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 BMTR Fantasy Grand Prix!

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

And now here's your chance to pick your own dream team and win the classy sports car?

Play the BMTR Fantasy Grand Prix and make your selection of eight from the cream of the world's best drivers.

One thing is for sure, with eight drivers to select you need to think about those who can regularly bring home the points and not just in the top three places.

The season opens Down Under in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday March 7 and is followed by 15 further Grand Prix races right up to the final at Suzuka in Japan on Sunday October 31.

The magnificent top prize for our overall winner is a SEAT Ibiza Cupra Sport - just like the one that won the Formula 2 World Rally Championship 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 World Championship: McLaren - Mercedes, Ferrari, Williams-Mecachrome, Jordan-Mugen Honda, Benetton-Supertech, Sauber-Petronas, Prost-Peugeot, Stewart-Ford, Arrows, Minardi-Ford and new boys BAR-Supertech.

HOW TO ENTER

WE have listed the details of 22 Grand Prix drivers in FOUR different groups (A to D).

Using your skill, judgement and Grand Prix knowledge, we want you to put together a winning team of eight and complete the details on the entry form here.

Then you need to dream up a title for your team. That team name is the one your drivers will be racing under all season.

A point system will be applied to reward drivers with a race score after each of the 16 Grand Prix races - 22 points for the driver who crosses the line first, down to 1 point for the last man in.

Points will be awarded to non-finishing drivers (i.e. those who do not complete the race), these will be determined by the number of laps they have successfully completed prior to their race retirement.

For example, a driver who stops after completing 18 laps will earn more points than a driver who pulls up after 17 laps.

Drivers who fail to qualify for the race after the time trial practice laps for grid positions will also receive one point.

In the event of one or more of your selected drivers being replaced during the season, points will be awarded to the driver who replaces him and that replacement driver will automatically be put in your team.

Your team tally will be determined by adding together the points scored by each of your eight drivers after each Grand Prix.

The person with the highest accumulated total of points at the end of the season will win the fabulous Seat Ibiza Cupra Sport.

In the event of more than one person in pole position of the BMTR Fantasy Grand Prix table at the end of the season - a final decider event 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 have split 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 on the entry form here - don't forget to give your team a name.

IN the BMTR Fantasy Grand Prix Constructors Championship, BMTR, sponsors of our Fantasy Grand Prix game and the region's leading tyre and alloy wheel supplier, is making this year's game even more attractive!

The Constructor's Championship, a new game within the Fantasy Grand Prix game, offers you the chance to join in the Grand Prix fun and win some fabulous prizes such as: sets of four tyres, sets of alloy wheels, VIP Race Day tickets, exclusive steering wheel sets plus many others. You could even end up winning the incredible overall Constructor's Championship prize of tyres for life!

Next week we'll start printing a BMTR FANTASY GRAND PRIX Constructor's Championship entry form, on it will be a space for you to write any two digit number between 10 and 90 - plus your own details.

Each Grand Prix car has it own number printed on the front of the car (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 end of the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, add up to your number, then you're in the hat to win four tyres plus automatic entry into the end of season draw for tyres for life.

TYRES FOR LIFE