F1 Fantasy Race 10: FIFA with a side of car
All eyes were on the World Cup final this weekend; some stats:
The 2022 World Cup final reached 1.42 billion viewers.
In 2025, an average weekend in F1 reached 0.07 billion viewers, which across 24 races, is 1.68 billion viewers.
After a few races of Ferrari hopium, Kimi is back to stand on business.
Josh’s Just in time for WW3 (Current Race: 244 / 1st, Overall: 2199 / 2nd)
Hadjar (38), Hadjar, playmaker. Starts P21, finishes P6 ahead of Norris, and scores the same as Antonelli in F1 Fantasy. What more can you ask for.
Keven’s Cope and Delusion (Current Race: 239 / 2nd, Overall: 2259 / 1st)
Last race I won the coin flip between Lawson and Bortoleto by 6 points. This race I lost by 5 points against Josh.
Clark’s Team (Current Race: 212 / 3rd, Overall: 1900 / 5th)
Ocon (6), Ocon, rainmaker. An incident with his own teammate Bearman? How he scores 6 points for P17 while Lindblad gets 5 points for P9 feels oh so wrong.
Brendan’s B-Team is the A-Team (Current Race: 209 / 4th, Overall: 2029 / 4th)
Colapinto (8) pulled off the classiest overtake of this race for a well deserved P10, scraping points where he can to the benefit of Brendan.
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Jason's Hope and Depression (Current Race: 196 / 5th, Overall: 2082 / 3rd)
Stuck in a budget hole with Hulkenberg and Bottas, Jason decided it was time to depart the Mercedes Ferrari bandwagon to try achieve glory.
The hope was there as Leclerc (39) got P2, refusing to accept any penalty from the FIA. Combined with his favourite mid tier constructor in Audi (19), they actually performed as both drivers finished the race, but not enough to cover the replacement of Ferrari (71).
Vinny’s Jacqui’s Favourite Pole (Current Race: 183 / 6th, Overall: 1872 / 6th)
Hadjar, being the great teammate he is, gives Verstappen a tow for quali, putting Verstappen in prime position to start on poll.
Antonelli was too quick, but starting on the front row was still a great outcome. Verstappen (26 x 2 = 52) still had to overcome the FIA, who didn't care who won, but just wanted Verstappen to lose.
Tim’s Trolley Cart Racing (Current Race: 158 / Last, Overall: 1790 / Last)
The anti-Ferrari strategy is not looking so hot anymore now that Ferrari is looking like, dare I say it, the second best constructor at the moment. Looking forward to see Red Bull prove me wrong next race with their wing reversion.
Highest Race Score (Sprint Weekend): Jason’s 402 points in Race 2: China GP
Highest Race Score (Non-Sprint Weekend): Keven’s 249 points in Race 1: Australian GP
Highest Race Score (Limitless / Triple DRS): Jason's 224 points in Race 5: Canadian GP