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Beg2Differ · 29 Oct 2023

Flipped a coin this week on whether to load up on Hamilton and Mercedes or LeClerc and Ferrari. I have been burnt by Ferrari too much so went the former of course which is basically begging for the alternate to go 1, 2.

Ironhawk · 29 Oct 2023

It's good seeing 2 Aussies qualify in the top 7, especially seeing where their teammates qualified (11 and 12 spots lower). Hopefully they keep it up in the race.

jel · 29 Oct 2023

XabiFernando said:

Also a heads up that's probably the last time this season I will calculate and post breakevens now unless there is a specific need - from here on in it is all about making the most of what budget you have and simply picking for points, and even if a trade does yield a budget gain there just aren't enough rounds left to properly invest that gain for more points when compared to just taking likely/expected points on offer in the current round.

Thanks for doing the BE's this season, much appreciated.

jel · 29 Oct 2023

Ironhawk said:

To be fair to Tsunoda, he was always going to start at the back of the grid after his penalty from free practice, even though he wasn't driving.
Yuki Tsunoda to start Mexico City GP from back of the grid as AlphaTauri driver hit with penalty over engine changes | Formula 1®

wogitalia · 29 Oct 2023

jel said:

Yeah and was a consummate team player giving Ricciardo the tow to help him as well.

I cooked my trades utterly... was always keeping the 2 RB, Max and Lando, so couldn't do anything about that fail but... The 2x McLaren, Piastri and LeClerc combo went into various forms involving 2x Ferrari, 2x Mercedes, Leclerc/Russell, LeClerc/Hamilton, LeClerc/Sainz and after all my tinkering I ended up somehow with 2x McLaren and Perez and Russell

To be fair, I went for the zag move, turns out the zig of the Ferraris is looking really good unfortunately for me! Oh well, lets see what happens in the race.

mike89 · 29 Oct 2023

I was supposed to go Ferrari and Sainz to Merc and Hamilton but apparently didn't save them, so for the second week running it looks like I'm being saved by my incompetence and the red cars!

wogitalia · 29 Oct 2023

mike89 said:

Sometimes it's better to be lucky that good.

Also probably a valuable lesson that sometimes doing nothing is the best option in fantasy

tso · 30 Oct 2023

Spud Perez out already

XabiFernando · 30 Oct 2023

tso said:

Really hoping everyone else did what I did and brought in perez for the Mexico factor, or something 😳

Also went double Mercedes so Lewis pinching fastest lap at the end was a nice +40

tso · 30 Oct 2023

Ended up with top 6 otherwise but Perez/RB x2 a fail.

tso · 30 Oct 2023

945
Up 27
Pos 244

XabiFernando · 30 Oct 2023

Held at 4, and closed the gap to the top. I'll absolutely take that

mike89 · 30 Oct 2023

871, held rank at 45.

Last lap fastest lap for Hamilton twisted the knife (went from losing 5 points on missing trades to 45) but the real killer has been Perez. Much like Bottas in 2021, just can't pick when to have him in or out.

XabiFernando · 30 Oct 2023

mike89 said:

Still remember Bottas taking 170 in Turkey and putting him out of reach for me for the rest of the season like it was yesterday - painful

Ironhawk · 30 Oct 2023

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/...-charge-in-mexico.46OBOkYgPpcHlUqV0k4w3o.html

Perez with 8.3% of the vote for driver of the day.

Beg2Differ · 30 Oct 2023

950 Max
29th for round
104th overall (season high)
=1st SCS Racing for the round

Very surprised by all of that. Hamilton and Mercedes x2 was the right call after all.

Beg2Differ · 30 Oct 2023

Kennedy · 31 Oct 2023

7th in V8 Supercars, trimming that lead down

Up to 36th in F1. Stupid Checho

and finally 17th in Moto GP where none other than @BarkingGhecko is 1st overall atm

tso · 31 Oct 2023

MOTOGP

SC

XabiFernando · 31 Oct 2023

Kennedy said:

Wowee, really handy set of results! And very nicely done @BarkingGhecko, only 4 rounds to hold on!

Whats the gap to first in supercars and what's a typical round score?