F.A.Q.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to create a league for me and my mates?
Nothing.

How do I register?
You can register in two ways:

• Create a new league. You will become the captain and can control who can join your league. Up to 50 people can be in one league.
• By joining an existing league. If you know someone who has created a league, ask them to send you a temporary username and password which they can do by clicking the "Invite players" button on their team page. When you receive a username and password, login by using the "My Team" link at the top of the page.

How many times can I change my team?
There is no limit to how many times you change your team. No penalties will apply, however, in the event of scores being tied, and other methods of determining the winner have been exhausted, then the player with the lowest number of changes will be considered the winner of the tie. It is unlikely that scores will be tied anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it. Please note: If you make a change, and then change it back to its original selection, then this will count as two changes. Also, the number of changes made are not visible to players.

What is the deadline about?
This is the time that you need to make sure that any changes to your selections for the forthcoming race are made before. The "deadline" is midnight (UK time) between the Friday and Saturday of a race weekend. If you make a change to your selections between the deadline and the race, those changes will have no effect at the upcoming race, but would get picked up for the race afterwards.

How do I change my Bonus race circuit?
You can't. It is chosen for you when you signed up so that each person in the league has a different race circuit if there are enough circuits left to go around. The first few race tracks will not be given as Bonus Circuits. Late joining player's/leagues would always be given a circuit that has not been raced at yet. The circuit you have should not make any difference anyway, as they all have the potential to score the same number of points.

How do I see what my fellow player's have selected for the next race?
Before the Friday night deadline, you can't. It is designed to be anonymous so that those players that are leading their leagues cannot copy their nearest rival's selection with the knowledge that they would maintain the same lead by scoring the same number of points after the race has finished. So, keeping each players selections secret until after the deadline makes it a bit fairer for those playing catch-up. If you have signed up to receive emails ('on' by default), you should receive an email from us sometime after the deadline, telling you what players in your league have selected. You can also see other players selections (after the deadline) by clicking the player's Main League Score within your league, or in the Hall Of Fame.

What if my Bonus Circuit is axed from the calendar?
Should a Bonus Circuit get axed from the calendar, then a future race circuit would be given as a replacement. In the event that there are no future races, then the most recent race would be given and the scores recalculated.

Why does each Driver, Constructor and Engine have a value?
This is to prevent everyone picking 'what is considered' to be the top 4 drivers, the best constructor and the best engine. The best drivers, constructors and engines will have a higher value, therefore preventing you from picking all the better ones. If you want to select a top driver, you'll have to pick some lower drivers too (or a cheaper constructor and/or engine). The total value of your 4 drivers, 1 constructor and 1 engine must be 100 or less.

How do I change my "Team"?
Login by clicking the "My Team" link at the top of the screen. Your team will be shown, along with the scores of the other people in your league. Each selection that you currently have will be a link. By clicking the relevant link you will be taken to a page where you can select another driver, constructor or engine.

What are the "Bonus Drivers" for?
This is to add some bonus points and to give more varied selections between players. For 2008, Bonus Drivers will be changed to a random pair of drivers after selections have been recorded for the upcoming race. You may change them back to your previous selections before the next deadline.

How do the "Bonus Drivers" score points?
Each of your two Bonus Driver's will score five points for each place that they gain from the place they are classified as starting the race in. No points will be lost if the driver's lose places. The driver's will also score five points if they finish in the same place that they started.

What if two or more people have the same "Main League Score"?
The F1 Challenge system works to a set of rules to calculate unique positions in each league. In the event of any tied scores the positions are determined in the following order:

• Highest race score (excluding points from the Bonus Circuit).
• If this is tied then the next highest race score would be considered and so on.
• If all the highest scores were the same, then the total number of changes made by the players will be taken into consideration. The player with the lowest number of changes will be deemed the winner of the tie.

Positions for the other three scores are not sorted by any other criteria.

Will you get involved if there is any kind of dispute between players in a league?
No, I'm too busy... sort it out yourselves!