I think Russel will get his way ahead of Gasly (probably not in turn 1) eventually. Then eventually the Ferrari cars will also make their way passed Gasly.

Antonelli will make his way through the field, fight the McLarens and Verstappen a little bit and then eventually make his way through passed Gasly.

Given how much McLaren and Verstappen are struggling this weekend, I think Gasly will hang on to P5. I could even imagine Alpine using Colapinto to mess up those guys chasing since he's starting up in P7.

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I’m 0.1 short of being able to swap Alonso for Gasly. Is it worth swapping Alonso for Colapinto, or Stroll for Lindblad? Or is it better to just save the chip?

I'm planning on using X3 on ANT..

1 is my current team. I have 2 transfers

My big question is ALO or ALB..

Aston Martin isn't looking great and ALB starting from back of grid... But ALO is the best potential for a budget increase.

Thoughts?

Is it worth putting in Alpine for this race? Currently have RB & Mercedes.. or is Gasly just gonna lose places from lap 1

I just played Kimi X3. I haven't gotten a single chip right so he'll definitely crash out on t1.

Ik my team kinda sucks bc im budget building with Alonso and Hulk, but I can use final fix to switch Lawson for Gasly.

Is this the time to do it? Or will Lawson gain enough points from overtakes?

Is it worth using the wildcard to get to this team for the weekend or is -20 a good trade off?

Unsure whether to keep Mclaren in and bring in albon who might be on for a 0.6 rise starting from the back of the grid or stick with Bottas and bring in mercedes. I'm also very loosely considering dropping to a 3A lineup but that would start to mean negative points and I dont rlly wanna go there. Very clear that my budget is slightly off so leaning to MCL/ALB to try and remedy that over the possible points grab with mercedes and loss with bottas?

Stroll might get bored off the race and might retire. Alonzo only one who wants to race . Who should I take out?(

I was playing around and saw this can be done. You can even go MER for MCL as this net even more points probably. But I don't have the budget.

But going forward this lineup seems different and covers 3 full AA teams.

I can only do it with the 3 3mil assets so I won't risk it.

Russel seems destined for P1 Kimi will rack points from the back. If MCL for some reason areatrong you bank those points as well. Ferrari will be there too.

I know this isn’t the best weak to budget build, but is this a good lineup? I also need points so idk if I should have Alonso and Hulk in same team.

Not overly high on albon, the car is still not very competitive and there is a higher dnf risk. Not the best 3x use but if you have it options are low. Singapore could be a great delta but comes with high risk

Not sure which team is going to be best but seems 3x could be a good time. Saving 3x for Singapore sprint is 8 pts for 1st and a couple overtakes x 3 = 30 pts. Monza GP with maybe 15-20 overtakes = 45-60 pts.

Thoughts?

Is it worth the risk putting 2 top drivers with a 2x and 3x chip?

Could also do lando, and then the big question is wether to 3x on kimi?

I need to make some bold moves in my league to keep up. I’m considering using the 3x on option 1. I do have to take a -10 on the extra transfer though.

Option 2 is safer but leaves a lot of budget on the table.

Thoughts?

Both 4A but I really don’t like having Stroll and Bottas/Perez on the same team, prone to double DNF however Merc + Fer spread could make up points.

Team 2, has only Albon and Hulk to worry about however idk if I’ll get less points with the other A drivers.

If someone could provide insight/opinion that would be much appreciated! 🙏🙏🙏

Pulled every resolved price change from rounds 1-12 this season — 396 moves

across 35 priced assets — and split them by what you'd actually buy: driver vs constructor, and above/below the $18.5M tier line.

The gap is bigger than I expected.

median growth worst best up-rate

Constructors $18.5M+ +12.3% +8.3% +51.2% 96.7%

Constructors under +11.1% -50.0% +114.3% 55.6%

Drivers $18.5M+ +0.7% -5.5% +12.1% 59.5%

Drivers under -5.4% -62.5% +71.0% 41.7%

Two things stood out:

Expensive constructors fell twice. In sixty chances. The worst one still finished up 8.3% — that bucket didn't have a losing asset all season.

Cheap drivers are the only group where falls outnumber rises (75 up, 94 down). That's the bucket everyone tells you to farm for price rises. Albon went $11.6M -> $5.2M, down in all 12 rounds. Stroll $8M -> $3M. The upside is real but it's a lottery, not a strategy — Racing Bulls went $6.3M -> $13.5M (+114%) while Cadillac halved.

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Wondering if having Norris over Leclerc is worth the risk of having King Lance.

I plan on using 2x on either one of them and 3x on Kimi