My Final Update of the Season!

Well, that's the final curtain dropped on the Formula One 2019 Season folks. I sincerely hope everyone enjoyed the action throughout the year, with many highs and lows, depending on which teams and drivers you follow. More importantly, which teams/drives "brought home the points" within the Dream Team itself, throughout the entire season.

We were served up some spectacular action and wheel to wheel racing during the 2019 campaign, but we also have to reflect with sadness at the lives lost in our sport in the last 12 months.

So, many congratulations to those Dream Team players who reached the top steps on our championship podium, a job well done by this Top 3. A huge thanks to everyone involved, as the old phrase goes, I couldn't have put it all together, without you!

All that's left to say, is have a fabulous festive break and I wish you all the very best for 2020 ... Cheers to you All!!

Hello Everyone!

So, we came away from an action packed outing in Brazil. Without giving away any spoilers (for potential players who may not have actually watched the race as yet?), I think it's safe to say that "most" fans enjoyed the results. It's hard to believe that we are already heading into the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi ... where did the season go???

Based on the title of this update, we have to tip our hats to Kimi and Antonio, who both brought home a good haul of points for Alfa Romeo. As I said above, not bad for an old guy like Kimi!!

Hi People!

It looks like there will be a delay in updating all pages of the website this time around, as we are awaiting the outcome of a dispute connected to Renault. This clearly affects points totals, so for now, I have updated the Home Page and Calendar alone. Once the FIA have confirmed the outcome of this complaint from Racing Point, I will complete the updates to the F1 Dream Team.

Message on Formula1.com ... Note - The classifications of Ricciardo and Hulkenberg are provisional subject to the outcome of a protest initiated by Racing Point.

Hello Everyone!

A sad way to return to an F1 weekend in Belgium, with the loss of French Driver, Anthoine Hubert - another young talent snatched away from the Motorsport world.

Clearly, a subdued outing at Spa, but I hope everyone could still enjoy the action out on track throughout the weekend.

Hi People!

I've been making a few adjustments and modifications to the Home Page/Announcements section of the F1 Dream Team website over the last couple of days. This mainly involves the backdrop photo, general graphic elements and other small details here and there. The most significant change involves a new "Small Menu Set" for players who may be accessing the website on small screen devices.

Although some people may like the look of my "Tyre Menu" .... it may be too visually heavy for smaller screen devices (especially in portrait orientation). So, I've now coded this particular page to display an alternate, smaller menu set, when a smaller screen size/viewport is detected. I hope this helps to make the website more compatible acrosss all systems/devices.

Just a quick reminder for everyone involved. On top of now stepping into the Summer Break (which primarily involves the 1 Team and 1 Driver switch option), it's been officially confirmed that Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso have switched drivers.

From the Belgian GP to the end of the season, Pierre Gasly will drive for Toro Rosso alongside Daniil Kyvat and Alexander Albon will drive in the Red Bull, alongside Max Verstappen. So, this simlpy means that whichever driver you have on your Player Sheet, you will now pick up points from the "switched out" driver.

So, here we are folks ... it's hard to believe that we are already half way through the 2019 campaign. Regardless of which Team/Driver you support, it's been quite the rollercoaster since the Austrian GP weekend.

As we have come to expect by this point in the F1 season, many rumours are starting to circulate, regarding the futures of certain drivers. Therefore, it's now time to review your F1 Dream Team Selections once again.

In similar fashion to Monaco, the deadline for any potential 1 Team and/or 1 Driver change, will close at 06:00 (Belgium Local Time) on the day of Qualifying (Saturday, 31st August).

Afternoon Everyone!

There are now less than 48hrs for anyone who is till looking at utilising their 1 Team and/or 1 Driver change, prior to the start of the Qualifying Session in Monaco. Any changes to Player Sheets will not be revealed until results are available after the race weekend.

Submission Deadline: 06:00 (Monaco Local Time)

Please note, should you miss (or not be available) to make any changes this time around, you will have a second change to modify your player sheet selections during the Summer Break (prior to the Qualifying Session during the Belgian GP weekend at the end of August!)

Enjoy the action this coming weekend!!

So, did the Azerbaijan GP deliver this past weekend?

Are you starting to review which teams and drivers are bringing home the points?? - or - who you are 'pencilling in' on dropping at the first of the 1 Team and 1 Driver change period in the weeks ahead.

Please remember that the first change will take place during the weeks between the Spanish and Monaco GP. You can send along a note of your "final" changes earlier, but the changes will not be put in place until the changing timeline is upon us!

As a refresher to existing players and more importantly, to help the newcomers to the F1 Dream Team in 2019, I have set up this link to help people understand which areas of the website they should be reviewing after a GP race weekend. I hope you find it useful in understanding your gains and loses with your own personal dream team selections to date.

• WEBSITE GUIDE: CLICK HERE!

Onto Spain we Go!

Hi Folks! .... I hope everyone enjoyed the Chinese GP yesterday (don't worry, no SPOILERS here, that's for sure!!).

The Leaderboard Stats are now available by visiting the Stats Centre and clicking on the Leaderboard Stats Monitor on the top right of the page. The Stats "should" open up in a new window, which you can close afterwards, returning to the main F1 Dream Team website.

A fair bit of movement on the Leaderboard this time around, but don't panic this early in the season, as it can all change in a heartbeat. I hope you were an "UP" or "Level" ... rather than a "DOWN" this time around?

See you in a couple of weeks time!

Okay, firstly, let's get the 'Bad News' out of the way! Having recently switched to DHL's web data for Fastest Lap information, it appears there was an error on their system after the Australian GP. Hence, I now have to switch points from Max Verstappen to Pierre Gasly. Of course, this naturally causes a bit of a delay in getting things up and running from this past weekend's GP results.

The Good News being, we all enjoyed an action packed race in Bahrain .. and as far as attending to the above error in relation to the F1 Dream Team updates, rest assured, I am ON IT!!!

Enjoy the Chinese GP, when we get there!

We now have a total of twenty six players signed up for the F1 Dream Team, ready to do battle in 2019. It's now only a matter of days until we see the Green Light in Melbourne, so let's hope it's an action packed season opener in Australia!!!!

Well, nothing more to report at this point, so ENJOY next weekend's track action when you get there. As with previous F1 Dream Team seasons, I should have all the website data (Race Points, Player Sheets, Stats and Leaderboard) in place between 24-48hrs after each race. Of course, race updates will be posted on both RFM and GPW forums as and when they happen.

F1 Weekends are 'almost' Here!!