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...

1980 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Alan Jones 86 = 2 Nelson Piquet 71 = 3 Carlos Reutemann 70 = 4 Jacques Laffite 48 = 5 Didier Pironi 47 = 6 Rene Arnoux 39 = 7 Elio de Angelis 21 = 8 Gilles Villeneuve 18 +2 9 Alain Prost 17 +6 10 Jean Pierre Jarier 16 = 11 John Watson 13 -1 12 Riccardo Patrese 12 -3 = Keke Rosberg 12 -2 14 Derek Daly 11 -4 = Jochen Mass 11 +3 16 Emerson Fittipaldi 10 -1 = Jean Pierre Jabouille 10 -8 18 Mario Andretti 8 +2 = Bruno Giacomelli 8 -1 20 Jody Scheckter 6 -1 21 Hector Rebaque 5 -1 22 Marc Surer 3 N/A = Ricardo Zunino 3 N/A	1981 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Nelson Piquet 67 = 2 Carlos Reutemann 66 = 3 Alan Jones 62 = 4 Jacques Laffite 60 = 5 Alain Prost 52 = 6 John Watson 43 = 7 Elio de Angelis 34 +1 8 Gilles Villeneuve 33 -1 9 Eddie Cheever 20 +2 10 Rene Arnoux 19 -1 = Hector Rebaque 19 -1 12 Didier Pironi 18 +1 13 Nigel Mansell 16 +1 = Riccardo Patrese 16 -2 15 Bruno Giacomelli 12 = 16 Mario Andretti 10 +1 17 Marc Surer 9 -1 18 Andrea de Cesaris 6 = 19 Patrick Tambay 5 -1 20 Jean Pierre Jarier 4 N/A 21 Slim Borgudd 3 -3 = Derek Daly 3 N/A = Eliseo Salazar 3 -3 24 Chico Serra 2 N/A = Siegfried Stohr 2 N/A
1982 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Keke Rosberg 64 = 2 John Watson 53 = 3 Didier Pironi 51 -1 4 Alain Prost 47 = 5 Michele Alboreto 44 +2 6 Niki Lauda 41 -1 7 Elio de Angelis 37 +2 8 Patrick Tambay 35 -1 9 Rene Arnoux 34 -3 10 Riccardo Patrese 28 = 11 Nelson Piquet 27 = 12 Eddie Cheever 23 = 13 Derek Daly 22 = 14 Nigel Mansell 16 = 15 Marc Surer 12 +5 16 Andrea de Cesaris 9 +1 = Jacques Laffite 9 +1 18 Carlos Reutemann 8 -3 = Gilles Villeneuve 8 -3 20 Mauro Baldi 7 +2 21 Mario Andretti 6 -2 = Bruno Giacomelli 6 +1 23 Brian Henton 5 N/A = Jean Pierre Jarier 5 -3 = Chico Serra 5 +3 26 Jochen Mass 4 N/A = Eliseo Salazar 4 -4 = Manfred Winkelhock 4 -4 29 Slim Borgudd 2 N/A 30 Raul Boesel 1 N/A = Roberto Guerrero 1 N/A	1983 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Nelson Piquet 76 = 2 Alain Prost 74 = 3 Rene Arnoux 64 = 4 Patrick Tambay 57 = 5 Keke Rosberg 41 = 6 Eddie Cheever 34 = 7 John Watson 33 -1 8 Jacques Laffite 25 +3 9 Andrea de Cesaris 22 -1 10 Niki Lauda 20 = = Derek Warwick 20 +4 12 Nigel Mansell 19 = 13 Riccardo Patrese 18 -4 14 Michele Alboreto 15 -2 15 Marc Surer 14 = 16 Mauro Baldi 9 = 17 Danny Sullivan 7 = 18 Bruno Giacomelli 6 +1 19 Elio de Angelis 4 -2 = Thierry Boutsen 4 N/A 21 Johnny Cecotto 3 -2 = Jean Pierre Jarier 3 N/A = Chico Serra 3 N/A 24 Raul Boesel 2 N/A = Stefan Johansson 2 N/A 26 Manfred Winkelhock 1 N/A
1984 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Niki Lauda 87 = 2 Alain Prost 86 = 3 Elio de Angelis 57 = 4 Rene Arnoux 46 +2 5 Michele Alboreto 42.5 -1 6 Nelson Piquet 39 -1 7 Derek Warwick 33 = 8 Keke Rosberg 29.5 = 9 Ayrton Senna 24 = = Patrick Tambay 24 +2 11 Nigel Mansell 23 -2 12 Teo Fabi 15 = = Riccardo Patrese 15 +1 14 Thierry Boutsen 11 = = Andrea de Cesaris 11 +2 16 Jacques Laffite 10.5 -2 17 Eddie Cheever 7 -1 = Piercarlo Ghinzani 7 +2 19 Marc Surer 6 +1 20 Stefan Johansson 5 -4 21 Jo Gartner 4 N/A = Francois Hesnault 4 N/A 23 Mauro Baldi 3 N/A = Gerhard Berger 3 N/A 25 Corrado Fabi 2 N/A = Manfred Winkelhock 2 N/A 27 Jonathan Palmer 1 N/A = Huub Rothengatter 1 N/A	1985 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Alain Prost 95 = 2 Michele Alboreto 69 = 3 Elio de Angelis 54 +2 4 Keke Rosberg 53 -1 5 Ayrton Senna 50 -1 6 Nigel Mansell 47 = 7 Stefan Johansson 45 = 8 Nelson Piquet 32 = 9 Jacques Laffite 27 = 10 Patrick Tambay 23 +1 11 Thierry Boutsen 22 = 12 Niki Lauda 19 -2 13 Derek Warwick 15 = 14 Marc Surer 14 -1 15 Gerhard Berger 12 +2 16 Stefan Bellof 11 -1 17 Martin Brundle 8 N/A 18 Philippe Streiff 7 -3 19 Rene Arnoux 5 -2 = Ivan Capelli 5 -2 = Andrea de Cesaris 5 -2 22 Huub Rothengatter 2 N/A = John Watson 2 N/A 24 Pierluigi Martini 1 N/A
1986 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Alain Prost 96 = 2 Nigel Mansell 91 = 3 Nelson Piquet 89 = 4 Ayrton Senna 73 = 5 Stefan Johansson 37 = 6 Keke Rosberg 36 = 7 Rene Arnoux 30 +1 8 Gerhard Berger 28 -1 9 Jacques Laffite 26 -1 10 Michele Alboreto 24 -2 11 Martin Brundle 17 = 12 Johnny Dumfries 11 +1 13 Philippe Streiff 10 = 14 Thierry Boutsen 9 N/A = Riccardo Patrese 9 +1 16 Alan Jones 8 -4 = Patrick Tambay 8 -1 18 Teo Fabi 7 -3 19 Philippe Alliot 4 -1 = Christian Danner 4 -1 21 Derek Warwick 3 N/A 22 Elio de Angelis 1 N/A = Andrea de Cesaris 1 N/A = Jonathan Palmer 1 N/A = Huub Rothengatter 1 N/A	1987 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Nelson Piquet 97 = 2 Ayrton Senna 79 +1 3 Nigel Mansell 73 -1 4 Alain Prost 63 = 5 Stefan Johansson 51 +1 6 Gerhard Berger 48 -1 7 Thierry Boutsen 30 +1 8 Michele Alboreto 26 -1 9 Teo Fabi 25 = 10 Jonathan Palmer 21 +1 11 Eddie Cheever 18 -1 = Satoru Nakajima 18 = 13 Philippe Streiff 12 +1 14 Philippe Alliot 10 +2 = Riccardo Patrese 10 -1 16 Andrea de Cesaris 7 -2 = Derek Warwick 7 = 18 Martin Brundle 6 = 19 Christian Danner 5 N/A 20 Yannick Dalmas 4 N/A = Piercarlo Ghinzani 4 N/A 22 Rene Arnoux 3 -3 = Ivan Capelli 3 -3 = Roberto Moreno 3 -3
1988 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Alain Prost 126 +1 2 Ayrton Senna 112 -1 3 Gerhard Berger 60 = 4 Thierry Boutsen 49 = 5 Michele Alboreto 38 = = Nelson Piquet 38 +1 7 Derek Warwick 35 = 8 Ivan Capelli 29 -1 9 Alessandro Nannini 24 = 10 Riccardo Patrese 21 +1 11 Eddie Cheever 17 +1 12 Nigel Mansell 16 -3 13 Mauricio Gugelmin 14 = 14 Jonathan Palmer 11 -1 15 Satoru Nakajima 10 +1 16 Andrea de Cesaris 6 -1 17 Pierluigi Martini 5 -1 18 Alex Caffi 4 N/A = Yannick Dalmas 4 N/A 20 Martin Brundle 2 N/A 21 Luis Perez-Sala 1 N/A = Philippe Streiff 1 N/A = Gabriele Tarquini 1 N/A	1989 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Alain Prost 103 = 2 Ayrton Senna 70 = 3 Riccardo Patrese 58 = 4 Thierry Boutsen 51 +1 5 Nigel Mansell 48 -1 = Alessandro Nannini 48 +1 7 Gerhard Berger 26 = 8 Nelson Piquet 24 = 9 Eddie Cheever 17 +2 = Derek Warwick 17 +1 11 Jean Alesi 14 -2 12 Pierluigi Martini 13 +2 13 Martin Brundle 12 +3 = Alex Caffi 12 +3 = Mauricio Gugelmin 12 +3 16 Andrea de Cesaris 11 = = Stefan Johansson 11 -5 18 Michele Alboreto 10 -7 19 Johnny Herbert 9 -5 = Satoru Nakajima 9 +2 21 Jonathan Palmer 8 +2 22 Stefano Modena 7 -6 23 Christian Danner 6 -2 = Olivier Grouillard 6 +3 = Gabriele Tarquini 6 +3 26 Emanuele Pirro 5 -3 27 Rene Arnoux 4 -4 = Luis Perez-Sala 4 -1 29 Philippe Alliot 3 -3