F1CE Offline League

The league responsible for the creation of the SMA. F1CE initially ran using the 2006 F1 cars on the game "F1 Championship Edition (2006)". The first series, referred to as SMA "Season 0", due to it being the only league at the time, was won by Zachary DiLello of Renault. He won Series 2, but was beaten to the Series 3 title by his teammate Colton Yohe, who would also go on to win season 4. It was announced in late 2022 that for season 5 in 2023 the series would switch to using 2022 F1 cars on the Codemasters' game "F1 2022".

In-universe, F1CE was created as the "pinnacle of motorsport" in 2019, when the SMA gained it's formal multi-level sanctioning system. F1CE was intended to attract the big manufacturers, and to encourage them to put large amounts of investment in to be competitive. In this it has been successful, with Renault, Ferrari, BMW, Toyota, Mercedes and Honda having had direct factory teams.

## Series Management

The series was founded by founding father himself, Solar, and was ran by him throughout the first season, until the Monza round of season 2, the time of 'The Pandemic'. From then on it was managed by Scoot, and has been until this day.

## Technical and Operating Regulations

### First Generation Cars (2019-2022):

#### Engine Regulations:

The First-Generation F1CE cars run with the 2.4 Litre V8 engine configuration, supplied by one of a number suppliers. Most factory teams develop engines in-house, whilst the smaller 'garagista' teams run supplied either from a factory team or from Cosworth. Scuderia Toro Rosso run rev-limited 3.0 litre V10 engines due to the team's smaller operating budget. These are supplied by Cosworth.

#### Other Technical Regulations:

The cars run with 7-speed semi-automatic transmissions, developed in-house, and a standardised 150 litre fuel tank. Tires are supplied by Michelin or Bridgestone depending on the team, with Michelin historically having more success.

### Second Generation Cars (2023-):

#### Engine Regulations:

The new engine regulations for 2023 mandated a 1.6-litre V6 turbo-hybrid engine. These regulations included kinetic and thermal energy recovery systems. They are rev-limited to 15,000 RPM, and also have significantly lower fuel flow restrictions than the V8s. There are now only four suppliers - Renault, Mercedes, Ferrari, and Honda - all teams will run an engine made by one of those four manufacturers. The new engines generate an estimated 850hp, but are significantly heavier, and more expensive.

#### Other Technical Regulations:

The "tire war" between Michelin and Bridgestone ended, with neither electing to supply tires for the new, heavier cars. The italian Pirelli company signed an exclusivity deal in November 2022, allowing it to be the sole F1CE tire supplier until 2025.

### Sporting Regulations:

Between 2019 and 2022, there were two race formats, Feature and Sprint. Feature races were longer and contain a mandatory pitstop which must be served at any time during the race. Sprint races take the feature race result and invert the top 8, putting the 8th-place finisher from the feature on pole. Points were awarded for the top 10 in both races.

From 2023 onwards, it was announced that sprint races would be dropped. The championship would consist of 16 single-race weekends, proceeded by a single, hour-long practice session, and an "elimination-style" qualifying session.

## Series History

### F1CE Season 1 (2019):

The hotly anticipated season began with Zachary DiLello winning from pole in Melbourne, with Ferrari's Reese Kameron winning the sprint. The two of them would dominate much of the season, with Kameron winning the feature in Sepang after a late engine failure for Patel, and DiLello the sprint a race later in Turkey. In Istanbul, Evan Hunter had won the feature race, beginning a winless streak that would take over 2 years to break. Monaco and Spain's feature races went to Kameron and DiLello respectively. Monaco was marred by controversy after Midland's Alessandro Farina looked on for the team's first points, before being hit out of the race from 8th. British drivers swept the day at Silverstone, Jake Galloway winning the feature and Nonagon Scott the sprint. The closest finish in series history to date came at Montreal, with DiLello edging out Rahul Patel of Ferrari by 0.069 seconds. The gap between DiLello and Kameron stood at 11 points going into the summer break. Galloway was third, but almost 30 points behind.

Racing returned with the first Crown Jewel event, the Monza feature race. Kameron led home Galloway and DiLello to further narrow the gap. In the sprint, however, Reese Kameron failed to finish, and DiLello got third, opening the gap out again. Riv Rivquad had suffered a slow start to the season but took consecutive feature wins in the USA and Nürburgring. A controversial clash in Bahrain saw DiLello go into the back of Hunter, forcing both to retire. Despite a feature race win in Suzuka, Kameron headed into the final round in Brazil with a comfortable lead. However, his engine failed in the Feature race, and DiLello won. Kameron finished 6th to DiLello's 8th in the sprint race, but the final point was enough to secure Zachary DiLello the championship by 4 points. Heartbroken, Kameron would never race again.

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### F1CE Season 2 (2020):

#### Pre-'pandemic':

Season 2 began with heartbreak, with debutant Colton Yohe qualifying second and holding speed until a brake failure on lap 18. DiLello won by 33.1 seconds, a series record. Controversy in the sprint race, as a rain shower in the final 2 laps caused chaos, leading to just 13 finishers, and Chase Miller spending a night in hospital with head injuries. Nonagon Scott dominated in Sepang but as with the 2019 race would lose the lead to his Ferrari teammate, Alex Fletcher. This would, shockingly, be Fletcher's only win. DiLello went 4 in a row for Feature wins, bringing out his points lead to a vast margin of 60 points so early in the season. Jack Bierman caused a shock when he took BMW-Sauber's first win in the Silverstone sprint. Hockenheim was rain-affected, and it threw up crazy results. A large crash at the first corner caused by Nonagon Scott took out 11 cars, and the attrition continued until only 8 cars remained. Most notable was double points for Midland, their first in the series, which also awarded them a front-row lockout for the sprint. Creed Daniel hung on for 5th, but his teammate crashed out. Noah Kim took Williams' first win in the series. Bierman won again in the Montreal sprint. DiLello took yet another win at the Nürburgring, but Ferrari had raised their game and Scott was now performing almost equally to DiLello. The last round before 'The Pandemic' hit was in Istanbul Park, and would see huge controversy after teammates William Bulin and Zachary DiLello collided fighting for the lead. The crash was arguably 50/50 in terms of who was at fault, but the team laid all the blame at the hands of Bulin, and he was released from the team. Colton Yohe would move up to the second seat as Bulin went to Toyota

#### Racing Through 'The Pandemic':

F1CE was the only series to continue racing as the world ground to a halt. Scott led home a Ferrari 1-2 at Monza, then did the same in the USA, with DiLello third both times. The USA sprint race had a crazy end with a multitude of incidents on the last lap, with Theo Spletzer coming through to win ahead of DiLello. Yohe proved his value to Renault by winning in China, something Bulin had failed to do in his entire Renault stint. DiLello dominated the sprint but had an engine failure with 2 laps to go, promoting Spletzer to a third consecutive sprint win. Colin Teague got Red Bull's career best finish with second. Rain struck Suzuka, combining with a pandemic parts shortage causing Chase Miller to last just 2 corners before intentionally parking a car running on 6 cylinders. DiLello dominated again... but suffered another engine failure, and Honda took home a feature race 1-2 in their home race. DiLello won the feature race at Interlagos to secure his championship, but that it should've happened two races earlier hung in his mind. The final race of a dramatic season went to rising star Colin Teague and Red Bull Racing, just after Teague's announcement of a move to Williams.

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### F1CE Season 3 (2021):

Season 3 saw a shortened, 10-round/20-race calendar. Nonagon Scott won the opener in Sakhir, but crashed out in Sepang as Yohe won. It was an unusual grid for the sprint race, with former test-driver Ivan Sokolova's Red Bull joined on the grid by Toro Rosso driver Gaspar Daskalov. Yohe became the first (and for now, last) ever driver to sweep a race weekend by winning the sprint convincingly. Scott won the feature in Canada. The sprint race there went to returning S1 driver Sebastian Cucalon. Then, Yohe went back-to-back in the USA and Silverstone, as Noah Kim won the Silverstone sprint. DiLello took his only win of the year in Hockenheim, with Yohe racking up yet more points with a third place finish. Theo Spletzer took a crown jewel win in Monza, as Yohe took podiums in both races. Istanbul was cancelled due to the pandemic, and a 7th place in the Suzuka feature for Yohe was enough to clinch the title with three races left. The final two sprint races of the year saw two winless streaks snapped. First, a 51-race winless streak for Rahul Patel was broken, then, Evan Hunter broke a 66-race winless streak (and McLaren's 48-race streak) stretching back to Istanbul 2019. A Ferrari 1-2 in the Interlagos feature gave them the constructors' title by 5 points, but nobody could stop what was a dominant season from Colton Yohe.

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### F1CE Season 4 (2022):

The tone for season 4 was set in the off-season. Zachary DiLello announced his departure from Renault, and F1CE as a whole. For a long time, Colton Yohe was also rumoured to be heading back to Toyota due to a dislike of media pressure, but just two weeks away from the opening race, Renault announced they had extended Yohe's contract for an extra season. He was now the outright team leader, and would be partnered by Jack Bierman. Yohe won the opener in Bahrain despite his reduced testing in the off-season. Theo Spletzer won a feature race in Sepang turned chaotic by late rain. Ferrari swept the weekend with Nonagon Scott winning the sprint. Scott won the feature in Canada, before Sebastian Cucalon took his second career win in the sprint. Scott won again in the USA, but DNF'd at Silverstone - and this would set the tone for the rest of the season. A double DNF for Scott at Hockenheim gave teammate Theo Spletzer the championship lead, before Colton Yohe took it away at Monza, in a race won by Jack Bierman; his first win at Renault. Renault managed a 1-2 in the sprint race, giving Yohe a comfortable lead. Spletzer closed the gap in Istanbul, then again in Suzuka after a last-lap engine failure for Scott, but crashed out of the sprint race, which Cucalon won. Yohe won the feature race in Brazil as Spletzer came just 4th, giving Colton Yohe his 2nd drivers' championship, and Renault their 4th. Noah Clifton won the sprint race for Honda, in their final race as a team.

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### F1CE Season 5 (2023):

#### Pre-Season:

With the new rule changes came many changes to the roster. On 10th October, Honda announced their withdrawal from the championship as a team to focus on their engine programme. On 18th November, Mercedes-AMG announced the launch of a new factory team. One day later, Midland announced their withdrawal from the championship; they sold their wind tunnel and early chassis designs to Aston Martin, who announced the launch of their new team, a Mercedes customer team, a week later. It was assumed Super Aguri would withdraw along with Honda, but on 22nd December it was announced that the team would attempt to return to the grid for 2023, with more Honda support. After failing to attract a major backer, the team re-branded to ARTA F1 (Autobacs Racing Team Aguri), with team owner Aguri Suzuki electing to promote his Autobacs brand. BMW elected to discontinue support to the Sauber team, although Sauber returned to the grid for 2023 as a Ferrari customer team. On 1st January, Gene Haas announced the launch of Haas F1 Team, an all-new Ferrari customer team, for the 2023 season.