Joker events
This season will see a 4th set of Joker rounds, in these the rules are relaxed to allow a bit of strategy. The use of a Joker is completely optional. A maximum of 4 Jokers can be played across the season, at a rate of one per Joker period as outlined
This seasons Joker periods cover the following events:
Joker 1: Bahrain, China, Azerbaijan & Spain
Joker 2: Canada, France, Austria & Britain
Joker 3: Hungary, Belgium, Italy & Singapore
Joker 4: Japan, Mexico, USA & Brazil
Should an event be cancelled or removed from the calendar, any joker submitted for that round will be voided with the team being allowed to play it again if they wish within that period. However, if it’s the final round of the period that is cancelled or removed from the calendar, the use of that Joker is lost as the period will be closed.
Joker Teams:
A Joker team is one in which you can swap out either or both of your constructor or Power Unit providers, but you may not make a driver change for that event.
On these events you are allowed to break the real world rules however your team must still comply with the budget rules.
When playing your Joker your team may be a duplicate of an existing Season long team or another entrant’s joker team
At the end of a Joker event your team will revert back to its season long combination.
To play a Joker; You must post your Joker team as per the table below, in the designated thread within the F1 Predictions and contests area^ before the start of an event - That means before the start of FP1* in the same way as been done historically with driver changes.
I will endeavour to post confirmation and acceptance of Jokers being played, however if I am unable to do so, I will use to timestamp of the post to validate the change.
^This is to avoid confusion with duplicate team combinations or driver substitutions.
