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Quick Standings:

Pos	Participant	Points
1	RobN	315
2	Max V	291
3	Jellybeanz	276
4	Prost!	274
5	Bond, James Bond	274
6	MahkWebbah	261
7	Multi 21	251
8	sperry	246
9	lightsOUT	236
10	RyanS	235
11	RobM	235
12	Arun	230
13	Indocti Discant	229
14	curley	229
15	lisa	224
16	Jody Scheckter	224
17	Mercedes Benzene	215
18	EL SLATSO	211
19	Slater Sn	208
20	KimiRamennan	205
21	Croken	203
22	Vwown3dp	198
23	David D	185
24	Mrsleclerc16	79

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Upcoming Rounds:

Round 8:

Spain 3 Jun 2023, 7:00 AM PDT

Round 9:

Canada

Round 10:

Austria

Round 11:

Great Britain

Round 12:

Hungary

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by Jody Scheckter at 12:00 am, May 29 Max Verstappen turned a magnificent pole lap into a start to finish win at Monaco, navigating late showers that made track conditions treacherous. Fernando Alonso looked to be on a good tire strategy by running on hard tires, but Verstappen was able to push his medium compound tires until the rain forced drivers onto intermediates, and Aston Martin made the wrong call to first switch Alonso to new slicks, thinking the rain would subside, which it did but not soon enough. Still, Alonso managed to stay second, while Esteban Ocon took a deserved third, as the top qualifiers maintained their positions at the checkered flag.

Multi 21 picks the podium and takes the round on tie-breakers, making a massive 10-place jump in the standings as a result. Bond, James Bond places second, and sperry also makes a big jump with a third-place finish.

The top two in the standings remain the same with RobN in first, and Max V in second, although the gap between them has closed. Jellybeanz slips into third overall.

Things remains relatively tightly bunched up, which is why we're seeing so much movement in the standings. Round 8 is next weekend in Spain as we say goodbye to street circuits for while.

by Jody Scheckter at 6:40 pm, May 17 Wow. I can't remember the last time a race was entirely cancelled for bad weather.

by sperry at 1:37 pm, May 17 Due to the awful flooding in northern Italy, F1 has decided to cancel the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola out of respect for the people affected as well as to avoid putting additional burden on local emergency services.

F1 Imola Cancelled

This means the next race on the schedule will be Monaco in two weeks.

by sperry at 1:25 pm, May 17 In case people haven't seen the news, the F1 race this weekend at Imola has been cancelled due to flooding.

I will be marking the event as cancelled in our schedule, and that *should* exclude any picks from being counted against your season total, but there could be bugs in that feature because it doesn't get a lot of use... so let me know if anyone sees anything wonky!

by MahkWebbah at 11:11 am, May 9 FWIW I still get the emails through Yahoo

by Jody Scheckter at 11:29 pm, May 7 Max Verstappen once again turned a poor starting grid position into an opportunity to show just how dominant a combination he and his Red Bull car are, by winning from ninth, overcoming his teammate who had the benefit of pole in a supposedly equal car. Sergio Perez never could pull out a big enough lead, and by the time Verstappen pitted for fresh tires, Perez was easy pickings for the world champion. Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso drove to his fourth podium finish of the season in five attempts, keeping Aston Martin in second in the constructor's standings.

lisa wins the round, Bond, James Bond takes second and jumps back into the top 10, and KimiRamennan picks up a useful third place to move closer to the main pack.

RobN remains the sole overall standings leader this season, by a considerable margin, Max V moves into second, and Prost! quietly pips Jellybeanz for third on tie-breakers.

F1 returns to Europe and Imola in two weeks, where Ferrari will be hoping the tifosi will help spur them on to better results, but Red Bull look to be in a class of their own for now.

by Jody Scheckter at 12:09 pm, May 6 Yeah, that's not good.

by EL SLATSO at 4:05 am, May 6 I used to get mine through Yahoo, but now I don't get anything (other than the registration confirmation email)...there is nothing showing up in spam to flag.

by sperry at 12:09 pm, May 5 I think something has changed in gmail�s spam filtering. You might be able to get around it by flagging the emails as �important� so they stop getting sorted into the spam folder? I think the issue is that the domain name that sends the emails doesn�t match the email address they�re sent from due to the way we have a virtual host.

by Jody Scheckter at 9:09 pm, Apr 30 Although the race itself wasn't memorable, Sergio Perez had himself a weekend to remember by winning the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after taking the Sprint Race the day before. It is a result that brings him within 6 points of his teammate, Max Verstappen, who came second and gave Red Bull a dominant one-two result, as Charles Leclerc took a first Ferrari podium of the year but finished over 21 seconds back.

David D has a near perfect set of picks to win the round, while Arun and Slater Sn announce their presence in this year's FF1 competition with a high point haul and a tie for second. The qualifying rule changes for the round caught some players out (as it almost did us too), and highlights how you have to keep on top of F1 news from race to race.

As a result, and factoring in the first drops of the season, there have been some big shakeups in the standings. RobN has a solid round to stay in first overall, but RobM and Max V make huge jumps into the podium positions.

F1 makes a long-distance trek to the flat concrete parking lots and fake boat harbors of the Miami Grand Prix for next weekend. Somehow that made for a smashing success in 2022, so hopefully there'll be more safety car periods to spice things up this year too. 😉

by lightsOUT at 4:16 am, Apr 30 An added note here too in that I also have not received any emails for any race this season and am using a gmail account as well. Last year I did receive them though.

by Jody Scheckter at 11:20 pm, Apr 29 I've had email issues in the past and have got around them by using a different email. I'm wondering if GMail is blocking our emails.

by EL SLATSO at 7:53 am, Apr 29 Can confirm it's the same for me - I got the registration reminder, but nothing afterwards. Apologies for not mentioning it earlier, and I can't really use the email as my Achilles heel because I obviously saw the warning on the site an hour before qualifying...but that was just a fluke.

by Indocti Discant at 7:25 am, Apr 29 Not complaining here - but noting that I haven't received any emails at all this season. I was last season. My email address is current, and nothing in spam.

My gripes are with the FIA, not the amazing folks who keep fantasy going

by Jody Scheckter at 6:56 pm, Apr 28 You should have received multiple emails, especially if you've previously been receiving the pre-race 24 Hour notices. You should check your spam box. And verify that your user details email settings at the bottom of the My Picks page are correctly set to receive them.

by lightsOUT at 11:13 am, Apr 28 Ouch, this one hurts. I didn't get any emails about picks for this week. Only seen your Important Update after checking the site. Realize this is tough to administer, but still a bummer.

by Jody Scheckter at 8:59 am, Apr 28 I guess one benefit of being on the West Coast is that 6am was always going to mean I'd have to make my picks the night before.

by EL SLATSO at 6:05 am, Apr 28 Shit! Maybe I don't love it - got bogged down with work and missed the deadline! D'oh!!

by EL SLATSO at 4:37 am, Apr 28 I personally love this outcome compared to the previous setup, but I totally do hope they just stick with something because constant changes is confusing for fans, and total chaos for F1 pool admins! You're doing great though, and all your work is much appreciated!

by Jody Scheckter at 9:18 pm, Apr 27 It certainly makes picking for the race on a Sprint Race weekend much more difficult, as few will have seen the FP1 results to even use those as a guide. So these race weekends go from being the easiest to pick to being the hardest to pick IMO, with the extra points for the taking from the Sprint Race as reward for having guessed right!

by sperry at 1:02 pm, Apr 27 I've tried to clarify the event deadline rule in the FAQ.

The point was always to allow pick changes up until the start of the session that set the grid for the race. Now that the grid is being set by the Friday qualifying round, it makes sense to use that as the deadline.

But this is still sorta fluid as the FIA keeps tweaking their rules, so please try to check on the deadlines well in advance of the events, as we're taking this race-by-race right now.

edited by Jody Scheckter at 12:22 am, Apr 27 I've modified the deadline to match Friday's qualifying. This will ensure the 24 hour notice goes out on time.

But I'll let sperry make the final call.

I wish they wouldn't keep changing the rules just days before an event. Grrr...

by Jody Scheckter at 12:10 am, Apr 27 That's a good question. Seems like we might need to pick on Friday since that's what sets the race lineup, not the sprint race. Stay tuned.

by EL SLATSO at 7:25 pm, Apr 25 How is this "Sprint Shootout" going to be handled? Are our picks due before Friday's Grand Prix qualifying?

by RobM at 5:49 pm, Apr 25

edited by Jody Scheckter at 6:51 pm, Apr 3 I do be last place though 😢

by David D at 7:33 am, Apr 3 I always feel it's a gamble when I pick Ferrari.

edited by Jody Scheckter at 12:35 am, Apr 27 The Australian Grand Prix was spiced up by not just one Red Flag, not just two Red Flags, but by three Red Flags!

And it didn't even rain.

Max Verstappen managed an at times somewhat dicey race for his second victory of the season, as the outcome was largely determined by race stoppages due to accidents early and late in the race. Some drivers made the right call to not change tires, benefitting from a free change during the Red Flag periods. Lewis Hamilton was one such driver, and came second, while his teammate was not so fortunate, dropping to 7th after the first stoppage before dropping out due to engine failure. Fernando Alonso, who came third, also benefitted from regulations that meant he did not lose positions despite being shunted off-track by Sainz after the second restart. Ultimately, viewers lost out on what might have been an exciting on-track late race battle that was instead replaced by race restart mayhem that took out some cars, and that resulted in much speculation about the appropriate application of rules, finally resulting in an anti-climax rolling restart finish.

Let's blame Kevin Magnussen for all that.

Anyway, Mercedes Benzene comes out on top this round, only losing out by picking the unfortunate Charles Leclerc, who went off on the first lap. However, nine other participant also made the mistake of picking Leclerc. Jellybeanz and RyanS tie for second, and are rewarded for picking the race podium.

RobN managed enough points to remain the sole overall leader of FF1 in 2023. Mercedes Benzene makes a nice jump into second, and RyanS ekes out third over Jellybeanz based on tie-breakers. Interestingly, through three rounds, the top 11 has been made up of the same 11 FF1 participants. That's likely to change at the next race.

However, we have a 4-week wait until the next race in Baku. This will be the first of six races with Sprint races. Expect the teams to make a lot of updates between now and then.

(27-Apr-2023) Important Update: Due to new rules being introduced at the Azerbaijan race, picks must be in sooner than previously for sprint race weekends. Please be aware of the new Friday deadline before the qualifying session that sets the Sunday race grid. Points for the round will still be set based on the combined Sprint Race and Sunday race results.

by RobM at 8:44 am, Apr 2 What a crazy grand prix. Why do I even bother picking Ferrari, ever? Why??

by Jody Scheckter at 4:39 pm, Mar 19 Sergio Perez took advantage of his pole position, and his teammate's mechanical problems during qualifying to hold off Max Verstappen and win the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, for a second straight Red Bull 1-2 finish to start the 2023 season.

Fernando Alonso survived a grid start penalty, and a post-race penalty that would have dropped him to fourth, after that penalty was reversed for ambiguity over whether "working on a car" means not even being able to touch it. It was Alonso's second third-place finish, confirming Aston Martin's status as a team that looks able to challenge Mercedes and Ferrari this season.

Mrsleclerc16 makes a nice FF1 debut by taking the round, lisa places second, and RobN is once again on the FF1 podium, and leads the standings.

Australia is up next two weeks from now.

by Jody Scheckter at 11:22 pm, Mar 8 One wouldn't think that Max Verstappen had many new firsts to achieve in his F1 racing career, but he eased to what was a maiden victory at the Bahrain International Circuit to win the opening round of the 2023 season. Sergio Perez came second to make it a 1-2 Red Bull finish, but the star of the race was the ageless Fernando Alonso who made a charge past Lewis Hamilton and Carlos Sainz to take his Aston Martin to a well-deserved podium finish.

MahkWebbah and RobN start the season off with a tie for first, and Mercedes Benzene is close behind in third.

F1 next makes the short trek to Jeddah for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in two weeks' time, although the teams are sure to be busy in the interim. Is the Aston Martin a real contender to trouble the likes of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes all season long? With Alonso at the wheel it seems possible, and the prospects of more drivers able to score good points at each race bodes well for an exciting F1 and FF1 season!

As a reminder, this season participants will have 5 picks per race, with an 8-pick season limit per driver. As usual we will drop the two lowest scoring rounds. Check out the FAQ/Rules page for scoring details.

by Indocti Discant at 8:21 am, Mar 5 doh Hulk

by RobM at 6:45 am, Mar 4 Here we go! F1 2023!

by David D at 7:32 pm, Feb 27 Woohoo! Awesome Sperry. Thank you so much!

Cmonnnnn ALONSOOOO

by sperry at 10:57 am, Feb 27 Not sure what happened David... maybe PayPal's return result just failed to complete the transaction, or maybe it's just a nuance of Canadian->US payments. Either way, I confirmed the payment and activated your account. You should be all set!

by David D at 9:54 am, Feb 26 Hey everyone! I'm excited for the new season to start. I sent my payment a few days ago, but I don't yet see my name in the Quick Standings section.