Warren Kosoy 
Welcome to the 9th edition of Formula 1 Race Week: Montreal, Canada, June 2022.
Due to Covid restrictions Formula 1 has not been on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve since 2019. This Circuit is 2.710 miles long in the middle of a seaport. The track is surrounded by water and rain usually plays a role in this race. Which again it did today. Between the weather and other factors, this preview will be slightly different from my normal articles. Keep reading and find out how.
Formula 1: DFS Top Captain Options
Max Verstappen, Red Bull $16,800
For our F1 DK lineups, we must decide to be with the field and play Max w/ Red Bull for $11,500 in the constructor position or be contrarian. We have to make this decision right off the bat because Charles Leclerc $15,300 who is a staple in the top captain position, will have a grid penalty and start in the back of the field.
Along with Charles’s absence from the top captain options, we have to add Sergio Perez $15,900 to the same category as Charles. Sergio has just looked off the pace this weekend. They say there are “horses for courses” unfortunately for Sergio, this is not a that suits his driving style. He starts P13. One caveat for Sergio is that due to rain during qualifying and conditions that won’t be reflective of the conditions on Sunday, he could move up the field and gain bonus points. If it works out, he would make a great contrarian captain option and overall play.
Formula 1: DFS Mid Tier options
Mercedes
With somewhat random teams and drivers in the top 10 positions for qualifying, looking at you Zhou Guanyu, team Mercedes $9300 makes for a very interesting play. George Russell $9000 gambled and lost by going out on slick tires while the circuit was still wet. He ended up spinning off track and will start P8. Lewis Hamilton $8400, sits in P4, and I think is worthy of a roster or two if he can hold or exceed his position.
Alpine
Fernando Alonso $6800 and Esteban Ocon $6000. This Circuit historically was not a great one for Fernando Alonso, however, he has seemed to put it all together this weekend. He was a top 10 car all weekend and ended up on the front row with Max Verstappen, starting P2. Ocon starts p7 and could pick off the drivers around him to gain positions. Alpine $5000 makes for a fantastic value in the constructor position.
Formula 1: DFS Other options
Valtteri Bottas $7400 and Kevin Magnussen $5200. While these two drivers are usually staples in the top 10, this weekend they find themselves there on outside factors, not so much their performance. As both cars have Ferrari engines, I think the weather, which was cold and wet, played right into the natural performance of the Ferrari engine. I say that because neither the Hass nor the Alfa Romeo showed any sort of pace all weekend. The rain enhanced their positions. With no rain being expected on Sunday’s race, I hesitate to use either one or their teammates who are also over-qualified.
Formula 1: DFS Value 5-point options
Looking below the DraftKings price tag of $5000, there are a few options for the cheap 5 points.
$5000 Sebastian Vettel. The older drivers showed out on Friday and FP3 with Fernando performing well, and Sebastian right there with Fernando. Then the rain came. All the pace of the Aston Martin just disappeared and after being in the top 10 all weekend, Sebastian found himself not getting out of qualifying session 1. He will start in p16. I do think this lights a fire under his ass and he shows us his pace over the weekend was no fluke.
Alex Albon $3800 is a better wheelman than his teammate Latifi. Being in the worst car on the grid doesn’t help either, but as the last guy in, Albon is fine.
DFS Constructor options
- Red Bull $11,400 It’s Max’s race to lose, and I don’t think he loses it.
- Mercedes $9300 It’s the field around them that makes me interested in Mercedes. I did do the math, and if max leads all laps (except pit laps obviously) and wins the race, Red Bull still outscores Mercedes.
- Alpine, $5000 Alpine focus on themselves which is the way to do it when you are in the mid-tier pack. For the price, they are hard to pass up on DraftKings.
Race Week Canada DFS overall strategy
I went into Saturday expecting to write about Sergio Perez, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando, and Pierre Gasly. Then the skies opened up and through the whole weekend into a frenzy. I don’t think we will see many duplicate fantasy lineups this weekend. I do think the field will start their lineups with Max and Red Bull. However, after that, selecting Alonso or Carlos makes your other options vastly different.
On Friday Sebastian Vettel was a top 10 car. The Alpha Tauri of Pierre Gasly was showing amazing speed. Both Aston Martin showed pace. Haas and Alfa Romeo were both an afterthought. I think as teams saw that it did not make sense to sacrifice the weekend’s setup, adding downforce to counter the rainy conditions, was the way to go, teams left setup for Sunday. For this reason, I think we will see a massive change from the starting order and a driver or two no one was expecting on the podium this weekend.
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