ZHO 49
-16 provisional points for
#CanadaGP
The worst week I’ve ever had on
#F1Fantasy
😂 but one of the best races for a long while as a neutral.
The sims proven right again 🐐
How are we all looking?
#F1
Colapinto enters the game at 4.8m and it ‘looks’ like you can keep Sargeant if you want to…
If true, feels like a serious budget enabling option that also negates DNF chances 👀
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#F1
Here’s some potential early team builds to consider if MCL happen to be the real deal.
One involves 4 subs in which I’d happily use my wildcard. Could also be conservative and just do STR to PIA with one move. Lots of options and it finally for
#F1Fantasy
🔥
#F1
RIC finally replaces DEV 🏎️
Confirmed still at DEV price ✅
Could be the standout budget pick, with higher chance of a price increase, Driver of the day award, and to genuinely be good value
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#F1
#Ricciardo
I still have spots in my F1 Fantasy group chat. If you want to be added to it just reply to this tweet. You have to be following me for twitter to allow me to add you.
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#F1
My favourite teams for
#AzerbaijanGP
before FP1 🏎️ 🏁
1) RED - AST - VER - PER - ALO - STR - ZHO
2) RED - AST - VER - PER - ALO - STR - ALB
3) RED - AST - VER - PER - ALO - STR - TSU
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#F1
#BakuGP
Instant reaction from
#AustralianGP
results
🏎️ RED and FER cemented
🏎️ PER vs SAI vs LEC DRS could be the big differentiator between teams
🏎️ HAA & VRB best budget assets?
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#F1
So practice has finally concluded. And I still don’t know which budget driver I’ll go for. Think I’m going to leave it in the hands of the simulations 😂 the rest of my team is locked though 🔒
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#F1
Next race is a sprint race which means a chance to look at using a chip.
Wildcard - not needed
No negative - not needed
Final fix - won’t know until after Quali
Limitless - not needed
This leaves Extra DRS and AutoPilot. However, it’s evident now that drivers score…
Ownership in
#F1Fantasy
STR 32%
PER 46%
RED 56%
VER 64%
AST 75%
ALO 82%
Us engaged managers all have the same meta team. But there’s still plenty of teams in the game missing these assets. I will try to enjoy destroying the casuals with these picks anyway 😂
#F1
263 (-4) points for the
#AbuDhabiGP
Finished the season 1040 in the Global League. Just missing out on Top 1k 😑
173rd in F1 Fantasy Tips League
I’ll consider that a successful season. How did we all do?
#F1Fantasy
#F1
Team locked for
#AustralianGP
🔒
Will likely be up for Quali but not risking it so locking changes now
AST to FER
VER to PER
LEC vs PER close but PER been better so far. 1 free transfer left but no budget driver appealing too much.
Good luck all ✌️
#F1Fantasy
#F1
Perez current points -5
P20 to P2 =
+18 positions gained points
+18 overtake points
+18 P2
+10 driver of the day
= 59 points 👀
—————————
Or PER DNFs in the race and it’s -25 😂
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#AustraliaGP
#F1
The only sub I’ll be making for the next race will be for my ZHO spot. He scored the highest out of everyone we can afford. But I’ll still be selling. Will be releasing a thread on best budget driver later 👊
#F1Fantasy
My final 3 drafts to select prior to FP3
RED+RB+RIC vs
RED+AM+BOT vs
MER+FER+RIC
Likely going with a RED build will see if post FP3 data sheds any light on AM vs RB
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#F1
One thing that’s proven very reliable in
#F1Fantasy
is the simulations and projected points.
Rhter (With
@f1fantasytools
) and
@elevenify
x
@FF_Trout
(with F1 Fantasy Tracker) consistently on top of the ever changing meta.
Tips for
#HungarianGP
🏎️ NOR best DRS option imo
🏎️ Try to have a second premium: SAI/LEC/RUS/PIA/HAM
🏎️ MCL recommended with FER/MER
🏎️ Fill the rest of your team with whoever you can afford. HAA guys best, rest is a wash
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#F1
Here’s all the post FP2 data we have so far.
Quali and sim pace projected from the F1 app itself.
FER 2nd best team
AM and RB neck and neck
Haas possibly a big avoid
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#F1
Price changes after
#australianGP
LEC +1.0m
SAI +1.0m
STR +1.0m
TSU +0.5m
MAG +0.5m
HUL +0.5m
RIC +0.5m
PER +0.3m
PIA +0.3m
NOR +0.3m
ALO +0.1m
BOT -0.1m
GAS -0.1m
ZHO -0.1m
ALB -0.1m
OCO -0.2m
RUS -0.5m
HAM -0.5m
VER -0.7m
Here’s the F1 data after testing.
Time to start tinkering with our teams. One thing I know for certain is that I will own RED and VER together.
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#F1
RED vs VER vs both? Pros and Cons
RED
+ Highest scoring asset
+ Gives you cover for the two best drivers
+ Can afford FER/MER who are next highest scoring picks
- Relies on a sub optimal TD
- Hard to get VER after if you want him
Continued…
Tips for
#SaudiArabianGP
🏎️ RED & AST best teams
🏎️ VER the safest DRS option
🏎️ If you believe they’ll be alot of DNFs in your team then use the No Negatice Chip. I won’t be though
🏎️ LEC still the exciting option if you wanna have fun
#F1
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We’re still 9 weeks out from the first Grand Prix of 2023, but who would be interested in an
#F1Fantasy
twitter group chat?
If you want me to add you just comment below 👊👌
NEW SPRINT FORMAT APPROVED 🚨
UK session times for
#AzerbaijanGP
🏎️ Friday
FP1 10:30
Qualifying 14:00 (
#F1Fantasy
Deadline)
🏎️ Saturday
Sprint Shootout 10:30
Sprint 14:30
🏎️ Sunday
Grand Prix 12:00
#Baku2023
#F1
What I’m looking at ahead of
#JapaneseGP
LEC vs SAI tough decision. Is SAI enabled STR is go SAI but I’m 0.2m short, so the backmarkers will be same regardless.
HUL vs RIC other decision. Not typically a fan of either though
How are you looking?
#F1Fantasy
#F1
Budget drivers scores this season
HUL -1, 1
ZHO 5, 6 (if removing fastest lap)
DEV 8, 7
TSU 8, 9
SAR 11, 7 (if removing -5 no Quali)
I think this trend will continue, showing us the order of preference for picking your budget driver.
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#F1
Final team of the season for
#AbuDhabiGP
Quite fitting it cost me my exact budget 💰
OR 1.65k so Top 1k unlikely now
Good luck everyone and cheers to a good season!
#F1Fantasy
#F1
Still the 3 teams I’m considering for
#SaudiArabiaGP
🏎️ Not considering FER
🏎️ Probably still DRS VER in the 2 teams I have him
🏎️ SAR could be another budget guy
🏎️ GAS team could be anyone else up to 11m
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#F1
🎊 Just reached 2000 followers 🎊
Just want to say a huge thank you to everyone in the
#F1Fantasy
Twitter community as it seems to be growing every week. Here’s to a good season 🍻
#F1
#FantasyF1
#Formula1
#FormulaOne
The eve before
#BahrainGP
& I’m still unsure on my team.
Still concerns over Strolls injury, if I go with him I’m likely to go with the left pic. HUL in for ZHO who may now be most likely for points. But if I go without STR I also go without AST, & it’s right pic
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3 HAM builds I’m looking at for the
#BrazilianGP
🏎️
▪️RED means losing PIA for ALB & 2xWIL ✅
▪️MER means HUL as backmarker ✅
▪️ FER leaves me 0.1m short of TSU so has to be ZHO ✅
Leaning FER or MER build atm. Reminder we only get FP1 before deadline.
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#F1
Current thinking for
#MiamiGP
🏎️ 3xRED 3xAST still locked 🔒
🏎️ DRS VER locked 🔒
🏎️ Won’t be using any chips
🏎️ 5th driver won’t be decided until after FP3
🏎️ However if I HAD to choose now I’m leaning ZHO or ALB, but it’s a lottery
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#F1
#f1twt