Fantasy F1 2012 - Sign Up Here!

Welcome to Fantasy F1 2012! Below are details of the drivers, chassis and engines for this year, once you've made your picks, post a reply in this thread.

The important stuff - the rules, and how the points are calculated - are detailed in the FF1 Rules and Scoring Thread. Please read this and have a good think before signing up - if you still have any questions after reading the rules, post them in this thread.

Choose Your Team

Choose your team name and select two drivers, one reserve driver, one chassis and one engine from the available budget of £545m. The key restriction is that you cannot choose a chassis that is used by any of your three drivers (so for example, if you pick the McLaren chassis, you cannot select either Hamilton or Button as your drivers, including as your reserve). There is no restriction on engine choice. Don't worry if you don't use up your entire £545m budget, any money left over will be available in your bank to put towards transfers during the season.

Only your two nominated drivers will score points for the team - the reserve driver is there as a backup. You can choose to activate your reserve driver (effectively running a 'third car') for one race by paying a fee of £18m - see the Rules thread for further details. The reserve driver can be run at as many races as you want, provided that you have the money to pay the £18m fee each time.

Drivers (choose three)

Driver	Team	Starting Value
Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	£188m
Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	£161m
Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	£145m
Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	£134m
Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	£118m
Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	£98m
Felipe Massa	Ferrari	£66m
Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	£49m
Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	£48m
Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	£25m
Nico Hülkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	£21m
Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	£10m
Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	£10m
Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	£10m
Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	£10m
Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	£10m
Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	£10m
Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	£10m
Sergio Pérez	Sauber-Ferrari	£10m
Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	£10m
Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	£10m
Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	£10m
Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	£10m
Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	£10m

Driver	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Total
Sebastian Vettel	12	18	25	25	25	15	25	25	0	18	£188m
Jenson Button	0	25	15	18	18	25	12	18	15	15	£161m
Fernando Alonso	18	15	12	15	12	18	10	15	18	12	£145m
Mark Webber	15	10	18	0	15	12	15	12	12	25	£134m
Lewis Hamilton	25	12	0	12	10	10	18	6	25	0	£118m
Kimi Räikkönen	4	0	18	15	25	15	1	12	8	0	£98m
Felipe Massa	10	8	4	8	2	6	8	0	10	10	£66m
Nico Rosberg	6	2	8	0	6	1	4	8	8	6	£49m
Michael Schumacher	4	0	10	10	0	8	0	10	6	0	£48m
Paul di Resta	0	6	0	4	8	0	1	0	2	4	£25m
Nico Hülkenberg	1	0	8	0	6	1	0	1	4	0	£21m
Pedro de la Rosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	£10m*
Timo Glock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Romain Grosjean	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Narain Karthikeyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Kamui Kobayashi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	£10m*
Heikki Kovalainen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Pastor Maldonado	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Sergio Pérez	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	£10m*
Vitaly Petrov	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	£10m*
Charles Pic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£10m*
Daniel Ricciardo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Bruno Senna	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	£10m*
Jean-Eric Vergne	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	£10m*

*Value rounded up to minimum of £10m

Chassis (choose one)

Chassis	Starting Value
Red Bull	£322m
McLaren	£279m
Ferrari	£211m
Mercedes GP	£97m
Force India	£57m
Caterham	£25m
HRT	£25m
Lotus	£25m
Marussia	£25m
Sauber	£25m
Toro Rosso	£25m
Williams	£25m

Chassis	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Total
Red Bull	27	28	43	25	40	27	40	37	12	43	£322m
McLaren	25	37	15	30	28	35	30	24	40	15	£279m
Ferrari	28	23	16	23	14	24	18	15	28	22	£211m
Mercedes GP	10	2	18	10	6	9	4	18	14	6	£97m
Force India	8	6	6	4	12	0	1	2	6	12	£57m
Caterham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£25m*
HRT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£25m*
Lotus	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	£25m*
Marussia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£25m*
Sauber	2	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	2	£25m*
Toro Rosso	0	5	0	7	0	0	8	4	0	0	£25m*
Williams	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£25m*

*Value rounded up to minimum of £25m

Engine (choose one)

Engine	Starting Value
Mercedes-Benz	£433m
Renault	£330m
Ferrari	£246m
Cosworth	£50m

Engine	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Race 4	Race 5	Race 6	Race 7	Race 8	Race 9	Race 10	Total
Mercedes-Benz	43	45	39	44	46	44	35	44	60	33	£433m
Renault	28	28	45	27	40	29	40	37	12	44	£330m
Ferrari	30	28	16	30	15	28	26	20	29	24	£246m
Cosworth	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	£50m*

*Value rounded up to minimum of £50m

All the values are based on the number of world championship points scored by the driver/chassis/engine in his/their previous ten races (rounded up to a minimum of £10m for drivers, £25m for chassis and £50m for engines). After each race the values will be recalculated, see the Rules thread for more details.

You are allowed to make a maximum of 15 transfers through the season to change your drivers, chassis or engine. Between each pair of races ('transfer window') a transfer thread will be opened for you to make your changes - the deadline is midnight before first practice for the next race. You can make as many changes in each 'window' as you wish - so for example, all three drivers, your chassis and your engine - but each change counts as one against your total of 15.

Transfers will be made based on the values of the driver/chassis/engine at the time, not what they were at the start of the season. Successful players often use this system to buy cheap, sell expensive and invest the profits in a stronger team.

If you want to swap your reserve driver for either of your nominated drivers, you can do this during the transfer window between each Grand Prix. As these are internal team changes, you are not charged one of your fifteen transfers, and you may make as many swaps as you wish during the season. The same deadlines will apply as to transfers, so you will not be able to swap drivers during a race weekend.

To enter, choose your team, check it's within the rules and budget, and post a reply on this thread as follows:


Team name: x
Driver One: x
Driver Two: x
Reserve Driver: x
Chassis: x
Engine: x
Remaining Cash: £xm


Fantasy F1 Cup

All players in the Fantasy League are also automatically entered for the Fantasy Cup. Players are paired off for one-on-one battles through individual races through the season, with the last man or woman standing at Interlagos taking the prize! With the potential for the league leaders to have an off day, anyone can win. MCLS is the Cup administrator and will post more details of the first round of fixtures once League entries have closed.


Teams Championship

New for this year, players can buddy up in pairs to compete for the FF1 Teams Championship. It couldn't be simpler, just head over to the Teams Championship thread and advertise for a team-mate! The scores of both players will simply be added together, and the pair with the highest total at the end of the season wins the shiny Teams Cup.


Bonus Prediction Game

Each race there will be a prediction game set up in a new thread in the FF1 forum. Bonus points will be awarded to players whose predictions are correct. The prediction game for Melbourne is already set up - so register your predictions now.


Entries will close at midnight on Wednesday 14th March.


GOOD LUCK!


Teams signed up so far:

Team Name	Principal	Driver One	Driver Two	Reserve Driver	Chassis	Engine	Cash
Jack Schitt Racing	gethinceri	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Kamui Kobayashi	Force India	Ferrari	£16m
Skid Mark Racing	Johnny Carwash	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Nico Rosberg	Sauber	Ferrari	£9m
Norfolk Enchance	MCLS	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	Bruno Senna	Ferrari	Cosworth	£22m
Scuderia Merda	mjo	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa	Sergio Pérez	Mercedes GP	Ferrari	£28m
I C Vick Tree	Chad Stewarthill	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Ferrari	£37m
Husky Owners	Marc	Sebastian Vettel	Nico Rosberg	Bruno Senna	Lotus	Ferrari	£27m
Belgrave Racing	no-FIAt-please	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Ferrari	£1m
Micturation Extraction	Road of Bones	Kimi Räikkönen	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Rosberg	Toro Rosso	Renault	£22m
Ramilas1-FF1	ramilas1	Jenson Button	Sergio Pérez	Jean-Eric Vergne	Lotus	Renault	£9m
zamlatuljko 458	zamlatuljko	Kimi Räikkönen	Fernando Alonso	Sergio Pérez	Mercedes GP	Cosworth	£145m
Petrol Junkies	Greenlantern101	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	Ferrari	£1m
τβψ	teabagyokel	Lewis Hamilton	Mark Webber	Sergio Pérez	Lotus	Ferrari	£12m
Rasputin's Greatest Love Machines	RasputinLives	Sebastian Vettel	Kamui Kobayashi	Jean-Eric Vergne	Lotus	Ferrari	£48m
Look but Never Stare	Kamui-FastestChefInTheWorld	Kamui Kobayashi	Nico Hülkenberg	Heikki Kovalainen	Mercedes GP	Renault	£77m
Geoff's Nutz	GeoffP	Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa	Romain Grosjean	Mercedes GP	Ferrari	£8m
Team Midnight Spanners	Mephistopheles	Jenson Button	Kimi Räikkönen	Bruno Senna	Mercedes GP	Cosworth	£129m
Axle Tramp Racing	Jos the Boss	Lewis Hamilton	Paul di Resta	Kamui Kobayashi	Mercedes GP	Ferrari	£49m
White Rose Racing	F1Yorkshire	Sebastian Vettel	Kamui Kobayashi	Daniel Ricciardo	Force India	Ferrari	£34m
Chasz Racing	Chasz	Lewis Hamilton	Paul di Resta	Sergio Pérez	Lotus	Renault	£37m
Champion Racing	jenov2003	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Sergio Pérez	Lotus	Cosworth	£181m
Scottish Tap Dancing Racing	Boyle	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£13m
Meercat Mystics	racecub	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Bruno Senna	Lotus	Renault	£13m
Team World Domination	HammydiRestarules	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Bruno Senna	Force India	Ferrari	£65m
Purple Monster Racing	FB	Kimi Räikkönen	Sergio Pérez	Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes GP	Renault	£0m
Vortex GP	Vortex	Lewis Hamilton	Michael Schumacher	Nico Hülkenberg	Lotus	Renault	£3m
The Sly Boogers	Slyboogy	Fernando Alonso	Nico Rosberg	Jean-Eric Vergne	Lotus	Ferrari	£70m
Please anybody but Vettel	Lee Allen	Lewis Hamilton	Paul di Resta	Heikki Kovalainen	Mercedes GP	Ferrari	£49m
HayemakerGP	GermanF1	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Hülkenberg	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	Cosworth	£24m
Taxi Cabs	soccerman17	Kimi Räikkönen	Sergio Pérez	Jean-Eric Vergne	Force India	Renault	£40m
E's Unlikely Penguin Experiment	Josephiah	Jenson Button	Daniel Ricciardo	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£9m
Excell Racing	rogerd	Felipe Massa	Paul di Resta	Pedro de la Rosa	Mercedes GP	Renault	£17m
Formerly Tooncheese Lotus Racing	tooncheese	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£13m
Mad Monk Racing	madmonk	Jenson Button	Paul di Resta	Heikki Kovalainen	Williams	Ferrari	£78m
Ducktin Racing	quckathedyslexicduck	Lewis Hamilton	Paul di Resta	Bruno Senna	Lotus	Renault	£37m
Albert F1	Albert	Michael Schumacher	Nico Hülkenberg	Timo Glock	Caterham	Mercedes-Benz	£8m
Nitro Powered	Heskins	Felipe Massa	Mark Webber	Vitaly Petrov	Force India	Ferrari	£32m
Speed Badgers	cider_and_toast	Fernando Alonso	Paul di Resta	Romain Grosjean	Sauber	Renault	£10m
Team Subway	F1ang-o	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Bruno Senna	Toro Rosso	Ferrari	£48m
Scuderia G-Whiz	Albies Dog	Sebastian Vettel	Nico Rosberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Ferrari	£27m
ARC Team Schrödingerskatze	Arc Racing	Sebastian Vettel	Nico Rosberg	Daniel Ricciardo	Lotus	Ferrari	£27m
The Flying Mushrooms	AlexM	Lewis Hamilton	Michael Schumacher	Sergio Pérez	Lotus	Renault	£14m
Man City	Tyler	Sebastian Vettel	Sergio Pérez	Bruno Senna	McLaren	Cosworth	£8m
JCB Racing	jez101	Jenson Button	Sergio Pérez	Bruno Senna	Lotus	Renault	£9m
Turbo Fury	FerociousB	Kimi Räikkönen	Nico Rosberg	Daniel Ricciardo	Force India	Renault	£1m
R&G Dragons	HansyRod	Jenson Button	Kamui Kobayashi	Daniel Ricciardo	Lotus	Renault	£9m
Viscount Racing	Viscount	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Lotus	Renault	£2m
X-Ninja Racing	ExtremeNinja	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Jean-Eric Vergne	Lotus	Renault	£13m
Scuderia Bangbus	dhudhwala	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Lotus	Renault	£2m
P-one F1	Porceliamone	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Lotus	Renault	£2m
Bushido Racing	Bushi	Felipe Massa	Romain Grosjean	Paul di Resta	Mercedes GP	Renault	£17m
Zonda Racing	Abnash24	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Lotus	Renault	£2m
F1 Team Backmarkers GP	Puhoon	Nico Rosberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus	Renault	£110m
RegeX Racing	Mike	Jenson Button	Kamui Kobayashi	Jean-Eric Vergne	Lotus	Renault	£9m
Missed The Apex	Brogan	Jenson Button	Sergio Pérez	Daniel Ricciardo	Lotus	Renault	£9m
YSFFGPRESBSB	sushifiesta	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£13m
Fizzy Drinks Company 2	johnnoble1990	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£13m
The Umpy Lumpers	Umpaidh	Lewis Hamilton	Romain Grosjean	Bruno Senna	Force India	Renault	£20m
Fire It Up	KekeTheKing	Lewis Hamilton	Paul di Resta	Romain Grosjean	Mercedes GP	Ferrari	£49m
Percussion Engineering	sobriety	Lewis Hamilton	Michael Schumacher	Sergio Pérez	Lotus	Renault	£14m
Kalyani F1	kalyani	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Hülkenberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£41m
Flying F1nns	Sakari	Lewis Hamilton	Nico Rosberg	Kamui Kobayashi	Lotus	Renault	£13m
Summertime	Greenman	Jenson Button	Paul di Resta	Romain Grosjean	Mercedes GP	Ferrari	£6m

Team name: Norfolk Enchance
Driver One: Webber
Driver Two: Hamilton
Reserve Driver: Senna
Chassis: Ferrari
Engine: Cosworth
Remaining Cash: £22m

You certainly can, there's no restriction on engine choice at all.

You can change your choices before the deadline without using up any transfers, until then the game hasn't started; however I'd prefer you to wait and post your choices later if you're not sure right now, as if everyone changes theirs constantly it creates a lot of extra work!

There's no problem with two or more players picking the same teams at this stage, if they want. Over the course of the season with transfers and bonus points available, things are likely to change.