Fantasy F1 League Rules

Introduction

Welcome to the Fantasy F1 League rules, outlining the draft procedures, scoring system, and prizes for the league.

League Participants

Participants in the league are as follows:

  • Mitch
  • Eric
  • Akshata
  • Kevin
  • Melissa
  • Forrest

League Structure

Draft

  • The F1 fantasy league will run for the entire 2024 season with weekly and yearly prizes.
  • Each race week will include a draft of F1 drivers for each team.
  • Drafts will consist of:
    • 2 rounds of “Regular” team driver
    • 1 round of “Big Bottom” (BB) driver
    • Resulting in 18 total drivers drafted.

Draft Schedule

  • Drafts will start on Sunday night at approximately 6:00pm Central US time of race week.
  • The draft app will be open continuously until draft is done. Please complete draft before Friday practice of race week.

Draft Rules

  • Round order for first 5 races: determined by random draw for the first round and snake draft for the second round.
  • Round order after first 5 races: determined by a random draw from posteriors of Bayesian hierarchical model on mean weekly score (lower draw = higher draft). This will on average provide higher draft pick compensation for poorly performing teams
  • Replacement rules apply if a drafted driver is out for any reason:
    • You can choose any of the remaining undrafted drivers as a replacement at the time in the draft at which the driver is ruled out or use the replacement driver from the driver’s team.
    • Mitch will monitor during the week driver outtages but don’t expect perfection.
  • Note: all randomness (draft order and MCMC draws) will be replicable using a seed set to the race date according to mmddyyyy

Weekly Scoring

All Drivers

  • All race points count toward a team’s score.
  • New this year, qualifying points will be added:
    • For Q3, there will be an additional score of 0.5 points per position finished, with an additional 0.5 points for pole. This results in scoring by position:
      • P10 = 0, P9 = 0.5, … , P2 = 4, P1 = 5
    • 1 point for making Q2.
    • 1 point for making Q3.
  • Penalties resulting in grid placements drops will not impact qualifying scoring, unless penalties were for gaining an unfair advantage in qualifying (Mitch’s discretion).
  • On sprint weekends:
    • All sprint race points will count towards the score.
    • 3 points for sprint pole. 1 pt for SQ3.
    • No additional points for sprint qualifying.

Special Scoring

  • R1 scoring has no modifications
  • R2 scoring will by multiple by 1.5
  • All regular scoring above is multiplied by 2 for R3 drivers.
  • Additional R3 race will be held only among the R3s, with points awarded for the top three positions:
    • 5 points for the winner.
    • 3 points for second.
    • 1 point for third.
  • “Mr. Irrelevant” (last driver drafted) has scoring multiplied by 3

Prizes

  • Weekly winner = $20
  • Weekly runner-up = $10
  • Season winner = $200
  • Season runner-up = $100
  • Season third place = $50
  • Season “most average” = $20 (this is awarded to the player with the lowest modeled sd)
  • Season “most extreme” = $20 (this is awarded to the player with the highest modeled sd)
  • Season “Best Bottom” = $20 (this is awarded to the player with the most BB points)

Payment

  • No upfront payment required.
  • Settlement at the end of the season.
  • Additional fee for using a text service for drafting will be applied then.

Rule Changes

Rules are subject to change throughout the year. Mitch will post in the group chat any rule changes and ask for alignment prior to any decision.