Uhhh yeah, down here in the NASCAR forum, I've got something fun for us to do.

I've been playing a racing game on the Playstation 3 called Formula One Championship Edition, and it's based on the 2006 Formula One Season...11 teams, 22 drivers, 18 tracks.  There's a feature on the game called F1 TV where I can simulate races in a variety of conditions (Variable, Sunny, Cloudy, Light Rain, Heavy Rain) where accidents, pit stops, and car problems/engine blowups all occur or can occur, thus I thought I'd create a challenge/game out of this, and here's how it will work.

-We will each snake-style draft (1-22, 2-21, 3-20, and so on) our own 2-driver teams
-I will then randomize the 18 race schedule using random.org and that's how the season will commence
-You will receive 100 qualifying points for each of your drivers to be used across the 18 races.  You'll submit as many points as you like for each race and the highest number of points used for a particular race, that driver will start on pole (1st place), 2nd most, second, and so on. YOU MUST USE WHOLE NUMBERS, NO DECIMALS/FRACTIONS.  In the event of a "tie" in qualifying points (say two drivers both use 10 points each) I will again use random.org to break that deadlock.  You can use your entire 100 qualifying points on one race if you like and you'll probably be on pole for that race, but you'll be screwed and have a poor starting position for the rest of the season.  STARTING POSITION IS EXTREMELY VITAL IN FORMULA ONE.

SAMPLE QUALIFYING GRID
1 - Yuji Ide - 100
2 - Fernando Alonso - 22
3 - Jarno Trulli - 17
4 - Michael Schumacher - 15
5 - Nico Rosberg - 10
6 - Kimi Raikkonen - 10
7 - Juan Pablo Montoya - 10

Once you've/we've all submitted our points for qualifying, I will set the grid and run the race.  We should be able to do 1 race a day if everyone keeps up.
-Unlike real F1, all positions (1 thru 22) will receive points according to this format...top number is for first place, last is for 22nd...



The driver with the most points at the end of 18 races wins the F1 TV league Driver's Championship
The team/constructor (your 2 driver team) with the most points will win the F1 TV league Constructor's Championship

If you have any questions, please ask...hope we fill this thing quickly, very excited to run this!

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Driver Pool

Fernando Alonso - REN
Giancarlo Fisichella - REN
Kimi Raikkonen - MCL
Juan Pablo Montoya - MCL
Michael Schumacher - FER
Felipe Massa - FER
Ralf Schumacher - TOY
Jarno Trulli - TOY
Mark Webber - WIL
Nico Rosberg - WIL
Rubens Barrichello - HON
Jenson Button - HON
David Coulthard - RBR
Christian Klien - RBR
Nick Heidfeld - BMW
Jacques Villeneuve - BMW
Tiago Monteiro - MID
Christijan Albers - MID
Vitantonio Liuzzi - TOR
Scott Speed - TOR
Takuma Sato - SUP
Yuji Ide - SUP

2006 Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	134
2	Michael Schumacher	German	Ferrari	121
3	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Ferrari	80
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Renault	72
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	65
6	Jenson Button	British	Honda	56
7	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Honda	30
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	26
9	Nick Heidfeld	German	Sauber-BMW	23
10	Ralf Schumacher	German	Toyota	20
11	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	McLaren-Mercedes	19 NO
12	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	15
13	David Coulthard	British	RBR-Ferrari	14
14	Mark Webber	Australian	Williams-Cosworth	7
15	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Sauber-BMW	7
16	Robert Kubica	Polish	Sauber-BMW	6 NO
17	Nico Rosberg	German	Williams-Cosworth	4
18	Christian Klien	Austrian	RBR-Ferrari	2
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italian	STR-Cosworth	1
20	Scott Speed	USA	STR-Cosworth	0
21	Tiago Monteiro	Portuguese	MF1-Toyota	0
22	Christijan Albers	Dutch	MF1-Toyota	0
23	Takuma Sato	Japanese	Super Aguri-Honda	0
24	Robert Doornbos	Dutch	RBR-Ferrari	0 NO
25	Yuji Ide	Japanese	Super Aguri-Honda	0
26	Sakon Yamamoto	Japanese	Super Aguri-Honda	0 NO
27	Franck Montagny	French	Super Aguri-Honda	0 NO

2006 Constructor/Team Standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Renault	206
2	Ferrari	201
3	McLaren-Mercedes	110
4	Honda	86
5	Sauber-BMW	36
6	Toyota	35
7	RBR-Ferrari	16
8	Williams-Cosworth	11
9	STR-Cosworth	1
10	MF1-Toyota	0
11	Super Aguri-Honda	0

2005 Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	Renault	133
2	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	McLaren-Mercedes	112
3	Michael Schumacher	German	Ferrari	62
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombian	McLaren-Mercedes	60
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Italian	Renault	58
6	Ralf Schumacher	German	Toyota	45
7	Jarno Trulli	Italian	Toyota	43
8	Rubens Barrichello	Brazilian	Ferrari	38
9	Jenson Button	British	BAR-Honda	37
10	Mark Webber	Australian	Williams-BMW	36
11	Nick Heidfeld	German	Williams-BMW	28
12	David Coulthard	British	RBR-Cosworth	24
13	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Sauber-Petronas	11
14	Jacques Villeneuve	Canadian	Sauber-Petronas	9
15	Christian Klien	Austrian	RBR-Cosworth	9
16	Tiago Monteiro	Portuguese	Jordan-Toyota	7
17	Alexander Wurz	Austrian	McLaren-Mercedes	6 NO
18	Narain Karthikeyan	Indian	Jordan-Toyota	5 NO
19	Christijan Albers	Dutch	Minardi-Cosworth	4
20	Pedro de la Rosa	Spanish	McLaren-Mercedes	4 NO
21	Patrick Friesacher	Austrian	Minardi-Cosworth	3 NO
22	Antonio Pizzonia	Brazilian	Williams-BMW	2 NO
23	Takuma Sato	Japanese	BAR-Honda	1
24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Italian	RBR-Cosworth	1
25	Robert Doornbos	Dutch	Minardi-Cosworth	0 NO
26	Ricardo Zonta	Brazillian	Toyota	0 NO
27	Anthony Davidson	British	BAR-Honda	0 NO

2005 Constructor/Team Standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Renault	191
2	McLaren-Mercedes	182
3	Ferrari	100
4	Toyota	88
5	Williams-BMW	66
6	BAR-Honda	38
7	RBR-Cosworth	34
8	Sauber-Petronas	20
9	Jordan-Toyota	12
10	Minardi-Cosworth	7

The drivers have no official ratings in the F1 Championship Edition game, however they are listed in this order in the "Learning Center" in the game itself...I provided the above driver and team points as points of references since there are no real ratings.  Here's the list according to the game (I would call this unofficial as a driver rating system...keep in mind the game was released in late 2006/early 2007 on the PS3, but prior to it had been released as F1 06 in Europe for the PS2 in late July 2006)

Renault
Fernando Alonso
Giancarlo Fisichella

McLaren
Kimi Raikkonen
Juan Pablo Montoya

Ferrari
Michael Schumacher
Felipe Massa

Toyota
Ralf Schumacher
Jarno Trulli

Williams
Mark Webber
Nico Rosberg

Honda
Rubens Barrichello
Jenson Button

Red Bull
David Coulthard
Christian Klien

BMW Sauber
Nick Heidfeld
Jacques Villeneuve

Midland
Tiago Monteiro
Christijan Albers

Toro Rosso
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scott Speed

Super Aguri
Takuma Sato
Yuji Ide

Circuits

• Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
• Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur
• Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park, Melbourne
• San Marino Grand Prix - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
• European Grand Prix - Nürburgring, Nürburg
• Spanish Grand Prix - Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
• Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
• British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
• Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
• United States Grand Prix - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
• French Grand Prix - Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours
• German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring, Hockenheim
• Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest
• Turkish Grand Prix - Istanbul Park, Tuzla
• Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
• Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai
• Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka
• Brazilian Grand Prix - Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos), São Paulo

SEASON 1 SCHEDULE

1. Turkish Grand Prix - Istanbul Park, Tuzla
2. Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
3. United States Grand Prix - Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis
4. Brazilian Grand Prix - Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos), São Paulo
5. French Grand Prix - Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours
6. Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, Budapest
7. San Marino Grand Prix - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola
8. Chinese Grand Prix - Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai
9. British Grand Prix - Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
10. Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
11. European Grand Prix - Nürburgring, Nürburg
12. Bahrain Grand Prix - Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
13. Japanese Grand Prix - Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka
14. Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur
15. Australian Grand Prix - Albert Park, Melbourne
16. Italian Grand Prix - Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza
17. Spanish Grand Prix - Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona
18. German Grand Prix - Hockenheimring, Hockenheim

Timestamp: 2012-09-15 14:54:17 UTC

C'mon now, don't be shy lol

So I started this up last night by myself, I chose to pick one driver to manage (Fernando Alonso) and guide him through a makeshift season that I determined from random.org (different than the above schedule).

I'm using my 2006 BPI scoring system to determine each race's starting position (the only thing I have control of in this F1 TV league) for Alonso, and to further explain, he earned 365.4 points that year, thus I would have to use 24.2 points to start him at 1st for one race, 21 points to start him at 2nd for one race, 20 for 3rd, 19 for 4th, and so on down to 1 point for last, 22nd.  I've already calculated my strategy and am able/going to start him 2nd, 17 times and the one remaining race I will start him 15th, because he'll only have 8.4 points remaining.

To provide some background, before each race a weighted, random starting grid pops up that I can adjust...the big boys are normally at the top (Ferrari, Renault, McLaren) while the shittier teams are at the bottom (Midland, Super Aguri, Toro Rosso).  I will put Alonso wherever I want to start him, but I will then also adjust the grid accordingly, so if for some odd reason Alonso is initially lined up on the grid 18th, and I put him to 2nd which bumps Michael Schumacher to 18th, I would then put Schumacher 3rd and scale the rest of the drivers down 1 position as to not upset the competitive balance.  I'm running full races which can take up to 2 hours long, just watching computer sim the race, doing other things, etc.

The first race of the season was at Monaco.  I started Fernando Alonso 2nd and he finished 2nd.  He pitted 3 times but all at the same time of the leader Felipe Massa, thus he never got ahead, Monaco is tough to pass at anyhow.  The goal is to try to win a championship (most points over 18 races) most likely using my BPIX number, and it should be relatively easy with the actual 2006 champ and the number of points I have at my ready...should being the keyword.  I'll keep this updated I think.  Long post but all pertinent...Australia is next.

FERNANDO ALONSO (365.4) SEASON 1 EFFONE TV LEAGUE

1 - MON (9-28-12) Start 2nd - Finish 2nd
2 - AUS (10-1-12) 2-2

And of course...a setback...

I ran the Australian Grand Prix race last night...I started ALO 2nd again and he finished 2nd again...Schumacher won, and as I was recording the results via camcorder on my phone (the screen goes too fast to write it all down initially), it shows me drivers 1-11 on the first page and if I press X to continue, it would show me drivers 12-22 as well.  The first race at Monaco, I didn't have to do this, it just progressed from top 11 to bottom 11, so I just was recording the AUS results, waiting for it to go to the next page without me hitting next, and it just went back to the main menu...frustrating, so I don't know the order of the bottom 11...*sigh*...we'll see where I go from here.

Another interesting point of interest for this thing...I was able to find Formula One 2001 for the PS2 and it too has a spectator mode (made by the same company as the other game) and the final standings are much more user friendly and will stay up there until I physically press a button to get rid of them.  I think on F1 World Championship Edition I could pull it off as well, I would just have to be sure to push the continue button every time...Murray Walker reads off the finishers on the 2001 version, but the simulation doesn't seem as good, I think guys were running identical lap times, 3 laps in a row or what have you, so...

Maybe resuming this soon, or starting anew...we shall see...I hate when things don't run smoothly lol

FINAL 2006 BPI-FORMULA ONE STANDINGS
Rank	Driver	Starts	Wins	BPI
1	Fernando Alonso	18	7	365.4
2	Michael Schumacher	18	7	351.4
3	Felipe Massa	18	2	307.4
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	18	1	303.2
5	Jenson Button	18	1	272.2
6	Kimi Raikkonen	18	0	254
7	Rubens Barrichello	18	0	240
8	Nick Heidfeld	18	0	230
9	Ralf Schumacher	18	0	205
10	David Coulthard	18	0	194
11	Jarno Trulli	18	0	193
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	0	171
13	Scott Speed	18	0	166
14	Nico Rosberg	18	0	142
15	Mark Webber	18	0	141
16	Christijan Albers	18	0	134
17	Jacques Villeneuve	12	0	133 (203)
18	Tiago Monteiro	18	0	132
t-19	Christian Klien	15	0	124 (156)
t-19	Juan Pablo Montoya	10	0	124 (230)
21	Takuma Sato	18	0	120
22	Pedro de la Rosa	8	0	106
23	Robert Kubica	6	0	70
24	Robert Doornbos	3	0	32
t-25	Sakon Yamamoto	7	0	30
t-25	Franck Montagny	7	0	30
27	Yuji Ide	4	0	23 (83)