1930s Points - Lewis Hamilton is a 7-time World Champion

[Bobby Doorknobs]

This is an alternative championship that uses the points system of the European Championship in the 1930s. This system was interesting in that the driver with the least points was declared champion and was broken down as follows:

1st = 1 point
2nd = 2 points
3rd = 3 points
>75% of the race completed = 4 points
50-75% completed = 5 points
25-50% completed = 6 points
<25% completed = 7 points
Not entering, not starting or disqualification from the race = 8 points
In the case of shared drives only the original driver who started the race in the shared car would score the points (e.g. at the 1951 French GP Fagioli would have been awarded the 1 point for winning while Fangio would have scored 4 points for his original car that he handed over to Fagioli).

List of champions

1950: Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo)
1951: Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo)
1952: Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
1953: Alberto Ascari (Ferrari)
1954: Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati & Mercedes)
1955: Juan Manuel Fangio (Mercedes)
1956: Peter Collins (Ferrari)
1957: Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati)
1958: Drivers: Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
1959: Drivers: Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax) Constructors: Cooper-Climax
1960: Drivers: Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax) Constructors: Cooper-Climax
1961: Drivers: Phil Hill (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
1962: Drivers: Graham Hill (BRM) Constructors: BRM
1963: Drivers: Jim Clark (Lotus-Climax) Constructors: Lotus-Climax
1964: Drivers: Graham Hill (BRM) Constructors: BRM
1965: Drivers: Graham Hill (BRM) Constructors: BRM
1966: Drivers: Jack Brabham (Brabham-Repco) Constructors: Brabham-Repco
1967: Drivers: Denny Hulme (Brabham-Repco) Constructors: Brabham-Repco
1968: Drivers: Graham Hill (Lotus-Ford) Constructors: Lotus-Ford
1969: Drivers: Jackie Stewart (Matra-Ford) Constructors: Matra-Ford
1970: Drivers: Jack Brabham (Brabham-Ford) Constructors: Lotus-Ford
1971: Drivers: Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell-Ford) Constructors: Tyrrell-Ford
1972: Drivers: Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus-Ford) Constructors: Lotus-Ford
1973: Drivers: Jackie Stewart (Tyrrell-Ford) Constructors: Lotus-Ford
1974: Drivers: Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) Constructors: McLaren-Ford
1975: Drivers: Niki Lauda (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
1976: Drivers: James Hunt (McLaren-Ford) Constructors: Ferrari
1977: Drivers: Jody Scheckter (Wolf-Ford) Constructors: Ferrari
1978: Drivers: Mario Andretti (Lotus-Ford) Constructors: Lotus-Ford
1979: Drivers: Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
1980: Drivers: Alan Jones (Williams-Ford) Constructors: Williams-Ford
1981: Drivers: Carlos Reutemann (Williams-Ford) Constructors: Williams-Ford
1982: Drivers: Keke Rosberg (Williams-Ford) Constructors: McLaren-Ford
1983: Drivers: Alain Prost (Renault) Constructors: Brabham-BMW
1984: Drivers: Niki Lauda (McLaren-TAG) Constructors: McLaren-TAG
1985: Drivers: Alain Prost (McLaren-TAG) Constructors: McLaren-TAG
1986: Drivers: Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda) Constructors: Williams-Honda
1987: Drivers: Nelson Piquet (Williams-Honda) Constructors: Williams-Honda Jim Clark Trophy: Jonathan Palmer (Tyrrell-Ford) Colin Chapman Trophy: Tyrrell-Ford
1988: Drivers: Alain Prost (McLaren-Honda) Constructors: McLaren-Honda
1989: Drivers: Alain Prost (McLaren-Honda) Constructors: McLaren-Honda
1990: Drivers: Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda) Constructors: McLaren-Honda
1991: Drivers: Ayrton Senna (McLaren-Honda) Constructors: McLaren-Honda
1992: Drivers: Nigel Mansell (Williams-Renault) Constructors: Williams-Renault
1993: Drivers: Alain Prost (Williams-Renault) Constructors: Williams-Renault
1994: Drivers: Damon Hill (Williams-Renault) Constructors: Williams-Renault
1995: Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Renault) Constructors: Benetton-Renault
1996: Drivers: Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault) Constructors: Williams-Renault
1997: Drivers: Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault) Constructors: Williams-Renault
1998: Drivers: Mika Häkkinen (McLaren-Mercedes) Constructors: McLaren-Mercedes
1999: Drivers: Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2000: Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2001: Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2002: Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2003: Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2004: Drivers: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2005: Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Renault) Constructors: McLaren-Mercedes
2006: Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Renault) Constructors: Ferrari
2007: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) Constructors: Ferrari
2008: Drivers: Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Constructors: Ferrari
2009: Drivers: Jenson Button (Brawn-Mercedes) Constructors: Brawn-Mercedes
2010: Drivers: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) Constructors: Red Bull-Renault
2011: Drivers: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) Constructors: Red Bull-Renault
2012: Drivers: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) Constructors: Red Bull-Renault
2013: Drivers: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault) Constructors: Red Bull-Renault
2014: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors: Mercedes
2015: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors: Mercedes
2016: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors: Mercedes
2017: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors: Mercedes
2018: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors: Mercedes
2019: Drivers: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors: Mercedes

So let's begin with the inaugural season:

1950

A very interesting one to start with. Fangio's reliability problems during the season don't impact his chances as much as in reality because he got far enough into the races he retired from to minimise the damage. Farina's chances on the other hand were handicapped by the first lap pile-up at Monaco and scoring 7 points as a result. Going into the final race Fangio has a 4 point lead over Fagioli with Farina a further 2 points back. Fangio's gearbox failed just past 25% distance, meaning he would score 6 points, putting Farina out of contention. Fagioli had to win to take the title but in the end only finished 3rd.

Because so many drivers take part and score points I will only list the top 20 for most seasons. Also note how the Indy 500 doesn't interfere with the standings as much.

Final standings:

1. Juan Manuel Fangio 25 pts.
2. Giuseppe Farina 26 pts.
3. Luigi Fagioli 26 pts.
4. Louis Rosier 36 pts.
5. Philippe Étancelin 37 pts.
6. Johnny Claes 37 pts.
7. Alberto Ascari 43 pts.
8. Louis Chiron 43 pts.
9. Raymond Sommer 43 pts.
10. Prince Bira 44 pts.
11. Toulo de Graffenried 44 pts.
12. Yves Giraud-Cabantous 46 pts.
13. Pierre Levegh 47 pts.
14. Bob Gerard 48 pts.
15. Luigi Villoresi 48 pts.
16. Cuth Harrison 48 pts.
17. Toni Branca 48 pts.
18. Johnnie Parsons 49 pts.
19. Geoffrey Crossley 49 pts.
20. Bill Holland 50 pts.

[dr-baker]

This is a really interesting idea! I look forward to following this.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

And now for:

1951

This year we have six different drivers in contention for the title in the final round with Fangio and Ascari tied on 28 points, González and Villoresi on 31, and Farina and Rosier on 33. With Ferrari's tyre troubles Fangio took an easy victory to take his second straight title.

Final standings:



1. Juan Manuel Fangio 29 pts.
2. Alberto Ascari 32 pts.
3. José Froilán González 33 pts.
4. Giuseppe Farina 36 pts.
5. Luigi Villoresi 36 pts.
6. Louis Rosier 37 pts.
7. Johnny Claes 41 pts.
8. Yves Giraud-Cabantous 45 pts.
9. Louis Chiron 46 pts.
10. Piero Taruffi 47 pts.
11. Felice Bonetto 48 pts.
12. Consalvo Sanesi 50 pts.
13. Philippe Étancelin 52 pts.
14. Toulo de Graffenried 53 pts.
15. André Simon 53 pts.
16. Robert Manzon 53 pts.
17. Peter Whitehead 54 pts.
18. Pierre Levegh 55 pts.
19. Reg Parnell 56 pts.
20. Rudi Fischer 56 pts.

[tommykl]

Loving these top tens for Johnny Claes

[Nessafox]

Loving these top tens for Johnny Claes

If anyone earned an F1rejects profile, it's Johnny!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

I'll wrap up today with:

1952

Interestingly Stirling Moss finishes in the top ten despite retiring from every race he started! Otherwise not many surprises:



1. Alberto Ascari 21 pts.
2. Giuseppe Farina 32 pts.
3. Piero Taruffi 36 pts.
4. Robert Manzon 42 pts.
5. Rudi Fischer 44 pts.
6. Jean Behra 45 pts.
7. Mike Hawthorn 46 pts.
8. Lance Macklin 46 pts.
9. Stirling Moss 47 pts.
10. Alan Brown 48 pts.
11. Eric Brandon 48 pts.
12. Prince Bira 48 pts.
13. Harry Schell 49 pts.
14. Ken Wharton 50 pts.
15. Johnny Claes 51 pts.
16. Maurice Trintignant 53 pts.
17. Luigi Villoresi 54 pts.
18. Toulo de Graffenried 54 pts.
19. Peter Collins 54 pts.
20. Gino Bianco 55 pts.

I should have the rest of the decade up tomorrow!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

As promised, here's the rest of the 1950s:

1953

Again not much to say, some drivers higher in the standings, some lower, Ascari still dominates:



1. Alberto Ascari 25 pts.
2. Giuseppe Farina 34 pts.
3. Mike Hawthorn 35 pts.
4. Juan Manuel Fangio 37 pts.
5. Luigi Villoresi 37 pts.
6. Toulo de Graffenried 46 pts.
7. Louis Rosier 47 pts.
8. Felice Bonetto 48 pts.
9. Onofre Marimón 50 pts.
10. Maurice Trintignant 50 pts.
11. José Froilán González 55 pts.
12. Jean Behra 55 pts.
13. Stirling Moss 57 pts.
14. Harry Schell 57 pts.
15. Alan Brown 57 pts.
16. Johnny Claes 57 pts.
17. Ken Wharton 58 pts.
18. Prince Bira 60 pts.
19. Peter Collins 60 pts.
20. Kenneth McApline 61 pts.

1954

Fangio becomes the first triple world champion a year early and Prince Bira could've been in the running for 3rd or even 2nd overall had he not missed the Swiss and Italian Grands Prix:



1. Juan Manuel Fangio 21 pts.
2. Maurice Trintignant 40 pts.
3. Mike Hawthorn 45 pts.
4. José Froilán González 45 pts.
5. Karl Kling 49 pts.
6. Prince Bira 50 pts.
7. Roberto Mieres 52 pts.
8. Sergio Mantovani 53 pts.
9. Stirling Moss 54 pts.
10. Harry Schell 54 pts.
11. Hans Herrmann 56 pts.
12. Jean Behra 56 pts.
13. Louis Rosier 56 pts.
14. Ken Wharton 58 pts.
15. Umberto Maglioli 59 pts.
16. Robert Manzon 60 pts.
17. Onofre Marimón 61 pts.
18. Luigi Villoresi 62 pts.
19. André Pilette 63 pts.
20. Giuseppe Farina 64 pts.

1955

Fangio does it again with the championship decided in the final round at Monza. However it looked unlikely that Moss could overhaul a 4-point deficit and his chances were gone with an engine failure just after half distance:



1. Juan Manuel Fangio 20 pts.
2. Stirling Moss 28 pts.
3. Maurice Trintignant 33 pts.
4. Roberto Mieres 34 pts.
5. Luigi Musso 35 pts.
6. Eugenio Castellotti 36 pts.
7. Jean Behra 40 pts.
8. Giuseppe Farina 42 pts.
9. Piero Taruffi 42 pts.
10. Mike Hawthorn 42 pts.
11. Karl Kling 43 pts.
12. Jacques Pollet 45 pts.
13. Harry Schell 47 pts.
14. Louis Rosier 47 pts.
15. Cesare Perdisa 48 pts.
16. Hermano da Silva Ramos 48 pts.
17. José Froilán González 50 pts.
18. Carlos Menditeguy 51 pts.
19. Luigi Villoresi 51 pts.
20. Ken Wharton 51 pts.

1956

This season we get an exciting finale in Monza with four drivers in contention and leading them is none other than Jean Behra with Collins 2 points behind him, Fangio 2 points behind Collins and Moss 2 points behind Fangio. Behra had had impeccable reliability all season but his Maserati let him down at the worst possible moment, going out just before half distance with a steering problem. Fangio's title hopes were finished due to a similar issue. This left Collins as the only man who could overhaul (or underhaul!) Behra's tally, as the Frenchman had made it far enough into the race to leave Moss unable to beat him. This race is of course remembered for Collins' display of sportsmanship in giving Fangio his car so he can take his 4th title. This time however Collins' famous act actually helps him seal the title for himself with Fangio bringing the car home in 2nd. The final standings are:



1. Peter Collins 30 pts.
2. Jean Behra 32 pts.
3. Stirling Moss 33 pts.
4. Juan Manuel Fangio 34 pts.
5. Eugenio Castellotti 47 pts.
6. Paco Godia 47 pts.
7. Harry Schell 48 pts.
8. Louis Rosier 48 pts.
9. Luigi Musso 49 pts.
10. Luigi Villoresi 50 pts.
11. Robert Manzon 50 pts.
12. Cesare Perdisa 51 pts.
13. Alfonso de Portago 52 pts.
14. Hermano da Silva Ramos 52 pts.
15. Mike Hawthorn 54 pts.
16. Horace Gould 54 pts.
17. Maurice Trintignant 54 pts.
18. André Pilette 56 pts.
19. Pat Flaherty 57 pts.
20. Olivier Gendebien 57 pts.

1957

Fangio takes his fifth and final title:



1. Juan Manuel Fangio 21 pts.
2. Stirling Moss 38 pts.
3. Luigi Musso 39 pts.
4. Tony Brooks 42 pts.
5. Jean Behra 42 pts.
6. Harry Schell 42 pts.
7. Peter Collins 45 pts.
8. Stuart Lewis-Evans 45 pts.
9. Mike Hawthorn 46 pts.
10. Masten Gregory 47 pts.
11. Giorgio Scarlatti 49 pts.
12. Jack Brabham 51 pts.
13. Carlos Menditeguy 53 pts.
14. Maurice Trintignant 54 pts.
15. Paco Godia 54 pts.
16. Bruce Halford 54 pts.
17. Wolfgang von Trips 55 pts.
18. Jo Bonnier 55 pts.
19. Horace Gould 56 pts.
20. Sam Hanks 57 pts.

1958

This year the FIA introduced a World Championship for Constructors, using the same points system as the Drivers' Championship. Only the highest-placed car in each event would score points and the Indy 500 wouldn't count, so the constructors don't gain 8 points for missing it. This year Luigi Musso was a title contender. He was equal in points with his teammate and rival Hawthorn until his tragic death at the French GP. Hawthorn's rivals for the rest of the season were not only Stirling Moss, but also BRM driver Harry Schell. However both of Hawthorn's rivals went out early in the Italian GP allowing him to clinch the title with one race remaining. Also, Ferrari won the inaugural Constructors' Championship thanks mainly to the fact that Vanwall didn't make the trip to Argentina for the start of the season!

Drivers' Championship:

1. Mike Hawthorn 37 pts.
2. Stirling Moss 47 pts.
3. Roy Salvadori 50 pts.
4. Harry Schell 50 pts.
5. Tony Brooks 53 pts.
6. Maurice Trintignant 55 pts.
7. Jean Behra 59 pts.
8. Cliff Allison 59 pts.
9. Stuart Lewis-Evans 61 pts.
10. Jack Brabham 64 pts.
11. Jo Bonnier 64 pts.
12. Peter Collins 65 pts.
13. Wolfgang von Trips 66 pts.
14. Graham Hill 69 pts.
15. Luigi Musso 70 pts.
16. Phil Hill 74 pts.
17. Gerino Gerini 76 pts.
18. Paco Godia 77 pts.
19. Masten Gregory 78 pts.
20. Carroll Shelby 78 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 22 pts.
2. Vanwall 26 pts.
3. Cooper-Climax 31 pts.
4. BRM 44 pts.
5. Maserati 44 pts.
6. Lotus-Climax 48 pts.
7. Porsche 76 pts.
8. Connaught-Alta 78 pts.
9. OSCA 80 pts.

1959

Brabham becomes the first Aussie Champ and the first to do it in a rear-engined car.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jack Brabham 34 pts.
2. Tony Brooks 38 pts.
3. Maurice Trintignant 38 pts.
4. Stirling Moss 42 pts.
5. Bruce McLaren 44 pts.
6. Phil Hill 45 pts.
7. Harry Schell 46 pts.
8. Jo Bonnier 51 pts.
9. Roy Salvadori 51 pts.
10. Masten Gregory 53 pts.
11. Ron Flockhart 54 pts.
12. Dan Gurney 55 pts.
13. Carroll Shelby 58 pts.
14. Innes Ireland 59 pts.
15. Cliff Allison 59 pts.
16. Graham Hill 59 pts.
17. Ian Burgess 61 pts.
18. Fritz d'Orey 63 pts.
19. Olivier Gendebien 64 pts.
20. Jean Behra 64 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Cooper-Climax 14 pts.
2. Ferrari 24 pts.
3. BRM 32 pts.
4. Cooper-Maserati 41 pts.
5. Lotus-Climax 46 pts.
6. Aston Martin 50 pts.
7. Maserati 52 pts.
8. Porsche 55 pts.
9. Cooper-Borgward 59 pts.
10. Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 62 pts.
11. Cooper-OSCA 62 pts.
12. JBW-Maserati 63 pts.
13. Vanwall 63 pts.
14. Tec-Mec-Maserati 63 pts.
15. Connaught-Alta 63 pts.
16. Fry-Climax 64 pts.
17. Behra-Porsche 64 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1960

Brabham was not quite so dominant in the points as in reality with McLaren leading the championship for the first half of the season and even Ferrari with their outdated "horse pulls the cart" philosophy had a mathematical chance in the final round with Phil Hill (although the mass boycott of Monza admittedly played into their hands). Black Jack still pulled through to defend his title.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jack Brabham 38 pts.
2. Bruce McLaren 40 pts.
3. Phil Hill 43 pts.
4. Innes Ireland 46 pts.
5. Wolfgang von Trips 47 pts.
6. Jim Clark 56 pts.
7. Jo Bonnier 56 pts.
8. Olivier Gendebien 58 pts.
9. Graham Hill 58 pts.
10. Stirling Moss 59 pts.
11. Maurice Trintignant 62 pts.
12. Tony Brooks 64 pts.
13. Henary Taylor 64 pts.
14. Richie Ginther 67 pts.
15. Masten Gregory 67 pts.
16. Dan Gurney 67 pts.
17. Gino Munaron 67 pts.
18. John Surtees 69 pts.
19. Willy Mairesse 70 pts.
20. Lucien Bianchi 70 pts.

Constructers' Championship:

1. Cooper-Climax 15 pts.
2. Lotus-Climax 29 pts.
3. Ferrari 35 pts.
4. BRM 43 pts.
5. Cooper-Maserati 47 pts.
6. Cooper-Castellotti 58 pts.
7. Behra-Porsche 64 pts.
8. Maserati 64 pts.
9. JBW-Maserati 64 pts.
10. Scarab 66 pts.
11. Aston Martin 68 pts.
12. Vanwall 71 pts.

1961

With the new 1.5 litre formula Ferrari dominate with the beautiful "sharknose" 156. Von Trips drops from 2nd to 4th in the standings because of his fatal crash early on in the Italian GP. He was 1 point behind Hill going into this race.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Phil Hill 24 pts.
2. Dan Gurney 26 pts.
3. Stirling Moss 29 pts.
4. Wolfgang von Trips 31 pts.
5. Richie Ginther 33 pts.
6. Jim Clark 33 pts.
7. Bruce McLaren 33 pts.
8. Tony Brooks 37 pts.
9. Jo Bonnier 37 pts.
10. Graham Hill 42 pts.
11. Carel Godin de Beaufort 42 pts.
12. John Surtees 44 pts.
13. Roy Salvadori 44 pts.
14. Maurice Trintignant 44 pts.
15. Innes Ireland 45 pts.
16. Jack Brabham 45 pts.
17. Masten Gregory 49 pts.
18. Jackie Lewis 50 pts.
19. Lorenzo Bandini 50 pts.
20. Hans Herrmann 52 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 17 pts.
2. Lotus-Climax 21 pts.
3. Porsche 26 pts.
4. Cooper-Climax 31 pts.
5. BRM-Climax 34 pts.
6. Cooper-Maserati 40 pts.
7. Gilby-Climax 60 pts.
8. De Tomaso-OSCA 61 pts.
9. Lotus-Maserati 62 pts.
10. De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 62 pts.
11. JBW-Climax 63 pts.
12. Ferguson-Climax 64 pts.
13. Emeryson-Maserati 64 pts.

1962

The unreliability of the Lotus package means Clark's championship challenge peters out much earlier than in reality, losing runner-up spot to McLaren. Tony Maggs impressively finishes 4th and Carel Godin de Beaufort is in the top ten ahead of French GP winner Gurney!

Drivers' Championship:

1. Graham Hill 20 pts.
2. Bruce McLaren 31 pts.
3. Jim Clark 32 pts.
4. Tony Maggs 36 pts.
5. Richie Ginther 39 pts.
6. John Surtees 42 pts.
7. Carel Godin de Beaufort 43 pts.
8. Dan Gurney 44 pts.
9. Trevor Taylor 45 pts.
10. Phil Hill 46 pts.
11. Jo Bonnier 46 pts.
12. Jack Brabham 47 pts.
13. Innes Ireland 47 pts.
14. Masten Gregory 54 pts.
15. Ricardo Rodríguez 57 pts.
16. Maurice Trintignant 58 pts.
17. Jackie Lewis 58 pts.
18. Roy Salvadori 58 pts.
19. Giancarlo Baghetti 59 pts.
20. Willy Mairesse 60 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. BRM 19 pts.
2. Lotus-Climax 25 pts.
3. Cooper-Climax 27 pts.
4. Porsche 36 pts.
5. Lola-Climax 41 pts.
6. Ferrari 45 pts.
7. Lotus-BRM 57 pts.
8. Brabham-Climax 61 pts.
9. Emeryson-Climax 64 pts.
10. ENB-Maserati 68 pts.
11. LDS-Alfa Romeo 68 pts.
12. Cooper-Alfa Romeo 69 pts.
13. Gilby-BRM 70 pts.
14. De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 72 pts.
15. De Tomaso-OSCA 72 pts.
16. De Tomaso 72 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1963

Clark dominated and set a new record for least points scored in a season at 16, 4 less than the previous record set by Fangio in 1955. He also set a record for biggest winning margin, at 20 points, another record originally set by Fangio in 1954.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jim Clark 16 pts.
2. Richie Ginther 36 pts.
3. Graham Hill 41 pts.
4. Jack Brabham 42 pts.
5. Jo Bonnier 42 pts.
6. Dan Gurney 43 pts.
7. John Surtees 47 pts.
8. Bruce McLaren 48 pts.
9. Tony Maggs 48 pts.
10. Jim Hall 49 pts.
11. Jo Siffert 52 pts.
12. Carel Godin de Beaufort 53 pts.
13. Trevor Taylor 54 pts.
14. Lorenzo Bandini 58 pts.
15. Innes Ireland 61 pts.
16. Chris Amon 66 pts.
17. Phil Hill 67 pts.
18. Masten Gregory 68 pts.
19. Maurice Trintignant 70 pts.
20. Mike Hailwood 72 pts.

Constructers' Championship:

1. Lotus-Climax 16 pts.
2. BRM 28 pts.
3. Cooper-Climax 35 pts.
4. Brabham-Climax 36 pts.
5. Ferrari 41 pts.
6. Lotus-BRM 48 pts.
7. Porsche 52 pts.
8. Lola-Climax 57 pts.
9. BRP-BRM 64 pts.
10. ATS 69 pts.
11. Scirocco-BRM 72 pts.
12. Stebro-Ford 76 pts.
13. LDS-Alfa Romeo 76 pts.
14. Cooper-Maserati 76 pts.
15. Lotus-Ford 76 pts.
16. Gilby-BRM 77 pts.
17. Alfa Romeo 77 pts.
18. Lotus-Borgward 80 pts.
19. De Tomaso-Ferrari 80 pts.

1964

This year there were four different drivers with a shot at the title in the final round: BRM teammates Hill and Ginther were on 30 and 32 points respectively, Clark was on 36 points. Surtees and Bandini both had 37 points but Bandini didn't have a chance as even if he were to finish level on points with Hill with the others behind in the table, Hill would win on countback. Surtees dropped out of contention as soon as the flag dropped, as Hill took the start, meaning Hill would score 7 points at most. Clark led comfortably but needed Hill to drop out before half distance to seal the title. This never happened and once Hill completed his 33rd lap, the title was his.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Graham Hill 34 pts.
2. Richie Ginther 36 pts.
3. John Surtees 39 pts.
4. Jim Clark 40 pts.
5. Dan Gurney 40 pts.
6. Lorenzo Bandini 40 pts.
7. Jack Brabham 47 pts.
8. Bruce McLaren 49 pts.
9. Jo Siffert 51 pts.
10. Bob Anderson 53 pts.
11. Phil Hill 54 pts.
12. Jo Bonnier 55 pts.
13. Innes Ireland 56 pts.
14. Mike Hailwood 57 pts.
15. Mike Spence 58 pts.
16. Giancarlo Baghetti 59 pts.
17. Chris Amon 60 pts.
18. Peter Arundell 62 pts.
19. Trevor Taylor 66 pts.
20. Maurice Trintignant 67 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. BRM 26 pts.
2. Ferrari 27 pts.
3. Lotus-Climax 32 pts.
4. Brabham-Climax 33 pts.
5. Cooper-Climax 42 pts.
6. Lotus-BRM 45 pts.
7. Brabham-BRM 51 pts.
8. BRP-BRM 52 pts.
9. Honda 73 pts.
10. Cooper-Ford 77 pts.
11. Scirocco-Climax 78 pts.
12. Derrington-Francis-ATS 78 pts.
13. Porsche 79 pts.
14. Brabham-Ford 79 pts.
15. Scirocco-BRM 80 pts.

1965

Lotus' decision to compete in the Indy 500 was a risky one as their main contender Jim Clark would score 8 points for missing Monaco. He then proceeded to win the next five races and had a respectable lead over reigning champion Graham Hill. However he dropped out of the lead at Monza due to a fuel-pump failure and an engine failure at Watkins Glen meant he was trailing the more consistent Hill by 2 points going into the final round in Mexico. Once again his engine let him down and Hill would become the second triple World Champion in the sport's history.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Graham Hill 27 pts.
2. Jim Clark 32 pts.
3. Jackie Stewart 37 pts.
4. Lorenzo Bandini 41 pts.
5. Dan Gurney 42 pts.
6. Jo Siffert 43 pts.
7. Mike Spence 47 pts.
8. Jo Bonnier 48 pts.
9. Bruce McLaren 49 pts.
10. John Surtees 50 pts.
11. Jochen Rindt 51 pts.
12. Richard Attwood 51 pts.
13. Richie Ginther 54 pts.
14. Jack Brabham 58 pts.
15. Denny Hulme 61 pts.
16. Frank Gardner 61 pts.
17. Innes Ireland 62 pts.
18. Ronnie Bucknam 65 pts.
19. Bob Anderson 66 pts.
20. Masten Gregory 68 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. BRM 20 pts.
2. Lotus-Climax 21 pts.
3. Brabham-Climax 33 pts.
4. Ferrari 34 pts.
5. Cooper-Climax 42 pts.
6. Brabham-BRM 42 pts.
7. Lotus-BRM 44 pts.
8. Honda 53 pts.
9. Brabham-Ford 76 pts.
10. Alfa Romeo 76 pts.
11. LDS-Alfa Romeo 76 pts.
12. Cooper-Ford 80 pts.
13. LDS-Climax 80 pts.
14. Lotus-Ford 80 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1966

The unreliability throughout the field as a result of the new 3-litre formula was such that Guy Ligier was 2nd in the championship after Zandvoort! Unfortunately we did not get the novelty of having a reject runner-up as Ligier was injured in a crash at the Nürburgring and was out for the rest of the season. The title once again went down to the final round with Rindt still having a mathematical chance but in need of a miracle. Brabham won the title.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jack Brabham 29 pts.
2. John Surtees 37 pts.
3. Jochen Rindt 37 pts.
4. Denny Hulme 43 pts.
5. Jim Clark 44 pts.
6. Graham Hill 44 pts.
7. Lorenzo Bandini 45 pts.
8. Jo Bonnier 49 pts.
9. Jackie Stewart 50 pts.
10. Jo Siffert 50 pts.
11. Dan Gurney 51 pts.
12. Peter Arundell 51 pts.
13. Mike Spence 52 pts.
14. Guy Ligier 52 pts.
15. Bob Anderson 54 pts.
16. Richie Ginther 55 pts.
17. Mike Parkes 56 pts.
18. Bob Bondurant 56 pts.
19. John Taylor 59 pts.
20. Bruce McLaren 60 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Brabham-Repco 25 pts.
2. Cooper-Maserati 27 pts.
3. Ferrari 36 pts.
4. BRM 37 pts.
5. Lotus-BRM 43 pts.
6. Lotus-Climax 44 pts.
7. Eagle-Climax 53 pts.
8. Brabham-Climax 53 pts.
9. Brabham-BRM 57 pts.
10. Honda 63 pts.
11. McLaren-Ford 64 pts.
12. Cooper-Ferrari 65 pts.
13. McLaren-Serenissima 68 pts.
14. Eagle-Weslake 68 pts.
15. Shannon-Climax 71 pts.

1967

Back-to-back titles for Brabham (the constructor, not the driver).

Drivers' Championship:

1. Denny Hulme 32 pts.
2. Jack Brabham 34 pts.
3. Jim Clark 39 pts.
4. Chris Amon 45 pts.
5. John Surtees 53 pts.
6. Pedro Rodríguez 55 pts.
7. Graham Hill 55 pts.
8. Jo Siffert 55 pts.
9. Mike Spence 55 pts.
10. Jackie Stewart 57 pts.
11. Dan Gurney 59 pts.
12. Jo Bonnier 64 pts.
13. Chris Irwin 64 pts.
14. Guy Ligier 64 pts.
15. Jochen Rindt 66 pts.
16. Bruce McLaren 68 pts.
17. Bob Anderson 71 pts.
18. Ludovico Scarfiotti 79 pts.
19. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 80 pts.
20. David Hobbs 80 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Brabham-Repco 24 pts.
2. Cooper-Maserati 41 pts.
3. Lotus-Ford 42 pts.
4. BRM 44 pts.
5. Ferrari 45 pts.
6. Honda 53 pts.
7. Eagle-Weslake 63 pts.
8. Lotus-BRM 70 pts.
9. Brabham-Climax 71 pts.
10. McLaren-BRM 72 pts.
11. Matra-Ford 79 pts.
12. Eagle-Climax 81 pts.
13. Cooper-Climax 82 pts.
14. LDS-Climax 85 pts.
15. Cooper-ATS 86 pts.
16. Lola-BMW 86 pts.

1968

This also plays out similarly to the actual season with a three-way duel for the title in the final round, the difference being that Hulme leads the standings going into Mexico instead of Hill. The end result however is the same and Hill becomes a four-time World Champion.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Graham Hill 44 pts.
2. Denny Hulme 47 pts.
3. Jackie Stewart 48 pts.
4. Bruce McLaren 52 pts.
5. Jo Siffert 54 pts.
6. Pedro Rodríguez 55 pts.
7. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 58 pts.
8. Chris Amon 60 pts.
9. Jacky Ickx 61 pts.
10. John Surtees 62 pts.
11. Piers Courage 62 pts.
12. Jochen Rindt 66 pts.
13. Jackie Oliver 70 pts.
14. Jack Brabham 72 pts.
15. Dan Gurney 74 pts.
16. Lucien Bianchi 75 pts.
17. Jo Bonnier 75 pts.
18. Richard Attwood 76 pts.
19. Vic Elford 77 pts.
20. Johnny Servoz-Gavin 80 pts.

Constructor's Championship:

1. Lotus-Ford 29 pts.
2. Matra-Ford 39 pts.
3. McLaren-Ford 42 pts.
4. BRM 45 pts.
5. Ferrari 50 pts.
6. Honda 58 pts.
7. Cooper-BRM 59 pts.
8. Brabham-Repco 59 pts.
9. Matra 63 pts.
10. McLaren-BRM 78 pts.
11. Eagle-Weslake 85 pts.
12. Cooper-Maserati 92 pts.
13. Lola-BMW 92 pts.
14. Brabham-Climax 92 pts.
15. LDS-Repco 94 pts.
16. Coper-Climax 94 pts.

[James1978]

This is really interesting, please keep doing this until the present!

Normally I post predictions of alternative championships, but can't really this time as I find it a tad confusing. But some possible champion changes I reckon could be:

1977: Scheckter (due to Lauda missing the end of the season)
1988: Prost
1994: Hill (Schumi's DQs and ban will cost him dear)
1999: Irvine
2003: Raikkonen
2007: Hamilton
2010: Alonso

[tommykl]

I reckon 2012 could go to Räikkönen, what with finishing every race...

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Now to finish the '60s and get started on the '70s.

1969

Again, not much different.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jackie Stewart 30 pts.
2. Jacky Ickx 37 pts.
3. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 43 pts.
4. Denny Hulme 47 pts.
5. Graham Hill 48 pts.
6. Bruce McLaren 50 pts.
7. Jo Siffert 51 pts.
8. Jochen Rindt 53 pts.
9. Piers Courage 57 pts.
10. John Surtees 61 pts.
11. Jack Brabham 62 pts.
12. Pedro Rodríguez 64 pts.
13. Jackie Oliver 67 pts.
14. Chris Amon 70 pts.
15. Silvio Moser 70 pts.
16. Vic Elford 71 pts.
17. Johnny Servoz-Gavin 76 pts.
18. John Miles 77 pts.
19. Pete Lovely 79 pts.
20. Richard Attwood 84 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Matra-Ford 26 pts.
2. Brabham-Ford 31 pts.
3. Lotus-Ford 33 pts.
4. McLaren-Ford 38 pts.
5. BRM 53 pts.
6. Ferrari 56 pts.
7. Cooper-Maserati 84 pts.
8. Brabham-Repco 84 pts.
9. Brabham-Climax 87 pts.
10. Eagle-Climax 88 pts.

1970

Rindt's fatal accident at Monza cost him dearly as he would score 8 points in each round from Italy to the end of the season, almost certainly losing the title in the process. This results in a five-way battle for the Drivers' Championship between Brabham, Stewart, Ickx, Amon and even Henri Pescarolo! There's also a four-way battle for the Constructors' Championship between Lotus, March, Brabham and Ferrari. In his last season, Jack Brabham wins the title for the fourth time, as many as Graham Hill and the only person to do it in three different decades. Lotus and March are equal in points but Lotus take the Constructors' Championship with more victories. In addition, Bellasi have the unenviable distinction of becoming the first constructor to score over 100 points in a season.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jack Brabham 52 pts.
2. Jacky Ickx 53 pts.
3. Jackie Stewart 55 pts.
4. Chris Amon 57 pts.
5. Henri Pescarolo 57 pts.
6. Jochen Rindt 60 pts.
7. Pedro Rodríguez 60 pts.
8. Denny Hulme 60 pts.
9. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 61 pts.
10. Clay Regazzoni 64 pts.
11. Graham Hill 66 pts.
12. Jo Siffert 71 pts.
13. John Surtees 72 pts.
14. Rolf Stommelen 73 pts.
15. Jackie Oliver 74 pts.
16. Ronnie Peterson 76 pts.
17. François Cevert 77 pts.
18. George Eaton 83 pts.
19. Emerson Fittipaldi 84 pts.
20. Peter Gethin 84 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Lotus-Ford 39 pts.
2. March-Ford 39 pts.
3. Ferrari 43 pts.
4. Brabham-Ford 45 pts.
5. McLaren-Ford 49 pts.
6. Matra 52 pts.
7. BRM 55 pts.
8. Surtees-Ford 82 pts.
9. De Tomaso-Ford 85 pts.
10. McLaren-Alfa Romeo 88 pts.
11. Tyrrell-Ford 95 pts.
12. Bellasi-Ford 103 pts.

[dr-baker]

It would be interesting to see how Max Chilton will fare in 2013 with his 0% DNF rate.

[James1978]

Wow, a 44-year-old champion? Brilliant stuff.

Now I'm wondering about Nick Heidfeld being 2008 champ finishing all the races. That would be LEGENDARY.

[dr-baker]

Come to think of it, there will be some very high scores in 1994... Damon has a good chance then, I reckon.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

As I was doing these three seasons I noticed that the battle for minor positions in the Constructors' Championship becomes nail-bitingly close between teams that weren't frequent podium finishers. At this point in time a constructor usually got at least one car to the end of the race, so teams in the midfield like Surtees and March would score 4 points nearly every weekend and needed to hope for a podium or reliability problems for other teams to gain an advantage. Expect to see more of this as we move towards the present day. Anyway:

1971

Stewart wins without much difficulty. Lotus' gas turbine experiment results in a very low finishing position for them.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jackie Stewart 27 pts.
2. Ronnie Peterson 39 pts.
3. François Cevert 43 pts.
4. Jacky Ickx 47 pts.
5. Emerson Fittipaldi 47 pts.
6. Peter Gethin 48 pts.
7. Jo Siffert 49 pts.
8. John Surtees 51 pts.
9. Chris Amon 53 pts.
10. Henri Pescarolo 54 pts.
11. Tim Schenken 55 pts.
12. Clay Regazzoni 57 pts.
13. Reine Wisell 57 pts.
14. Denny Hulme 57 pts.
15. Graham Hill 57 pts.
16. Howden Ganley 59 pts.
17. Rolf Stommelen 59 pts.
18. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 64 pts.
19. Andrea de Adamich 67 pts.
20. Mario Andretti 69 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Tyrrell-Ford 20 pts.
2. BRM 35 pts.
3. March-Ford 36 pts.
4. Ferrari 40 pts.
5. Surtees-Ford 44 pts.
6. McLaren-Ford 45 pts.
7. Brabham-Ford 46 pts.
8. Lotus-Ford 48 pts.
9. Matra 49 pts.
10. March-Alfa Romeo 59 pts.
11. Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 79 pts.
12. Bellasi-Ford 87 pts.

1972

Stewart loses runner-up spot to gastritis (and Denny Hulme).

Drivers' Championship:

1. Emerson Fittipaldi 32 pts.
2. Denny Hulme 39 pts.
3. Jackie Stewart 42 pts.
4. Jacky Ickx 44 pts.
5. François Cevert 49 pts.
6. Chris Amon 53 pts.
7. Graham Hill 53 pts.
8. Ronnie Peterson 54 pts.
9. Peter Revson 56 pts.
10. Carlos Pace 57 pts.
11. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 58 pts.
12. Clay Regazzoni 60 pts.
13. Howden Ganley 60 pts.
14. Tim Schenken 60 pts.
15. Niki Lauda 60 pts.
16. Andrea de Adamich 61 pts.
17. Mike Hailwood 63 pts.
18. Carlos Reutemann 65 pts.
19. Wilson Fittipaldi 65 pts.
20. Mike Beuttler 65 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Lotus-Ford 30 pts.
2. Tyrrell-Ford 34 pts.
3. McLaren-Ford 35 pts.
4. Ferrari 43 pts.
5. BRM 46 pts.
6. Surtees-Ford 46 pts.
7. March-Ford 47 pts.
8. Brabham-Ford 49 pts.
9. Matra 53 pts.
10. Tecno 84 pts.
11. Connew-Ford 94 pts.
12. Politoys-Ford 95 pts.

1973

Once again same champion, but other than that we almost get two Fittipaldis in the top ten, Williams are 6th in their first full season as a constructor and Ferrari finish a record low of 10th because they missed the Dutch and German GPs!

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jackie Stewart 45 pts.
2. Emerson Fittipaldi 47 pts.
3. Ronnie Peterson 55 pts.
4. François Cevert 56 pts.
5. Denny Hulme 57 pts.
6. Peter Revson 63 pts.
7. Howden Ganley 68 pts.
8. Carlos Reutemann 70 pts.
9. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 71 pts.
10. Clay Regazzoni 73 pts.
11. Wilson Fittipaldi 75 pts.
12. Carlos Pace 76 pts.
13. Niki Lauda 77 pts.
14. Jacky Ickx 78 pts.
15. Mike Beuttler 78 pts.
16. Graham Hill 80 pts.
17. Mike Hailwood 81 pts.
18. George Follmer 83 pts.
19. Jackie Oliver 88 pts.
20. Arturo Merzario 88 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Lotus-Ford 29 pts.
2. Tyrrell-Ford 38 pts.
3. McLaren-Ford 46 pts.
4. March-Ford 60 pts.
5. Brabham-Ford 60 pts.
6. Iso Marlboro-Ford 64 pts.
7. BRM 65 pts.
8. Surtees-Ford 68 pts.
9. Shadow-Ford 69 pts.
10. Ferrari 72 pts.
11. Ensign-Ford 103 pts.
12. Tecno 111 pts.

[HawkAussie]

Ferrari wouldn't of been happy with that.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1974

The battle for this year's championship is more or less the same, except for the outcome. Clay Regazzoni becomes Ferrari's first World Champion since 1961. McLaren may have lost their first Drivers' Championship, but they still have their first Constructors' title.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Clay Regazzoni 49 pts.
2. Emerson Fittipaldi 51 pts.
3. Jody Scheckter 55 pts.
4. Ronnie Peterson 59 pts.
5. Niki Lauda 60 pts.
6. Patrick Depailler 63 pts.
7. Carlos Reutemann 64 pts,
8. John Watson 64 pts.
9. Graham Hill 64 pts.
10. Denny Hulme 66 pts.
11. Jacky Ickx 71 pts.
12. Jean-Pierre Jarier 73 pts.
13. Carlos Pace 75 pts.
14. James Hunt 79 pts.
15. Jean-Pierre Beltoise 81 pts.
16. Mike Hailwood 81
17. Arturo Merzario 83
18. Vittorio Brambilla 86
19. Henri Pescarolo 87
20. Jochen Mass 89

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Ford 39
2. Ferrari 41
3. Tyrrell-Ford 48
4. Brabham-Ford 50
5. Lotus-Ford 52
6. Lola-Ford 63
7. BRM 66
8. Shadow-Ford 69
9. March-Ford 72
10. Iso Marlboro-Ford 75
11. Surtees-Ford 79
12. Hesketh-Ford 84
13. Trojan-Ford 104
14. Token-Ford 108
15. Ensign-Ford 109
16. Penske-Ford 114
17. Parnelli-Ford 116
18. Amon-Ford 118
19. Maki-Ford 120
20. Lyncar-Ford 120

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1975

This was the first season in which half-points were awarded for red-flagged races. This of course creates a problem for the 1930s points system. I didn't feel that it would make sense to award double points for the Spanish and Austrian GPs. Non-starters would already have been awarded 8 points when the race started for example, with most of the finishers scoring the same amount. So I awarded normal points with the shortened distance treated as the full distance (for example in the Spanish GP points were awarded as a percentage of 29 laps completed rather than the scheduled 75). Anyway Lauda is the champion and Ferrari win their first Constructors' title in 14 years.

EDIT: Change of plan for the points system. As suggested by dr-baker, half-points have been awarded for the shortened races, for reasons he explained below, which resulted in some shuffling of the minor places in both championships. The champions stay the same.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Niki Lauda 34.5
2. Emerson Fittipaldi 44
3. Carlos Reutemann 48.5
4. Jody Scheckter 49.5
5. James Hunt 52.5
6. Patrick Depailler 55.5
7. Clay Regazzoni 57
8. Carlos Pace 57.5
9. Jochen Mass 58.5
10. Tom Pryce 58.5
11. Ronnie Peterson 64
12. John Watson 69
13. Mark Donohue 70.5
14. Vittorio Brambilla 71.5
15. Jacques Laffite 72
16. Mario Andretti 72
17. Jean-Pierre Jarier 72
18. Wilson Fittipaldi 74.5
19. Jacky Ickx 75
20. Alan Jones 78

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 31
2. McLaren-Ford 38.5
3. Brabham-Ford 39.5
4. Tyrrell-Ford 47.5
5. Hesketh-Ford 49.5
6. Shadow-Ford 53.5
7. Lotus-Ford 55
8. March-Ford 60.5
9. Williams-Ford 63.5
10. Fittipaldi-Ford 70.5
11. Penske-Ford 71.5
12. Parnelli-Ford 72
13. Hill-Ford 74
14. Surtees-Ford 74
15. BRM 79
16. Ensign-Ford 80.5
17. Lola-Ford 92
18. Lyncar-Ford 100
19. Shadow-Matra 100
20. Maki-Ford 104

[Miguel98]

1976 will be interestid, with Lauda missing the races and Hunt retiring from a couple. Same with 1977, because of Lauda missing the last two rounds.

[More_Blue_Flags]

1975
This was the first season in which half-points were awarded for red-flagged races. This of course creates a problem for the 1930s points system. I didn't feel that it would make sense to award double points for the Spanish and Austrian GPs. Non-starters would already have been awarded 8 points when the race started for example, with most of the finishers scoring the same amount. So I awarded normal points with the shortened distance treated as the full distance (for example in the Spanish GP points were awarded as a percentage of 29 laps completed rather than the scheduled 75).

This strikes me as a sensible solution, but it would be interesting to see if double points for Spain and Austria (or some variant, such as double points for finishers up to a maximum of 8 points) would have made much of a difference to the season results.

Incidentally, I am finding this a very interesting championship - to the extent that I find myself sneaking a quick look at work each day to see if you have added any more years. Well done!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Sorry I haven't posted anything today everyone, it was a busy day for me but now here's:

1976

When Lauda made his comeback at Monza he had a 2-point lead over Hunt and Scheckter. Going into the final round at Fuji Lauda and Hunt were equal in points with Scheckter 1 point behind and Regazzoni still mathematically in contention (albeit 7 points behind the leading pair). Lauda withdrew at the end of lap 2, eliminating him from the championship as the race progressed. Scheckter never really looked in contention and dropped out altogether in the closing stages. Hunt became McLaren's first World Champion. Ferrari only defended the Constructors' title by 1 point from Tyrrell (that close to a six-wheeled champion) and a consistent showing from Shadow all season saw them finish 4th with one podium to their name.

Drivers' Championship:

1. James Hunt 56 pts.
2. Jody Scheckter 58 pts.
3. Niki Lauda 60 pts.
4. Clay Regazzoni 64 pts.
5. Patrick Depailler 65 pts.
6. Jean-Pierre Jarier 67 pts.
7. Tom Pryce 68 pts.
8. John Watson 69 pts.
9. Jochen Mass 70 pts.
10. Jacques Laffite 71 pts.
11. Carlos Pace 75 pts.
12. Alan Jones 76 pts.
13. Mario Andretti 81 pts.
14. Emerson Fittipaldi 81 pts.
15. Ronnie Peterson 84 pts.
16. Vittorio Brambilla 85 pts.
17. Gunnar Nilsson 88 pts.
18. Hans-Joachim Stuck 89 pts.
19. Brett Lunger 92 pts.
20. Harald Ertl 93 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 44 pts.
2. Tyrrell-Ford 45 pts.
3. McLaren-Ford 49 pts.
4. Shadow-Ford 64 pts.
5. Lotus-Ford 68 pts.
6. Penske-Ford 68 pts.
7. March-Ford 69 pts.
8. Ligier-Matra 71 pts.
9. Surtees-Ford 71 pts.
10. Brabham-Alfa Romeo 72 pts.
11. Fittipaldi-Ford 81 pts.
12. Hesketh-Ford 82 pts.
13. Ensign-Ford 83 pts.
14. Wolf-Williams-Ford 90 pts.
15. Boro-Ford 114 pts.
16. Brabham-Ford 117 pts.
17. Parnelli-Ford 123 pts.
18. Williams-Ford 124 pts.
19. Kojima-Ford 124 pts.
20. BRM 127 pts.
21. Maki-Ford 128 pts.

[dr-baker]

Ferrari only defended the Constructors' title by 1 point from Tyrrell (that close to a six-wheeled champion).

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 44 pts.
2. Tyrrell-Ford 45 pts.

I would haved LOVED if the P34 had won this...

And as regards half-point races, how about halving the points here too? It would still make a bit of sense in my mind.

1st = 1/2 point
2nd = 1 point
3rd = 1.5 points
>75% of the race completed = 2 points
50-75% completed = 2.5 points
25-50% completed = 3 points
<25% completed = 3.5 points
Not entering, not starting or disqualification from the race = 4 points

Half the penalty for not entering a half race, and half the reward for winning.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

And as regards half-point races, how about halving the points here too? It would still make a bit of sense in my mind.

1st = 1/2 point
2nd = 1 point
3rd = 1.5 points
>75% of the race completed = 2 points
50-75% completed = 2.5 points
25-50% completed = 3 points
<25% completed = 3.5 points
Not entering, not starting or disqualification from the race = 4 points

Half the penalty for not entering a half race, and half the reward for winning.

That actually makes a lot more sense. This whole time I was looking at increasing the amount of points scored for these races! Thank you dr-baker, I will amend the standings to reflect this (it shouldn't change too much, hopefully).

[dr-baker]

And as regards half-point races, how about halving the points here too? It would still make a bit of sense in my mind.

1st = 1/2 point
2nd = 1 point
3rd = 1.5 points
>75% of the race completed = 2 points
50-75% completed = 2.5 points
25-50% completed = 3 points
<25% completed = 3.5 points
Not entering, not starting or disqualification from the race = 4 points

Half the penalty for not entering a half race, and half the reward for winning.

That actually makes a lot more sense. This whole time I was looking at increasing the amount of points scored for these races! Thank you dr-baker, I will amend the standings to reflect this (it shouldn't change too much, hopefully).

No problem! It actually took me this long to realise this myself! (I first looked at this results around 36 hours ago...)

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1977

Niki Lauda, fed up with his treatment at Ferrari since his near-fatal accident the year before, quit the team after the United States GP. He had a rather healthy 8-point lead over Scheckter, so it looked like he might take the title so long as Scheckter in the unreliable Wolf retired from the final two rounds or at the very least not finish on the podium. Scheckter immediately responded to the challenge with a win at Mosport. This meant all he had to do to take the title was complete the first 19 laps of the Japanese GP, he did and gave Wolf their only title in their first season. Ferrari made it three Constructers' titles in a row. This year also had another Guy Ligier moment with Hans Binder 6th in the standings after Monaco. Unfortunetely he was then replaced at Surtees by Larry Perkins.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jody Scheckter 58 pts.
2. Niki Lauda 61 pts.
3. Carlos Reutemann 66 pts.
4. James Hunt 67 pts.
5. Mario Andretti 70 pts.
6. Jacques Laffite 76 pts.
7. Jochen Mass 80 pts.
8. Vittorio Brambilla 80 pts.
9. Gunnar Nilsson 81 pts.
10. Patrick Depailler 81 pts.
11. Hans-Joachim Stuck 85 pts.
12. Alan Jones 86 pts.
13. John Watson 88 pts.
14. Emerson Fittipaldi 88 pts.
15. Ronnie Peterson 90 pts.
16. Clay Regazzoni 97 pts.
17. Hans Binder 100 pts.
18. Brett Lunger 100 pts.
19. Rupert Keegan 101 pts.
20. Jean-Pierre Jarier 102 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 38 pts.
2. Lotus-Ford 54 pts.
3. McLaren-Ford 55 pts.
4. Wolf-Ford 58 pts.
5. Shadow-Ford 68 pts.
6. Brabham-Alfa Romeo 68 pts.
7. Tyrrell-Ford 71 pts.
8. Surtees-Ford 72 pts.
9. March-Ford 74 pts.
10. Ligier-Matra 76 pts.
11. Ensign-Ford 80 pts.
12. Fittipaldi-Ford 88 pts.
13. Hesketh-Ford 98 pts.
14. Penske-Ford 99 pts.
15. LEC-Ford 127 pts.
16. Renault 127 pts.
17. BRM 131 pts.
18. Kojima-Ford 132 pts.
19. Boro-Ford 136 pts.
20. Apollon-Ford 136 pts.
21. McGuire-Ford 136 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1978

Lotus end Ferrari's streak of Constructors' titles.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Mario Andretti 52 pts.
2. Carlos Reutemann 56 pts.
3. Jacques Laffite 66 pts.
4. Ronnie Peterson 67 pts.
5. Gilles Villeneuve 68 pts.
6. Niki Lauda 69 pts.
7. Jody Scheckter 69 pts.
8. Patrick Depailler 72 pts.
9. John Watson 72 pts.
10. Emerson Fittipaldi 73 pts.
11. Alan Jones 75 pts.
12. Patrick Tambay 76 pts.
13. Didier Pironi 78 pts.
14. Riccardo Patrese 82 pts.
15. James Hunt 88 pts.
16. Clay Regazzoni 89 pts.
17. Jean-Pierre Jabouille 90 pts.
18. Hans-Joachim Stuck 91 pts.
19. Vittorio Brambilla 92 pts.
20. Jochen Mass 95 pts.

Constructor's Championship:

1. Lotus-Ford 39 pts.
2. Ferrari 47 pts.
3. Tyrrell-Ford 59 pts.
4. Brabham-Alfa Romeo 62 pts.
5. Wolf-Ford 66 pts.
6. Ligier-Matra 66 pts.
7. McLaren-Ford 66 pts.
8. Fittipaldi-Ford 73 pts.
9. Williams-Ford 75 pts.
10. Arrows-Ford 76 pts.
11. Shadow-Ford 77 pts.
12. Surtees-Ford 84 pts.
13. ATS-Ford 84 pts.
14. Renault 90 pts.
15. Ensign-Ford 94 pts.
16. Merzario-Ford 108 pts.
17. Martini-Ford 113 pts.
18. Theodore-Ford 127 pts.
19. Hesketh-Ford 127 pts.

[James1978]

Thought Reutemann might have had a chance of sneaking 1978 with Lotus' troubles at the end of the year but to be only 4 points of Andretti when the Lotus was such a dominant car was very impressive. Incidentally any of the next 6 years could have a champion change as they were all very close seasons.

And Prost will definitely win 1988 as he only retired twice, every other race he was 1st or 2nd.

Called 1977 right though!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1979

Going into the final round it was a three-way battle between Scheckter, Villeneuve and Jones. The two Ferrari drivers had been equal on points for most of the season but with a win at the Glen Villeneuve won the championship he deserved. Just as in reality the championship contenders seemed to change during the season. From Laffite who then suffered a string of retirements from South Africa to Spain, to Depailler until his hang-gliding accident, to Reutemann until his string of retirements from Germany onwards and finally Jones, who ultimately lost out in the end.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Gilles Villeneuve 45 pts.
2. Jody Scheckter 48 pts.
3. Alan Jones 52 pts.
4. Clay Regazzoni 62 pts.
5. Jacques Laffite 64 pts.
6. John Watson 65 pts.
7. Carlos Reutemann 69 pts.
8. Didier Pironi 70 pts.
9. Elio de Angelis 75 pts.
10. Riccardo Patrese 76 pts.
11. Emerson Fittipaldi 77 pts.
12. Jochen Mass 78 pts.
13. René Arnoux 79 pts.
14. Jean-Pierre Jarier 79 pts.
15. Nelson Piquet 79 pts.
16. Mario Andretti 80 pts.
17. Jean-Pierre Jabouille 82 pts.
18. Jan Lammers 82 pts.
19. Héctor Rebaque 87 pts.
20. Hans-Joachim Stuck 88 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 34 pts.
2. Williams-Ford 44 pts.
3. Ligier-Ford 51 pts.
4. Lotus-Ford 60 pts.
5. Tyrrell-Ford 61 pts.
6. McLaren-Ford 63 pts.
7. Arrows-Ford 65 pts.
8. Renault 68 pts.
9. Shadow-Ford 70 pts.
10. Fittipaldi-Ford 77 pts.
11. Brabham-Alfa Romeo 80 pts.
12. Wolf-Ford 84 pts.
13. ATS-Ford 88 pts.
14. Ensign-Ford 97 pts.
15. Alfa Romeo 106 pts.
16. Brabham-Ford 112 pts.
17. Merzario-Ford 118 pts.
18. Rebaque-Ford 118 pts.
19. Kauhsen-Ford 120 pts.

[James1978]

Now you're talking!!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1980

Not much different to reality in terms of the championship battle, although Ferrari are in a much higher position that makes their season look much better than it really was.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Alan Jones 38 pts.
2. Nelson Piquet 50 pts.
3. Carlos Reutemann 52 pts.
4. René Arnoux 54 pts.
5. Jacques Laffite 54 pts.
6. Didier Pironi 59 pts.
7. Gilles Villeneuve 65 pts.
8. Riccardo Patrese 66 pts.
9. Jody Scheckter 67 pts.
10. John Watson 68 pts.
11. Jean-Pierre Jarier 68 pts.
12. Derek Daly 69 pts.
13. Emerson Fittipaldi 71 pts.
14. Elio de Angelis 72 pts.
15. Jochen Mass 74 pts.
16. Mario Andretti 74 pts.
17. Bruno Giacomelli 75 pts.
18. Keke Rosberg 75 pts.
19. Jean-Pierre Jabouille 77 pts.
20. Alain Prost 77 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Ford 30 pts.
2. Ligier-Ford 42 pts.
3. Brabham-Ford 46 pts.
4. Renault 51 pts.
5. Ferrari 58 pts.
6. Arrows-Ford 59 pts.
7. Fittipaldi-Ford 59 pts.
8. McLaren-Ford 59 pts.
9. Lotus-Ford 61 pts.
10. Tyrrell-Ford 62 pts.
11. Alfa Romeo 70 pts.
12. ATS-Ford 70 pts.
13. Ensign-Ford 86 pts.
14. Osella-Ford 90 pts.
15. Shadow-Ford 108 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1981

Reutemann didn't have much to worry about as he dropped down the order at Las Vegas. As long as he brought the car home with Piquet 2nd or lower he would be champion and when the chequered flag fell he was the first Argentine champion since the great Fangio in 1957. Interestingly, the result of this championship makes it ten different champions in ten consecutive seasons (Fittipaldi, Stewart, Regazzoni, Lauda, Hunt, Scheckter, Andretti, Villeneuve, Jones and now Reutemann).

Drivers' Championship:

1. Carlos Reutemann 51 pts.
2. Nelson Piquet 54 pts.
3. Alan Jones 54 pts.
4. Jacques Laffite 59 pts.
5. John Watson 60 pts.
6. Alain Prost 64 pts.
7. Bruno Giacomelli 70 pts.
8. Mario Andretti 70 pts.
9. Gilles Villeneuve 75 pts.
10. Riccardo Patrese 75 pts.
11. Marc Surer 75 pts.
12. Elio de Angelis 76 pts.
13. Eddie Cheever 76 pts.
14. Didier Pironi 76 pts.
15. Héctor Rebaque 77 pts.
16. René Arnoux 78 pts.
17. Patrick Tambay 84 pts.
18. Nigel Mansell 85 pts.
19. Andrea de Cesaris 85 pts.
20. Michele Alboreto 87 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Ford 38 pts.
2. Brabham-Ford 49 pts.
3. Renault 50 pts.
4. Ligier-Matra 54 pts.
5. McLaren-Ford 57 pts.
6. Ferrari 61 pts.
7. Alfa Romeo 63 pts.
8. Tyrrell-Ford 63 pts.
9. Arrows-Ford 70 pts.
10. Lotus-Ford 71 pts.
11. Ensign-Ford 74 pts.
12. Theodore-Ford 74 pts.
13. ATS-Ford 89 pts.
14. Osella-Ford 91 pts.
15. March-Ford 92 pts.
16. Fittipaldi-Ford 92 pts.
17. Toleman-Hart 113 pts.

[James1978]

Reckon John Watson has a good chance of stealing 1982 as Rosberg was DQ'd in Brazil. They both were out of Imola so that race counts for not very much!

Also Prost for 1983 has less retirements than Piquet. At this rate I think Piquet might win ONLY 1987 unless he somehow steals 1986 or even 1990 (both unlikely though).

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1982

Despite being disqualified from Brazil and missing Imola, Keke Rosberg still became Finland's first World Champion, thanks mainly to finishing all of the last six races (including two podiums and a race win). His retirements came late enough in races for him to come away with 4 or 5 points. Prost had a more realistic shot at the title here than in reality when he shared 2nd place with Watson going into the final round just 2 points behind Rosberg. Alboreto could have been a big upset and even led the championship after Imola (although given the circumstances it's not that much of a surprise). Alas for Michele he retired from five races, some of them early on, and the Tyrrell just wasn't quick enough to consistently challenge for podiums. Nevertheless he was often in the top three of the Drivers' Championship throughout the year. McLaren claimed their first Constructors' title in eight years.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Keke Rosberg 63 pts.
2. John Watson 65 pts.
3. Alain Prost 67 pts.
4. Michele Alboreto 68 pts.
5. Elio de Angelis 77 pts.
6. René Arnoux 78 pts.
7. Didier Pironi 79 pts.
8. Niki Lauda 79 pts.
9. Eddie Cheever 80 pts.
10. Derek Daly 80 pts.
11. Marc Surer 82 pts.
12. Riccardo Patrese 85 pts.
13. Brian Henton 85 pts.
14. Andrea de Cesaris 86 pts.
15. Bruno Giacomelli 86 pts.
16. Nelson Piquet 90 pts.
17. Jacques Laffite 90 pts.
18. Nigel Mansell 92 pts.
19. Mauro Baldi 94 pts.
20. Eliseo Salazar 95 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Ford 51 pts.
2. Renault 56 pts.
3. Williams-Ford 57 pts.
4. Ferrari 60 pts.
5. Tyrrell-Ford 64 pts.
6. Lotus-Ford 68 pts.
7. Ligier-Matra 71 pts.
8. Arrows-Ford 74 pts.
9. Alfa Romeo 76 pts.
10. ATS-Ford 85 pts.
11. March-Ford 86 pts.
12. Brabham-BMW 92 pts.
13. Fittipaldi-Ford 98 pts.
14. Osella-Ford 101 pts.
15. Toleman-Hart 101 pts.
16. Brabham-Ford 106 pts.
17. Theodore-Ford 111 pts.
18. Ensign-Ford 113 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1983

Piquet loses another of his real-world championships, this time to Alain Prost, although with Piquet needing to win after Prost's retirement in Kyalami he more than likely would not have slowed down towards the end and probably would have won the championship on countback under this system. Only 2 points separate the top three of the Constructors' Championship with Brabham coming from 3rd to snatch it from their rivals. Arrows managed to get at least one car to finish every Grand Prix, resulting in them taking a respectable 5th place (with the same points as Williams), with Marc Surer 7th in the drivers' standings.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Alain Prost 47 pts.
2. Nelson Piquet 49 pts.
3. René Arnoux 53 pts.
4. Patrick Tambay 61 pts.
5. Keke Rosberg 63 pts.
6. Eddie Cheever 68 pts.
7. Marc Surer 68 pts.
8. Nigel Mansell 71 pts.
9. Riccardo Patrese 72 pts.
10. Michele Alboreto 73 pts.
11. John Watson 74 pts.
12. Andrea de Cesaris 74 pts.
13. Danny Sullivan 75 pts.
14. Jacques Laffite 76 pts.
15. Raul Boesel 77 pts.
16. Niki Lauda 78 pts.
17. Derek Warwick 78 pts.
18. Mauro Baldi 79 pts.
19. Bruno Giacomelli 80 pts.
20. Jean-Pierre Jarier 81 pts.

Constructor's Championship:

1. Brabham-BMW 40 pts.
2. Ferrari 41 pts.
3. Renault 42 pts.
4. Williams-Ford 60 pts.
5. Arrows-Ford 60 pts.
6. Tyrrell-Ford 61 pts.
7. Alfa Romeo 64 pts.
8. Ligier-Ford 66 pts.
9. McLaren-Ford 71 pts.
10. Toleman-Hart 73 pts.
11. Theodore-Ford 76 pts.
12. Lotus-Renault 80 pts.
13. ATS-BMW 85 pts.
14. Osella-Alfa Romeo 94 pts.
15. Lotus-Ford 95 pts.
16. Spirit-Honda 105 pts.
17. Osella-Ford 109 pts.
18. McLaren-TAG 110 pts.
19. RAM-Ford 110 pts.
20. Williams-Honda 116 pts.

[James1978]

Would Piquet have been 1983 champion if he hadn't slowed down at the end at Kyalami?

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Would Piquet have been 1983 champion if he hadn't slowed down at the end at Kyalami?

I didn't think of that actually, well spotted! He would have had to win to take the championship so he more than likely would have gone for the win under those circumstances and taken the championship by having more 2nd places than Prost.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1984

Lauda became the first double World Champion in over a decade. Williams had a disastrous season, despite winning a race, which saw them beaten by the likes of Alfa Romeo and Toleman. In the cases of Osella and ATS I didn't count Gartner and Berger's results for the same reason they weren't counted in the real '84 season. So for example at Imola Osella would have scored 8 points for Ghinzani's DNQ instead of 4 for Gartner completing 75% distance.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Niki Lauda 44.5 pts.
2. Alain Prost 47.5 pts.
3. Elio de Angelis 65 pts.
4. René Arnoux 65.5 pts.
5. Nelson Piquet 67 pts.
6. Derek Warwick 68.5 pts.
7. Michele Alboreto 69 pts.
8. Patrick Tambay 72.5 pts.
9. Nigel Mansell 77 pts.
10. Thierry Boutsen 77 pts.
11. Andrea de Cesaris 77.5 pts.
12. Keke Rosberg 79 pts.
13. Riccardo Patrese 80 pts.
14. Marc Surer 81 pts.
15. Eddie Cheever 82 pts.
16. Ayrton Senna 84 pts.
17. Teo Fabi 84 pts.
18. Jonathan Palmer 84 pts.
19. Jacques Laffite 89 pts.
20. François Hesnault 90 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-TAG 26.5 pts.
2. Ferrari 51.5 pts.
3. Brabham-BMW 58 pts.
4. Lotus-Renault 58 pts.
5. Renault 58.5 pts.
6. Alfa Romeo 70 pts.
7. Toleman-Hart 74 pts.
8. Ligier-Renault 74 pts.
9. Williams-Honda 75 pts.
10. Spirit-Hart 77 pts.
11. RAM-Hart 78 pts.
12. Arrows-BMW 84 pts.
13. Osella-Alfa Romeo 92 pts.
14. ATS-BMW 92.5 pts.
15. Arrows-Ford 100 pts.
16. Spirit-Ford 124 pts.
DSQ. Tyrrell-Ford 124 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1985

Prost won his second title. Thierry Boutsen, despite only being on the podium once in the entire season was 4th in the standings, with Arrows 5th in the Constructors' Championship.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Alain Prost 51 pts.
2. Ayrton Senna 62 pts.
3. Michele Alboreto 63 pts.
4. Thierry Boutsen 66 pts.
5. Keke Rosberg 68 pts.
6. Elio de Angelis 68 pts.
7. Nigel Mansell 72 pts.
8. Stefan Johansson 72 pts.
9. Jacques Laffite 75 pts.
10. Martin Brundle 75 pts.
11. Gerhard Berger 78 pts.
12. Nelson Piquet 82 pts.
13. Patrick Tambay 83 pts.
14. Niki Lauda 84 pts.
15. Derek Warwick 84 pts.
16. Marc Surer 87 pts.
17. Eddie Cheever 88 pts.
18. Pierluigi Martini 91 pts.
19. Riccardo Patrese 91 pts.
20. Stefan Bellof 96 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-TAG 44 pts.
2. Lotus-Renault 49 pts.
3. Ferrari 50 pts.
4. Williams-Honda 55 pts.
5. Arrows-BMW 64 pts.
6. Ligier-Renault 72 pts.
7. Brabham-BMW 73 pts.
8. Renault 73 pts.
9. Alfa Romeo 81 pts.
10. Osella-Alfa Romeo 85 pts.
11. Tyrrell-Renault 90 pts.
12. Tyrrell-Ford 92 pts.
13. Minardi-Motori Moderni 95 pts.
14. RAM-Hart 97 pts.
15. Toleman-Hart 101 pts.
16. Zakspeed 112 pts.
17. Spirit-Hart 124 pts.
18. Minardi-Ford 124 pts.
19. Lola-Hart 125 pts.