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Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2024 results
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was another imperious victory for Verstappen. He looked untroubled throughout and led home teammate Pérez and Leclerc was third. Oliver Bearman the youngest British driver in history finished an impressive 7th while he stands in for Sainz at Ferrari. With another one-two finish for Red Bull is it too early to say the season is over and it's just a waiting game until Verstappen and Red Bull are crowned again?
In RealityF1 it was Brendan C who won in the Reality F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Their team to was Verstappen, Hülkenberg, Aston Martin and Haas. The best team for this race would've been: Piastri, Hülkenberg, Red Bull Racing, Haas scoring 138.5 points
In the 2024 RealityF1 Championship, it's still Andy Stod in the lead.
In the league competition, NESTF1 move into the top spot. Portugal are in first place in the country league competition.
The site will re-open for team changes tomorrow (Sunday). The third race of the 2024 season is the Australian Grand Prix on 24th March.
Bahrain Grand Prix 2024 results
Red Bull started the 2024 season in the same way they approached the 2023 season, exert total dominance over the rest of the field. Verstappen started on pole and drove to an untroubled victory. Pérez started fifth and worked his way through the field to finish second and give Red Bull a one-two finish. The perfect way to start the season but an ominous portent for the rest of the season.
In Reality F1 the the season opening race in Bahrain was won by Andy Stod with a team of Magnussen, Zhou, Red Bull Racing and McLaren. Interestingly this was the best team possible within the Reality F1 budget for this race. As it is the first race of the season the Championship leaders are the same as the race winners.
In the league competition it's The Robbins-Flowers Family that take an early lead and United States lead the country championship.
As the season is now underway you can see the team components of other players and also see a breakdown of your own scores. We have also generated your predicted world rank following this event. However, you now only have three free team changes for the remainder of the season. You can make as many changes you want but, after your three free changes, 20 championship points will be deducted for any further changes.
The site will re-open for team changes tomorrow (Sunday). The second race of the season, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, takes place on 9th March.
Welcome to Reality F1 2024
Reality F1, the free Fantasy Formula 1 competition, returns for the 2024 season!
After the total dominance by Red Bull in 2022 and 2023 seasons will anyone challenge them in 2024? Ferrari looked strong in pre-season testing and Mercedes looked a little better than they were this time last year but Red Bull still looked like the class of the field. This season is the longest in F1 history with 24 races (and 6 sprint races) and, if Red Bull are as dominant as last year, it really will be a long, long season!
In terms of the RealityF1 competition I've kept the budget for teams at £70M and there are over 5,500 possible team combinations. I've shamelessly priced Verstappen, Pérez and Red Bull high because I want there to be a significant downside to picking them this year. Without doing this I think the Red Bull components will be a default pick for players and that negatively impacts the competition.
The deadline for team entries (or changes to team components for the coming race) is 12 midnight GMT on the FRIDAY before a race weekend. So, in order to be eligible to score points in all rounds of the 2024 season you will need to register a team before 12 midnight GMT on Friday 1st March 2024. You can join after this date but won't score points for missed races.
If you played last season then you just need to log in and you can create your new team. If you've not played before then you'll need to sign up.
Game on!
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2023 and final results
In an utterly dominant season it was fitting that the final race ended with another easy victory for Verstappen. All credit to Verstappen and Red Bull as they've absolutely crushed the opposition this year. A Red Bull driver has won every race bar one (Sainz in Singapore) and Verstappen himself won 19 out of the 22 races and led over 1,000 laps. The other teams have been fighting for the scraps with Mercedes just pipping Ferrari to second in the constructors' championship in Abu Dhabi.
It's not been an interesting season though and, although records were broken, it's not been a good show case for the sport in many ways. You can't criticise a driver or team for doing well, the onus is on the others to catch up, but without inter or intra team competition the spectacle is diminished and no-one wants to watch a sport where the result feels pre-determined. Let's just hope the other teams can challenge Red Bull next season...
In RealityF1, the 2023 RealityF1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was won by Flash Harry. The team to have for this race was Verstappen, Ricciardo, Aston Martin and McLaren.
The 2023 RealityF1 Championship was more dramatic than the real thing with Cake and Malbotnado passing long-time leader Flying Scotsman in Las Vegas. With nothing to separate Cake and Malbotnado in team composition for the final race the title was settled by pit stop strategy with Cake correctly predicting a two stop (interestingly Cake didn't change their team or pit stop strategy all year). Congratulations to Cake you become the 23rd RealityF1 Champion! Sam Clarke was the top ranked rookie player (someone playing RealityF1 for the first time) in 53rd.
In the league competition, Sad Cheap Bankers took the top spot from Toto-Recall. This is Sad Cheap Bankers' second win in a row.
In the country league competition it was Finland who took victory from the UK. Finland continue their dominant run of not being outside of the top three since 2011.
As the season has now ended I have updated the player rankings (a leaderboard of all the players who've contested a RealityF1 season since the game started in 2001). The top ranking player is still Keith, ahead of Gary and Flying Scotsman moves up to third.
As usual, I'm keen to hear any feedback you may have on the game so I can continue to improve it so please email me your views and suggestions for the future.
The site will re-open on Monday and, although you won't be able to create a team for the new season yet, you will still be able to update your profile and account details if you wish (should you change email addresses etc).
RealityF1 will return for the 2024 season. The provisional date for the first race is the 2nd March 2024 (both Bahrain and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will be held on a Saturday). A month or so before the first race I'll email you to let you know that you can create your team for the coming season.
It only remains for me to thank you for playing RealityF1, I look forward to losing to you again in 2024.
Las Vegas Grand Prix 2023 results
Despite the predictions of some of the drivers the Las Vegas Grand Prix was a gripping race, albeit one that ended with a familiar result. With Leclerc starting on pole and Verstappen second (after Sainz was given a grid penalty) the race was shaping up to be close. Throughout the race Leclerc, Verstappen and Pérez swapped the lead but it was Verstappen who recovered from a five second penalty to win the race. Behind them there were strong results for Aston Martin who secured a double points finish.
In RealityF1 it was a tie between Hathers and Penelope pitsop in the Reality F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix. The team to have was Stroll, Ocon, Red Bull Racing and Aston Martin.
In the 2023 RealityF1 Championship, Cake and Malbotnado have jumped to the top spot and pushed long term leader Flying Scotsman down to third. Only 11 points separate them with one race to go.
In the league competition, Sad Cheap Bankers hold the lead. Finland are in first place in the country league competition.
The site will re-open for team changes tomorrow (Monday). The final race of the 2023 season is the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 26th November.
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