The new points system, to be used as of 2003, has been designed to prolong the fight for the World Championship title, as well as reward more race finishers. But is that all it achieves? Atlas F1's David Wright compiled the final standings of every season in the F1 World Championship since 1950 using the 2003 points system. Take the result with a pinch of salt...

1970 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Jacky Ickx 50 +1 = Jochen Rindt 50 = 3 Clay Regazzoni 44 = 4 Denny Hulme 43 = 5 Chris Amon 38 +2 6 Pedro Rodriguez 34 +1 7 Jack Brabham 32 -2 = Jackie Stewart 32 -2 9 Jean Pierre Beltoise 29 = 10 Henri Pescarolo 22 +2 11 Rolf Stommelen 20 = 12 Emerson Fittipaldi 16 -2 13 Graham Hill 15 = 14 Bruce McLaren 8 = = John Surtees 8 +3 16 Francois Cevert 7 +6 = Ignazio Giunti 7 +1 = John Miles 7 +3 19 Mario Andretti 6 -4 = Jackie Oliver 6 = = Reine Wisell 6 -4 22 Johnny Servoz-Gavin 4 -3 = Jo Siffert 4 N/A 24 Derek Bell 3 -2 = Peter Gethin 3 -2 = Dan Gurney 3 -2 27 Ronnie Peterson 2 N/A 28 Andrea de Adamich 1 N/A = John Love 1 N/A	1971 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Jackie Stewart 72 = 2 Ronnie Peterson 48 = 3 Francois Cevert 37 = 4 Emerson Fittipaldi 27 +2 5 Jacky Ickx 26 -1 = Jo Siffert 26 -1 7 Clay Regazzoni 21 = 8 Reine Wisell 18 +1 9 Chris Amon 17 = = Denny Hulme 17 = 11 Mario Andretti 15 -3 12 Pedro Rodriguez 13 -3 13 Howden Ganley 12 +1 = John Surtees 12 +5 15 Peter Gethin 11 -6 16 Henri Pescarolo 9 = = Tim Schenken 9 -2 = Rolf Stommelen 9 +2 19 Jean Pierre Beltoise 8 +3 20 Mark Donohue 6 -4 = Graham Hill 6 +1 22 Mike Hailwood 5 -4 23 Jackie Oliver 2 N/A = Brian Redman 2 N/A 25 Gijs van Lennep 1 N/A
1972 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 72 = 2 Denny Hulme 56 +1 3 Jackie Stewart 55 -1 4 Jacky Ickx 37 = = Peter Revson 37 +1 6 Chris Amon 24 +3 = Ronnie Peterson 24 +3 = Clay Regazzoni 24 = 9 Francois Cevert 21 -3 = Mike Hailwood 21 -1 11 Jean Pierre Beltoise 12 = 12 Graham Hill 11 = 13 Mario Andretti 10 -1 14 Howden Ganley 9 -2 15 Brian Redman 8 -3 = Carlos Reutemann 8 +1 17 Andrea de Adamich 7 -1 = Carlos Pace 7 -1 = Tim Schenken 7 +2 20 Wilson Fittipaldi 5 N/A 21 Peter Gethin 3 -1 = Arturo Merzario 3 -1 23 Patrick Depailler 2 N/A = Niki Lauda 2 N/A 25 Mike Beuttler 1 N/A = Helmut Marko 1 N/A = Henri Pescarolo 1 N/A	1973 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Jackie Stewart 90 = 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 72 = 3 Francois Cevert 67 +1 4 Ronnie Peterson 62 -1 5 Peter Revson 55 = 6 Denny Hulme 45 = 7 Carlos Reutemann 31 = 8 Jacky Ickx 26 +1 9 James Hunt 24 -1 10 Jean Pierre Beltoise 17 = 11 Arturo Merzario 14 +1 = Carlos Pace 14 = 13 Clay Regazzoni 12 +4 14 George Follmer 9 -1 15 Andrea de Adamich 8 = 16 Wilson Fittipaldi 7 -1 = Jackie Oliver 7 -2 18 Howden Ganley 5 +1 = Niki Lauda 5 -1 20 Chris Amon 3 -1 = Mike Beuttler 3 N/A = Mike Hailwood 3 N/A = Gijs van Lennep 3 -1 24 Jochen Mass 2 N/A 25 Henri Pescarolo 1 N/A
1974 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Emerson Fittipaldi 74 = 2 Clay Regazzoni 73 = 3 Jody Scheckter 62 = 4 Niki Lauda 48 = 5 Ronnie Peterson 45 = 6 Carlos Reutemann 43 = 7 Denny Hulme 35 = 8 Patrick Depailler 29 +1 9 Mike Hailwood 24 +1 10 James Hunt 23 -2 11 Jacky Ickx 20 -1 12 Carlos Pace 18 = 13 Jean Pierre Beltoise 16 = = John Watson 16 +1 15 Jean Pierre Jarier 12 -1 16 Hans Joachim Stuck 11 = 17 Graham Hill 8 +1 = Arturo Merzario 8 = 19 Tom Pryce 4 -1 20 Vittorio Brambilla 3 -2 = Guy Edwards 3 N/A 22 Mario Andretti 2 N/A = David Hobbs 2 N/A = Jochen Mass 2 N/A = Brian Redman 2 N/A 26 Tom Belso 1 N/A = Howden Ganley 1 N/A	1975 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Niki Lauda 83.5 = 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 60 = 3 Carlos Reutemann 52 = 4 James Hunt 47 = 5 Clay Regazzoni 37 = 6 Carlos Pace 34 = 7 Jochen Mass 33.5 = 8 Jody Scheckter 32.5 -1 9 Patrick Depailler 24 = 10 Tom Pryce 17 = 11 Vittorio Brambilla 12 = = Mark Donohue 12 +4 13 Mario Andretti 11 +1 = Ronnie Peterson 11 -1 15 Tony Brise 8 +4 = Jacques Laffite 8 -3 17 Jacky Ickx 6 -1 18 Alan Jones 4 -1 19 Jean Pierre Jarier 3.5 -1 = Lella Lombardi 3.5 +2 21 Gijs van Lennep 3 -2 22 Rolf Stommelen 2 N/A 23 Harald Ertl 1 N/A = Hans Joachim Stuck 1 N/A 25 John Watson 0.5 N/A
1976 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Niki Lauda 84 +1 2 James Hunt 83 -1 3 Jody Scheckter 72 = 4 Patrick Depailler 57 = 5 Clay Regazzoni 48 = 6 Jochen Mass 37 +3 7 Mario Andretti 33 -1 = John Watson 33 = 9 Jacques Laffite 32 -2 10 Tom Pryce 24 +1 11 Gunnar Nilsson 19 -1 12 Carlos Pace 17 +2 13 Hans Joachim Stuck 16 = 14 Alan Jones 15 = = Ronnie Peterson 15 -3 16 Emerson Fittipaldi 9 = 17 Vittorio Brambilla 6 +2 18 Chris Amon 5 = = Carlos Reutemann 5 -2 20 Harald Ertl 4 N/A 21 Jacky Ickx 3 N/A = Jean Pierre Jarier 3 N/A = Rolf Stommelen 3 -2 24 Larry Perkins 1 N/A	1977 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Niki Lauda 93 = 2 Jody Scheckter 70 = 3 Carlos Reutemann 64 +1 4 Mario Andretti 59 -1 5 James Hunt 53 = 6 Jochen Mass 41 = 7 Alan Jones 35 = 8 Jacques Laffite 33 +2 9 Patrick Depailler 31 -1 10 Gunnar Nilsson 30 -2 11 Hans Joachim Stuck 26 = 12 Vittorio Brambilla 19 +3 = Emerson Fittipaldi 19 = 14 John Watson 16 -1 15 Clay Regazzoni 15 +2 16 Ronnie Peterson 14 -2 17 Patrick Tambay 11 = 18 Carlos Pace 8 -3 19 Jean Pierre Jarier 4 = 20 Rupert Keegan 3 N/A = Riccardo Patrese 3 -1 = Renzo Zorzi 3 -1 23 Ingo Hoffmann 2 N/A = Patrick Neve 2 N/A = Danny Ongais 2 N/A = Alex Ribeiro 2 N/A = Vern Schuppan 2 N/A 28 Hans Binder 1 N/A
1978 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Mario Andretti 78 = 2 Ronnie Peterson 67 = 3 Carlos Reutemann 63 = 4 Niki Lauda 56 = 5 Patrick Depailler 47 = 6 John Watson 44 = 7 Jacques Laffite 38 +1 8 Jody Scheckter 36 -1 9 Emerson Fittipaldi 31 = 10 Gilles Villeneuve 28 -1 11 Patrick Tambay 21 +2 12 Alan Jones 20 -1 = Riccardo Patrese 20 -1 14 Didier Pironi 19 +1 15 James Hunt 17 -2 16 Clay Regazzoni 8 = 17 Vittorio Brambilla 5 +2 = Jean Pierre Jabouille 5 = 19 Derek Daly 4 = = Brett Lunger 4 N/A = Hans Joachim Stuck 4 -1 22 Bruno Giacomelli 3 N/A = Hector Rebaque 3 -3 24 Jochen Mass 2 N/A 25 Jean Pierre Jarier 1 N/A	1979 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Jody Scheckter 83 = 2 Gilles Villeneuve 71 = 3 Alan Jones 51 = 4 Jacques Laffite 47 = 5 Clay Regazzoni 45 = 6 Carlos Reutemann 40 = 7 Patrick Depailler 31 -1 8 John Watson 30 +1 9 Jean Pierre Jarier 26 +1 = Didier Pironi 26 +1 11 Rene Arnoux 25 -3 12 Mario Andretti 24 -2 13 Jochen Mass 13 +2 14 Jean Pierre Jabouille 10 -1 15 Elio de Angelis 9 = 16 Niki Lauda 8 -2 = Nelson Piquet 8 -1 18 Emerson Fittipaldi 7 +3 = Jacky Ickx 7 -3 20 Hans Joachim Stuck 5 -1 21 Riccardo Patrese 4 -2 22 Geoff Lees 2 N/A = Hector Rebaque 2 N/A = Patrick Tambay 2 N/A = Ricardo Zunino 2 N/A 26 Derek Daly 1 N/A = James Hunt 1 N/A