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Notices

Values and Scoreboard
Currently, all selections are deliberately set at a low value. After Race 2, they will be revalued in accordance to their performance in the first two races. Any player that then has their 6 selection's totaling more than 100, will be given a new selection at random. Please check your selections after race 2. Remember... there is only a week between races 2 and 3 this year. The Scoreboard is reset for Race 3.

USF1 (3rd March)
As the USF1 team have not been included on the 2010 entry list, they have been removed from the F1 Challenge. Any player that had had a selection involving the USF1 team has been given a replacement at random.

Campos (3rd March)
The Campos team have changed their name to Hispanic Racing Team. Any player that had a selection involving Campos has not been affected.

Total F1 Forums
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Next Race

Bahrain - 14th March 2010

 

Last Race Top 10

Abu Dhabi 2009
1st 
Sebastian Vettel
2nd 
Mark Webber
3rd 
Jenson Button
4th 
Rubens Barrichello
5th 
Nick Heidfeld
6th 
Timo Glock
7th 
Jarno Trulli
8th 
Sebastien Buemi
9th 
Nico Rosberg
10th 
Robert Kubica
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Hints & TIPS

Hints and Tips

Bonus Drivers
5 points are scored for each place the driver gains between where they were classified as starting the race and the finish, but 5 points are lost for each place the driver loses. No points are given if they finish the race in the same position that they started in.

Picking a driver that usually start's near the back of the field, but is in a reliable car would mean that they can gain places without overtaking anything as cars ahead of them drop out. Conversely, a front running driver cannot make up many places (especially if they usually start on Pole), but could make up massive places if they happened to have a bad qualifying session or had a grid-penalty (for example, an engine change). Caution should be applied if picking a front running driver as they could lose massive points if they retire early.

Bonus Circuits
This cannot be changed. The first Bonus Circuit to be used will be the Spanish Grand Prix on the 9th May (Race 5). This should give enough time for a player to get used to how Drivers, Constructors and Engines are performing this season. Obviously you want to make sure you've really picked your best team when your Bonus Circuit is raced at.

Passwords
If someone created a team/account for you, make sure you change your password (perhaps best to do this regularly anyway), to prevent that person from logging into your account to see what you have picked (or worse still, changing your selections). Also, make sure you use a strong password. You can change your password by first logging in, and then clicking "Change my details" near the top of the page.

Selections
In certain cases you might be able to select a constructor or engine, and one or both drivers that drive for that constructor or engine. However, if one of those drivers retires early, you have the potential to lose points for the driver AND the constructor and/or engine. On the otherhand if that driver finishes near the sharp end, and you had picked his constructor and/or engine, then there is the potential to collect a lot of points. That's a gamble to take. The old adage of "Eggs in one basket" springs to mind here.

If you have slipped quite a long way behind the leader of your league, you may need to make some drastic changes to your team. Look at the history of the leader's selections. The chances are that they don't change their team very often, therefore its likely they will have the same selection for the next race. You'll want to pick something different from theirs (obviously if you pick the same, you will only score the same as them and the points gap will stay the same). Look at the next race... does a certain team or driver usually go well at that track? Maybe the track suits the characteristics of their car. Is the driver/team on a fresh engine, or is it the second race for this engine? If its the second race for the engine, the driver/team may have to drive conservatively to reach the end of the race and thus forfeit some places. The engine may not survive the distance and thus be an early retirement and thus low points. If your Bonus Circuit hasn't been yet, swot up on who goes well at that track and make sure you have selected them before the deadline of that race.





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