This blog is about F1 Fantasy: F1 Fantasy League at a Glance. Like other fantasy sports, F1 Fantasy sport also has its significant craze for the formula race lovers.
F1 Fantasy and F1 Fantasy League
F1 fantasy provides us with opportunity to play an administrative role in F1 sports car racing. No issues if we are not able to take part physically in F1 race driving the F1 cars on our own. In the most popular F1 Fantasy League, fans play an administrative art of the F1 formula racing. The niceties of an F1 Fantasy League are explained in this blog.
How does F1 Fantasy function?
The fans of the F1 sports involve themselves in an online tournament and can create a “team” they like having real-sports racing drivers and teams. Interestingly, the player plays a kind of manager’s role, looking into the allocated $100 million budget to hire five drivers and one constructor.
- F1 Fantasy Rules
- Budget: $100 million
- The budget is to be spent on spend on five drivers and one constructor, choosing drivers of their liking.
- The Subs Bank allows the player up to six substitutions without a penalty.
- Dynamic pricing will be applicable if the same player is being sold or bought at a time.
- Wildcard feature allows players to go for 12 free substitutions, one in a week, which is automatically discontinued with the start of the next week.
F1 Fantasy League Scoring System
The F1 Fantasy League has the following scoring system:
- Qualifying Round:
- Q1: 1 point
- Q2: 2 Points
- Q3: 3 points
- Out-qualified teammate: 2 points
- Pole: 10 points, 2nd: 9 points, 3rd: 8 points, 4th: 7 points … 10th: 1 point
- Race Round
- Finished: 1 point
- Each position gained: 2 points (max 10 points)
- Each position lost: –2 points (max 10 points)
- Finished race ahead of teammate: 3 points
- Fastest Lap: 5 points
- Not Classified: –10 points
- Disqualification: –20 points
- Finishing Position: One point is given for every World Championship Point the driver has earned. For example, 25 points for winning the car race, 18 points for being runners-up, and so on.
- Streak Round
Drivers in the sport get points for forming streaks of good racing finishes. The rules that govern the drivers are as follows:
- 5 points for the driver: For driver that qualifies in top 10 in five races in a row
- 10 points for the driver: For driver that finishes car race in top 10 continuously in five races
- 5 points for the constructor: If the constructor has both drivers qualified in top 10 in continuously three races
- 10 points for the constructor: If the constructor has both drivers who have finished race in top 10 in their continuous three races
- Event Round
Events such as Sprint races also award points as per the below scoring system:
- Finished the race: 1 point
- Each position gained: 1 (max 5 points)
- Each position lost: –1 (max 5 points)
- Finished the race ahead of his/her teammate: 2 points
- Fastest lap: 3 points
- Not classified: –5 points
- Disqualification: –10 points
- Finishing position vs points awarded: 1st—10 points, 2nd—9 points, 3rd—8 points, 4th—7 points, 5th—6 points, 6th—5 points, 7th—4 points, 8th—3 points, 9th—2 points, 10th—1 point.
Is there a F1 Fantasy league?
You can join or create a F1 fantasy league to play with your friends, family, and your competitors around the world.
Does Fantasy F1 cost money?
No Fantasy F1 does not cost you money. Only one entry/person is allowed into F1 Fantasy.
Can you join multiple leagues in F1 fantasy?
You can in fact join up to 250 leagues each season and manage.