WIN THIS CAR SPORT STARTS HERE: PICK YOUR GRAND PRIX DREAM TEAM AND... - Birmingham Evening Mail (England)

THE race is on for a SEAT Ibiza Cupra Sport in the 1999 BMTRFantasy Grand Prix!

The world's top 22 Formula One drivers are speeding towards thesport's ultimate prize - the World Championship.

And now here's your chance to pick your own dream team and wintheclassy sports car?Play the BMTR Fantasy Grand Prix and make your selection of eightfrom the cream of the world's best drivers.One thing is for sure, with eight drivers to select you need tothink about those who can regularly bring home the points and notjust in the top three places.The season opens Down Under in Melbourne, Australia on SundayMarch 7 and is followed by 15 further Grand Prix races right up tothe final at Suzuka in Japan on Sunday October 31.The magnificent top prize for our overall winner is a SEAT IbizaCupra Sport - just like the one that won the Formula 2 World RallyChampionship for the last THREE years.The prize car can be seen at John Dryhurst (SEAT), The Radleys,Sheldon, Birmingham, (0121 742 1142).There are 11 teams competing in the 1999 Formula One WorldChampionship: McLaren - Mercedes, Ferrari, Williams-Mecachrome,Jordan-Mugen Honda, Benetton-Supertech, Sauber-Petronas, Prost-Peugeot, Stewart-Ford, Arrows, Minardi-Ford and new boysBAR-Supertech.HOW TO ENTERWE have listed the details of 22 Grand Prix drivers in FOURdifferent groups (A to D).Using your skill, judgement and Grand Prix knowledge, we want youto put together a winning team of eight and complete the details onthe entry form here.Then you need to dream up a title for your team. That team nameis the one your drivers will be racing under all season.A point system will be applied to reward drivers with a race scoreafter each of the 16 Grand Prix races - 22 points for the driver whocrosses the line first, down to 1 point for the last man in.Points will be awarded to non-finishing drivers (i.e. those who donot complete the race), these will be determined by the number oflaps they have successfully completed prior to their raceretirement.For example, a driver who stops after completing 18 laps will earnmore points than a driver who pulls up after 17 laps.Drivers who fail to qualify for the race after the time trialpractice laps for grid positions will also receive one point.In the event of one or more of your selected drivers beingreplaced during the season, points will be awarded to the driver whoreplaces him and that replacement driver will automatically be putinyour team.Your team tally will be determined by adding together the pointsscored by each of your eight drivers after each Grand Prix.The person with the highest accumulated total of points at the endof the season will win the fabulous Seat Ibiza Cupra Sport.In the event of more than one person in pole position of the BMTRFantasy Grand Prix table at the end of the season - a final deciderevent will be called.Usual Mail rules apply. There is no cash alternative.Opposite is a list of the 22 Grand Prix drivers for 1999, we havesplit them into four groups and you need to pick TWO from each group(2 for Group A, B, C and D = 8 in total) and complete the details onthe entry form here - don't forget to give yourteam a name.IN the BMTR Fantasy Grand Prix Constructors Championship, BMTR,sponsors of our Fantasy Grand Prix game and the region's leadingtyreand alloy wheel supplier, is making this year's game even moreattractive!The Constructor's Championship, a new game within the FantasyGrand Prix game, offers you the chance to join in the Grand Prix funand win some fabulous prizes such as: sets of four tyres, sets ofalloy wheels, VIP Race Day tickets, exclusive steeringwheel setsplusmany others. You could even end up winning the incredible overallConstructor's Championship prize of tyres for life!Next week we'll start printing a BMTR FANTASY GRAND PRIXConstructor's Championship entry form, on it will be a space for youto write any two digit number between 10 and 90 - plus your owndetails.Each Grand Prix car has it own number printed on the front of thecar (for example: Hakkinen is number 1, Schumacher is No.3 etc).If the numbers on the first four cars to cross the line at the endof the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, add up to your number,then you're in the hat to win four tyres plus automatic entry intothe end of season draw for tyres for life.TYRES FOR LIFE