Cédric Beaume

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Formula 1 Strategy Competition

Welcome to the webpage related to the competition on Formula 1 strategies. During this competition, the participants build a racing team by developing their car and investing in their marketing department to attract the best drivers. Once the teams are ready, participants have to decide on their race strategy for each of the 10 races of the championship. They will have to decide how many pit-stops to make, when to make them and what tyres to put on. The championship races will be livestreamed and one team will be crowned champion! All the information relevant to the competition are available on this document. There exists a related MATH3001 project at the University of Leeds (see: "Faster than Hamilton!"). I welcome comments, improvement ideas, suggestions and questions by email.

Let's get ready for Season 6!

Livestream link

Important dates

Registration deadline: 6 November 2023

Marketing deadline: 11 January 2024

Driver signing: 15 January 2024 at 8pm

Strategy deadline: one week before the race

Round 1 (Spain): 27 February 2024 at 8pm

Round 2 (Belgium): 5 March 2024 at 8pm

Round 3 (United States of America): 12 March 2024 at 8pm

Round 4 (Japan): 18 March 2024 at 8pm

Round 5 (Canada): 22 March 2024 at 8pm

Round 6 (Hungary): 29 March 2024 at 8pm

Round 7 (Monaco): 2 April 2024 at 8pm

Round 8 (Italy): 5 April 2024 at 8pm

Round 9 (France): 9 April 2024 at 8pm

Round 10 (Australia): 12 April 2024 at 8pm

Documents

F1 Strategy Competition rules: provides all the necessary information to particip ate in the competition.

How BURP invests: explains how BURP decides on its budget allocation.

Championship lineup

AJ Racing (Leeds)	Josh Palmer (AUS, 0.5)	Mitesh Agrawal (IND, 0.0)
BURP (Leeds)	Jiang Lin (CHI, 1.2)	Alfonso Llave (SPA, 0.9)
Goatifi Ltd. (Leeds)	Simao Faria (POR, 3.2)	Carlos Arizaga (ARG, 3.0)
HamiltonianCRCT (UMass)	Akiko Tomiko (JAP, 1.9)	Fabian Metzger (SWI, 1.7)
McGrath Motors (Leeds)	Alfredo Alcarria (SPA, 4.5)	David Wilkinson (GBR, 3.9)
Mistral Junior (Leeds)	Allan Johnson (GBR, 4.2)	Germain Grisel (FRA, 2.2)
Pulp Friction (Leeds)	Joris Gootjes (NED, 4.7)	Michel Fabron (FRA, 3.4)
Shiva (Dublin)	Ricardo Raul (BRA, 5.0)	Fabrizio Panduri (ITA, 4.4)
Vader GP (Leeds)	Luigi Disanti (ITA, 2.8)	Philipp Krafft (GER, 2.7)
Wase's Pacers (Leeds)	Aaron Kilpatrick (IRL, 1.5)	Felix Wollen (GER, 1.4)

Circuits

1. Spain (66 laps, tb = 80s) Balanced circuit    Overtake delta: 0.8s pf = 0.09(lmax - l)    tp = 20 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = exp(0.06 l) - 1 Medium: pt = 0.04 l + 0.25 Hard: pt = 0.02 * l0.5 + 0.6		2. Belgium (44 laps, tb = 105s) Favours chassis and engine    Overtake delta: 0.8s pf = 0.13(lmax - l)    tp = 19 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = exp(0.1 l) - 1 Medium: pt = 0.006 l2 + 0.55 Hard: pt = 0.04 * l + 0.7
3. United States of America (88 laps, tb = 63s) Favours engine    Overtake delta: 0.8s pf = 0.13(lmax - l)    tp = 21 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = 0.01 l2 + 0.005 l Medium: pt = 0.006 l2 + 0.003 l + 0.2 Hard: pt = 0.002 l2 + 0.001 l + 0.4		4. Japan (53 laps, tb = 90s) Favours driver and chassis    Overtake delta: 0.8s pf = 0.10(lmax - l)    tp = 19 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = exp(0.09 l) - 1 Medium: pt = 0.004 l2 + 0.65 Hard: pt = 1
5. Canada (70 laps, tb = 74s) Balanced circuit    Overtake delta: 0.9s pf = 0.08(lmax - l)    tp = 14 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = 0.006 l2 Medium: pt = 0.13 l0.5 + 0.1 Hard: pt = 0.45		6. Hungary (70 laps, tb = 80s) Favours chassis    Overtake delta: 1.0s pf = 0.08(lmax - l)    tp = 18 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = exp(0.07 l) - 1 Medium: pt = 0.05 l + 0.35 Hard: pt = 0.8
7. Monaco (78 laps, tb = 74s) Favours driver    Overtake delta: 1.0s pf = 0.06(lmax - l)    tp = 17 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = 0.08 l Medium: pt = 0.12 l0.5 + 0.4 Hard: pt = 0.8		8. Italy (53 laps, tb = 85s) Favours engine    Overtake delta: 0.7s pf = 0.11(lmax - l)    tp = 21 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = exp(0.07 l) - 1 Medium: pt = 0.14 l0.5 + 0.35 Hard: pt = 0.7
9. France (70 laps, tb = 76s) Balanced circuit    Overtake delta: 0.7s pf = 0.11(lmax - l)    tp = 15 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = 0.02 l2 Medium: pt = 0.012 l2 + 0.2 Hard: pt = 0.002 l2 + 0.006 l + 0.6		10. Australia (58 laps, tb = 84s) Balanced circuit    Overtake delta: 0.8s pf = 0.08(lmax - l)    tp = 16 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = 0.004 l2 Medium: pt = 0.02 l + 0.2 Hard: pt = 0.4

Past circuits

United Kingdom (52 laps, tb = 90s) Favours driver and engine    Overtake delta: 0.8s pf = 0.11(lmax - l)    tp = 17 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = exp(0.08 l) - 1 Medium: pt = 0.005 l + 0.4 Hard: pt = 0.03 l0.5 + 0.7

Brazil (71 laps, tb = 72s) Balanced circuit    Overtake delta: 0.7s pf = 0.08(lmax - l)    tp = 19 + 0.5 l+max Soft: pt = 0.007 l2 Medium: pt = 0.03 l + 0.3 Hard: pt = 0.02 l0.5 + 0.5

Past results

Season 6: Full report

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A season marked by a large number of penalties sees BURP opportunistically win ahead of Shiva, dominant on the racetrack, and HamiltonianCRCT, brilliant strategically.

Season 5: Full report

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Flawless display from Manse Racing who claims both titles, capitalizing on the reliability issues of BURP during the second half of the season.

Season 4: Full report

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BURP cleanly wins the title ahead of VW Polo Loco's and Brawn Cocktail, while Shakamotosport wins a tight battle for fourth. Wilkinson claims the driver title on the ultimate lap.

Season 3: Full report

Zaporozhets crushes the competition to win both titles while a tight competition took place behind and saw Trent Racing and Alfie Romeo complete the podium.

Season 2: Full report

Reliability and opportunism gave forkBOMB its first title in a suspenseful season, defeating long standing leader Baby Formula 1 and Excelsior's dominant lead driver.

Season 1: Full report

Close battle between Fisher Racing who missed out on the title due to unfortunate events, BURP, winner on track but demoted due to being the organizing team, and HV22 whose leading driver was untouchable and secured both titles.

Season 0: Standings

Thanks to the beta-testers: LB, Joseph Elmes, Richard Mann and Ati Sharma!

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