Germany 2009: Fantasy Racers Update

Not such a great race in terms of the Fantasy Racers game, the highest scoring team of mine only managing 618 points from Germany (97 less than Silverstone). The lack of success from the Brawn camp slightly dented the efforts and it is perhaps time to switch allegiance to the better performing Red Bull drivers. Having said that, BlogF1 Racing did still move up in the overall standings, but clearly thee is still a long way to go before the season draws to a close in November.

Fantasy Racers Germany 2009 Update	Points Scored Team/Driver	Race Result Position	Overall Position Championship
BlogF1 Racing	618	1084th	957th
Adrian Sutil	66
Jenson Button	130
Nico Rosberg	140
Rubens Barrichello	120
Sebastian Vettel	160
Budget Remaining	2
Team Finitalia	305	4652nd	4525th
Giancarlo Fisichella	70
Heikki Kovalainen	100
Jarno Trulli	64
Kimi Raikkonen	36
Budget Remaining	35
Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate	548	1853rd	2537th
Adrian Sutil	66
Jenson Button	130
Mark Webber	230
Rubens Barrichello	120
Budget Remaining	2
Blogger’s Dog Racing	536	1990th	2355th
Adrian Sutil	66
Giancarlo Fisichella	70
Nick Heidfeld	80
Nico Rosberg	140
Robert Kubica	67
Sebastien Bourdais	19
Timo Glock	90
Budget Remaining	4
Inner Pickle Racing	565	1631st	1516th
Jenson Button	130
Nick Heidfeld	80
Nico Rosberg	140
Rubens Barrichello	120
Timo Glock	90
Budget Remaining	5

From the table we can see the damage the lack of Red Bull drivers has had on the teams, although Nico Rosberg was a bit of a life saver, collecting 140 points for his storming drive to P4. BF1R were still the highest scoring team from the five, and Inner Pickle Racing also continue to do well, finishing just behind

In order to get Mark Webber into the BF1R team though would mean sacrificing two lesser drivers – the Australian’s price has rocketed recently – and as it stands at the moment, Webber has 1231 points since Australia, whereas Nico Rosberg and Adrian Sutil have a combined total of 1511. So either I’m not getting something, or I am better off keeping the German duo.

Team Finitalia continue to disappoint, managing a paltry 305 points with the only positive thing being that this was one of Heikki Kovalainen’s best races of the year, scoring 100 points and only bettering that in China with 126. The tail-end team, Blogger’s Dog Racing did quite well, collecting 536 points and improving in the overall rankings ever so slightly.

In the Sidepodcast league, BF1R sits in 141st (up 2 places), while in the overall league they are 957th. Sidepodcast Racers are still doing well in 85th while my second most successful team, IPR, are 207th. At the last race, Kathi challenged BF1R with her second team, Schokoladenkuchen. After Silverstone, Chocolate Cake were 21 places ahead, and as of now, they are still 21 places ahead. I know I forgot to update my teams prior to the German Grand Prix, and I suspect Kathi did too.

Fantasy Racers is a fantasy Formula One competition. It is free to sign up but if you wish to have more than team you will need to make a donation to the site. You can also join private leagues, and currently BlogF1’s set of squads race in the Sidepodcast League.