F1 2018 Choosing Teammates

[Rapier22.CM]

The Scene is this I am the first driver of Williams in Season 1 and I am going to move to Sauber for season 2. I want to have Leclerc as my teammate. How to make it work? Or am I gonna stuck with Ericsson?

 

[Vulture Motorsport]

I can just tell you what I found out so far with switching from Racing Point to Ferrari

First I made a backup of the savegame files (%steamfolder%\userdata\%playerid%\737800\remote\savegame*.*)

1st try
Start contract negotiations with Ferrari
- 1st driver, hard goals, 2nd in Q, 3rd in R
- 3,3,1,0 on contract perks
Result: Teammate is Kimi Raikkönen

2nd try (after loading back savegame backup)
Start contract negotiations with Ferrari
- 2nd driver, hard goals, 3rd in Q, 3rd in R
- 3,1,1,1 on contract perks
Result: Teammate is Kimi Raikkönen

3rd try (after loading back savegame backup)
Start contract negotiations with Ferrari
- 1st driver, medium goals, 3rd in Q, 4th in R
- 3,2,2,0 on contract perks
Result: Teammate is Kimi Raikkönen

So I had no chance to make Vettel my teammate. Not a big deal I just wanted to know how it works...looks like the teammate is set before you start a contract?

The only thing that changed was the performance of each team after contract negotiations and the beginning of Season 2.
I attached two screenshots of 1st try and 2nd try. You see Renault and Racing Point do differ the most (maybe the R&D failure rate is calculated a little bit random?).

1st try:

2nd try:


Hope this helps you
I do not say that is completely right...just checked it once and got these results. Maybe other people can re-check this before a new season.

 

[Rapier22.CM]

Can you tell me the driver standings in season 1? Did Vettel finish ahead of Raikkonen? Did you beat Vettel during one of the rivalries? Just curious...

 

[Vulture Motorsport]

Vettel became World Champion (315pts, 6 wins, 15 podiums) and Raikkönen got 3rd overall (276pts, 4 wins, 11 podiums).

No rivalry against Vettel nor Raikkönen ever, I fought Renault and later Red Bull during the season.

 

[muzikant]

Vettel became World Champion (315pts, 6 wins, 15 podiums) and Raikkönen got 3rd overall (276pts, 4 wins, 11 podiums).

No rivalry against Vettel nor Raikkönen ever, I fought Renault and later Red Bull during the season.

Oke and where did vettel go in the offline championship if your sign a contract by Ferrari with second team mate Raikonen?

just curious

 

[Rapier22.CM]

Oke and where did vettel go in the offline championship if your sign a contract by Ferrari with second team mate Raikonen?

just curious

Gone. It's not like he's programmed to go to Racing Point anyway