With only a week until we race in Austria. I decided to try to simulate the F1 season with Ultimate Racing 2D (a top racer with a simulation aspect to it). The weather was randomized in a generator, I only used the 8 opening races,
The point system is the one the game uses for all events:

1st: 30
2nd: 25
3rd: 22
4th: 20
5th: 18
6th: 16
7th: 14
8th: 12
9th: 11
10th: 10th
11th: 9
12th: 8
13th: 7
14th: 6
15th: 5
16th: 4
17th: 3
18th: 2
19th: 1
20th: 0
Out of preseason testing this what the performances looked liked:

Performance peaking order

Mercedes
Red Bull
Ferrari
Racing Point
McLaren
Renault
AlphaTauri
Alfa Romeo
Haas
Williams

HAM
VER
LEC
BOT
VET
PER
SAI
RIC
GAS
RAI
ALB
KYV
RUS
STR
NOR
OCO
MAG
GIO
GRO
LAT
ROUND 1: Austria 🇦🇹 (🌧️: 100%)

Podium: BOT VER VET

ROUND 2: Austria 🇦🇹 (🌧️: 50%)

Podium: VER HAM VET

ROUND 3: Hungary 🇭🇺 (🌧️: 25%)

Podium: BOT PER VET

Race stat: This is Pérez's highest finish since Italy 2012, This is also the highest finish for a Racing Point car
ROUND 4: 🇬🇧 (🌧️: 100%)

Podium: VER HAM BOT

ROUND 5: 🇬🇧 (🌧️: 50%)

Podium: VER ALB LEC

Race stat: This is Albon's first F1 podium and Red Bull's first 1-2 finish of the season

ROUND 6: 🇪🇸 (🌧️: 25%)

Podium: VET SAI HAM

Race stat: This is Sainz' best finish since Brazil 2019
ROUND 7: 🇧🇪 (🌧️: 25%)

Podium: SAI VET VER

Race stat: Sainz's first win and McLaren's first win since Brazil 2012 with Jenson Button

ROUND 8: 🇮🇹 (🌧️: 50%)

Podium: VET SAI VER

Race stat: Vettel's first win in Italy since 2008
Sainz's third podium in a row
Season stats:

-Verstappen gets the most wins and podiums with 3 wins and 7 podiums
-Sainz's highest championship finish
-Hamilton's lowest career finish since 2011
-Hamilton's first season without a win
-Latifi is the only driver to not score points
Podium Results per Driver
VER: 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉🥉
VET: 🥇🥇🥈🥉🥉🥉
BOT: 🥇🥇🥉
SAI: 🥇🥈
HAM: 🥈🥈🥉
PER: 🥈
ALB: 🥈
LEC: 🥉
Full Championship Standings

VET(189)
VER(180)
BOT(169)
SAI(156)
HAM(153)
LEC(138)
ALB(133)
PER(107)
RIC(103)
STR(72)
GAS(71)
KVY(68)
NOR(67)
OCO(49)
RAI(40)
MAG(37)
GIO(28)
GRO(15)
RUS(9)
LAT(0)
Full Championship Standings

Ferrari (357)
Mercedes (322)
Red Bull (313)
McLaren (223)
Racing Point (179)
Renault (152)
AlphaTauri (139)
Alfa Romeo (68)
Haas (52)
Williams (9)
Championship Stats:

-Vettel ties Fangio on championships
-Vettel's first championship for Ferrari
-Vettel's first championship since 2013
-Ferrari's first championship since 2008
-First German in a Ferrari championship win since Schumacher in 2004
Season Summary
Verstappen and Bottas trade both championships during the early start of the season. After a few rounds, Max leads until a quiet Vettel starts nicking at both championships sealing both in Italy. Mercedes would seal 2nd place with Bottas in 3rd in the championship.
And with this attempt at simulate a very rain affected 2020 season we see Vettel becoming a five time World Champion with Ferrari the year he leaves. I find that this potential result is very poetic. Hoped you liked this thread and have a nice day.
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