Nothing will be the same as before. Australia, the third race of the Championship, marks an important crossroads not only in Formula 1 but also in Fanta F1 with the first price change. The values on the pitch, for better or worse, emerged as well as the difficulties and strengths of each team. With the conclusion of the race weekend in Australia the time has come to make the first evaluations and the first changes in the prices of the drivers at Fanta F1. For this start of the season we have chosen 4 drivers who will go up by 1 credit and 4 drivers who will instead go down by one credit, after a rather unsatisfactory start. Let's see who goes up and who goes down!
When to calculate the rankings
Following the Australian GP concluded this weekend, it's time to proceed with the calculation of the day. It should be remembered that i Club scores will be manually calculated by their respective admins starting from 20pm this evening, Monday 00 March.
Fanta F1 drivers quotes after Australia: who goes up?
Let's see the 4 drivers who rise in rating after the first 3 races, earning 1 credit, thanks to their performances and potential at Fanta F1.
Carlos Sainz +1: the first to rise in price is Sainz, fresh from victory at Melbourne. Sainz, who had been replaced by Bearman in Jeddah, reiterated to everyone that he wanted to seize every single opportunity in what will be his last year in Ferrari. His weekend in Australia confirms the maturity achieved by the Spaniard who is already giving his teammate a hard time. The SF-24 seems to be a faithful companion, ready to enhance Carlos' strengths. Will it be his best season in Red? Meanwhile, promotion arrives at Fanta F1, after the confirmation arrived in the Australian GP. To get it, you will now need to spend 29 credits.
Lance Stroll +1: taking away Jeddah Stroll's start was positive. In Australia he positioned himself ahead of two-time world champion Fernando Alonso for the whole weekend, who ended up in the eye of the FIA storm. Sixth place in Melbourne allows him to overtake none other than Lewis Hamilton in the standings, as well as an excellent score at the Fanta F1. With the change in prices, the value of the Canadian driver rises to 16 credits.
Oscar Piastri +1: two fourth places in two Grands Prix. In Melbourne he paid the price for the comparison with his teammate who managed to get on the podium but the direction taken by McLaren seems right. At the moment they are the third force in the field, this is also confirmed by the standings. He also goes up, and approaches the highest positions with a cost of 28 credits.
Nico Hulkenberg +1: the last driver we decided to reward for this start of the season is Nico Hulkenberg. Overall, Haas has already scored 4 points, leaving teams like Alpine, Stake and Williams behind. At Fanta F1 they are often a very interesting wild card given the low price. For the second consecutive weekend Hulkenberg took home a nice haul, significantly raising the points average, and this makes it the most fielded driver at Fanta F1. Its price is now 9 credits.
Fanta F1 drivers quotes after Australia: who drops?
Now we come to the sore points. Unfortunately there were several pilots who turned out to be a real flop. We should have made a longer list, but let's take it slow because there will be time to lower everyone, even in the next race weekends. So here are the first 4 drivers to drop in price.
Lewis Hamilton -1: Mercedes is militating in the unknown and Hamilton no longer even has the will to bang his head about it so much having to leave the team at the end of the season. Every race weekend became a test to understand how to operate the W15, which seems to have a very minimal operating window. Disasters follow one another at Fanta F1 and this worries the Fantamanagers who are eager to see Lewis in the red tracksuit. It was inevitable that he would get off just as he had to get off the W15 after a few laps of the race in Melbourne. Its price is now 30 credits.
George Russell -1: consequently his teammate also goes down. Mercedes is the fourth force in the field, just one point behind Aston Martin who, without Alonso's penalty, which came following Russell's accident at the end of the race, would have caught up. A terrible start for the team who realized they were still trapped in a failing project. Russell therefore drops to 27 credits.
Daniel Ricciardo -1: we all expected a different start from the RB Visa Cash App but above all from Daniel Ricciardo who fought so hard to return to occupy an official seat in Formula 1. A seat that is now more at risk than ever. The Australian driver also loses the comparison with Tsunoda. Will he be replaced by paying the same mechanism that led him to occupy De Vries' seat last year? He gets out too. Its price is now 17 credits.
Pierre Gasly -1: zero points in three games. Alpine is certainly the team that has disappointed the most at the start of the season. And Pierre Gasly is suffering tremendously from this condition. Forced to retire last race weekend, he is out of breath and in great difficulty. Reemerging from this sea of…disappointments seems impossible. It drops to 14 credits.
