Maverick
Registriert: 10.01.2004
Nationalität: Austria
Beiträge: 1076
14.07.2013 11:51:34
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PFRL Engine component 2014:
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Reason:
New engine regulations in Formula 1 season 2014
Goal:
More differences between Engine and Chassis components regarding to scoring and strategy.
Name of components:
The formula 1 teams will be re-assigned prior to each season
Group 1:
1.) Renault (factory engine) [Red Bull + Lotus]
2.) Mercedes (factory engine) [Mercedes + McLaren]
3.) Ferrari (factory engine) [Ferrari]
Group 2:
4.) Mercedes (customer engine) [Force India + Williams]
5.) Renault (customer engine) [Toro Rosso + Caterham]
6.) Ferrari (customer engine) [Sauber + Marussia]
Cost allocation:
The definition of the component costs will be done before each season anew.
Because of the low number of components, the 2 groups (factory engine and customer engine) will be kept for the cost allocation. Price changes take place only within a group:
Costs group 1:
1.) Renault (factory engine) 36 Mio.
2.) Mercedes (factory engine) 32 Mio.
3.) Ferrari (factory engine) 28 Mio.
Lower limit: 25 Mio.
Costs group 2:
4.) Mercedes (customer engine) 16 Mio.
5.) Renault (customer engine) 12 Mio.
6.) Ferrari (customer engine) 8 Mio.
Lower limit: 5 Mio.
Scoring:
The engine component can consist of one, two or three Formula 1 teams. The scoring system has to be applicable on all 3 variations.
Scoring Qualifying:
The ranking is made according to the average of the positions of the assigned F1 drivers.
Component consisting of 3 Formula 1 teams:
3 best-placed drivers of each F1 team + the best-placed of the remaining 3 drivers are used for the calculation.
In case of an equal score the component with the better single ranking will be ranked in front.
Pos. 1: 5 points
Pos. 2: 4 points
Pos. 3: 3 points
Pos. 4: 2 points
Pos. 5: 1 point
Scoring Race:
The points of the assigned F1 drivers are added. Only classified drivers are awarded with points.
Component consisting of 3 Formula 1 teams:
3 best-placed drivers of each F1 team + the best-placed of the remaining 3 drivers are used for the calculation.
Pos. 1: 15 points (in case of a component with only 1 assigned F1 team)
Pos. 2: 14 points
Pos. 3: 13 points
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Pos. 10: 6 points
Pos. 11: 5 points
All other classified drivers: 5 points
If a component consists of 2 or 3 Formula 1 teams only the half points are used. The final result is rounded up to a integer number.
Minus points: Engine blow-up in the race:-3 points, gear box or engine change causing penalty:-3 points
Minus points can be drawn off 2 times per race and component.
(If the component consists of 1 F1 team, only 1 time)
Example scoring (race):
Ferrari (factory engine): Alonso Pos. 3, Massa Pos. 8: 13 + 8 = 21 points
Renault (factory engine): Vettel: Pos. 1, Raikkonen: Pos. 2, Webber Pos. 5, Grosjean Pos. 14:
7,5 + 7 + 5,5 + 2,5 = 22,5 -> 23 points
This is my suggestion for the reform of the PFRL engine component. I would like to discuss this topic and I am interested in your contributions. |
CarlisleFrost
Registriert: 19.03.2009
Nationalität: USA
Beiträge: 132
25.11.2013 00:40:31
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Not many comments on this! My opinion (assuming this is still being considered) would be....
- All for having different ways of scoring the engine and chassis components to differentiate them. The scoring system seems interesting.
- However, a down side of the scoring system proposed could be how all classified drivers worse than 10th score 5 points. It means that if, say, Ferrari have a race where Alonso and Raikkonen (next season) are 8th and 9th, the Ferrari part would potentially only score a few more points than the worst part would (if their drivers all finish), despite a huge value difference in the parts. It doesn't feel quite fair.
- If there are penalties for engine blow ups etc, you'd need to make sure the Ferrari part doesn't benefit due to having only one team in it.
- I'm not a big fan of narrowing down the number of components though (going from 11 choices down to 6). It reduces the opportunity to make smart choices for points/budget gains, which is how top players have the chance to stand out.
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KatzevonSwish
Registriert: 07.03.2010
Nationalität: United Kingdom
Beiträge: 56
29.07.2013 10:17:18
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Maverick, you've done it again! This is brilliant. Just as the F1 teams will be coming to terms with new engines, we will be trying to optimize the PFRL engine component!
Also I think this works well with the overall PFRL philosophy. There should be more differentiation between engine and chassis and your proposal nicely mimics the reality of works/customer arrangements.
Well done, sir.
~ Kat |
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