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How Would F1 Score in Other Series

By Marcel Borsboom, Netherlands
Atlas F1 Magazine Writer

The Formula One points system is often criticised by fans and participants alike, primarily for giving so little reward to those who consistently finish races, but don't finish it in the top six. Other motor racing series have different points system, some award every participant, even if he retired on the first lap! Atlas F1's Marcel Borsboom used three different systems from other series - CART, NASCAR and Moto GP - and used them to weigh this year's F1 WC

The CART Points System

1st = 20 points; 7th = 6; 2nd = 16; 8th = 5; 3rd = 14; 9th = 4; 4th = 12; 10th = 3; 5th = 10; 11th = 2; 6th = 8; 12th = 1.
In addition, the Pole sitter gets a point and the driver with
most laps led in the race also gets a point.

Pos Team F1* TOT

1 Ferrari = 474

2 McLaren = 316

3 Williams = 233

4 Sauber = 154

5 Jordan = 139

6 BAR = 137

7 Benetton = 79

8 Jaguar = 79

9 Prost = 75

10 Arrows = 50

11 Minardi = 15

Pos Driver F1* TOT AUS MAL BRA SAN SPN AUT MON CAN EUR FRA BRI GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN

1 M.Schumacher 293 22 22 17 22 17 21 18 22 21 17 22 21 12 17 22

2 Coulthard 194 16 14 20 17 10 20 11 1 14 12 1 14 16 14 14

3 Barrichello 181 14 16 14 15 16 10 14 14 16 16 10 16 10

4 R.Schumacher 143 10 21 2 20 12 17 21 12 6 14 8

5 Hakkinen 122 8 12 4 14 8 21 10 12 21 12

6 Montoya 90 1 16 16 12 1 5 1 22 16

7 Heidfeld +1 82 12 14 6 8 4 8 8 8 2 8 4

8 Villeneuve -1 80 6 14 5 12 4 5 14 4 5 8 3

9 Alesi +6 74 4 4 5 4 3 3 8 10 1 2 8 3 8 5 6

10 Raikkonen 72 8 1 5 12 3 12 3 6 10 6 6

11 Trulli -2 68 5 10 10 12 2 10 2 12 5

12 Panis +2 57 6 12 5 6 10 4 6 2 4 2

13 Frentzen 51 10 12 2 8 5 6 4 3 1

14 Fisichella -3 46 8 2 2 12 14 3 5

15 Irvine -3 42 2 6 14 6 4 10

16 Verstappen +2 37 3 6 1 8 5 3 3 4 1 3

17 Button 33 2 3 1 1 6 10 4 6

18 de la Rosa -2 27 8 5 1 2 10 1

19 Burti +1 23 5 3 2 2 2 5 1 3

20 Bernoldi +1 13 3 4 5 1

21 Marques +1 9 4 1 4

22 Alonso +1 6 1 3 2

23 Zonta -4 6 6

24 Enge 1 1

25 Mazzacane 1 1

26 Yoong 0

CART Notables:

The Prost team scored points in 16 out of 17 races, but they still only manage 9th in the Constructors' Championship.

After the French Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher had more points than anyone would score during the entire season.

After the San Marino Grand Prix, David Coulthard had a 6 point lead over Michael Schumacher.

After the Italian Grand Prix, Rubens Barrichello had a 5 point lead over Coulthard.

The NASCAR Points System

1 = 175 points; 12 = 127; 2 = 170; 13 = 124; 3 = 165; 14 = 121; 4 = 160; 15 = 118; 5 = 155; 16 = 115; 6 = 150; 17 = 112; 7 = 146; 18 = 109; 8 = 142; 19 = 106; 9 = 138; 20 = 103; 10 = 134; 21 = 100; 11 = 130; 22 = 97;

Pos Team F1* TOT

1 Ferrari = 5536

2 McLaren = 4991

3 Williams = 4750

4 BAR +2 4488

5 Sauber -1 4475

6 Benetton +1 4302

7 Prost +2 4299

8 Jordan -3 4228

9 Jaguar -1 4173

10 Arrows = 4141

11 Minardi = 3869

In addition, a driver receives additional five points if he leads at least one lap during the race. Furthermore, a driver that lead the most number of laps in the race receives another five points.

Pos Driver F1* TOT AUS MAL BRA SAN SPN AUT MON CAN EUR FRA BRI GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN

1 M.Schumacher 2924 185 185 175 106 185 170 185 180 185 185 175 118 185 185 160 175 185

2 Coulthard 2648 175 170 180 170 155 180 155 127 165 165 106 127 170 170 103 165 165

3 Barrichello 2612 165 170 100 165 112 175 175 112 155 165 165 170 175 155 175 123 155

4 R.Schumacher 2461 109 155 121 185 106 109 130 180 160 175 112 185 160 146 170 103 155

5 Hakkinen 2343 112 150 97 160 143 103 106 165 150 97 185 106 155 160 109 185 160

6 Alesi +9 2323 138 138 142 138 134 134 150 155 118 127 130 150 134 150 142 146 97

7 Villeneuve 2291 106 115 146 112 165 142 160 121 138 100 142 165 138 142 150 115 134

8 Montoya -2 2289 118 106 125 121 170 126 100 115 175 111 165 126 142 115 185 114 175

9 Heidfeld -1 2260 160 112 165 146 150 138 97 103 112 150 150 100 150 109 130 150 138

10 Raikkonen 2215 150 97 127 103 142 160 134 160 134 146 155 112 146 106 146 97 100

11 Panis +3 2197 146 100 160 142 146 155 103 124 100 138 100 146 115 130 138 130 124

12 Fisichella -1 2170 124 118 150 115 121 106 118 97 130 130 124 160 124 165 134 142 112

13 Verstappen +5 2159 134 146 112 100 127 150 142 134 115 124 134 138 127 134 112 112 118

14 Button +3 2132 121 130 134 127 118 127 146 109 124 115 118 155 106 118 100 138 146

15 Trulli -6 2103 115 147 155 155 160 115 130 106 155 103 130 112 121 97 160 142

16 Irvine -4 2055 130 103 118 118 109 146 165 100 146 109 138 109 97 103 106 155 103

17 Bernoldi +4 1982 100 109 103 134 103 112 138 118 103 103 121 142 103 127 121 124 121

18 Alonso +5 1968 127 124 106 97 124 118 124 106 121 112 115 134 109 97 124 100 130

19 Frentzen -6 1945 155 160 130 150 97 100 121 109 142 146 121 138 115 134 127

20 Burti 1714 142 134 109 130 130 130 112 142 127 134 109 115 100 100

21 de la Rosa -5 1603 100 124 109 150 142 121 127 97 130 112 155 127 109

22 Marques 1562 103 121 138 124 115 115 127 138 97 118 124 118 124

23 Mazzacane +2 457 97 127 124 109

24 Enge 354 127 121 106

25 Yoong +1 339 118 106 115

26 Zonta -7 249 146 103

NASCAR Notable:

From San Marino to Austria, David Coulthard was the Championship leader.

The MOTO GP Points System

1 = 25 points; 9 = 7; 2 = 20; 10 = 6; 3 = 16; 11 = 5; 4 = 13; 12 = 4; 5 = 11; 13 = 3; 6 = 10; 14 = 2; 7 = 9; 15 = 1; 8 = 8;
According to the FIM regulations, riders are classified if they complete 75% of race distance within 5 minutes of the winner.

Pos Team F1* TOT

1 Ferrari = 381

2 McLaren = 288

3 Williams = 236

4 BAR +2 177

5 Sauber -1 169

6 Jordan -1 169

7 Prost +2 145

8 Jaguar = 133

9 Benetton -2 127

10 Arrows = 116

11 Minardi = 85

Due to the vast difference in timing between MotoGP and F1, we have used the above system only for those drivers who were classified under the FIA regulations for Formula One races. Therefore, in some races not all points were awarded.

Teams are awarded only for their best result in each race (the highest score of their two drivers).

Pos Driver F1* TOT AUS MAL BRA SAN SPN AUT MON CAN EUR FRA BRI GER HUN BEL ITA USA JPN

1 M.Schumacher 338 25 25 20 25 20 25 20 25 25 20 25 25 13 20 25

2 Coulthard 225 20 16 25 20 11 25 11 16 13 16 20 16 16

3 Barrichello 214 16 20 16 16 20 11 16 16 20 20 11 20 1 11

4 Schumacher 167 11 25 25 13 20 25 13 9 16 10

5 Hakkinen 143 10 13 7 16 10 25 11 13 25 13

6 Alesi +9 115 7 7 8 7 6 6 10 11 1 4 5 10 6 10 8 9

7 Villeneuve 108 9 16 8 13 7 8 16 7 8 10 6

8 Heidfeld 107 13 16 9 10 7 10 10 10 5 10 7

9 Montoya -3 106 20 20 13 8 25 20

10 Raikkonen 94 10 8 13 6 13 6 9 11 9 9

11 Panis +3 86 9 13 8 9 11 7 9 5 7 5 3

12 Trulli -3 80 8 11 11 13 5 11 13 8

13 Frentzen 73 11 13 5 10 8 9 7 6 4

14 Fisichella -3 71 3 10 2 5 5 3 13 16 6 8

15 Verstappen +3 70 6 9 4 10 8 6 3 6 7 4 6 1

16 Button +1 58 2 5 6 4 1 9 3 1 11 7 9

17 Irvine -5 57 5 9 16 9 7 11

18 Burti +2 47 8 6 5 5 5 8 4 6

19 de la Rosa -3 44 10 8 2 4 5 11 4

20 Bernoldi +1 32 6 7 2 8 4 3 2

21 Alonso +2 26 4 3 3 2 6 3 5

22 Marques 20 2 7 7 1 3

23 Zonta -4 9 9

24 Enge 6 4 2

25 Mazzacane 4 4

26 Yoong 0

Moto GP Notables:

After San Marino, Coulthard had an 11 point lead over Michael Schumacher.

After the Italian Grand Prix, Barrichello had a 6 point lead over Coulthard.

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