Formula 1 Strategy Competition

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.

Links

Livestream link

F1 Strategy Competition rules

How BURP invests

Important dates

  • Registration deadline: 10 November 2025
  • Marketing deadline: 19 January 2026
  • Driver signing: 26 January 2026 at 8pm
  • Strategy deadline: one week before the race
  • Round 1 (Spain): 24 February 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 2 (Belgium): 3 March 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 3 (United States of America): 10 March 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 4 (Japan): 17 March 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 5 (Canada): 24 March 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 6 (Hungary): 27 March 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 7 (Monaco): 31 March 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 8 (Italy): 3 April 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 9 (France): 7 April 2026 at 8pm
  • Round 10 (Australia): 10 April 2026 at 8pm

Circuits

1. Spain

66 laps, tb = 80s

Balanced · Overtake delta: 0.8s

pf = 0.09(lmax − l)·tp = 20 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = exp(0.06l) − 1

Medium: pt = 0.04l + 0.25

Hard: pt = 0.02l0.5 + 0.6

2. Belgium

44 laps, tb = 105s

Chassis, Engine · Overtake delta: 0.8s

pf = 0.13(lmax − l)·tp = 19 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = exp(0.1l) − 1

Medium: pt = 0.006l2 + 0.55

Hard: pt = 0.04l + 0.7

3. United States of America

88 laps, tb = 63s

Engine · Overtake delta: 0.8s

pf = 0.13(lmax − l) · tp = 21 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = 0.01l2 + 0.005l

Medium: pt = 0.006l2 + 0.003l + 0.2

Hard: pt = 0.002l2 + 0.001l + 0.4

4. Japan

53 laps, tb = 90s

Driver, Chassis · Overtake delta: 0.8s

pf = 0.10(lmax − l) · tp = 19 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = exp(0.09l) − 1

Medium: pt = 0.004l2 + 0.65

Hard: pt = 1

5. Canada

70 laps, tb = 74s

Balanced · Overtake delta: 0.9s

pf = 0.08(lmax − l) · tp = 14 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = 0.006l2

Medium: pt = 0.13l0.5 + 0.1

Hard: pt = 0.45

6. Hungary

70 laps, tb = 80s

Chassis · Overtake delta: 1.0s

pf = 0.08(lmax − l) · tp = 18 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = exp(0.07l) − 1

Medium: pt = 0.05l + 0.35

Hard: pt = 0.8

7. Monaco

78 laps, tb = 74s

Driver · Overtake delta: 1.0s

pf = 0.06(lmax − l) · tp = 17 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = 0.08l

Medium: pt = 0.12l0.5 + 0.4

Hard: pt = 0.8

8. Italy

53 laps, tb = 85s

Engine · Overtake delta: 0.7s

pf = 0.11(lmax − l) · tp = 21 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = exp(0.07l) − 1

Medium: pt = 0.14l0.5 + 0.35

Hard: pt = 0.7

9. France

70 laps, tb = 76s

Balanced · Overtake delta: 0.7s

pf = 0.11(lmax − l) · tp = 15 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = 0.02l2

Medium: pt = 0.012l2 + 0.2

Hard: pt = 0.002l2 + 0.006l + 0.6

10. Australia

58 laps, tb = 84s

Balanced · Overtake delta: 0.8s

pf = 0.08(lmax − l) · tp = 16 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = 0.004l2

Medium: pt = 0.02l + 0.2

Hard: pt = 0.4

Past circuits

United Kingdom

52 laps, tb = 90s

Driver, Engine · Overtake delta: 0.8s

pf = 0.11(lmax − l) · tp = 17 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = exp(0.08l) − 1

Medium: pt = 0.005l + 0.4

Hard: pt = 0.03l0.5 + 0.7

Brazil

71 laps, tb = 72s

Balanced · Overtake delta: 0.7s

pf = 0.08(lmax − l) · tp = 19 + 0.5l+max

Soft: pt = 0.007l2

Medium: pt = 0.03l + 0.3

Hard: pt = 0.02l0.5 + 0.5

Past results

Season 7
Full report

Despite a double DNF at the first race, Kefford Racing dominates both championships, leaving only crumbs to BURP, Lomas Racing, Shiva and HamiltonianCRCT.

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Season 6
Full report

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

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Season 5
Full report

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

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Season 4
Full report

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.

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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
Full report

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