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26 / 02 / 2023
Fantasy F1: We've had 13 seasons of Forwardcharm Fantasy F1 ... and I think, finally, it's time to call it a day. I just don't have the energy for this
kind of malarkey anymore. Thank you all for playing, it's been great fun. Enjoy your year!
20 / 11 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the twenty-second and final race in Abu Dhabi are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. That's it for this year, see you back here next year to find out if I could be arsed doing it all again.
13 / 11 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the twenty-first and penultimate race in Brazil are in!
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see where your team finished. The FINAL race is in Abu Dhabi NEXT WEEKEND.
30 / 10 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the twentienth race in Mexico are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Brazil in two weeks.
23 / 10 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the nineteenth race at Austin are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Mexico NEXT WEEKEND.
09 / 10 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighteenth race at Suzuka are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Austin in 2 weeks.
02 / 10 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the seventeenth race at Singapore are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Suzuka, NEXT WEEKEND.
I've slightly changed the weightings of Alfa/Alpine/Haas to reflect their current performance.
11 / 09 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixteenth race at Monza are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Singapore in 3 weeks.
04 / 09 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifteenth race at Zandvoort are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Monza, NEXT WEEKEND.
28 / 08 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourteenth race at Spa are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Zandvoort, NEXT WEEKEND.
31 / 07 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the thirteenth race in Hungary are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Spa in about a month, at the end of August.
24 / 07 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the twelfth race in France are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Hungary NEXT WEEKEND.
10 / 07 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the eleventh race in Austria are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is France in 2 weeks.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
03 / 07 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the tenth race at Silverstone are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Austria NEXT WEEKEND.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
20 / 06 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the ninth race in Canada are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Silverstone in 2 weeks.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
12 / 06 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighth race in Azerbaijan are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Canada NEXT WEEKEND.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
I've slightly increased the weightings of the Mercedes pair as their woes seem to be continuing.
29 / 05 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the seventh race in Monaco are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Azerbaijan in 2 weeks.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
22 / 05 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixth race in Barcelona are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Monaco NEXT WEEKEND.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
10 / 05 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifth race in Miami are (finally) in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Barcelona in 2 weeks.
24 / 04 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourth race at Imola are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Miami in 2 weeks.
I've slightly reduced the weightings of Norris / McLaren because they're doing particularly well at the moment.
10 / 04 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the third race in Melbourne are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Imola in 2 weeks.
27 / 03 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the second race in Saudi Arabia are in!
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see where your team finished. Next race is Melbourne in 2 weeks.
I decided not to change the weightings again for now. Let's see how the next couple of races go.
20 / 03 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The results from the first race in Bahrain are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Saudi Arabia NEXT WEEKEND.
I have made some quick changes to the weightings - Haas seem much stronger than I expected and McLaren/Aston much weaker. I might tweak them again after Saudi.
13 / 03 / 2022
Fantasy F1: The 2022 season is now open for entries! You can change your team as often as you like so you might as well pick a team now while you're thinking about it. You can always read the rules later!
You have until midnight GMT on the night of Friday 18th March to qualify for the first race in Bahrain.
12 / 12 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the final race in Abu Dhabi are in, and we have our 2021 winner!
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see where your team finished.
05 / 12 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the penultimate race in Saudi Arabia are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. The next and final race is Abu Dhabi NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 10th December.
21 / 11 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the twentieth race in Qatar are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Saudi Arabia in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 3rd December.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
14 / 11 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the nineteenth race in Brazil are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Qatar NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 19th November.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
07 / 11 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighteenth race in Mexico are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Brazil NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 12th November.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
24 / 10 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the seventeenth race in Austin are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Mexico in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 5th November.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
26 / 09 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixteenth race in Russia are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Austin in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 22nd October.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
26 / 09 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifteenth race in Russia are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Turkey in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 8th October.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
12 / 09 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourteenth race at Monza are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Russia in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 24th September.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
05 / 09 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the thirteenth race at Zandvoort are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Monza NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 10th September.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
29 / 08 / 2021
Fantasy F1: That was a weird one. The results from the twelfth "race" at Spa are in, and somebody got a MASSIVE score...
possibly the highest we've ever seen in one week.
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Zandvoort NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 3rd September.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
01 / 08 / 2021
Fantasy F1: Well that was exciting, wasn't it? The results from the eleventh race at Hungary are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. We are in the summer break now, the next race is Spa in four weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 27th August.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
18 / 07 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the tenth race at Silverstone are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Hungary in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 30th July.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
15 / 07 / 2021
Fantasy F1: Bit of a problem with these new sprint races. Qualifying is now on the Friday. I don't really want to mess with the rules
mid-season so we'll carry on having teams locked on Friday night, which means you can already see the qualifying results. But the scores are based on the GRID, not the
qualifying, so effectively it's the result of Saturday's sprint race. We'll run with that for now and see how it goes.
So cutoff for edits for Silverstone is still midnight GMT on the night of Friday 16th July.
04 / 07 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the ninth race at the Red Bull Ring are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Silverstone in two weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 16th July.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
27 / 06 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the eighth race at the Red Bull Ring are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is the second of the Austria double-header NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 2nd July.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
20 / 06 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the seventh race at Paul Ricard are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is the first of an Austria double-header NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 25th June.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
06 / 06 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the sixth race at Azerbaijan are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Paul Ricard in 2 weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 18th June.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
23 / 05 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the fifth race at Monaco are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished.
**NOTE** Leclerc still gets points for his grid position even though he didn't start the race, because the rules say we go with the grid
on f1.com.
Next race is Azerbaijan in 2 weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 4th June.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
09 / 05 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the fourth race at Barcelona are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Monaco in 2 weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 21st May.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed all the previous races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
02 / 05 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the third race at Portimao are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Barcelona NEXT WEEKEND.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 7th May.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first three races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
18 / 04 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the second race at Imola are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Next race is Portimao in 2 weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 30th April.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first two races - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
The weightings for Alpine have increased because they've been a bit shit.
28 / 03 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The results from the first race in Bahrain are in!
Check the results or
see where your team finished. Second race is Imola in 3 weeks.
Cutoff for edits is midnight GMT on the night of Friday 16th April.
You can still enter a new team even if you missed the first race - you'll get a late starter bonus to help you get going.
21 / 03 / 2021
Fantasy F1: The 2021 season is now open for entries! You can change your team as often as you like so you might as well pick a team now while you're thinking about it. You can always read the rules later!
You have until midnight GMT on the night of Friday 26th March to qualify for the first race in Bahrain.
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This film has taken a lot of stick and so it was with some resignation that
I sat down to watch Mona Lisa Smile. True to form, the opening scenes had
all the hallmarks of a light-hearted pointless chick-flick and I was
starting to predict the remainder of the movie in my head. However, without
shouting or pointing, the movie turned up surprise after surprise in its
story, deliberately side-stepping the easy preach and instead letting the
characters go their own way. This approach has been criticised by reviewers
for lacking clarity and "a point", but that's what made it different and
interesting to me. All the characters were observed for their personalities
and how that affected their decisions, without placing judgement on any
character or lifestyle - a sentiment cleverly reflected in the art history
lessons of Julia Roberts' classes. While gently poking fun at the 1950s
Massachusetts expectation that women exist solely to create homes and
families, it was inoffensive and supportive in a way rarely seen in
mainstream cinema, offering inspiration and opportunity to the entire cast,
regardless of their outlook on life. I found that refreshing and very
un-Hollywood and I think it deserves to be praised for that.
Unfortunately though, its strengths to me will be its weaknesses to others,
and many viewers will struggle to find the depth and provocation that I did
(I've always been a bit funny). Julia Roberts never looks or sounds like
she's in the 1950s and that lends a somewhat confused feel to the
proceedings - and there is the occasional Grease-esque moment that could
have used a little ironing - but look past its flaws and enjoy the story and
there is much to appreciate. It does work as a chick-flick as well, if the
satisfied murmurs from the 80%-female audience were anything to go on, but
for me that is underselling it. It's a modest, unassuming, original and
charming tale - and the girlfriend will like it too.
