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

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Two more years for your enjoyment.

1986

Nelson Piquet finally won the title after a very close fought season between himself, Prost and Mansell. Mansell's Adelaide woes meant that even if Prost won, Piquet could still win by finishing 2nd, so Williams' decision to bring him in for tyres wasn't such a big risk in this version of events. Elsewhere in the field René Arnoux starts his Ligier career by finishing 5th in the standings and Jonathan Palmer achieves 10th driving for Zakspeed! On a side note I didn't take Rothengatter's results into account when calculating Zakspeed's points as I think he was ineligible for points, similar to Berger and Gartner in 1984 (unless there's somebody in the audience who can prove otherwise).

Drivers' Championship:

1. Nelson Piquet 48 pts.
2. Alain Prost 49 pts.
3. Nigel Mansell 50 pts.
4. Ayrton Senna 62 pts.
5. René Arnoux 70 pts.
6. Stefan Johansson 73 pts.
7. Gerhard Berger 74 pts.
8. Martin Brundle 74 pts.
9. Thierry Boutsen 76 pts.
10. Jonathan Palmer 77 pts.
11. Keke Rosberg 79 pts.
12. Philippe Streiff 79 pts.
13. Michele Alboreto 80 pts.
14. Riccardo Patrese 83 pts.
15. Teo Fabi 85 pts.
16. Johnny Dumfries 85 pts.
17. Patrick Tambay 86 pts.
18. Christian Danner 87 pts.
19. Alan Jones 89 pts.
20. Andrea de Cesaris 93 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Honda 32 pts.
2. McLaren-TAG 45 pts.
3. Lotus-Renault 56 pts.
4. Ferrari 63 pts.
5. Ligier-Renault 63 pts.
6. Benetton-BMW 68 pts.
7. Arrows-BMW 68 pts.
8. Tyrrell-Renault 70 pts.
9. Lola-Ford 76 pts.
10. Brabham-BMW 76 pts.
11. Zakspeed 77 pts.
12. Osella-Alfa Romeo 88 pts.
13. Minardi-Motori Moderni 90 pts.
14. Lola-Hart 121 pts.
15. AGS-Motori Moderni 124 pts.

1987

This year saw more giant-killing performances by a reject driver. This time it was Pascal Fabre who was in a battle for 6th in the championship with Jonathan Palmer and even kept AGS ahead of Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship! Unfortunately for Pascal Osella and Larrousse were entering second cars from Monza onwards, meaning less guaranteed grid spots. He struggled to qualify for the next few races and was sacked after Mexico. Going into the final race Senna was the only man who could stop Piquet from winning back-to-back titles. Piquet only needed to make it past half-distance to win the title and did so. To rub salt in the wound for Ayrton, he was disqualified after a fine drive to 2nd for illegal brake ducts. In the Jim Clark and Colin Chapman Trophies (yes I did those too!) the only change is March finishing ahead of AGS.

Drivers'Championship:

1. Nelson Piquet 47 pts.
2. Ayrton Senna 55 pts.
3. Alain Prost 57 pts.
4. Nigel Mansell 61 pts.
5. Stefan Johansson 67 pts.
6. Jonathan Palmer 67 pts.
7. Gerhard Berger 74 pts.
8. Thierry Boutsen 74 pts.
9. Eddie Cheever 74 pts.
10. Philippe Streiff 74 pts.
11. Michele Alboreto 75 pts.
12. Teo Fabi 78 pts.
13. Satoru Nakajima 78 pts.
14. Riccardo Patrese 81 pts.
15. Philippe Alliot 82 pts.
16. Derek Warwick 83 pts.
17. Ivan Capelli 85 pts.
18. René Arnoux 85 pts.
19. Piercarlo Ghinzani 85 pts.
20. Martin Brundle 87 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Honda 32 pts.
2. Lotus-Honda 50 pts.
3. McLaren-TAG 51 pts.
4. Ferrari 62 pts.
5. Benetton-Ford 63 pts.
6. Tyrrell-Ford 64 pts.
7. Arrows-Megatron 68 pts.
8. Brabham-BMW 73 pts.
9. Zakspeed 74 pts.
10. Ligier-Megatron 81 pts.
11. Lola-Ford 82 pts.
12. AGS-Ford 83 pts.
13. Minardi-Motori Moderni 83 pts.
14. March-Ford 85 pts.
15. Osella-Alfa Romeo 94 pts.
16. Coloni-Ford 127 pts.

Jim Clark Trophy:

1. Jonathan Palmer 36 pts.
2. Philippe Streiff 50 pts.
3. Philippe Alliot 67 pts.
4. Ivan Capelli 73 pts.
5. Pascal Fabre 81 pts.
6. Roberto Moreno 120 pts.
7. Nicola Larini 127 pts.

Colin Chapman Trophy:

1. Tyrrell-Ford 22 pts.
2. Lola-Ford 67 pts.
3. March-Ford 73 pts.
4. AGS-Ford 73 pts.
5. Coloni-Ford 127 pts.

[James1978]

1986 - Piquet got his revenge on Prost for 1983.

Also Jonathan Palmer ahead of both Ferraris and both Benettons in 1987 - cool!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1988

Alain Prost became the first triple World Champion since Jackie Stewart. Senna started the season on the back foot with a disqualification and was behind Prost in the championship all season, with the exception of Monza where they were equal in points but with Senna ahead on race wins. Further down the field Ferrari only took 2nd in the Constructors' Championship thanks to Benetton's disqualification at Spa and Lola beat Williams despite not getting a single top six finish.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Alain Prost 32 pts.
2. Ayrton Senna 38 pts.
3. Gerhard Berger 65 pts.
4. Thierry Boutsen 66 pts.
5. Michele Alboreto 70 pts.
6. Derek Warwick 73 pts.
7. Maurício Gugelmin 74 pts.
8. Nelson Piquet 75 pts.
9. Eddie Cheever 77 pts.
10. Philippe Alliot 78 pts.
11. Riccardo Patrese 79 pts.
12. Alessandro Nannini 80 pts.
13. Luis Pérez-Sala 81 pts.
14. Ivan Capelli 82 pts.
15. Andrea de Cesaris 83 pts.
16. Nigel Mansell 84 pts.
17. Satoru Nakajima 84 pts.
18. Yannick Dalmas 84 pts.
19. Philippe Streiff 84 pts.
20. Jonathan Palmer 85 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Honda 19 pts.
2. Ferrari 59 pts.
3. Benetton-Ford 61 pts.
4. March-Judd 66 pts.
5. Arrows-Megatron 67 pts.
6. Lola-Ford 68 pts.
7. Williams-Judd 69 pts.
8. Lotus-Honda 70 pts.
9. Minardi-Ford 76 pts.
10. Tyrrell-Ford 78 pts.
11. Ligier-Judd 79 pts.
12. Rial-Ford 83 pts.
13. AGS-Ford 84 pts.
14. EuroBrun-Ford 86 pts.
15. Dallara-Ford 88 pts.
16. Zakspeed 95 pts.
17. Coloni-Ford 101 pts.
18. Osella 102 pts.

[James1978]

Not the slightest bit surprised to see Prost 1988 champion but I am surprised at Gugelmin being ahead of Capelli when it was Capelli grabbing all the attention in the later part of the year!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1989

Prost is now a four-time World Champion, joining an exclusive club that includes Juan Manuel Fangio, Graham Hill and Jack Brabham. This is however only the first time he successfully defended a title. Senna was once again behind, suffering more retirements including four straight DNFs which led to Patrese overtaking him for 2nd in the Championship after Silverstone. Elsewhere Jonathan Palmer and Eddie Cheever finished in the top ten in what was the final year for both of them, joined by the likes of Gugelmin for the second year running and de Cesaris, who led Dallara in a battle for 3rd in the Constructors' Championship in the first third of the season.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Alain Prost 45 pts.
2. Ayrton Senna 59 pts.
3. Riccardo Patrese 61 pts.
4. Thierry Boutsen 66 pts.
5. Alessandro Nannini 73 pts.
6. Nigel Mansell 74 pts.
7. Eddie Cheever 78 pts.
8. Jonathan Palmer 79 pts.
9. Maurício Gugelmin 81 pts.
10. Andrea de Cesaris 81 pts.
11. Nelson Piquet 81 pts.
12. Martin Brundle 81 pts.
13. Derek Warwick 82 pts.
14. Gerhard Berger 85 pts.
15. Stefano Modena 85 pts.
16. Alex Caffi 85 pts.
17. Satoru Nakajima 85 pts.
18. Pierluigi Martini 89 pts.
19. Philippe Alliot 92 pts.
20. Ivan Capelli 92 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Honda 31 pts.
2. Williams-Renault 49 pts.
3. Ferrari 56 pts.
4. Benetton-Ford 63 pts.
5. Arrows-Ford 68 pts.
6. Tyrrell-Ford 69 pts.
7. Lotus-Judd 71 pts.
8. Brabham-Judd 72 pts.
9. Dallara-Ford 73 pts.
10. March-Judd 76 pts.
11. Minardi-Ford 80 pts.
12. Ligier-Ford 81 pts.
13. Lola-Lamborghini 87 pts.
14. Onyx-Ford 96 pts.
15. AGS-Ford 110 pts.
16. Osella-Ford 111 pts.
17. Rial-Ford 112 pts.
18. Coloni-Ford 119 pts.
19. Zakspeed-Yamaha 124 pts.
20. EuroBrun-Judd 128 pts.

1990

Senna, after being runner-up for three consecutive years, has finally won the Championship, beating his arch-rival Prost, somewhat less controversially (but not without it altoghether ), as his first corner move on Prost at Suzuka didn't change things much with Senna already having a decent lead over the Ferrari driver. Nicola Larini finished in the top ten, despite this being part of Ligier's most uncompetitive period. Speaking of Ligier they finished 6th in the Constructors' Championship.

Drivers' Championhip:

1. Ayrton Senna 46 pts.
2. Alain Prost 52 pts.
3. Gerhard Berger 59 pts.
4. Nelson Piquet 61 pts.
5. Nigel Mansell 62 pts.
6. Riccardo Patrese 67 pts.
7. Thierry Boutsen 71 pts.
8. Nicola Larini 72 pts.
9. Alessandro Nannini 75 pts.
10. Jean Alesi 77 pts.
11. Derek Warwick 77 pts.
12. Éric Bernard 81 pts.
13. Philippe Alliot 81 pts.
14. Ivan Capelli 83 pts.
15. Aguri Suzuki 84 pts.
16. Stefano Modena 84 pts.
17. Pierluigi Martini 86 pts.
18. Michele Alboreto 86 pts.
19. Alex Caffi 87 pts.
20. Satoru Nakajima 89 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Honda 38 pts.
2. Ferrari 42 pts.
3. Benetton-Ford 53 pts.
4. Williams-Renault 58 pts.
5. Tyrrell-Ford 65 pts.
6. Ligier-Ford 70 pts.
7. Lola-Lamborghini 71 pts.
8. Arrows-Ford 73 pts.
9. Lotus-Lamborghini 75 pts.
10. Minardi-Ford 75 pts.
11. Leyton House-Judd 79 pts.
12. Brabham-Judd 81 pts.
13. Dallara-Ford 81 pts.
14. Osella-Ford 98 pts.
15. AGS-Ford 103 pts.
16. Onyx-Ford 108 pts.
17. EuroBrun-Judd 123 pts.
18. Coloni-Ford 128 pts.
19. Life 128 pts.
20. Coloni-Subaru 128 pts.
21. Life-Judd 128 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1991

Senna wins his second title. The rest of the positions are quite random including Stefano Modena 4th, Pierluigi Martini 9th and Thierry Boutsen 10th among others. Minardi are in the top six of the Constructors' Championship. They were beaten to 5th by Tyrrell on countback.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Ayrton Senna 36.5 pts.
2. Nigel Mansell 53 pts.
3. Riccardo Patrese 56 pts.
4. Stefano Modena 65 pts.
5. Nelson Piquet 67 pts.
6. Gerhard Berger 67.5 pts.
7. Alain Prost 71 pts.
8. Jean Alesi 72 pts.
9. Pierluigi Martini 73.5 pts.
10. Thierry Boutsen 75 pts.
11. Martin Brundle 76 pts.
12. Andrea de Cesaris 77 pts.
13. JJ Lehto 78 pts.
14. Mika Häkkinen 78 pts.
15. Mauricio Gugelmin 78 pts.
16. Roberto Moreno 79 pts.
17. Gianni Morbidelli 79 pts.
18. Mark Blundell 79 pts.
19. Érik Comas 79 pts.
20. Satoru Nakajima 81 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Honda 33.5 pts.
2. Williams-Renault 35 pts.
3. Benetton-Ford 57 pts.
4. Ferrari 58 pts.
5. Tyrrell-Honda 65 pts.
6. Minardi-Ferrari 65 pts.
7. Jordan-Ford 66 pts.
8. Brabham-Yamaha 66 pts.
9. Ligier-Lamborghini 67 pts.
10. Lotus-Judd 71 pts.
11. Leyton House-Ilmor 74 pts.
12. Dallara-Judd 77 pts.
13. Lola-Ford 87 pts.
14. Fondmetal-Ford 104 pts.
15. Lamborghini 106 pts.
16. Footwork-Ford 108 pts.
17. Footwork-Porsche 113 pts.
18. AGS-Ford 118 pts.
19. Coloni-Ford 124 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1992

For this year I got rid of the "only the highest placed car can score WCC points" rule in favour of the current "both cars score WCC points" system because this was the year that two-car teams became universal and there was no way of making the current system work for previous years starting in 1979 (when this system was really introduced) because there were some teams who entered one car in each race, giving them an unfair advantage for the Constructors' Championship and on some occasions three cars were entered by a single team, (for example Renault at the 1985 German GP) which would actually have put them at a disadvantage. Some of you may ask "well, why didn't you just keep the old system?" I had considered that, but looking at the near-bulletproof reliability of contemporary F1, there would be a lot of teams tied for some position in the Championship and it would have gotten ridiculous. For example last year McLaren, Sauber, Toro Rosso, Williams and Marussia would all have been tied for 5th in the Constructors' Championship. So now you can hopefully see why I had to change things. Anyway back to 1992! Mansell finally won the title many felt he deserved. Introducing the current system had some...interesting results. They are too many to list, but let's just say that Scuderia Italia were even more foolish to switch to Lola in this universe.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Nigel Mansell 37 pts.
2. Riccardo Patrese 53 pts.
3. Michael Schumacher 59 pts.
4. Ayrton Senna 66 pts.
5. Gerhard Berger 67 pts.
6. Martin Brundle 68 pts.
7. Michele Alboreto 69 pts.
8. JJ Lehto 70 pts.
9. Mika Häkkinen 76 pts.
10. Andrea de Cesaris 76 pts.
11. Érik Comas 78 pts.
12. Thierry Boutsen 78 pts.
13. Pierluigi Martini 78 pts.
14. Gianni Morbidelli 80 pts.
15. Jean Alesi 81 pts.
16. Ukyo Katayama 84 pts.
17. Aguri Suzuki 86 pts.
18. Maurício Gugelmin 87 pts.
19. Johnny Herbert 88 pts.
20. Karl Wendlinger 89 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Renault 90 pts,
2. Benetton-Ford 127 pts.
3. McLaren-Honda 133 pts.
4. Dallara-Ferrari 148 pts.
5. Footwork-Mugen-Honda 155 pts.
6. Ligier-Renault 156 pts.
7. Ferrari 164 pts.
8. Lotus-Ford 164 pts.
9. Tyrrell-Ilmor 168 pts.
10. March-Ilmor 173 pts.
11. Larrousse-Lamborghini 173 pts.
12. Minardi-Lamborghini 174 pts.
13. Jordan-Yamaha 185 pts.
14. Fondmetal-Ford 212 pts.
15. Brabham-Judd 244 pts.
16. Andrea Moda-Judd 255 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1993

Alain Prost retires after winning a record-equalling fifth world title, ten years after his first. Last year it was Dallara, this year it's Larrousse who finish a creditable 4th in the Constructors' Championship, after a hard-fought battle involving six other teams. Derek Warwick, in his comeback season, finished 6th in the Drivers' Championship that also included the likes of Karl Wendlinger and Érik Comas in the top ten and Minardi scored the same number of points as Ferrari!

Drivers' Championship:

1. Alain Prost 37 pts.
2. Damon Hill 51 pts.
3. Ayrton Senna 54 pts.
4. Michael Schumacher 63 pts.
5. Riccardo Patrese 69 pts.
6. Derek Warwick 71 pts.
7. Martin Brundle 75 pts.
8. Karl Wendlinger 77 pts.
9. Érik Comas 77 pts.
10. Jean Alesi 78 pts.
11. Mark Blundell 78 pts.
12. Gerhard Berger 78 pts.
13. Johnny Herbert 78 pts.
14. Christian Fittipaldi 79 pts.
15. JJ Lehto 81 pts.
16. Philippe Alliot 81 pts.
17. Rubens Barrichello 82 pts.
18. Andrea de Cesaris 84 pts.
19. Aguri Suzuki 86 pts.
20. Luca Badoer 91 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Renault 88 pts.
2. Benetton-Ford 132 pts,
3. McLaren-Ford 139 pts.
4. Larrousse-Lamborghini 150 pts.
5. Ligier-Renault 153 pts.
6. Ferrari 156 pts.
7. Minardi-Ford 156 pts.
8. Footwork-Mugen-Honda 157 pts.
9. Sauber 158 pts.
10. Lotus-Ford 159 pts.
11. Jordan-Hart 172 pts.
12. Tyrrell-Yamaha 175 pts.
13. Lola-Ferrari 189 pts.

[Nessafox]

Larousse? Well, i did not see that one coming!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1994

One of the most controversial seasons in the history of the sport. The lack of consistency in the field at the start of the season was such that after Monaco Schumacher's closest championship rivals were Martin Brundle in the McLaren that could go off at any minute, Olivier Panis in the slow but reliable Ligier and Johnny Herbert in the the dying Lotus team. Of course Schumacher was then disqualified from Silverstone and Spa, and banned from participating at Monza and Estoril, meaning that when he made his return at Jerez Schumi was 14 points down on Hill. Hill became the first second-generation champion at Suzuka meaning Adelaide wasn't such a big climax. Interestingly, Williams came within 1 point of their actual 1994 points haul. Ligier came close to taking 3rd in the Constructors' Championship only to be beaten by Ferrari in the final round. Panis however, still kept 3rd in the Drivers' Championship. Minardi once again had an impressive season and came within 2 points of McLaren in 6th with Martini 7th in the Drivers' Championship. Sauber had a disastrous season with an unreliable car and one of their drivers nearly getting killed at Monaco. Ultimately they finished 13th, only beating newcomers Pacific. This season also had two sons and one nephew of World Champions in the top ten: Hill champion, Fittipaldi 5th and F1 reject David Brabham in 10th.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Damon Hill 42 pts.
2. Michael Schumacher 56 pts.
3. Olivier Panis 68 pts.
4. Gerhard Berger 69 pts.
5. Christian Fittipaldi 72 pts.
6. Mika Häkkinen 75 pts.
7. Pierluigi Martini 75 pts.
8. Mark Blundell 76 pts.
9. Éric Bernard 76 pts.
10. David Brabham 76 pts.
11. Jean Alesi 77 pts.
12. Martin Brundle 79 pts.
13. Michele Alboreto 79 pts.
14. Johnny Herbert 79 pts.
15. Rubens Barrichello 81 pts.
16. Érik Comas 83 pts.
17. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 87 pts.
18. Ukyo Katayama 88 pts.
19. Gianni Morbidelli 89 pts.
20. Eddie Irvine 93 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Renault 117 pts.
2. Benetton-Ford 132 pts.
3. Ferrari 139 pts.
4. Ligier-Renault 139 pts.
5. McLaren-Peugeot 152 pts.
6. Minardi-Ford 154 pts.
7. Lotus-Mugen-Honda 156 pts.
8. Footwork-Ford 161 pts.
9. Jordan-Hart 163 pts.
10. Tyrrell-Yamaha 164 pts.
11. Larrousse-Ford 169 pts.
12. Simtek-Ford 170 pts.
13. Sauber-Mercedes 176 pts.
14. Pacific-Ilmor 241 pts.

[dr-baker]

This has to be amongst the best alternative season results there are! I love that Ligier are fourth, Minardi in sixth and Simtek beat Sauber!

By the way, do you have the results for all 40-odd drivers?

[James1978]

Would Ligier have finished 3rd if Panis hadn't been DQ'd from Portugal (I think it was that race)?

[Bobby Doorknobs]

By the way, do you have the results for all 40-odd drivers?

I do, and here are the remaining drivers:

21. David Coulthard 98 pts.
22. Andrea de Cesaris 98 pts.
23. Jos Verstappen 99 pts.
24. Olivier Beretta 100 pts.
25. Alessandro Zanardi 101 pts.
26. JJ Lehto 102 pts.
27. Jean-Marc Gounon 105 pts.
28. Nigel Mansell 111 pts.
29. Pedro Lamy 115 pts.
30. Karl Wendlinger 116 pts.
31. Bertrand Gachot 117 pts.
32. Nicola Larini 121 pts.
33. Mika Salo 121 pts.
34. Yannick Dalmas 122 pts.
35. Philippe Adams 122 pts.
36. Domenico Schiattarella 122 pts.
37. Ayrton Senna 122 pts.
38. Franck Lagorce 123 pts.
39. Roland Ratzenberger 124 pts.
40. Paul Belmondo 124 pts.
41. Philippe Alliot 124 pts.
42. Hideki Noda 125 pts.
43. Aguri Suzuki 125 pts.
44. Jean-Denis Délétraz 125 pts.
45. Taki Inoue 127 pts.
46. Andrea Montermini 128 pts.

Would Ligier have finished 3rd if Panis hadn't been DQ'd from Portugal (I think it was that race)?

Yes, even if he retired on the first lap at Estoril Ligier would've been 3rd.

[tommykl]

This season also had three sons of World Champions in the top ten: Hill champion, Fittipaldi 5th and F1 reject David Brabham in 10th.

Slight correction here, Christian Fittipaldi is the son of Wilson Fittipaldi, not Emerson, so he's a World Champion's nephew

Either way, great job on the championship

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Damn, how did I get that one wrong? Thank you for pointing out my brain fade, it will be amended now.

[dr-baker]

Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger were not last? I guess it's because they were able to complete more than 25% of a race each?

[Bleu]

Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger were not last? I guess it's because they were able to complete more than 25% of a race each?

Considering maximum is 128 (16*8), Ratzenberger got -4 for finishing in Aida.

Senna got -4 points for driving 75% in Interlagos and -1 point for starting in Aida and Imola.

I used negative points because here less points is better.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1995

Michael Schumacher became the first German World Champion, breaking Williams' streak of three consecutive titles in the process. Benetton and Williams had a tough time catching up in the Constructors' Championship after the events of Brazil with Benetton not taking the lead from Ferrari until Belgium. Jordan and Sauber made up for their 1994 performances with 4th and 5th. McLaren on the other hand, had a disastrous season that saw them beaten by Minardi in the points.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Michael Schumacher 46 pts.
2. Damon Hill 57 pts.
3. Johnny Herbert 67 pts.
4. Jean Alesi 70 pts.
5. Gerhard Berger 71 pts.
6. David Coulthard 72 pts.
7. Mika Salo 74 pts.
8. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 77 pts.
9. Olivier Panis 79 pts.
10. Rubens Barrichello 80 pts.
11. Eddie Irvine 80 pts.
12. Luca Badoer 83 pts.
13. Pedro Diniz 84 pts.
14. Mark Blundell 86 pts.
15. Roberto Moreno 87 pts.
16. Mika Häkkinen 91 pts.
17. Ukyo Katayama 93 pts.
18. Taki Inoue 95 pts.
19. Martin Brundle 99 pts.
20. Gianni Morbidelli 99 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Benetton-Renault 122 pts.
2. Williams-Renault 137 pts.
3. Ferrari 141 pts.
4. Jordan-Peugeot 160 pts.
5. Sauber-Ford 160 pts.
6. Ligier-Mugen-Honda 162 pts.
7. Tyrrell-Yamaha 163 pts.
8. Minardi-Ford 166 pts.
9. McLaren-Mercedes 167 pts.
10. Forti-Ford 171 pts.
11. Footwork-Hart 177 pts.
12. Pacific-Ford 198 pts.
13. Simtek-Ford 252 pts.

1996

Jacques Villeneuve, another son of a World Champion, became a champion himself, also becoming the first rookie World Champion in the process. Villeneuve had a consistent season, taking the title despite having only 4 wins to Hill's 8. From this season on I will be posting the full Drivers' Championship table because there aren't many driver changes from here onwards, resulting in every season having less than 30 drivers.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jacques Villeneuve 43 pts.
2. Damon Hill 45 pts.
3. Michael Schumacher 59 pts.
4. Jean Alesi 62 pts.
5. Mika Häkkinen 65 pts.
6. Gerhard Berger 71 pts.
7. Rubens Barrichello 73 pts.
8. David Coulthard 74 pts.
9. Olivier Panis 75 pts.
10. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 77 pts.
11. Martin Brundle 77 pts.
12. Pedro Lamy 80 pts.
13. Johnny Herbert 82 pts.
14. Ricardo Rosset 82 pts.
15. Eddie Irvine 83 pts.
16. Pedro Diniz 83 pts.
17. Mika Salo 84 pts.
18. Ukyo Katayama 88 pts.
19. Jos Verstappen 89 pts.
20. Giancarlo Fisichella 108 pts.
21. Luca Badoer 109 pts.
22. Giovanni Lavaggi 119 pts.
23. Andrea Montermini 119 pts.
24. Tarso Marques 125 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Renault 88 pts.
2. Benetton-Renault 133 pts.
3. McLaren-Mercedes 139 pts.
4. Ferrari 143 pts.
5. Jordan-Peugeot 150 pts.
6. Ligier-Mugen-Honda 157 pts.
7. Sauber-Ford 159 pts.
8. Footwork-Hart 171 pts.
9. Tyrrell-Yamaha 172 pts.
10. Minardi-Ford 176 pts.
11. Forti-Ford 228 pts.

[Nessafox]

Hakkinen gets beaten by both Fortis? I sure like that

[tommykl]

JV champion? Now this I did not expect...

But also...

Post number 5000! BOOM! CONFETTI! BELGIAN FLAG!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

But also...

Post number 5000! BOOM! CONFETTI! BELGIAN FLAG!

Ladies and gentlemen please rise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF7Cy79GJY0

[Nessafox]

JV champion? Now this I did not expect...

But also...

Post number 5000! BOOM! CONFETTI! BELGIAN FLAG!

Félicitations!
Gefeliciteerd!
Gluckwunsh!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1997

Villeneuve continued his 100% record of championships thanks to the champion-elect being disqualified for his actions at Jerez. When Schumacher crashed into Villeneuve he'd already won when the race started, meaning the FIA stripped him of the World Championship and not just 2nd place, handing it to his rival. Panis might well have been a title contender as his crash in Canada put him 2nd in the standings (though some might now say that he did it deliberately to bring out the red flag). Jerez was also the set-up for an exciting finale in the Constructors' Championship with just 1 point separating Ferrari, Benetton and Williams. Williams and Benetton finished equal on points (thanks to Villeneuve letting the McLarens past), but Williams won on countback. Finally, here's a statistic for the Alex Wurz Conspiracy: When Wurz gave the Benetton seat back to Berger at the 10th race of the season Berger had 49 points.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Jacques Villeneuve 60 pts.
2. Jean Alesi 63 pts.
3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 69 pts.
4. David Coulthard 71 pts.
5. Giancarlo Fisichella 74 pts.
6. Mika Salo 74 pts.
7. Eddie Irvine 75 pts.
8. Gerhard Berger 78 pts.
9. Johnny Herbert 80 pts.
10. Jos Verstappen 80 pts.
11. Damon Hill 81 pts.
12. Mika Häkkinen 82 pts.
13. Ralf Schumacher 85 pts.
14. Shinji Nakano 85 pts.
15. Pedro Diniz 87 pts.
16. Jarno Trulli 88 pts.
17. Rubens Barrichello 88 pts.
18. Jan Magnussen 89 pts.
19. Ukyo Katayama 89 pts.
20. Olivier Panis 96 pts.
21. Gianni Morbidelli 111 pts.
22. Tarso Marques 111 pts.
23. Nicola Larini 118 pts.
24. Norberto Fontana 121 pts.
25. Alexander Wurz 124 pts.
26. Vincenzo Sospiri 136 pts.
27. Ricardo Rosset 136 pts.
DSQ. Michael Schumacher 55 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Williams-Renault 129 pts.
2. Benetton-Renault 129 pts.
3. Ferrari 130 pts.
4. McLaren-Mercedes 153 pts.
5. Prost-Mugen-Honda 153 pts.
6. Tyrrell-Ford 154 pts.
7. Sauber-Petronas 158 pts.
8. Jordan-Peugeot 159 pts.
9. Arrows-Yamaha 168 pts.
10. Stewart-Ford 180 pts.
11. Minardi-Hart 180 pts.
12. Lola-Ford 272 pts.

1998

The result of the title showdown at Suzuka is more agonising here for Schumacher as he lost the title by just 1 point to Häkkinen.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Mika Häkkinen 43 pts.
2. Michael Schumacher 44 pts.
3. David Coulthard 55 pts.
4. Eddie Irvine 59 pts.
5. Jacques Villeneuve 66 pts.
6. Giancarlo Fisichella 68 pts.
7. Jean Alesi 69 pts.
8. Damon Hill 72 pts.
9. Alexander Wurz 72 pts.
10. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 73 pts.
11. Ralf Schumacher 75 pts.
12. Shinji Nakano 75 pts.
13. Olivier Panis 76 pts.
14. Johnny Herbert 79 pts.
15. Jarno Trulli 80 pts.
16. Toranosuke Takagi 80 pts.
17. Esteban Tuero 81 pts.
18. Rubens Barrichello 85 pts.
19. Mika Salo 89 pts.
20. Pedro Diniz 91 pts.
21. Ricardo Rosset 97 pts.
22. Jos Verstappen 101 pts.
23. Jan Magnussen 111 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Mercedes 98 pts.
2. Ferrari 103 pts.
3. Williams-Mecachrome 139 pts.
4. Benetton-Playlife 140 pts.
5. Jordan-Mugen-Honda 147 pts.
6. Sauber-Petronas 148 pts.
7. Prost-Peugeot 156 pts.
8. Minardi-Ford 156 pts.
9. Stewart-Ford 169 pts.
10. Tyrrell-Ford 177 pts.
11. Arrows 180 pts.

[dr-baker]

Wow, 1997. Panis falls from 2nd to 20th? This points system really does reward consistentcy/punishes injury, doesn't it!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1999

Eddie Irvine has become Ferrari's first World Champion since Gilles Villeneuve in 1979. Minardi have returned to their early '90s ways by equalling Williams in the points with Gené in the top ten.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Eddie Irvine 46 pts.
2. Mika Häkkinen 49 pts.
3. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 57 pts.
4. David Coulthard 64 pts.
5. Ralf Schumacher 69 pts.
6. Olivier Panis 74 pts.
7. Giancarlo Fisichella 72 pts.
8. Rubens Barrichello 72 pts.
9. Johnny Herbert 75 pts.
10. Marc Gené 77 pts.
11. Pedro de la Rosa 78 pts.
12. Jean Alesi 79 pts.
13. Luca Badoer 79 pts.
14. Michael Schumacher 80 pts.
15. Alexander Wurz 80 pts.
16. Jarno Trulli 83 pts.
17. Alessandro Zanardi 85 pts.
18. Jacques Villeneuve 85 pts.
19. Pedro Diniz 86 pts.
20. Toranosuke Takagi 87 pts.
21. Damon Hill 88 pts.
22. Ricardo Zonta 91 pts.
23. Mika Salo 92 pts.
24. Stéphane Sarrazin 126 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 100 pts.
2. McLaren-Mercedes 113 pts.
3. Jordan-Mugen-Honda 145 pts.
4. Stewart-Ford 147 pts.
5. Benetton-Playlife 152 pts.
6. Williams-Supertec 154 pts.
7. Minardi-Ford 154 pts.
8. Prost-Peugeot 157 pts.
9. Sauber-Petronas 165 pts.
10. Arrows 165 pts.
11. BAR-Supertec 166 pts.

2000

Michael Schumacher finally won his second title after the controversy of 1997 in a season that was much closer than in reality, going down to the final round in Malaysia. Behind the top teams BAR had a massive improvement over 1999 with 3rd and Ricardo Zonta even finished in the top ten. More welcome however, is Minardi only 2 points off in 4th with Gastón Mazzacane 7th in the Drivers' standings. Benetton looked like a shoe-in for 3rd but suffered from a nasty combination of bad luck and unreliability in the second half of the season. Jordan also had a fall from grace after an excellent 1999 campaign to finish only 9th.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Michael Schumacher 43 pts.
2. Mika Häkkinen 48 pts.
3. David Coulthard 58 pts.
4. Rubens Barrichello 60 pts.
5. Ralf Schumacher 71 pts.
6. Ricardo Zonta 73 pts.
7. Gastón Mazzacane 73 pts.
8. Giancarlo Fisichella 76 pts.
9. Jacques Villeneuve 76 pts.
10. Alexander Wurz 78 pts.
11. Marc Gené 78 pts.
12. Jenson Button 82 pts.
13. Eddie Irvine 82 pts.
14. Mika Salo 82 pts.
15. Johnny Herbert 82 pts.
16. Pedro Diniz 82 pts.
17. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 85 pts.
18. Jos Verstappen 86 pts.
19. Jarno Trulli 86 pts.
20. Nick Heidfeld 89 pts.
21. Jean Alesi 89 pts.
22. Pedro de la Rosa 91 pts.
23. Luciano Burti 132 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 103 pts.
2. McLaren-Mercedes 113 pts.
3. BAR-Honda 149 pts.
4. Minardi-Fondmetal 151 pts.
5. Williams-BMW 153 pts.
6. Benetton-Playlife 154 pts.
7. Jaguar-Cosworth 160 pts.
8. Sauber-Petronas 164 pts.
9. Jordan-Mugen-Honda 171 pts.
10. Arrows-Supertec 177 pts.
11. Prost-Peugeot 178 pts.

[Nessafox]

Mazzacane? Quit taking drugs, Simtek.

[Nuppiz]

Mazzacane? Quit taking drugs, Simtek.

He was a incredibly reliable and consistent driver. Too bad it was consistently slow, but in this championship it hardly matters.

[Nessafox]

Mazzacane? Quit taking drugs, Simtek.

He was a incredibly reliable and consistent driver. Too bad it was consistently slow, but in this championship it hardly matters.

I still didn't expect him to beat Gené.

[tommykl]

Mazzacane? Quit taking drugs, Simtek.

He was a incredibly reliable and consistent driver. Too bad it was consistently slow, but in this championship it hardly matters.

I still didn't expect him to beat Gené.

Well, the points system means that you get as many points for finishing fourth as you do for finishing bog last, just as long as you finish So expect Max Chilton to do very well in 2013

[good_Ralf]

Well, the points system means that you get as many points for finishing fourth as you do for finishing bog last, just as long as you finish So expect Max Chilton to do very well in 2013

Tiago Monteiro could do even better in 2005.

[James1978]

Well, the points system means that you get as many points for finishing fourth as you do for finishing bog last, just as long as you finish So expect Max Chilton to do very well in 2013

Tiago Monteiro could do even better in 2005.

Nick Heidfeld 2008 world champ??

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2001

Schumacher is now a triple World Champion. Benetton did quite well considering that this was easily their worst season. Prost also did well, scoring the same number of points as Benetton, but it didn't save them from bankruptcy. Sauber, despite this being the year they became exciting, still only finished 8th. In the Drivers' Championship Jean Alesi finished an excellent 5th in what turned out to be his last season and Verstappen also did well, coming 6th.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Michael Schumacher 34 pts.
2. David Coulthard 58 pts.
3. Rubens Barrichello 58 pts.
4. Ralf Schumacher 68 pts.
5. Jean Alesi 71 pts.
6. Jos Verstappen 75 pts.
7. Juan Pablo Montoya 76 pts.
8. Giancarlo Fisichella 76 pts.
9. Jenson Button 78 pts.
10. Mika Häkkinen 80 pts.
11. Jacques Villeneuve 80 pts.
12. Oliver Panis 80 pts.
13. Nick Heidfeld 82 pts.
14. Jarno Trulli 83 pts.
15. Kimi Räikkönen 84 pts.
16. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 85 pts.
17. Fernando Alonso 85 pts.
18. Eddie Irvine 88 pts.
19. Enrique Bernoldi 93 pts.
20. Luciano Burti 94 pts.
21. Tarso Marques 94 pts.
22. Pedro de la Rosa 96 pts.
23. Tomáš Enge 124 pts.
24. Gastón Mazzacane 125 pts.
25. Alex Yoong 125 pts.
26. Ricardo Zonta 131 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 92 pts.
2. McLaren-Mercedes 138 pts.
3. Williams-BMW 144 pts.
4. Benetton-Renault 154 pts.
5. Prost-Acer 154 pts.
6. BAR-Honda 160 pts.
7. Jordan-Honda 165 pts.
8. Sauber-Petronas 166 pts.
9. Arrows-Asiatech 168 pts.
10. Minardi-European 168 pts.
11. Jaguar-Cosworth 170 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2002

Surprise surprise, Schumi wins again.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Michael Schumacher 24 pts.
2. Rubens Barrichello 60 pts.
3. Juan Pablo Montoya 61 pts.
4. Ralf Schumacher 65 pts.
5. David Coulthard 67 pts.
6. Nick Heidfeld 73 pts.
7. Mika Salo 74 pts.
8. Kimi Räikkönen 76 pts.
9. Eddie Irvine 78 pts.
10. Jenson Button 79 pts.
11. Jarno Trulli 80 pts.
12. Jacques Villeneuve 81 pts.
13. Takuma Sato 83 pts.
14. Mark Webber 84 pts.
15. Felipe Massa 85 pts.
16. Giancarlo Fisichella 86 pts.
17. Pedro de la Rosa 86 pts.
18. Olivier Panis 87 pts.
19. Allan McNIsh 91 pts.
20. Alex Yoong 99 pts.
21. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 100 pts.
22. Enrique Bernoldi 110 pts.
23. Anthony Davidson 130 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 84 pts.
2. Williams-BMW 126 pts.
3. McLaren-Mercedes 143 pts.
4. Sauber-Petronas 154 pts.
5. Renault 159 pts.
6. Jaguar-Cosworth 164 pts.
7. Toyota 165 pts.
8. BAR-Honda 168 pts.
9. Jordan-Honda 169 pts.
10. Minardi-Asiatech 177 pts.
11. Arrows-Cosworth 214 pts.

2003

Schumacher joins Fangio and Prost as a five-time World Champion. Meanwhile, Cristiano da Matta is in the top ten and Minardi are 5th ahead of big-budget teams Toyota and last-placed Jaguar!

Drivers' Championship:

1. Michael Schumacher 45 pts.
2. Juan Pablo Montoya 53 pts.
3. Kimi Räikkönen 53 pts.
4. Rubens Barrichello 62 pts.
5. Fernando Alonso 62 pts.
6. Ralf Schumacher 65 pts.
7. David Coulthard 65 pts.
8. Cristiano da Matta 70 pts.
9. Nick Heidfeld 71 pts.
10. Giancarlo Fisichella 72 pts.
11. Mark Webber 72 pts.
12. Jarno Trulli 73 pts.
13. Jos Verstappen 74 pts.
14. Jenson Button 75 pts.
15. Justin Wilson 79 pts.
16. Olivier Panis 80 pts.
17. Heinz-Harald Frentzen 81 pts.
18. Jacques Villeneuve 81 pts.
19. Ralph Firman 83 pts.
20. Antônio Pizzonia 93 pts.
21. Nicolas Kiesa 108 pts.
22. HWNSNBM 122 pts.
23. Marc Gené 124 pts.
24. Takuma Sato 124 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 107 pts.
2. Williams-BMW 114 pts.
3. McLaren-Mercedes 118 pts.
4. Renault 135 pts.
5. Minardi-Cosworth 146 pts.
6. Jordan-Ford 147 pts.
7. Toyota 150 pts.
8. Sauber-Petronas 152 pts.
9. BAR-Honda 152 pts.
10. Jaguar-Cosworth 152 pts.

[Miguel98]

The 2003 champioship isn't as close as it was in real life definetelly.

[James1978]

I was actually predicting Raikkonen as 2003 champion as IIRC he had less retirements than Schumi but they were early in races like Spain.

[good_Ralf]

I was actually predicting Raikkonen as 2003 champion as IIRC he had less retirements than Schumi but they were early in races like Spain.

Actaully Schumi had only 1 DNF in all of 2003. Raikkonen had 3.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2004

Michael Schumacher won a record-breaking sixth world title. HWNSNBM beat Kimi Räikkönen.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Michael Schumacher 30 pts.
2. Rubens Barrichello 48 pts.
3. Jenson Button 64 pts.
4. Fernando Alonso 74 pts.
5. Juan Pablo Montoya 75 pts.
6. Giancarlo Fisichella 75 pts.
7. Jarno Trulli 77 pts.
8. Felipe Massa 77 pts.
9. David Coulthard 78 pts.
10. Nick Heidfeld 80 pts.
11. Takuma Sato 81 pts.
12. Christian Klien 82 pts.
13. HWNSNBM 82 pts.
14. Kimi Räikkönen 85 pts.
15. Olivier Panis 86 pts.
16. Mark Webber 88 pts.
17. Gianmaria Bruni 90 pts.
18. Giorgio Pantano 102 pts.
19. Ralf Schumacher 107 pts.
20. Cristiano da Matta 108 pts.
21. Ricardo Zonta 127 pts.
22. Timo Glock 128 pts.
23. Antônio Pizzonia 129 pts.
24. Jacques Villeneuve 132 pts.
25. Marc Gené 136 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. Ferrari 78 pts.
2. BAR-Honda 145 pts.
3. Renault 147 pts.
4. Sauber-Petronas 152 pts.
5. Williams-BMW 159 pts.
6. McLaren-Mercedes 163 pts.
7. Jordan-Ford 166 pts.
8. Toyota 169 pts.
9. Jaguar-Cosworth 170 pts.
10. Minardi-Cosworth 172 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2005

Barrichello beat Schumacher. Not only was Schumi beaten by his number two driver but he was also beaten by a man driving the second slowest car on the grid: Tiago Monteiro! On top of that Christijan Albers was in the top ten. In the Constructors' Championship McLaren won on countback, Jordan were 5th and Red Bull were beaten by Minardi.

Drivers' Championship:

1. Fernando Alonso 47 pts.
2. Kimi Räikkönen 55 pts.
3. Rubens Barrichello 72 pts.
4. Tiago Monteiro 75 pts.
5. Michael Schumacher 76 pts.
6. Jarno Trulli 78 pts.
7. Ralf Schumacher 79 pts.
8. Jacques Villeneuve 82 pts.
9. Christijan Albers 83 pts.
10. Felipe Massa 84 pts.
11. Giancarlo Fisichella 86 pts.
12. Mark Webber 86 pts.
13. Juan Pablo Montoya 87 pts.
14. Narain Karthikeyan 88 pts.
15. David Coulthard 90 pts.
16. Jenson Button 94 pts.
17. Nick Heidfeld 100 pts.
18. Christian Klien 106 pts.
19. Takuma Sato 106 pts.
20. Patrick Friesacher 122 pts.
21. Robert Doornbos 124 pts.
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi 139 pts.
23. Antônio Pizzonia 146 pts.
24. Alexander Wurz 147 pts.
25. Pedro de la Rosa 148 pts.
26. Anthony Davidson 151 pts.
27. Ricardo Zonta 152 pts.

Constructors' Championship:

1. McLaren-Mercedes 133 pts,
2. Renault 133 pts.
3. Ferrari 148 pts.
4. Toyota 157 pts.
5. Jordan-Toyota 163 pts.
6. Sauber-Petronas 166 pts.
7. Williams-BMW 172 pts.
8. Minardi-Cosworth 177 pts.
9. Red Bull-Cosworth 183 pts.
10. BAR-Honda 199 pts.

[dr-baker]

I suppose BAR's disqualification and subsequent 2-race ban led to their poor performance here. But even so, second to 10th and last in the space of just one year is pretty poor by anybody's standards. And Minardi beating both Red Bull and BAR, both of whom would go on to win championships (the latter as Brawn and perhaps as Mercedes) = Wow!

[Nessafox]

Monteiro, you make me proud!