RULES & SIGNUPS

Summary
This is a simple low maintenance fantasy F1 league.  Once you make your selections that's it you sit back enjoy the races and see how your team is doing.  I have put some links for extra resources and help in the discussion page to help people that are new to F1 or haven't followed any of the pre season practice results.  Helen is making the points table this week but we can carry on and make selections in the meantime.  Just so you know all drivers will earn points not just the top ten so your group C drivers are important. 

SIGNUPS CLOSE FOR THE SEASON
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY 23RD MARCH UK TIME (THIS IS BEFORE 1ST PRACTICE STARTS)

RULES
WHEN U ENTER A TEAM YOU ARE AGREEING TO HAVE READ AND ABIDE BY THE RULES
SENSIBLE TEAM NAMES ONLY PLEASE
FILL OUT THE TEMPLATE FULLY
USE THE CORRESPONDING GROUPS ON THE TEAMS & DRIVERS PAGE TO SELECT YOUR DRIVERS ONTO THE CORRESPONDING GROUP ON THE TEMPLATE
IF ONE OF YOUR SELECTED DRIVERS RECEIVES A POINTS PENALTY THAT DRIVER ON YOUR TEAM WILL RECEIVE THE SAME PENALTY
IF FOR ANY REASON THERE IS A TRACK CHANGE THE NEW TRACK WILL THEN BECOME YOUR BONUS IF YOU HAD THE ORIGINAL TRACK SELECTED
IF YOUR BONUS TRACK GETS REMOVED FROM THE SEASON ALL TOGETHER YOUR BONUS TRACK WILL BECOME THE NEXT TRACK IN THE SCHEDULE.  IF THE TRACK REMOVED IS THE FINAL TRACK IN THE SCHEDULE YOUR BONUS TRACK WILL BECOME THE PREVIOUS TRACK RACED
IF A DRIVER GETS REPLACED FOR ANY REASON OTHER THAN A BAN FROM RACES THEN YOU AUTOMATICALLY EMPLOY THE NEW DRIVER INTO YOUR TEAM, SO THERE IS NO NEED FOR YOU TO DO ANYTHING IF THIS HAPPENS.  SO YOU WILL RECEIVE ACCUMULATIVE POINTS FOR BOTH DRIVERS ETC.
THE LAST PLACE TEAM IS THE TEAM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OFFICIAL CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE END OF THE SEASON
IF A TEAM DECIDES NOT TO RUN A CAR THAT WOULD HAVE HAD YOUR DRIVER IN IT THAT'S RACING I'M AFRAID
YOU CAN NOT SELECT MORE THAN 1 DRIVER FROM ANY TEAM (so you cant select both McLaren drivers etc)
IF 2 PEOPLE SELECT IDENTICAL TEAMS THE ENTERED 1ST FINISHES ABOVE THE TEAM ENTERED 2ND ETC
IF 2 TEAMS ARE TYING AT THE END OF THE SEASON IT WILL BE DECIDED BY RACE WINS.  IF IT IS STILL TYING IT WILL BE DECIDED BY GROUP BY GROUP DRIVER FINISHING POSITIONS.  IF IT IS STILL TYING IT WILL BE BY FASTEST LAP AWARDS PER RACE OVER THE SEASON
If something crops up that I have missed I will make a ruling and add it to the rules

WHAT YOU EARN POINTS FOR
ALL DRIVER PLACE FINISHES ARE AWARDED AS PER THE OFFICIAL CONFIRMED RACE RESULTS:
This is to cover races ending early, disqualified drivers after the race end etc etc
DRIVER POINTS AS PER OUR POINTS FORMAT. INFO ON THE POINTS TABLE
YOU WILL GET DOUBLE POINTS FOR ALL YOUR DRIVERS ON YOUR SELECTED TRACK
FASTEST LAP DURING THE RACE: 5 POINTS
LAST PLACE TEAM: 10 POINTS  -  AWARDED AT THE END OF THE SEASON
BLACK FLAG: -5 POINTS:
If a driver on your team gets a black flag
FRONT ROW: 2 POINTS
YOU GET 2 POINTS IF YOUR DRIVER QUALIFIES ON THE FRONT ROW FOR THE RACE
IF YOU GET 2 DRIVERS ON THE FRONT ROW YOU GET 2 POINTS PER DRIVER
IF YOU GET A DRIVER ON THE FRONT ROW BUT THEY DON'T START THE RACE YOU WILL STILL GET 2 POINTS

F1 SEASON CALENDER AND TRACKS
http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/races/2016.html

signup template: PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE TEMPLATE BELOW INTO THE MESSAGE BOX AND FILL OUT YOUR SELECTIONS BEFORE THE CUT OFF TIME.  FAILURE TO COMPLETE THE TEMPLATE FULLY OR NOT DO THIS WILL RESULT IN YOUR ENTRY BEING DECLINED.

REMEMBER YOU CAN NOT SELECT MORE THAN 1 DRIVER FROM ANY TEAM (so you cant select both McLaren drivers etc)

Copy and paste the template below into a new message and fill out and post to enter
SENSIBLE TEAM NAMES ONLY PLEASE
TEMPLATE
TEAM NAME:

BONUS TRACK (YOUR TEAM WILL EARN DOUBLE POINTS FOR THIS TRACK):
There is a link above for this seasons race calender

TEAM YOU THINK WILL FINISH THE SEASON LAST ON THE FIA OFFICIAL STANDINGS:

DRIVERS: SELECT YOUR DRIVERS FROM THE CORRESPONDING GROUPS ON THE TEAMS & DRIVERS PAGE AND ENTER THE DRIVERS INTO THE CORRESPONDING GROUPS BELOW.  Example Hamilton in group A etc.
GROUP A
DRIVER 1:
DRIVER 2:

GROUP B
DRIVER 1;
DRIVER 2;

GROUP C
DRIVER 1;
DRIVER 2;

Team Name: Mini's Panda Pops

Bonus Track: Red Bull Ring Austria

Last Place Team: Sauber

Group A:
Driver 1: Raikkonen
Driver 2: Verstappen

Group B:
Driver 1: Magnusson
Driver 2: Stroll

Group C:
Driver 1: Hulkenberg
Driver 2: Vandoorne

Team name: THE INMATES

Bonus track: SINGAPORE

Last place team: SAUBER

Group A:
Driver 1: RICCIARDO
Driver 2: BOTTAS

Group 2
Driver 1: PEREZ
Driver 2: SAINZ

Group 3
Driver 1: ALONSO
Driver 2: HULKENBERG

TEAM NAME: Häasn-Dazs

BONUS TRACK
Spa

TEAM YOU THINK WILL FINISH THE SEASON LAST ON THE FIA OFFICIAL STANDINGS: Sauber
GROUP A
DRIVER 1: Kimi
DRIVER 2: Hamilton

GROUP B
DRIVER 1: Sainz
DRIVER 2: Massa

GROUP C
DRIVER 1: Hulkenburge
DRIVER 2: Alonso

TEAM NAME: HMS Lawrence

BONUS TRACK
Canada

TEAM YOU THINK WILL FINISH THE SEASON LAST ON THE FIA OFFICIAL STANDINGS: Mclaren
GROUP A
DRIVER 1: Vettel
DRIVER 2: Hamilton

GROUP B
DRIVER 1: Sainz
DRIVER 2: Grosjean

GROUP C
DRIVER 1: Hulkenberg
DRIVER 2: Wehrlein

Team Name: Hel's Superstars

Bonus Track: Silverstone

Last Place Team: Sauber

Group A:
Driver 1: Hamilton
Driver 2: Vettel
Group B:
Driver 1: Massa
Driver 2: Perez
Group C:
Driver 1: Hulkenberg
Driver 2: Ericsson