Fantasy F1 2017: Abu Dhabi and Final Results

[NewMrMe]

Congratulations to Monza Misfit, 2017 Fantasy F1 Champion!!!! Just like Lewis Hamilton he takes the title with a second place finish in the final race. KG takes the final win of the season. There are no position changes in the overall standings. More statistics and analysis of the season later.

Driver Scores

Hamilton 18
Bottas 45
Ricciardo -10
Verstappen 12
Vettel 15
Raikkonen 14
Perez 8
Ocon 6
Stroll 0
Massa 1
Vandoorne 2
Alonso 6
Gasly 2
Hartley 10
Grosjean 10
Magnussen 2
Hulkenberg 10
Sainz -10
Ericsson 4
Wehrlein 8

Constructor Scores

Mercedes 45
Red Bull 12
Ferrari 15
Force India 8
Williams 1
McLaren 6
Toro Rosso 10
Haas 10
Renault 10
Sauber 8

Engine Scores

Mercedes 45
TAG 12
Ferrari 15
Honda 6
Renault 10

Race Scores

1 KG 80
2 Woftam Racing (Monza Misfit) 73
3 RedPoole 55
= Stoozie 55
= Plutoman 55
6 Mr Kennedy 51
= Jesting Jingles 51
8 Mrs FH 45
9 Rocky 42
10 Faccombe Hall 40

Overall Scores

[1] Woftam Racing (Monza Misfit) 1472
[2] Mr Kennedy 1428
[3] RedPoole 1426

4 [4] Stoozie 1404
5 [5] Plutoman 1368
6 [6] Faccombe Hall 1345
7 [7] Jesting Jingles 1315
8 [8] Mrs FH 1226
9 [9] KG 1197
10 [10] Rocky 1120

Driver Values

187 Hamilton
151 Bottas
140 Vettel
111 Verstappen
107 Raikkonen
83 Ricciardo
48 Perez
44 Ocon
25 Sainz
22 Stroll
20 Massa
17 Hulkenberg
15 Alonso
13 Vandoorne
10 Grosjean
8 Magnussen
0 Wehrlein
0 Ericsson
0 Gasly
0 Hartley

Constructor Values

338 Mercedes
247 Ferrari
194 Red Bull
92 Force India
42 Williams
31 Renault
28 McLaren
20 Toro Rosso
18 Haas
0 Sauber

Engine Values

472 Mercedes (Force India, Mercedes, Williams)
265 Ferrari (Ferrari, Haas, Sauber)
194 Tag Heuer (Red Bull)
51 Renault (Renault, Toro Rosso)
28 Honda (McLaren)

[Monza-Misfit]

Woo Hoo ... Thought I'd made a massive mistake blowing the entire budget on day 1 however, it's paid off .... Cream buns & lashings of ginger beer all round at WOFTAM HQ its party time !!

Thanks to NMM for putting in the time to run this again & well done to all. Now we're off to IKEA to buy a trophy cabinet

[RedPoole]

Congratulations on the win, it was a good tussle and well deserved. I thought I might be able to win it near the end but sadly one great transfer decision was quickly followed by a terrible one.

Many thanks again to NMM for running the FL again this season and if this is to be the final FL season thank you for keeping it going all these years, it's been great to be a part of.

[NewMrMe]

Some further stats

Driver Total Scores

578 Hamilton
400 Vettel
378 Bottas
261 Ricciardo
212 Raikkonen
183 Perez
175 Verstappen
153 Ocon
112 Stroll
92 Grosjean
91 Massa
51 Wehrlein
47 Magnussen
41 Vandoorne
38 Sainz
34 Gasly
28 Palmer
20 Ericsson
11 Kvyat
8 Alonso
7 Hulkenberg
2 Hartley
-2 Giovanazzi
-10 Button
-10 di Resta

Constructor Total Scores

658 Mercedes
476 Red Bull
439 Ferrari
231 Force India
218 Williams
169 Toro Rosso
161 Haas
140 McLaren
117 Renault
116 Sauber

Engine Total Scores

670 Mercedes
476 TAG
458 Ferrari
219 Renault
140 Honda

Top teams without changes

1 Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Renault 1473
2 Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 1472
3 Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 1428
4 Vettel, Bottas, Toro Rosso, TAG 1423
5 Hamilton, Vettel, Williams, Renault 1415
= Vettel, Bottas, Haas, TAG 1415
7 Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari 1407
8 Vettel, Bottas, McLaren, TAG 1394
= Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Honda 1394
10 Hamilton, Ocon, Ferrari, Renault 1389

Top Team without changes after each race

Australia - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Honda 72
China - Hamilton, Verstappen, Force India, Renault 164
Bahrain - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 240
Russia - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 298
Spain - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 403
Monaco - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 464
Canada - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 545
Azerbaijan - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 605
Austria - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 664
Britain - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 727
Hungary - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 798
Belgium - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 872
Italy - Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 948
Singapore - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 1024
Malaysia - Hamilton, Vettel, Force India, Renault 1112
Japan - Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari 1163
USA - Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari 1237
Mexico - Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 1315
Brazil - Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG 1399
Abu Dhabi - Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Renault 1473

For the first time ever the highest scoring team and overall winning teams have not included the highest scoring driver. It seems Bottas was better value than Hamilton providing you paired him up with Vettel and used the money saved to incorporate Red Bull somewhere in your team.

Several very strong teams were picked from the start. Monza Misfit won with the unchanged line up of Vettel, Bottas, Williams, TAG while Mr Kennedy finished second by sticking with Hamilton, Vettel, Force India and Renault engines. In addition to this Vettel, Bottas, Red Bull, Renault and Hamilton, Ocon, Williams, Ferrari line ups were picked at the start of the season.

Max Verstappen's run of poor results in the middle of the year was interesting. In the past, if someone has a run of bad luck and becomes undervalued as a result it has been a good idea to pick them up. In fact, doing so has won somebody the title on more than one occasion. This year though, Verstappen's bad luck continued and the teams that tried to pick him up cheap lost out. There were some interesting teams forming at one point in the mid and lower reaches of the table that covered Hamilton, Vettel and Verstappen and I did wonder if there were going to be some late surges. Ultimately though, by the time Verstappen's luck changed it was too late for those teams to catch up.

[FACCOMBE HALL]

PHEW!

It didn't make any difference in the end.
Even with no changes from the start of the season the podium was out of my reach.


A huge thanks and well done for running the best fantasy league there is.
Well done to the trophy winners.

Now, there's something about a party that needs my attention.

[Murray Walker]

Congratulations to Monza Misfit Well done

[plutoman]

Congratulations to Monza misfit. It was close at the top til the end.

My team never really got going. I was one of those who switched to Verstappen mid season (about 4 or 5 races too early as it turned out).

Thanks NMM for all your work on this, and if it is the last time we do it, thanks to everyone who's taken part over the years. It's been fun.

[RedPoole]

As I am a bit quiet on a Sunday afternoon I decided to look back at my FL finishes over the past 11 seasons and after some fairly disappointing mid table results in 2007-2010 I have manged to finish 2nd 3 times, 3rd 3 times and a 4th. I can't help sitting here feeling like a massive David Coulthard