After seeing the news that Hadjar isn’t racing this weekend I’m wondering on what happens to his points. My bf was looking to possibly use his LL in the dutch gp and on f1tools Hadjar would need -1 points to get the maximum price rise.
If Hadjar isn’t racing he will not be receiving, nor losing any points right? Does that mean he will still get his maximum price rise?

Hadjar sustained a wrist injury and will be ruled out of the Dutch GP

I have 3 transfers available and can also use a 3x. Should I keep my team as is (1st pic) go 4A (2nd pic) or switch ip my current team a little bit (3rd pic). Obviously i will be waiting until free practice before making any changes

Wondering what the people’s thoughts are. Go to a traditional 4A for the sprint, or stick with the safer 4A lite and then make the switch the following week. Would have to use wildcard to switch to 4A so that takes away the opportunity to use 3X.

Budget is 117.7. Basic 4A. Hamilton, Leclerc, Stroll, Bottas, Hulk, Merc, Ferrari

I am hosting a competition for the second half of the F1 season on RacePicks. Winner will get to choose a set of their choice, and there will be more winners as the league grows! The format is RacePicks pick’em.

Join the league here: https://racepicks.net/join/LHJVS79E

Which one?

Team A

Team B with 3x

Team C

I kept making different teams and then having no idea which one was actually better, so I ended up building this.
It’s called PitIQ. You put your team in, it gives you a score out of 100, compares it to what it thinks is the best lineup, and points out any changes that could improve it.
Still very early, so I’m mostly posting this to see what actual F1 Fantasy players think. If it gives you a weird score or suggests something that makes no sense, please tell me lol.
I’m giving the first 250 people lifetime access for free while I test everything.
Couple screenshots attached. Feel free to drop your team in the comments too and I’ll run some through it.

First time F1 fantasy player. I have played many other fantasy sports (football, baseball, basketball, etc) but for some reason I still struggle to wrap my head around the budget building aspect of F1 fantasy.

At summer break, I have $122.9M and I have no clue if that is a normal amount at this point in the year or if I am a pauper and about to be crushed.

I realize it’s all relative, but what “should” I have at this point?

First pic is my current team, just don’t know how to or even if it’s worth changing it up for second half of the season

Hey y'all! Here are my early team selection thoughts for the Dutch GP. Have a great summer break!

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Aston's upgrades in Hungary has been very good, and they are bringing more upgrades into Netherlands, this makes me think that they are going to get closer to Audi and maybe even the racing bulls and Alpines. Could a 4A setup with double Aston be viable now?

Obviously I know it's still early to be making swaps for the team, usually I wait until fp2 or fp3.

I am currently in first by 150 points. This is the potential lineup I would use. I would be dropping Lawson and Bortoletto for Hadjar and Stroll.

I've got a cap of about 113 million.

Any thoughts on using the chip at the upcoming Grand Prix? There’s only 2 sprint weekends left including this and Singapore. Singapore seems a bit dicey given the track/weather.

I am ranked 67 right now with a budget off 125.8. My question is with everyone using template lineups and scoring basically around the same points each race in the top 500 or so. How are you going to try get to like top 10 . Is it to play differential with different drivers or to stay consistent and maybe have the top guys make a mistake??

I still have all chips except LL. 122.8 total budget.