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11/08/08 News: BMW snatch 3rd overall in Constructors in the
final GP taking it away from Williams. Drivers
- Race Vesajoona
Salonen wins the Brazilian GP!!! Visajaani
Salonen takes 2nd! Al
Ferreira takes 3rd! Constructors - Race BMW take
1st Renault
take 2nd Williams
take 3rd Final Standings Constructors 1. Red
Bull (4th overall in 2.
Ferrari (1st overall in 3. BMW (8th
overall in 4.
Williams (3rd overall in 5. Force 6. Toro
Rosso (7th overall in 7.
Renault (5th overall in 8.
McLaren (2nd overall in 9. Honda
(10th overall in 10. Super
Aguri (11th overall in 11. Drivers 20 – Dave
Lisozzi Terrible
season only competing in 1 GP then getting DSQ’d in 9 of 10. 19 –
Fabio DoCouto A
terrible result after finishing an impressive 8th overall in 2007.
He finished strong with Renault in 18 – Sam
Poquiz Too many
DSQ had Sam disqualified from the season with only 1 GP left. A terrible
performance after winning 2007 Rookie of the Year. 17 –
Juuso Ahvenus Does not
have his fathers driving touch that’s for sure. He is only a rookie so maybe
next season? 16 – Frank
Halpin Frank is
the all time leader of DSQ’s. He almost got DSQ’d for the season luckily he
put a car on the track in 15 –
Visajaani Salonen Disappointing
season overall. Just could not get the results. 14 –
Harry Lam Harry
can’t be happy with this finish. Look for him to rebound next season. 13 –
Jimmy Le See 14.
Same situation just many more DSQ’s. He was 2006 Rookie of the Year. 12 – Allan
Wong Fantastic
rookie performance. I expect big things come next season. 11 –
Vincent See 12. A
solid Sebastian Vettel type performance. 10 –
Jussi Ahvenus 2005
Champion and 2007 defending F1 Champion did not have it this season. I
believe he spent too much time teaching his son how to handle the McLaren ;)
Look for him to battle hard in 2009. 9 –
Vesajoona Salonen Vesajoona
finished strong with a win in 8 – Paul
Lucas 2006 F1
Champion had a good season but everyone expected more. I think switching from
his British citizenship to US may have brought him bad luck as Brits are much
better at F1 than Americans. Also he excelled with the Ferrari and McLaren in
past seasons so perhaps BMW needs a new engine as well. 7 – Jimmy
Andreou Quite
possibly Jimmy’s best season since he finished 2nd overall in
2004. Performed very well in the Ferrari. 1 of 5 of the most reliable drivers
this season with no DSQ’s at all. 6 – Al
Ferreira 2005
Rookie of the Year. Al sits 4th overall all time in the F1 Hall of
Fame. He is always a threat but has yet to bring home the ultimate prize. 5 – Mark
Yeates Like Al
he is a very strong competitor. Would love to see these two on the same team.
2006 Mark finished 7th, 2007 Mark finished 6th, 2008 Mark
finished 5th. Give him 4 more years ;) 4 –
Silvio Taglieri 2004 F1
Champion and 2004 Rookie of the Year has always managed to finish in the top
5. He had the most Grand Prix Points but not enough Championship Points. He
is very upset he didn’t crack the top 3 and even more disappointed Ferrari
did not finish 1st in Constructors. :( 3 – Paul Saunders Rookie of
the Year! Season very reminiscent to Lewis Hamilton’s of 2007. He finished
with 54 points which makes him the most successful rookie beating the
previous mark of 46 championship points by a rookie in 2004. 2 – James Li James Li
had an incredible season. His best ever. Will he be able to top himself next
season? He set the bar very high. It will be tough. Fantastic season!!! 1 – Antero Matikka Congratulations
to our new F1 Champion. Incredible consistency and drive to the championship.
The second straight year a Finn wins the Championship. Antero is the man to
beat in 2009 and it will be a pleasure to beat him ;) Antero, please submit
your victory speech by January 1st, 2009. Hall of
Fame: http://www.sft79.com/fsl/racing/halloffame/formula1.html All Time
Driver Records: http://www.sft79.com/fsl/racing/halloffame/formula1DC.html Assuming
the top 10 drivers from this season return for 2009 these are the projected
teams according to the rules: Antero
Matikka Vincent
Kan This should
be a great team. James Li Jussi
Ahvenus Another great
team. Paul
Saunders Paul
Lucas Fantastic
team. Will be dangerous. Silvio
Taglieri Jimmy Andreou Together
again. Mark
Yeates Al
Ferreira Wow!
Should be another dangerous connection. Hope to
see you all next season! It was an incredible race not only in real life F1
but also in our small little fantasy league. Have a safe holiday season and
happy new year. See you all soon! Expect an email a few weeks before the 2009
season to get things rolling again. Take care everyone! Please stay safe. |
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11/01/08 News Red Bull
wins in Sam Poquiz
is DSQ for the rest of the season for being DSQ in more than half of this
years GP’s. Fabio
DoCouto joins Visajaani Salonen on team Renault and team 1 race
left! It’s going to be an incredible finish! A possibility of 4 drivers
becoming champion! Drivers
- Race Mark
Yeates wins his second GP of the season!!! Juuso
Ahvenus takes 2nd! Jussi
Ahvenus takes 3rd ! Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Antero Matikka 2. James Li 3. Paul Saunders Constructors - Race McLaren
take 1st Red Bull
take 2nd Ferrari
take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Force Mark
Yeates please have your victory speech submitted before November 15th
or suffer a penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for their enormous contribution in
updating. When
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10/13/08 News Petition
to save the Canadian GP http://www.manipef1.com/petition/ Italy GP
photos are up. Thanks Paul Saunders. (Some beauties) http://www.sft79.com/fsl/racing/images/f1italy.html Drivers
- Race Paul
Lucas wins his first GP of the season!!! He becomes our first American GP
winner, just in time for the election ;). He was the 2007 runner up and 2006
Champion representing Allan
Wong takes 2nd! Jussi
Ahvenus takes 3rd ! Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Antero Matikka 2. James Li 3. Paul Saunders 2 races
left! Its going to be an incredible finish between these 3! Constructors - Race BMW take
1st Toro
Rosso take 2nd Ferrari
take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Williams Paul
Lucas please have your victory speech submitted before China GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for their enormous contribution in
updating. When
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10/08/08 Drivers
- Race Antero
Matikka takes 1st place for the second GP in a row and now is our new overall
#1 leader!!! James Li
takes 2nd! Vincent
Kan takes 3rd ! Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Antero Matikka 2. James Li 3. Paul Saunders 6 drivers
have 40+ points! Constructors - Race Red Bull
take 1st Ferrari
take 2nd Williams
take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Williams Antero
Matikka please have your victory speech submitted before Japan GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for their enormous contribution in
updating. When
submitting your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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09/28/08 News: Toro
Rosso Allan Wong and Vincent Kan end their podium streak but set a new Hall
of Fame record. 5 straight team podium finishes. Frank
Halpin has been DSQ again and leads the Hall of Fame with 32 DSQ’s! Red Bull finish 1, 2 in Drivers
- Race Antero
Matikka takes 1st place! Mark
Yeates takes 2nd! Silvio
Taglieri takes 3rd ! Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Antero Matikka 5 drivers
have 40+ points! Constructors - Race Red Bull
take 1st Ferrari
take 2nd BMW take
3rd for the third straight GP. Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Williams Red Bull
takes over top spot! Antero
Matikka please have your victory speech submitted before Japan GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for their enormous contribution in
updating. When
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09/13/08 Hall of Fame Records: The FSL
F1 Fantasy League started in 2004 and every race in Jimmy
Andreou has won the 9th GP of his career which leads the Hall of
Fame! Frank Halpin
has been DSQ again and leads the Hall of Fame with 31 DSQ’s! Ferrari
has won the race and has captured their 14th GP win which leads
the Hall of Fame! McLaren
who sits second with 12 all time GP wins receives their first ever DSQ as a
team in Team Red
Bull has two of the most reliable drivers out there however Mark Yeates was
DSQ last GP for his first DSQ ever and in Belgium Antero suffers his first
ever DSQ. Strange events for team Red Bull which knock them back to 2nd
overall in the 2008 Constructors championship. Drivers
- Race Jimmy
Andreou takes 1st place! Allan
Wong takes 2nd! Harry Lam
takes 3rd ! Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Al Ferreira Paul
Saunders takes over top spot but its awfully tight at the top! Constructors - Race Ferrari
take 1st Force Toro
Rosso take 3rd for the second straight GP. Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Ferrari 2. Red Bull 3. Williams Ferrari
takes over top spot! Jimmy
Andreou please have your victory speech submitted before Singapore GP or
suffer a penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for their enormous contribution in
updating. When
submitting your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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09/09/08 Drivers
- Race Jimmy Le
takes 1st place! James Li
takes 2nd and takes over #1 overall!!! Al
Ferreira takes 3rd and finishes on the podium for the second
straight GP. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. James Li 2. Paul Saunders 3. Antero Matikka Constructors - Race Williams
take 1st for the second straight GP. Honda
take 2nd Toro
Rosso take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Williams Jimmy Le please
have your victory speech submitted before Italy GP or suffer a penalty of DSQ
in the next GP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When
submitting your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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08/17/08 Drivers
- Race Al
Ferreira takes 1st place! Rookie
Vincent Kan takes 2nd for the second straight GP! Rookie
Paul Saunders takes 3rd and finishes on the podium for the second straight
GP. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Antero Matikka Constructors - Race Williams
take 1st Toro
Rosso take 2nd Force Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Force Al
Ferreira please have your victory speech submitted before Europe GP or suffer
a penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Special thanks
to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When
submitting your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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07/26/08 Our
current 2008 F1 rookie leader Paul Saunders came up with a great idea of
adding photos to the site taken from us, the participants. It makes
sense since I realize over the years that some of you are lucky enough to
attend every F1 race and others lucky enough to at least attend 1 to 5 a
year. So if you have photos from the past 5 years (when our F1 fantasy league
started) then send them over and I’ll post them. On the
main page, if you see a camera next to a GP that means photos are available
to view from one of us that were actually there. P.S.
Don’t be camera shy with the pit girls either. ;) If you’re at the event with
the wife or girlfriend find a way to distract them…hahaha Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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07/24/08 Before We are now
half way through the F1 season. According to the rules team captains have the
choice of trading their team mate for another non-captain. First
Pick: Antero Matikka (Red Bull) (Remains with Mark Yeates) Second
Pick: Silvio Taglieri (Ferrari) (Remains with Jimmy Andreou) Third
Pick: Al Ferreira (Williams) (Trades for James Li) which leaves Visajaani
Salonen and Sam Poquiz on Renault. Fourth
Pick: Fifth
Pick: Paul Lucas (BMW) (Remains with Vesajoona Salonen) Drivers
- Race No
captains took rookie sensation Paul Saunders on their team and what does he
do to prove everyone’s decision wrong? He wins in Another
rookie Vincent Kan takes second! Antero
Matikka takes 3rd and finishes on the podium for the third straight GP. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Antero Matikka Constructors - Race Force Toro
Rosso take 2nd Red Bull
take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Ferrari 3. Renault Paul Saunders
please have your victory speech submitted before Hungary GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. After Dave
Lisozzi has been disqualified for the rest of the season for being DSQ’d in 9
of 10 races. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When
submitting your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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07/08/08 Drivers
- Race James Li captures
his 5th career win and 2nd win of the season and takes a commanding leading
half way through the 2008 F1 Season. Antero
Matikka takes 2nd and finishes on the podium for the second straight GP. Rookie
Allan Wong takes 3rd. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. James Li 2. Paul Saunders 3. Antero Matikka Constructors - Race Renault
takes 1st. Red Bull
take 2nd Toro
Rosso take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Red Bull 2. Renault 3. Ferrari James Li
please have your victory speech submitted before Britain GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. We are
now half way through the F1 season. According to the rules team captains have
the choice of trading their team mate for another non-captain. Will the
following Captains please email me your choice? Will you take a new team mate
or keep your existing one? First
Pick: Antero Matikka (Red Bull) (Remains with Mark Yeates) Second
Pick: Silvio Taglieri (Ferrari) (Remains with Jimmy Andreou) Third
Pick: Al Ferreira (Williams) (Trades for James Li) Fourth
Pick: Fifth
Pick: Paul Lucas (BMW) (Remains with Vesajoona Salonen) Please
let me know ASAP. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When submitting
your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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07/04/08 Drivers
- Race Vesajoona
Salonen captures his 2nd career win and 2nd win of the season. Jimmy
Andreou takes 2nd. Antero
Matikka takes 3rd. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. James Li 2. Paul Saunders 3. Vesajoona Salonen Constructors - Race Ferrari
takes 1st and leads all time in the hall of fame with 13 GP wins. BMW take
2nd Red Bull
take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Ferrari 2. BMW 3. Red Bull Vesajoona
Salonen please have your victory speech submitted before Britain GP or suffer
a penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Please
welcome rookie Vincent Kan who will be racing for Toro Rosso along with
rookie Allan Wong. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When
submitting your picks for the next GP please CC Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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07/01/08 Drivers
- Race For the 2nd
time in 4 years everyone retires in the GP of Canada. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Mark Yeates Constructors - Race All
retired Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Renault 2. Red Bull 3. BMW France GP
update coming soon. Special thanks
to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When
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05/30/08 Drivers
- Race Mark
Yeates captures his 6th career win and 1st win of the season. James Li
takes 2nd for the second straight GP making this his best season
start ever. Rookie Paul
Saunders continues to amaze with his 2nd straight 3rd
place finish. He is #1 overall with 4 podium finishes in his first 6 GP’s.
Eat your heart out Lewis Hamilton! Frank
Halpin sets an all time embarrassing record of 28 career Disqualifications. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Mark Yeates Constructors - Race Red Bull
takes 1st McLaren
takes 2nd Renault
take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Renault 2. Red Bull 3. BMW Mark
Yeates please have your victory speech submitted before Monaco GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Toro
Rosso has two driver spots available. If anyone knows of any participants who
would like to join please let me know. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. When
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05/18/08 News Super
Aguri has left the F1. Frank Halpin and Jimmy Le have now moved to Honda. Drivers
- Race Jimmy
Andreou captures his 8th career win tying him with Silvio Taglieri
with all time GP wins in the Hall of Fame. James Li
takes 2nd making this his best season start ever. Rookie
Paul Saunders finishes 3rd and takes #1 overall! Looks like we
have a Lewis Hamilton on our hands. Like last
season the overall standings are jammed at the top. Only 11 points separate
the top 12. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Saunders 2. James Li 3. Silvio Taglieri Constructors - Race Ferrari
takes first tying them with 12 wins with McLaren for all time GP wins in the
Hall of Fame. Renault
takes 2nd Force Constructors - Overall Top three
1. BMW 2. Renault 3. Ferrari Jimmy
Andreou please have your victory speech submitted before Monaco GP or suffer
a penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Toro
Rosso has two driver spots available. If anyone knows of any participants who
would like to join please let me know. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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05/03/08 Drivers
- Race Sam
Poquiz captures 2nd career win and takes the Spanish GP! Paul
Saunders takes 2nd maintaining his rookie of the year lead! Vesajoona
Salonen finishes 3rd and takes #1 overall! Like last
season the overall standings are jammed at the top. Only 6 points separate
the top 9. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Vesajoona Salonen 2. Paul Lucas 3. Paul Saunders Constructors - Race In the
constructors Renault take 1st Force BMW take
3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. BMW 2. Red Bull 3. Williams Sam
Poquiz please have your victory speech submitted before Turkey GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Honda and
Toro Rosso have two driver spots available for a total of 4. If anyone knows
of any participants who would like to join please let me know. Special
thanks to Antero Matikka and Harry Lam for assistance in updating. Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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04/08/08 Drivers
- Race Silvio
Taglieri captures his Hall of Fame leading 8 Win of his career, 1 ahead of Frank
Halpin pushes his luck and finishes 2nd Mark
Yeates takes 3rd beating out 4th by seconds. Like last
season the overall standings are jammed at the top. Only 5 points separate
the top 8. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Silvio Taglieri 2. Paul Lucas 3. Antero Matikka Constructors - Race In the
constructors Red Bull take 1st Ferrari
take 2nd Super
Aguri take 3rd Constructors - Overall Top three
1. BMW 2. Red Bull 3. Super Aguri Silvio Taglieri
please have your victory speech submitted before Malaysia GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Honda and
Toro Rosso have two driver spots available for a total of 4. If anyone knows
of any participants who would like to join please let me know. Special
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03/29/08 Drivers
- Race The
Salonen brothers finish at the top after a dismal GP in Jimmy Le
takes 2nd. Rookie
Paul Saunders takes 3rd. Drivers - Overall Top three
1. Paul Lucas 2. Vesajoona Salonen 3. James Li Constructors - Race In the
constructors BMW takes first becoming the 4 team to win in Super
Aguri takes second. Force Constructors - Overall Top three
1. BMW 2. Williams 3. Super Aguri Vesajoona
Salonen please have your victory speech submitted before Malaysia GP or
suffer a penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Honda and
Toro Rosso have two driver spots available for a total of 4. If anyone knows
of any participants who would like to join please let me know. Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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03/20/08 Drivers
- Race Current
constructors champion Renault has won in Al
Ferreira takes 2nd. Paul
Lucas takes 3rd. Rookie
Juuso Ahvenus takes 7th and pushes is father to 9th
place losing out on Championship Points as returning Champion. The
Salonen brothers finish at the bottom of the pack along with a poor result by
Drivers - Overall Top three
1. James Li 2. Al Ferreira 3. Paul Lucas Constructors - Race In the
constructors Williams takes first. Red Bull
takes second. BMW takes
third. Constructors - Overall Top three
1. Renault 2. Red Bull 3. Williams James Li
please have your victory speech submitted before Malaysia GP or suffer a
penalty of DSQ in the next GP. Honda and
Toro Rosso have two driver spots available for a total of 4. If anyone knows of
any participants who would like to join please let me know. Formula 1 brought to you by FSL |
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03/13/08 Please welcome
Juuso Ahvenus, son of 2 time World Champion Juuso
will join Paul Saunders on team Force This will
be our first Father+Son combo in our 5 year history. Can son topple father?
lol Speaking
of…here's an article of all the Father+Son combos in F1 history: http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=6&id=3248410 Looks
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03/01/08 Welcome to
the 2008 Formula 1 Season. Our
current Champion is The teams
are set and we’re ready to roll. Teams are put together according to the rules. We have some interesting match-ups this year
including Paul Lucas moving to BMW and Please
welcome 1 new rookie, Paul Saunders who will be racing for new F1 team Force Paul
Lucas has dropped his Union Jack and will be racing under his new I speak
for all of us when I say welcome back Jimmy Le!!! After his horrendous
motorbike accident last year that kept him hospitalized for months he is back
with us and ready to go. Thank you Harry Lam for all the updates on Jimmy’s
health. Here’s hoping we all have a safe and healthy 2008! First
race is on March 16th. Please
email me your picks at least 1 hour before race time in the following format: Firstname
Lastname You will
be sent an email reminder a few days before each race. This coming weekend I
will be out of town so you may not see your picks online until Sunday night.
However you must still have your picks sent at least 1 hour before race time
as I will see the time stamp of your email. Only my picks will be online
before the race start. Brought
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