Welcome to The Ship Bracket
After going through all the responses to the form (thank you to everyone who participated) and fighting against Excel, Word, and several Bracket-Making websites, I am proud to present the Very Unofficial Formula 1 Ship Bracket:
The ships were ranked making an average of the number of entries and the number of fics on ao3, with the top 32 ships making it into the bracket. I'm sorry if your favourite ship didn't make it in, but even some of my favourites didn't make the cut 😢😢.
The bracket is seeded, meaning that (based on the ranking explained above) the highest contender is going against the lowest contender, the second highest against the second lowest, and so on.
Here is a list of the matchups:
Group A (left):
Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen vs. Charles Leclerc/Lewis Hamilton (finished)
Max Verstappen/Sergio Pérez vs. Pierre Gasly/Yuki Tsunoda (finished)
Carlos Sainz/Charles Leclerc vs. Esteban Ocon/Pierre Gasly (finished)
James Hunt/Niki Lauda vs. Lewis Hamilton/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Kimi Räikkönen/Sebastian Vettel vs. Lewis Hamilton/Valtteri Bottas (finished)
Kevin Magnussen/Nico Hülkenberg vs. Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri (finished)
Lewis Hamilton/Max Verstappen vs. Lando Norris/Max Fewtrell (finished)
Charles Leclerc/Daniel Ricciardo vs. Carlos Sainz/Lando Norris (finished)
Group B (right):
Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen vs. Fernando Alonso/Jenson Button (finished)
Jenson Button/Sebastian Vettel vs. Fernando Alonso/Mark Webber (finished)
Alex Albon/George Russell vs. Logan Sargeant/Oscar Piastri (finished)
Charles Leclerc/Lando Norris vs. Charles Leclerc/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg vs. Fernando Alonso/Lance Stroll (finished)
Jenson Button/Nico Rosberg vs. Mark Webber/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Daniel Ricciardo/Lando Norris vs. Esteban Ocon/Lance Stroll (finished)
Michael Schumacher/Mika Häkkinen vs. Charles Leclerc/Pierre Gasly (finished)
Schedule:
I will post one poll per week, starting with the first matchup of Group A on the 4/3/2024 (4th of March) and each poll will be open for one week. According to my calculations, this will be over by October.
Rules:
I have experienced how fandom brackets like this one can cause chaos and drama, so I just want to make some things clear from the get-go:
Feel free (and very encouraged!!) to make propaganda for the ship you want to support and reblog the poll with said propaganda.
Vote following whatever criteria you want. If you want to vote because you like the ship, go for it. If you want to vote because you think the ship has more historical significance, go for it. If you want to vote because you like/don't like a driver or a team, one again, go for it.
Please don't bot the polls. To be perfectly honest, I don't think I can do anything if it happens, but we would all like this to be a fair fight.
DO NOT harass other people or the mod. This is an fandom poll on the internet about shipping, don't let it bleed into real life consequences. I know where the block button is and I will not hesitate to use it, I recommend everyone else adheres to the same principle should someone make you feel uncomfortable.
Have a fun time!! I decided to make this to see how it develops, and I hope everyone else can enjoy the experience too.
Feel free to ask any questions.
Round two
Congratulations to everyone who got their favourite ships to win, and gg to everyone who couldn't (I saw some of you try, it was impressive). We now move on to the next phase of the tournament!! Since the bracket is seeded, we didn't get many close fights in the first round, but I'm hoping that this will change soon.
Same rules and schedule apply (except we're in CEST now)
Group A (left)
Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen vs. Pierre Gasly/Yuki Tsunoda (finished)
Carlos Sainz/Charles Leclerc vs. Lewis Hamilton/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Kimi Räikkönen/Sebastian Vettel vs. Lando Norris/Oscar Piastri (finished)
Lando Norris/Max Fewtrell vs. Carlos Sainz/Lando Norris (finished)
Group B (right)
Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen vs. Fernando Alonso/Mark Webber (finished)
Logan Sargeant/Oscar Piastri vs. Charles Leclerc/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg vs. Mark Webber/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Daniel Ricciardo/Lando Norris vs. Michael Schumacher/Mika Häkkinen (finished)
Quarterfinals
It's race week and it's quarterfinals week!! We had some exciting battles in the last round, a few unexpected comebacks, so I hope you all had fun. Good luck to everyone supporting the final eight, but do remember to keep having fun with all this.
Same rules and schedule apply.
Group A (left):
Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen vs. Lewis Hamilton/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Kimi Räikkönen/Sebastian Vettel vs. Carlos Sainz/Lando Norris (finished)
Group B (right):
Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen vs. Charles Leclerc/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg vs. Michael Schumacher/Mika Häkkinen (finished)
Semifinals
After some difficult fights and decisions in the quarterfinals, which had many heavy hitters, we're finally reaching the last stint of the bracket and start the semifinals. Good luck to everyone!
Same rules apply. Schedule will stay as usual during the semifinals but there will be a week of rest between the semifinals and the final (for organisation's sake and so that you can prepare the propaganda).
Group A (left):
Daniel Ricciardo/Max Verstappen vs. Kimi Räikkönen/Sebastian Vettel (finished)
Group B (right):
Charles Leclerc/Max Verstappen vs. Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg (finished)
The final
It's finally here!! After many months of matchups, my first ever F1 fan project is coming to an end. I hope everyone enjoyed this as much as I did and will continue to do so during this final week. Remember to have fun and stay positive (it's just a silly little poll on the internet after all).
Same rules apply. Just as a cautionary measure, I am preemptively reminding everyone that botting the polls is not allowed, please don't do it.
Kimi Räikkönen/Sebastian Vettel vs. Lewis Hamilton/Nico Rosberg (finished)
THE END
Congratulations to the winners!! It was an intense fight until the last minute but in the end, simi won. Thank you to everyone who participated!! Let's all go touch some grass now.