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...

1990 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Ayrton Senna 94 = 2 Alain Prost 92 = 3 Nelson Piquet 68 = 4 Gerhard Berger 65 -1 5 Thierry Boutsen 53 +1 6 Nigel Mansell 50 -1 7 Riccardo Patrese 40 = 8 Alessandro Nannini 34 = 9 Jean Alesi 27 = 10 Aguri Suzuki 14 = 11 Eric Bernard 13 +2 12 Ivan Capelli 12 -2 13 Roberto Moreno 10 -3 = Satoru Nakajima 10 +1 = Derek Warwick 10 +1 16 Alex Caffi 7 = 17 Stefano Modena 6 -1 18 Mauricio Gugelmin 5 = 19 Martin Donnelly 4 N/A = Nicola Larini 4 N/A 21 Pierluigi Martini 3 N/A 22 Gregor Foitek 2 N/A	1991 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Ayrton Senna 112 = 2 Nigel Mansell 81 = 3 Riccardo Patrese 70 = 4 Gerhard Berger 58 = 5 Alain Prost 50 = 6 Nelson Piquet 42.5 = 7 Jean Alesi 35 = 8 Andrea de Cesaris 22.5 +1 9 Stefano Modena 18 -1 = Roberto Moreno 18 +1 11 Pierluigi Martini 12 = 12 Bertrand Gachot 11 = 13 Michael Schumacher 10 -1 14 Mauricio Gugelmin 7 N/A = J J Lehto 7 -2 16 Thierry Boutsen 5 N/A = Satoru Nakajima 5 -1 = Emanuele Pirro 5 +2 19 Gianni Morbidelli 4.5 +5 20 Mark Blundell 4 -2 = Martin Brundle 4 -5 = Ivan Capelli 4 -2 = Mika Hakkinen 4 -5 24 Julian Bailey 3 -6 = Eric Bernard 3 -6 = Aguri Suzuki 3 -6 27 Johnny Herbert 2 N/A = Nicola Larini 2 N/A 29 Erik Comas 1 N/A = Gabriele Tarquini 1 N/A
1992 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Nigel Mansell 114 = 2 Riccardo Patrese 75 = = Michael Schumacher 75 +1 4 Gerhard Berger 65 +1 5 Martin Brundle 60 +1 = Ayrton Senna 60 -1 7 Jean Alesi 30 = 8 Michele Alboreto 26 +2 9 Mika Hakkinen 25 -1 10 Andrea de Cesaris 18 -1 11 Erik Comas 13 = 12 Pierluigi Martini 8 +2 = Johnny Herbert 8 +2 14 Thierry Boutsen 7 = = Ivan Capelli 7 -2 16 Karl Wendlinger 6 -4 17 Stefano Modena 5 = = Aguri Suzuki 5 N/A 19 J J Lehto 4 N/A = Christian Fittipaldi 4 -2 21 Gianni Morbidelli 3 N/A = Bertrand Gachot 3 -4 23 Mauricio Gugelmin 2 N/A 24 Olivier Grouillard 1 N/A	1993 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Alain Prost 111 = 2 Damon Hill 85 +1 = Ayrton Senna 85 = 4 Michael Schumacher 68 = 5 Riccardo Patrese 35 = 6 Martin Brundle 30 +1 7 Jean Alesi 27 -1 8 Gerhard Berger 24 = = Mark Blundell 24 +2 10 Johnny Herbert 20 -1 11 Michael Andretti 15 = = J J Lehto 15 +2 = Karl Wendlinger 15 = 14 Christian Fittipaldi 14 -1 15 Derek Warwick 10 = 16 Philippe Alliot 7 +1 17 Fabrizio Barbazza 6 = = Rubens Barrichello 6 = = Mika Hakkinen 6 -2 = Alessandro Zanardi 6 +3 21 Erik Comas 4 -1 22 Eddie Irvine 3 -2 = Pierluigi Martini 3 N/A 24 Luca Badoer 2 N/A = Aguri Suzuki 2 N/A
1994 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Damon Hill 104 +1 2 Michael Schumacher 96 -1 3 Gerhard Berger 55 = 4 Mika Hakkinen 40 = 5 Jean Alesi 38 = 6 Rubens Barrichello 33 = 7 Martin Brundle 27 = 8 David Coulthard 24 = 9 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 21 +4 10 Olivier Panis 19 +1 11 Jos Verstappen 17 -1 12 Nigel Mansell 15 -3 13 Mark Blundell 14 -1 = Christian Fittipaldi 14 +1 = Eddie Irvine 14 +1 16 Ukyo Katayama 13 +1 17 Pierluigi Martini 10 +1 18 Eric Bernard 9 = 19 Andrea de Cesaris 8 -1 = Erik Comas 8 +4 = Johnny Herbert 8 N/A = Nicola Larini 8 -5 = Karl Wendlinger 8 -1 24 Gianni Morbidelli 7 -2 25 Michele Alboreto 5 -1 = J J Lehto 5 -1 27 Olivier Beretta 3 N/A 28 Pedro Lamy 1 N/A	1995 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Michael Schumacher 108 = 2 Damon Hill 81 = 3 Johnny Herbert 67 +1 4 David Coulthard 65 -1 5 Jean Alesi 58 = 6 Gerhard Berger 49 = 7 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 35 +2 8 Olivier Panis 32 = 9 Mika Hakkinen 28 -2 10 Mark Blundell 27 = 11 Rubens Barrichello 23 = 12 Eddie Irvine 19 = 13 Mika Salo 17 +1 14 Martin Brundle 14 -1 15 Gianni Morbidelli 9 -1 16 Jean-Christophe Boullion 8 = 17 Pierluigi Martini 4 N/A = Aguri Suzuki 4 = 19 Ukyo Katayama 3 N/A = Pedro Lamy 3 -2 21 Luca Badoer 2 N/A = Pedro Diniz 2 N/A = Massimiliano Papis 2 N/A 24 Bertrand Gachot 1 N/A = Taki Inoue 1 N/A = Andrea Montermini 1 N/A
1996 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Damon Hill 105 = 2 Jacques Villeneuve 94 = 3 Michael Schumacher 71 = 4 Jean Alesi 69 = 5 Mika Hakkinen 55 = 6 Gerhard Berger 35 = 7 David Coulthard 33 = 8 Rubens Barrichello 28 = 9 Olivier Panis 26 = 10 Eddie Irvine 23 = 11 Martin Brundle 19 = 12 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 18 = 13 Mika Salo 15 = 14 Johnny Herbert 11 = 15 Pedro Diniz 9 = 16 Jos Verstappen 4 = 17 Ukyo Katayama 3 N/A 18 Giancarlo Fisichella 1 N/A = Ricardo Rosset 1 N/A	1997 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Michael Schumacher 94 +1 2 Jacques Villeneuve 89 -1 3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 60 = 4 Jean Alesi 59 = 5 David Coulthard 48 -1 6 Gerhard Berger 43 = 7 Mika Hakkinen 41 -1 8 Giancarlo Fisichella 37 +1 = Eddie Irvine 37 = 10 Johnny Herbert 34 +1 11 Olivier Panis 29 -1 12 Ralf Schumacher 25 = 13 Damon Hill 15 = 14 Shinji Nakano 10 +3 15 Rubens Barrichello 8 -1 = Jarno Trulli 8 +1 17 Pedro Diniz 7 = 18 Alexander Wurz 6 -3 19 Nicola Larini 5 +1 = Mika Salo 5 -2 21 Jan Magnussen 2 N/A 22 Jos Verstappen 1 N/A
1998 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Mika Hakkinen 110 = 2 Michael Schumacher 98 = 3 David Coulthard 78 = 4 Eddie Irvine 71 = 5 Jacques Villeneuve 44 = 6 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 34 +1 7 Giancarlo Fisichella 33 +2 = Damon Hill 33 -1 = Alexander Wurz 33 = 10 Ralf Schumacher 26 = 11 Jean Alesi 23 = 12 Johnny Herbert 9 +3 13 Rubens Barrichello 8 -1 14 Pedro Diniz 7 -1 15 Mika Salo 5 -2 16 Shinji Nakano 4 N/A 17 Jan Magnussen 3 -2 = Jarno Trulli 3 -2 19 Ricardo Rosset 1 N/A = Esteban Tuero 1 N/A	1999 Pos Driver Points Change 1 Eddie Irvine 96 +1 2 Mika Hakkinen 88 -1 3 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 74 = 4 David Coulthard 62 = 5 Ralf Schumacher 57 +1 6 Michael Schumacher 55 -1 7 Rubens Barrichello 37 = 8 Giancarlo Fisichella 23 +1 9 Johnny Herbert 21 -1 10 Mika Salo 19 = 11 Damon Hill 18 = = Jarno Trulli 18 = 13 Alexander Wurz 14 = 14 Jean Alesi 9 +1 = Pedro Diniz 9 -1 16 Olivier Panis 7 -1 17 Marc Gene 4 = = Alessandro Zanardi 4 N/A 19 Pedro de la Rosa 3 -2 = Toranosuke Takagi 3 N/A 21 Luca Badoer 1 N/A = Jacques Villeneuve 1 N/A = Ricardo Zonta 1 N/A