such a fantastic review, euan. no-one does these better than you. i am raging at myself because i was so, so close to swapping MCL for MER after they looked so good in practice ... but ultimately i believed all the reports that said it was all smoke and mirrors and MER would be nowhere when push came to shove. hmphh. i was comparing my results with LEAPERS results over the past handful of races or so and i've had 9 DNFs to their 1. i was gunning for a top 100 result by the end of the year but top 500 will be a more realistic goal nowadays. needless to say the random luck aspect of DNFs was front and foremost in my comments in the F1 Fantasy questionnaire. 🤣
i'm currently 516 ... with not one chip left to my name. so come to think of it, top 500 is probably just me dreaming given that there will be a bunch of folks with a boost chip just waiting to scream past me this week. ah well. c'est la vie - or toughshite as we say in Scotland. 😆
Haha ... you don't sound like it. 😋 I have relatives up in the Granite City ... it's lovely and Scotland just gets more beautiful the further north you go. I'm in Edinburgh and even though it's not that far, I don't get up there enough. Do you still have relatives there? Visit much?
@glenngrant3469 pretty much my entire family is back there now except me and my brother. Dad was in the oil business so I moved from Aberdeen to Houston when I was younger and lost all semblance of an accent 😭
This is such great analysis man - I loved the eye test section! The data points are usually quite helpful but you’re spot on that trusting our gut is something we should do more of!
Thanks amigo! Felt like this was the biggest gap between the data on on-track standings all year. So wanted to dive in and see what the deal was. Glad you liked it!
To clarify I activated the 3x DRS for Team 3. It was a team purely being used for the Vegas League and nothing else. I will be likely using 3x DRS in Qatar for both my other teams.
Yeah and I agree that the eye test is what I always go with along with the sims, but Merc has cried wolf way too many times. I think that's the simple answer
hiya michael. as another seemingly active and invested fantasy manager ... given you pop up pretty much everywhere 😄... just wondered what your global league position is? and what's frustrated you most about this year?
@@glenngrant3469hey Glenn ! I’m at 2360 🌎my main complaints are the out of proportion DNF penalty and I think DOTD should be done away with entirely. I’d like more, smaller ways of getting points. Beating your teammate is a good one for 5 points maybe. How about some bonus points for podium? What about yourself?
@@michaelfierman3256 absolutely agree, michael...! i gather that there's a lot of complaints about the negative DNF points so hopefully they'll do something about that. just last race i had GAS and so had a -20 just because his engine gave out. why should the driver get penalised when they've done nothing wrong? i can understand penalising the constructor but -20 for the driver in that case just seems wrong. i was using the fantasy tools website to have a look back at recent results and comparing mine against the top global team and i saw that i'd had 6 DNFs in the last 7 race starts and the top team had only 1. i'm not saying i would have been top of the world but it makes a huge difference in ranking if you're lucky enough to pick drivers that get to the end of the race. bad luck shouldn't be such a big factor in your score each week. i made all of these points in the questionnaire ... as well as bringing back other scoring opportunities like beating your teammate and streaks. fingers crossed!!
such a fantastic review, euan. no-one does these better than you.
i am raging at myself because i was so, so close to swapping MCL for MER after they looked so good in practice ... but ultimately i believed all the reports that said it was all smoke and mirrors and MER would be nowhere when push came to shove. hmphh.
i was comparing my results with LEAPERS results over the past handful of races or so and i've had 9 DNFs to their 1. i was gunning for a top 100 result by the end of the year but top 500 will be a more realistic goal nowadays. needless to say the random luck aspect of DNFs was front and foremost in my comments in the F1 Fantasy questionnaire. 🤣
Thank you sir! Those are very kind words.
Where are you in the world right now and do you have any chips?
i'm currently 516 ... with not one chip left to my name. so come to think of it, top 500 is probably just me dreaming given that there will be a bunch of folks with a boost chip just waiting to scream past me this week. ah well. c'est la vie - or toughshite as we say in Scotland. 😆
@glenngrant3469 Where in Scotland??? I was born in Aberdeen.
Haha ... you don't sound like it. 😋
I have relatives up in the Granite City ... it's lovely and Scotland just gets more beautiful the further north you go. I'm in Edinburgh and even though it's not that far, I don't get up there enough.
Do you still have relatives there? Visit much?
@glenngrant3469 pretty much my entire family is back there now except me and my brother. Dad was in the oil business so I moved from Aberdeen to Houston when I was younger and lost all semblance of an accent 😭
This is such great analysis man - I loved the eye test section! The data points are usually quite helpful but you’re spot on that trusting our gut is something we should do more of!
Also 4th in that mini league 👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks amigo! Felt like this was the biggest gap between the data on on-track standings all year. So wanted to dive in and see what the deal was. Glad you liked it!
To clarify I activated the 3x DRS for Team 3. It was a team purely being used for the Vegas League and nothing else. I will be likely using 3x DRS in Qatar for both my other teams.
Ahhhh okay. Thanks for clarifying. Good luck this week!
The Viva Las Vegas League winner had -10 pts, and still won.
Yeah and I agree that the eye test is what I always go with along with the sims, but Merc has cried wolf way too many times. I think that's the simple answer
Yup! Consistently inconsistent 😂
hiya michael.
as another seemingly active and invested fantasy manager ... given you pop up pretty much everywhere 😄... just wondered what your global league position is? and what's frustrated you most about this year?
@@glenngrant3469hey Glenn ! I’m at 2360 🌎my main complaints are the out of proportion DNF penalty and I think DOTD should be done away with entirely. I’d like more, smaller ways of getting points. Beating your teammate is a good one for 5 points maybe. How about some bonus points for podium? What about yourself?
@@michaelfierman3256
absolutely agree, michael...! i gather that there's a lot of complaints about the negative DNF points so hopefully they'll do something about that. just last race i had GAS and so had a -20 just because his engine gave out. why should the driver get penalised when they've done nothing wrong? i can understand penalising the constructor but -20 for the driver in that case just seems wrong.
i was using the fantasy tools website to have a look back at recent results and comparing mine against the top global team and i saw that i'd had 6 DNFs in the last 7 race starts and the top team had only 1. i'm not saying i would have been top of the world but it makes a huge difference in ranking if you're lucky enough to pick drivers that get to the end of the race. bad luck shouldn't be such a big factor in your score each week.
i made all of these points in the questionnaire ... as well as bringing back other scoring opportunities like beating your teammate and streaks. fingers crossed!!
@@glenngrant3469hope as many people as possible fill out the survey!