Fantasy MotoGP enters its second weekend at Jerez in the Spanish GP this weekend - and here is your chance to find out who should be in your team and who ought to be culled mercilessly.

The basics of the game

If starting from scratch:

-You have 55 million euros to choose two riders, one team, one tyre manufacturer and a constructor.

-You must also choose a bonus circuit, where the points you accumulate will be doubled.

If already established:

-You have two transfers per race available to you, but cannot change your bonus circuit.

The points:

-Your riders will receive a number of points for their finishing position ranging from 25 for victory to 1 for 15th place.

-In addition there are 2 points if one achieves pole position; 2 for recording the fastest lap in the race; 1 for every lap completed; and 5 for every place they gain from their starting position on the grid.

-If they are disqualified, they will receive nothing.

-There are 15 points to be had if both of your team's riders finish in the top eight, with a consolatory 5 if only one manages this. Each podium finish will add 5 further points to your total.

-For every rider using your choice of tyre in the top three, you will receive 10 points; the same reward applies for every bike made by your chosen constructor.

Agonising choices

Due to the limit on spending, you cannot simply bag the most highly-rated riders, teams, tyres and constructors and sit back and watch.

You must play the angles: who is likely to punch above their weight at this particular circuit? Which constructor has the most riders capable of achieving a podium place? And which team will be consistent on both bikes?

Maybe you fancy the top riders and care less for the nature of your team; perhaps you prefer to accumulate points in all areas. The choice, as someone somewhere once said, is yours.

The deadline to create a team or make your transfers for each race is 17:00 UK time on the Friday before race weekend. A team submitted after this point will not pick up points for that weekend; likewise your transfers will not go through.

Now climb on your bike and hammer those revs

Round two: Jerez International Circuit

If you're new to the game, start by buying your constructor, tyre manufacturer and team - then you will know how much you have left for riders and can adjust accordingly.

As far as constructors go, you will only gain points if you choose a podium placer. For this reason avoid Kawasaki and Suzuki. Yamaha look a good bet - at a mid-range price you have four riders who have a shout of the top places - and for more dollars Honda have Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden. With expensive Ducati you will put your faith in Casey Stoner alone.

The top four last year used Michelin rubber, which also outperformed Bridgestone in Qatar. In truth though both have riders capable of the podium - it depends on whether you want to gamble with the same tyres as the riders you pick, or spread the risk.

What about the teams? Yamaha Tech 3 look very good value at 8m euros after Losail - they won 15 points for those of you canny enough to pick them - after Eurosport expert blogger James Toseland and Colin Edwards both finished top eight. Also the Yamaha factory team look okay at 11m euros with Valentino Rossi and the impressive Jorge Lorenzo in their garage. For podium points, Hayden and Pedrosa's Honda are the best bet, but cost 12m euros.

And now the riders. You would have to stump up a cool 20m euros for defending world champion Stoner or legendary Italian Rossi, himself a five-times championship winner. But they cost for a reason: Aussie Stoner leads the championship after placing first in the opening round and it shows just how good he is when we say he finished a 'very disappointing' fifth at Jerez last season. Rossi has triumphed at the circuit five times, including last year. However he was poor in Doha.

The next costliest, Dani Pedrosa, took second in 2007 and gained five places while claiming the bottom podium spot in Qatar with a broken hand. That should be fully healed by the weekend and so he is a choice pick.

Avoid the 18m-euro John Hopkins, who crossed the line in last a year ago on a Suzuki bike and only managed 12th in round one of this championship. And don't back Chris Vermeulen either: his bike is not firing on all cylinders yet - not literally - and he does not have a great record at the atmospheric Jerez track.

Two riders worth a go in the middle bracket are Hayden and JT. American Hayden, the 2006 world champ, will have the latest spec Honda V4 now like team-mate Pedrosa - but be warned, he has two retirements at the venue and has performed averagely there. Toseland's bike lacks the absolute speed of the Ducatis and Hondas one last time this weekend before a new engine arrives for round three, but Jerez should not punish that as harshly as Losail. He managed a cool sixth on his MotoGP debut under lights, but bear in mind that the two-times World Superbike champion has never before raced competitively on this track. Perhaps consider his team-mate Edwards, who costs 1.5m euros more at 17m but was third here last year.

At the bottom end we suggest a look at Lorenzo, who stunned everyone with pole and second on his MotoGP debut the other week. His bike looked good and as further proof of value he also won the last two 250cc Spanish GPs on his way to consecutive titles. If you're struggling, lowest-priced Andrea Dovizioso finished fourth from nine on the grid in Qatar, picking up those points for rising through the field.

Every week

Before every race this season we will give you the definitive guide of who is hot and who is not.

Within the game in the stats section you can see how drivers, teams, tyres and constructors have performed so far. There is also information on which selections have proven the most popular with your fellow petrol-heads.

So join up now, form a mini-league with friends and colleagues and watch your progress in the world league - who knows, you may wind up winning some cool prizes!!!

Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport