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andrew wrote:I am slightly confused here, I am assuming if a team changes owners then its previous years score in the previous guise does not matter, allowing Renault in 2016 and manor in 2015. However why are Torro Rosso in the 2013 championship? They scored points in 2012 right?

He noted that he only counts points that would be scored under the pre-2003 points system, because why not?
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tommykl wrote:
andrew wrote:I am slightly confused here, I am assuming if a team changes owners then its previous years score in the previous guise does not matter, allowing Renault in 2016 and manor in 2015. However why are Torro Rosso in the 2013 championship? They scored points in 2012 right?

He noted that he only counts points that would be scored under the pre-2003 points system, because why not?


Yeah, this. Sorry I missed your comment the first time around by the way.

The idea of using the top six points system was to try to avoid too many seasons like 1996, shich featured only Forti, or 2003, where I had to bend the rules a bit to include Minardi & Toyota as everyone had scored points in 2002. Similarly, teams that change their listed constructor are also included, largely to spice things up a bit. It got quite tricky with Larrousse, who had chassis listed as Lola, Venturi and Larrousse in successive seasons. Same theme with Scuderia Italia as well.
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And you also mistyped 'Jaguar Cosworth' as 'Jordan-Cosworth somewhere' :D
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1985
Ineligible constructors: McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Brabham, Renault, Williams, Toleman, Alfa Romeo, Ligier, Arrows, Osella

Drivers Championship
1/ Martin Brundle - 84 points (6 wins)

2/ Stefan Bellof - 66 points (5 wins)
3/ Pierluigi Martini - 20 points (1 win)
4/ Manfred Winkelhock - 13 points (1 win)
5/ Ivan Capelli - 10 points (1 win)
6/ Stefan Johansson - 10 points (1 win)
7/ Jonathan Palmer - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Philippe Aillot - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Alan Jones - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Mauro Baldi - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Christian Danner - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Kenny Acheson - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Philippe Streiff - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ Tyrrell-Ford/Renault* 170 points (13 wins)

2/ Minardi-Ford/Motori Moderni* - 20 points (1 win)
3/ RAM-Hart - 17 points (1 win)
4/ Zakspeed - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Lola-Hart - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Spirit-Hart - 0 points (Best: DNF)

The 1985 Championship battle was stopped in full cry between the Dutch and Italian Grands Prix when the tragic news broke that Championship leader Stefan Bellof had been killed in an Endurance race at Spa-Francorchamps. After that, it was with a reluctant air that Martin Brundle completed the formality of a Championship win that could, and perhaps should have gone to his team-mate: if you add the points scored by Johansson and Capelli in Bellof's car to Bellof's own, then the total is two higher than Brundle's final tally.

Lower down the grid, there was little competition, thanks to this year's backmarker teams having a remarkable knack of not finishing (a) the race or (b) the season.
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1984
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Renault, Brabham, Williams, McLaren, Alfa Romeo, Tyrrell, Lotus, Toleman, Arrows, Theodore

Drivers Championship
1/ Andrea de Cesaris - 66 points (6 wins)

2/ Piercarlo Ghinzani - 40 points (3 wins)
3/ Jonathan Palmer - 40 points (2 wins)
4/ Francois Hesnault - 34 points (2 wins)
5/ Mauro Baldi - 22 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Jo Gartner - 16 points (1 win)
7/ Manfred Winkelhock - 16 points (1 win)
8/ Gerhard Berger - 15 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Philippe Aillot - 14 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Huub Rothengatter - 11 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Mike Thackwell - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ Ligier-Renault - 100 points (8 wins)

2/ Osella-Alfa Romeo - 56 points (4 wins)
3/ RAM-Hart - 54 points (2 wins)
4/ Spirit-Ford - 33 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ ATS-BMW - 31 points (1 win)

1984 was a season where anyone could beat anyone, although the Ligier car, powered by a beefy Renault turbo engine, was the fastest car when it got going - and in the hands of talented Italian Andrea de Cesaris, it often did. Behind de Cesaris, there were numerous close battles: between Ghinzani and Palmer, between Osella and RAM; ultimately, though, these were battles for second because on all but one of the occasions that de Cesaris finished the race, he did so in first place.
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1983
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, McLaren, Renault, Williams, Lotus, Tyrrell, Brabham, Ligier, Alfa Romeo, Arrows, ATS. Osella, Fittipaldi

Drivers Championship
1/ Derek Warwick - 60 points (6 wins)

2/ Johnny Cecotto - 44 points (3 wins)
3/ Bruno Giacomelli - 37 points (1 win)
4/ Roberto Guerrero - 21 points (1 win)
5/ Stefan Johansson - 19 points (1 win)
6/ Kenny Acheson - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Eliseo Salazar - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Jean-Louis Schlesser - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
9/ Jacques Villeneuve - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Toleman-Hart - 97 points (7 wins)

2/ Theodore-Ford - 65 points (4 wins)
3/ Spirit-Honda - 19 points (1 win)
4/ RAM-Ford - 10 points (Best: 2nd)

With a four-point lead in the hands of Venezuela's Johnny Cecotto, the final two rounds of the season looked set to be a genuinely exciting title joust between Derek Warwick and the aforementioned Cecotto. Unfortunately for Cecotto, the Hong Kong-based Theodore team had entirely run out of money, allowing Warwick to run home the easy winner at both Brands Hatch and Kyalami. At the other end of the spectrum, RAM failed consistently to get on the grid, and when they did, only twice managed to see the chequered flag. In the hands of Stefan Johansson, the Spirit-Honda package looked promising, but they were only an occasional sight at Grand Prix weekends.
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1982
Ineligible constructors: Williams, Brabham, Renault, Ligier, Ferrari, McLaren, Lotus, Arrows, Alfa Romeo, Tyrrell, Ensign, Theodore, ATS

Drivers Championship
1/ Jochen Mass - 60 points (6 wins)

2/ Chico Serra - 44 points (3 wins)
3/ Jean-Pierre Jarier - 26 points (2 wins)
4/ Raul Boesel - 24 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Derek Warwick - 16 points (1 win)
6/ Roberto Guerrero - 10 points (1 win)
7/ Rupert Keegan - 10 points (1 win)
8/ Teo Fabi - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Riccardo Paletti - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Emilio de Villotta - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ March-Ford - 94 points (7 wins)

2/ Fittipaldi-Ford - 44 points (3 wins)
3/ Osella-Ford - 26 points (2 wins)
4/ Toleman-Hart - 22 points (1 win)
5/ Ensign-Ford - 10 points (1 win)

This season, the March car was clearly the dominant package, though some inconsistencies in the driver line-up meant that the drivers' title was far from a foregone conclusion. Once Mass had driven his last race of the season in France, Osella's Jean-Pierre Jarier was his closest challenger. The Frenchman failed to finish another race, though, and it was Fittipaldi's Chico Serra who made a late, but ultimately futile, charge to try to take the title.
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1981
Ineligible constructors: Williams, Ligier, Brabham, Renault, Lotus, Tyrrell, Arrows, Fittipaldi, McLaren, Ferrari, Alfa Romeo

Drivers Championship
1/ Marc Surer - 71 points (5 wins)

2/ Patrick Tambay - 38 points (2 wins)
3/ Jean-Pierre Jarier - 34 points (3 wins)
4/ Eliseo Salazar - 30 points (2 wins)
5/ Derek Daly - 26 points (1 win)
6/ Slim Borgudd - 18 points (1 win)
7/ Jan Lammers - 10 points (1 win)
8/ Brian Henton - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Piercarlo Ghinzani - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Beppe Gabiani - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Derek Warwick - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Miguel Angel Guerra - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Giorgio Francia - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
14/ Ricardo Londono - 0 points (Best: DNP)

Constructors Championship
1/ Ensign-Ford - 70 points (6 wins)

2/ Theodore-Ford - 69 points (3 wins)
3/ Osella-Ford - 40 points (3 wins)
4/ ATS-Ford - 28 points (1 win)
5/ March-Ford - 26 points (1 win)
6/ Toleman-Hart - 6 points (Best: 2nd)

Despite having his services split between two teams, Marc Surer was, from an early stage, the clear front-runner in the Championship battle. Had Jarier or Tambay managed to complete a full season, then the Championship battle could have been entirely different, but they did not, and Surer made the most of their respective absences. The Constructors battle, however, was thrilling and went right down to the final race of the season in Las Vegas. Salazar and Ensign arrived knowing that nothing less than a win and a retirement for Surer's Theodore would suffice to win the Championship. Remarkably, that was exactly what happened as Surer suffered a suspension failure that totaled his car. There was a hairy moment as a mechanical issue looked to have ended the race for Ensign, but the mechanics managed to bring Salazar's car back from the brink to enable it to sputter around and take the chequered flag after the two hours were complete.
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1980
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Williams, Ligier, Lotus, Tyrrell, Renault, McLaren, Brabham, Arrows, Shadow, ATS, Fittipaldi

Drivers Championship
1/ Bruno Giacomelli - 30 points (3 wins)

2/ Jan Lammers - 16 points (1 win)
3/ Clay Regazzoni - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Eddie Cheever - 10 points (1 win)
5/ Geoff Lees - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Patrick Depailler - 0 points (Best: NC)
7/ Vittorio Brambilla - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Andrea de Cesaris - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Tiff Needell - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ David Kennedy - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
11/ Stefan Johansson - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Champion
1/ Alfa Romeo - 30 points (3 wins)

2/ Ensign-Ford - 26 points (2 wins)
3/ Osella-Ford - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Shadow-Ford - 6 points (Best: 2nd)

1980 was a season of laughable reliability in which a total of eight classified finishers were spread across fourteen Grands Prix. Eight of those races failed to see a single car reached the finish.

Interestingly, had the Spanish Grand Prix been counted as a Championship race, Patrick Gaillard's hypothetical ten points would have sealed the Constructors Championship for Ensign.
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1979
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, Ferrari, Brabham, Tyrrell, Wolf, Ligier, Fittipaldi, McLaren, Williams, Arrows, Shadow, Renault, Ensign

Drivers Championship
1/ Hans-Joachim Stuck - 40 points (4 wins)

2/ Bruno Giacomelli - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Vittorio Brambilla - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Arturo Merzario - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Hector Rebaque - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Gianfranco Brancatelli - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ ATS-Ford - 40 points (4 wins)

2/ Alfa Romeo - 16 points (1 win)
3/ Merzario-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Rebaque-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Kauhsen-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Reliability was hilarious this season. Only two teams ever made it to the finish, a total of six times between them. Well done, lads.
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1978
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Lotus, McLaren, Wolf, Brabham, Tyrrell, Shadow, Ligier, Fittipaldi, Ensign, Surtees, Penske

Drivers Championship
1/ Alan Jones - 72 points (5 wins)

2/ Riccardo Patrese - 62 points (5 wins)
3/ Jochen Mass - 50 points (3 wins)
4/ Rolf Stommelen - 24 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Rene Arnoux - 23 points (2 wins)
6/ Jean-Pierre Jarier - 15 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Keke Rosberg - 4 points (Best: 4th)
8/ Arturo Mezario - 2 points (Best: 5th)
9/ Michael Bleekemolen - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Eddie Cheever - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Derek Daly - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
12/ Alberto Colombo - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
13/ Divina Galica - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
14/ Hans Binder - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
15/ Harald Ertl - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Arrows-Ford - 86 points (5 wins)

2/ Williams-Ford - 72 points (5 wins)
3/ ATS-Ford - 69 points (3 wins)
4/ Martini-Ford - 23 points (2 wins)
5/ Merzario-Ford - 2 points (Best: 5th)
6/ Theodore-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Hesketh-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)

This season saw an entertaining season-long battle between three newly founded teams: ATS, who last season ran Penske cars, the one-car Williams outfit and Arrows. The Williams package was definitely the faster of the three, though the difference in performance was slight enough that Arrows and ATS drivers were able to hold their own in on-track battles with Jones. The Martini car, which in the hands of Rene Arnoux proved surprisingly fast, could also have featured in the Championship battle, had it not been such an infrequent runner.

However, a dominant win in the United States, a Grand Prix for which Patrese was absent, was enough to secure the Drivers Championship with a race to spare for Jones. He was not, however, able to overcome the fact that Arrows had two cars, allowing them to win the Constructors title.
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1977
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, McLaren, Tyrrell, Lotus, Penske, Ligier, March, Shadow, Brabham, Surtees, Fittipaldi, Ensign, Parnelli

Drivers Championship
1/ Jody Scheckter - 100 points (10 wins)

2/ Rupert Keegan - 52 points (4 wins)
3/ Harald Ertl - 14 points (1 win)
4/ David Purley - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Larry Perkins - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Kazuyoshi Hoshino - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Ian Ashley - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Hector Rebaque - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Noritoke Takihara - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Brian Henton - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
11/ Conny Anderson - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
12/ Teddy Pilette - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
13/ Guy Edwards - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
14/ Brian McGuire - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
15/ Lamberto Leoni - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Wolf-Ford - 100 points (10 wins)

2/ Hesketh-Ford - 70 points (5 wins)
3/ LEC-Ford - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ BRM - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Kojima-Ford - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Boro-Ford - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
7/ Apollon-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
8/ McGuire-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Rarely can there have been so dominant a Formula One campaign. Jody Scheckter was simply unstoppable in a very fast Wolf car, and he didn't even have a team-mate to battle against. Scheckter quite literally scored more points than the other fourteen drivers put together, a very impressive effort.
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1976
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Brabham, McLaren, Hesketh, Tyrrell, Shadow, Lotus, March, Williams, Parnelli, Hill, Penske, Ensign

Drivers Championship
1/ Alan Jones - 80 points (5 wins)

2/ Jacques Laffite - 67 points (5 wins)
3/ Emerson Fittipaldi - 42 points (1 win)
4/ Brett Lunger - 38 points (2 wins)
5/ Jacky Ickx - 33 points (3 wins)
6/ Michel Leclere - 25 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Harald Ertl - 22 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Henri Pescarolo - 15 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Guy Edwards - 9 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ Renzo Zorzi - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
11/ Larry Perkins - 6 points (Best: 3rd)
12/ Ingo Hoffman - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
13/ Rolf Stommelen - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
14/ Alex Ribeiro - 3 points (Best: 4th)
15/ Noritake Takihara - 3 points (Best: 4th)
16/ Masahiro Hasemi - 2 points (Best: 5th)
17/ Warwick Brown - 1 point (Best: 6th)
18/ Arturo Merzario - 0 points (Best: DNF)
19/ Ian Ashley - 0 points (Best: DNF)
20/ Conny Andersson - 0 points (Best: DNF)
21/ Hans Binder - 0 points (Best: DNF)
22/ Chris Amon - 0 points (Best: DNS)
23/ Masami Kuwashima - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
24/ Divina Galica - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
25/ Tony Trimmer - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Surtees-Ford - 136 points (7 wins)

2/ Ligier-Matra - 69 points (5 wins)
3/ Wolf-Williams-Ford - 59 points (3 wins)
4/ Fittipaldi-Ford - 46 points (1 win)
5/ Hesketh-Ford - 38 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Boro-Ford - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Kojima-Ford - 2 points (Best: 5th)
8/ BRM - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Maki-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

It was truly lovely to see so many drivers involved with this season's proceedings, even though none of them could match up to the consistent performances of Alan Jones and the Surtees team. The Australian never finished outside the top two positions, and as a result made himself essentially impossible to catch (although the Matra-powered Laffite did do his best). Also, props to Fittipaldi for driving the wheels off that car in order to drag himself up to third in the table.
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1975
Ineligible constructors: McLaren, Ferrari, Tyrrell, Lotus, Brabham, Hesketh, BRM, Shadow, March, Surtees, Lola

Drivers Championship
1/ Mario Andretti - 45 points (3 wins)

2/ Mark Donohue - 42 points (3 wins)
3/ Tony Brise - 40 points (2 wins)
4/ Jacques Laffite - 24 points (1 win)
5/ Wilson Fittipaldi - 23 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Alan Jones - 19 points (1 win)
7/ Arturo Merzario - 16 points (1 win)
8/ Chris Amon - 16 points (1 win)
9/ Gijs van Lennep - 11 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ John Watson - 10 points (1 win)
11/ Francois Migault - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
12/ Rolf Stommelen - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
13/ Renzo Zorzi - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
14/ Roelef Wunderink - 3 points (Best: 4th)
15/ Damien Magee - 3 points (Best: 4th)
16/ John Nicholson - 3 points (Best: 4th)
17/ Ian Scheckter - 2 points (Best: 5th)
18/ Vern Schuppan - 0 points (Best: DNF)
19/ Jo Vonlanthen - 0 points (Best: DNF)
20/ Hiroshi Foshida - 0 points (Best: DNS)
21/ Ian Ashley - 0 points (Best: DNS)
22/ Lella Lombardi - 0 points (Best: DNS)
23/ Tony Trimmer - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
24/ Graham Hill - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Hill-Ford - 59 points (2 wins, 3 2nds)

2/ Williams-Ford - 59 points (2 wins, 2 2nds)
3/ Penske-Ford - 52 points (3 wins)
4/ Parnelli-Ford - 45 points (3 wins)
5/ Fittipaldi-Ford - 33 points (1 win)
6/ Ensign-Ford - 30 points (1 win)
7/ Lyncar-Ford - 3 points (Best: 4th)
8/ Maki-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNS)

What an incredible, but tragic, season that was. It was so wide open, with so many race-winning cars and drivers, that the job of a pundit must have been almost impossible. Both Championships went down to the final race of the season in America.

The Drivers Championship should have been a three-horse race, but Mark Donohue suffered a tragic brain haemorrage at the Austrian Grand Prix and lost his life. At the point of his final race, he had 42 points, Andretti had 36 and Brise had 30. Realistically, nobody else was close enough to mount a challenge. With two races left to go, there were only five points difference between Andretti and Brise, but neither managed to reach another chequered flag, so the Championship went to Andretti.

However, Andretti was Parnelli's only driver, which meant they were only able to attain fourth place in the Constructors standings. Penske would have won, but they missed several rounds at the time of Donohue's death, only returning for their home round in America. The top two teams, despite not having a driver in the top two of that Champioinship, were Williams and Hill. Locked on points going into the United States Grand Prix, whichever of them finished ahead in the race would win the Championship. Much like the Drivers Championship, though, neither finished and the FIA had to get their calculators out.

What a weird season.
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1974
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, Tyrrell, McLaren, Brabham, March, Ferrari, BRM, Shadow, Surtees, Iso-Marlboro, Tecno

Drivers Championship
1/ Graham Hill - 98 points (8 wins)

2/ James Hunt - 50 points (5 wins)
3/ Guy Edwards - 30 points (1 win)
4/ Tim Schenken - 18 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Rolf Stommelen - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Ian Ashley - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Mario Andretti - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Chris Amon - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Vern Schuppan - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Mark Donohue - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Mike Wilds - 0 points (Best: NC)
12/ Tom Pryce - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Peter Gethin - 0 points (Best: DNF)
14/ Rikky von Opel - 0 points (Best: DNS)
15/ Howden Ganley - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
16/ David Purley - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
17/ John Nicholson - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
18/ Larry Perkins - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
19/ Ian Scheckter - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Lola-Ford - 135 points (9 wins)

2/ Hesketh-Ford - 50 points (5 wins)
3/ Trojan-Ford - 18 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Token-Ford - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Parnelli-Ford - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Amon-Ford - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
7/ Ensign-Ford - 3 points (Best: 4th)
8/ Penske-Ford - 3 points (Best: 4th)
9/ Maki-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Sometimes, the fastest driver gets in the fastest car and proves themselves totally unbeatable. Sometimes, though, that driver still doesn't win the World Championship because his fast car does insist on breaking down. That was the case for James Hunt - his Hesketh (a March car modified by Harvey Postlethwaite) only reached the finish line five times, but won on every occasion. The remaining slack in the season was picked up by the deceptively pacy Lola of Embassy Hill's eponymous driver and team principal, who only thrice failed to finish.
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1973
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, Tyrrell, McLaren, Ferrari, Surtees, March, BRM, Brabham

Drivers Championship
1/ Howden Ganley - 70 points (4 wins)

2/ George Follmer - 44 points (3 wins)
3/ Jackie Oliver - 38 points (3 wins)
4/ Graham Hill - 30 points (1 win)
5/ Gijs van Lennep - 20 points (2 wins)
6/ Chris Amon - 14 points (1 win)
7/ Jacky Ickx - 10 points (1 win)
8/ Rikky von Opel - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Henri Pescarolo - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Tim Schenken - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Jackie Pretorius - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Graham McRae - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Brian Redman - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
14/ Tom Belso - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Constructors Championship
1/ Shadow-Ford - 112 points (7 wins)

2/ Iso-Marlboro-Ford - 103 points (7 wins)
3/ Tecno - 14 points (1 win)
4/ Ensign-Ford - 10 points (Best: 2nd)

The season was a very even battle between the quick and unreliable Shadows (which missed the two opening rounds of the Championship) and the steady, reliable Iso-Marlboro car, usually in the hands of the impressive Howden Ganley, who with four wins took the chequered flag more often than anyone else. Although the Drivers' Championship was sorted well in advance, Shadow went in hard at the final race in an effort to ensure that Iso couldn't overturn their lead, in spite of Ickx and Ganley successfully bagging a one-two at The Glen.
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1972
Ineligible constructors: Tyrrell, BRM, Ferrari, March, Lotus, McLaren, Matra, Surtees, Brabham

Drivers Championship
1/ Rolf Stommelen - 60 points (6 wins)

2/ Nanni Galli - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Derek Bell - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Francois Migault - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Henri Pescarolo - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ Eifelland-Ford - 60 points (6 wins)

2/ Tecno - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Connew-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Politoys-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Okay, so this season was a bit of a reminder of just how naff this competition can sometimes be. All the same, I do think it's quite fun that an alternate Championship which has delivered such great Champions as Graham Hill, Mario Andretti, Alan Jones, Jody Scheckter, Jacques Villeneuve, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen (and other non-IRL World Champions) can also serve up Rolf Stommelen in an Eifelland.
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1971
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, Ferrari, March, Brabham, McLaren, BRM, Matra, Surtees

Drivers Championship
1/ Jackie Stewart - 86 points (8 wins)

2/ Francois Cevert - 50 points (2 wins)
3/ Silvio Moser - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Peter Revson - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ Tyrrell-Ford - 136 points (10 wins)

2/ Bellasi-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)

It was another one of those seasons which is reduced to little more than a scrap between team-mates. At least on this occasion, they were two very good team-mates.
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1970
Ineligible constructors: Matra, Brabham, Lotus, McLaren, BRM, Ferrari

Drivers Championship
1/ Chris Amon - 74 points (7 wins)

2/ Jackie Stewart - 46 points (4 wins)
3/ Jo Siffert - 34 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Francois Cevert - 30 points (1 win)
5/ Ronnie Peterson - 23 points (1 win)
6/ John Surtees - 16 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Mario Andretti - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Derek Bell - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Johnny Servoz-Gavin - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ Piers Courage - 0 points (Best: NC)
11/ Tim Schenken - 0 points (Best: NC)
12/ Silvio Moser - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Brian Redman - 0 points (Best: DNS)
14/ Hubert Hahne - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ March-Ford - 217 points (13 wins)

2/ Surtees-Ford - 22 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ De Tomaso-Ford - 0 points (Best: NC)
4/ Bellasi-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)

The March chassis was widely distributed across the grid ahead of the 1970 season and proved to be remarkably fast, resulting in the entire Championship top-five being made up of March drivers. Clearly, two of the March drivers (Jackie Stewart and Chris Amon) were far faster than the others, and in the end it proved to e a battle between the pair of them to see who could finish more often and earn themselves more wins in the process Eventually, it was Amon's March that proved to be most reliable and the brave Kiwi won a Drivers Championship for himself.
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1969
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, McLaren, Matra, Ferrari, BRM, Cooper, Brabham

Drivers Championship
1/ Francois Cevert - 0 points (Best: DNF)
2/ Al Pease - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
3/ Hubert Hahne - 0 points (Best: DNS)
4/ Dieter Quester - 0 points (Best: DNS)
5/ Gerhard Mitter - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Constructors Championship
1/ Tecno-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)
2/ Eagle-Climax - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
3/ BMW - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Alright then, I need help here. I cannot reasonably award the Championship to someone who didn't manage to finish a race. But then again, in this alternate universe, Al Pease being slow wouldn't have posed a danger to anyone else so he wouldn't have been disqualified in Canada and would therefore have claimed victory at the Canadian Grand Prix.

I don't really know what to do, but I'm thinking that this season goes to nobody.
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I really love seeing a championship where Graham Hill has won a title for his own eponymous team! Makes me suspect that here is a team and driver that I would have been supporting back in the day.
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dr-baker wrote:I really love seeing a championship where Graham Hill has won a title for his own eponymous team! Makes me suspect that here is a team and driver that I would have been supporting back in the day.

Any idea what I should do about the 1969 problem?
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dr-baker wrote:I really love seeing a championship where Graham Hill has won a title for his own eponymous team! Makes me suspect that here is a team and driver that I would have been supporting back in the day.

Any idea what I should do about the 1969 problem?

You could award it to either Francois Cevert or Al Pease. You could do it as you already have done in your table, or by whoever completed the higher proportion of the race that made up their 'best' result. Or you could just state 'no eligible candidate'. I have several seasons where there were no anti-clockwise races at all in one of my alternative championships, so I just stated that there was no championship that year.

Basically, no idea, but it's your championship, you get to decide the rules!
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1968
Ineligible constructors: Brabham, Lotus, Cooper, Honda, Ferrari, BRM, Eagle, McLaren

Drivers Championship
1/ Jackie Stewart - 80 points (8 wins)

2/ Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 44 points (2 wins)
3/ Johnny Servoz-Gavin - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Henri Pescarolo - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Hubert Hahne - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Sam Tingle - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ Matra(-Ford) - 140 points (11 wins)

2/ Lola-BMW - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ LDS-Ford - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Despite missing two of the first three races of the season with a wrist injury, Jackie Stewart - driving for the dominant Matra team - was still by some distance the most gifted driver to sit in a Matra in 1968. Lola and LDS both made fleeting visits to the grid, but neither made an impact of any great note.
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1967
Ineligible constructors: Brabham, Ferrari, Cooper, BRM, Lotus, Eagle, Honda, McLaren

Drivers Championship
1/ Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 20 points (2 wins)

2/ David Hobbs - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Jacky Ickx - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Brian Hart - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ Sam Tingle - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Johnny Servoz-Gavin - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Kurt Ahrens - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Jo Schlesser - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Brian Redman - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Constructors Championship
1/ Matra-Ford - 26 points (2 wins)

2/ Lola-BMW - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Protos-Ford - 4 points (1 win)
4/ LDS-Climax - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Another pretty naff season, which is symptomatic of the 1966 cars being pretty unreliable and allowing less fast packages (like the McLaren-Serenissima) to ascend the lofty heights of the points. This ragtag bunch is the small selection that was somewhat left behind.
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1966
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, BRM, Brabham, Ferrari, Cooper, Honda

Drivers Championship
1/ Dan Gurney - 40 points (4 wins)

2/ Bruce McLaren - 20 points (2 wins)
3/ Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Hubert Hahne - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ Jo Schlesser - 3 points (Best: 4th)
6/ Bob Bondurant - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Trevor Taylor - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Jacky Ickx - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Phil Hill - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Eagle-Climax - 40 points (4 wins)

2/ McLaren-Ford / -Serenissima - 20 points (2 wins)
3/ Matra-Ford - 13 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Shannon-Climax - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Ultimately, Dan Gurney in the Eagle proved to be the best driver, in the best car, in a very small field indeed. But a Championship is a Championship.
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1965
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, BRM, Lotus, Brabham, Cooper

Drivers Championship
1/ Richie Ginther - 50 points (5 wins)

2/ Ronnie Bucknum - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Peter de Klerk - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Sam Tingle - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Doug Serrurier - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
6/ Jackie Pretorius - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Honda - 62 points (5 wins)

2/ Alfa Romeo - 10 points (1 win)
3/ LDS-Alfa Romeo - 6 points (Best: 2nd)

After a South African Grand Prix which contained only runners that would go on to contest no more Championship races, the season descended into a two horse race between the two Hondas. Unfortunately, as one or more of those horses was usually lame, and that the two identical horses were driven by drivers with a vast difference in ability, the result (a Ginther triumph) was entirely inevitable.
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1964
Ineligible constructors: Lotus, BRM, Brabham, Cooper, BRP, Porsche

Drivers Championship
1/ Ronnie Bucknum - 10 points (1 win)

2/ Andre Pilette - 0 points (Best: DNF)
3/ Mario de Araujo Cabral - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ Honda - 10 points (1 win)

2/ Scirocco-Climax - 0 points (Best: DNF)
3/ Derrington Francis-ATS - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Only one car made it to the finish. It was a Honda driven by Ronnie Bucknum. They both won the Championships. What a season.
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1963
Ineligible constructors: BRM, Lotus, Cooper, Lola, Porsche, Ferrari, Brabham

Drivers Championship
1/ Innes Ireland - 30 points (3 wins)

2/ Tony Settember - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Peter Broeker - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Doug Serrurier - 10 points (1 win)
5/ Phil Hill - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Giancarlo Baghetti - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
7/ Ian Burgess - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Ian Raby - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Peter de Klerk - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Sam Tingle - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Roberto Lippi - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ BRP-BRM - 30 points (3 wins)

2/ Scirocco-BRM - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Stebro-Ford - 10 points (1 win)
4/ LDS-Alfa Romeo - 10 points (1 win)
5/ ATS - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Gilby-BRM - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Alfa Romeo - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ De Tomaso-Ferrari - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

A surprisingly varied field competed in the 1963 Championships, although they could rarely be gathered properly in one place. The most reliable car was that of the British Racing Partnership, powered by a BRM P56 V8 and piloted by Innes Ireland. Only once would a car finish ahead of them (Settember's Scirocco in Spa) and they claimed the Constructors Championship with ease.
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1962
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Lotus, Porsche, Cooper, BRM

Drivers Championship
1/ John Surtees - 50 points (5 wins)

2/ Jack Brabham - 20 points (2 wins)
3/ Wolfgang Seidel - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Tony Settember - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Lucien Bianchi - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Roy Salvadori - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Keith Greene - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Doug Serrurier - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Roberto Lippi - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
10/ Nasif Estefano - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Lola-Climax - 50 points (5 wins)

2/ Brabham-Climax - 20 points (2 wins)
3/ Emeryson-Climax - 16 points (1 win)
4/ ENB-Maserati - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Gilby-BRM - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ LDS-Alfa Romeo - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ De Tomaso - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

This season would have been quite exciting, if only Roy Salvadori had been able to take any one of his Lola-Climax cars for a full race distance in order to challenge Surtees. It could also of have been rather fascinating had Brabham's Brabham been out on the track a couple of rounds earlier on in the season. Alas, it was not, to this was an easy win for John Surtees.
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1961
Ineligible constructors: Cooper, Lotus, Ferrari, BRM, Porsche

Drivers Championship
1/ Keith Greene - 10 points (1 win)

2/ Giorgio Scarlatti - 0 points (Best: DNF)
3/ Nino Vaccarella - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Roberto Lippi - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Roberto Bussinello - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Andre Pilette - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
7/ Jack Fairman - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
8/ Stirling Moss - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
9/ Olivier Gendebien - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
10/ Lucien Bianchi - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Gilby-Climax - 10 points (1 win)

2/ De Tomaso - 0 points (Best: DNF)
3/ JBW Climax - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Ferguson-Climax - 0 points (Best: DSQ)
5/ Emeryson-Maserati - 0 points (Best: DNF)

What an absolute farce: only one car made it to one finish line despite a reasonable amount of entries. That one car was Keith Greene's Gilby. Commiserations to Fairman and Moss, who were on course to win with the Ferguson Tractor until they were disqualified.
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1960
Ineligible constructors: Cooper, Ferrari, BRM, Lotus

World Drivers Championship
1/ Chuck Daigh - 10 points (1 win)

2/ Masten Gregory - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Maurice Trintignant - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Hans Herrmann - 10 points (1 win)
5/ Brian Naylor - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Gino Munaron - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Edgar Barth - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Robert Drake - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Nasif Estefano - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ Fred Gamble - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Lance Reventlow - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Roy Salvadori - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Giorgio Scarlatti - 0 points (Best: DNF)
14/ Antonio Creus - 0 points (Best: DNF)
15/ Richie Ginther - 0 points (Best: DNF)
16/ Tony Brooks - 0 points (Best: DNF)
17/ Horace Gould - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Constructors Championship
1/ Porsche - 16 points (1 win)

2/ Maserati - 16 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Behra-Porsche - 14 points (1 win)
4/ Scarab-Offenhauser - 10 points (1 win)
5/ Aston Martin - 10 points (1 win)
6/ JBW-Maserati - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Vanwall - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Well that was a weird season. So open was it that, according to the countback rules I've been using, any one of the sixteen drivers to have already attended a Grand Prix weekend could have won the World Championship going into the final round - and so it proved, as Chuck Daigh came from a position of having not reached the finish line in any of five attempts (and not even the start line on a few occasions) to the Drivers Championship thanks to an impressive performance in his Scarab. Porsche, meanwhile, only entered two cars all season, which finished first and second at Monza, and claimed the Constructors. Weird.
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1959
Ineligible constructors: Vanwall, Ferrari, Cooper, BRM, Maserati, Lotus

Drivers Championship
1/ Roy Salvadori - 20 points (2 wins)

2/ Carroll Shelby - 16 points (1 win)
3/ Carel Godin de Beaufort - 10 points (1 win)
4/ Harry Blanchard - 10 points (1 win)
5/ Wolfgang von Trips - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Brian Naylor - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Rodger Ward - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Fritz d'Orey - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Bob Said - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Jean Behra - 0 points (Best: DNS)
11/ Maria Teresa de Filippis - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
12/ Mike Parkes - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Aston Martin - 36 points (3 wins)

2/ Porsche - 20 points (2 wins)
3/ JBW-Maserati - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Tec Mec-Maserati - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Connaught-Alta - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Behra-Porsche - 0 points (Best: DNS)
8/ Fry-Climax - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

There may have been eight constructors involved this year, but only two of them were properly involved. The winners were Aston Martin, although we have no way of knowing whether they or Porsche were quicker because they never entered the same Grand Prix together.
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1958
Ineligible constructors: Maserati, Ferrari, Vanwall, Connaught, Cooper

Drivers Championship
1/ Harry Schell - 48 points (3 wins)

2/ Cliff Allison - 36 points (1 win)
3/ Jean Behra - 16 points (1 win)
4/ Graham Hill - 13 points (1 win)
5/ Jo Bonnier - 10 points (1 win)
6/ Edgar Barth - 10 points (1 win)
7/ Ivor Bueb - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Carel Godin de Beaufort - 3 points (Best: 4th)
9/ Maurice Trintignant - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Alan Stacey - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Ron Flockhart - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Giulio Cabianca - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
13/ Luigi Piotti - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ BRM - 74 points (5 wins)

2/ Lotus-Climax - 52 points (2 wins)
3/ Porsche - 10 points (1 win)
4/ OSCA - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Well, to my surprise this one turned out to be a really good season. Both Lotus and BRM made their first concerted efforts as F1 manufacturers and were both competitive straight away. Ultimately, BRM's greater experience (gleaned from occasional entries as far back as 1951) helped them to be the more successful of the two teams and to win the Championships.
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1957
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Maserati, Gordini, Vanwall, Connaught

Drivers Championship
1/ Edgar Barth - 10 points (1 win)

2/ Carel Godin de Beaufort - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Ron Flockhart - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Herbert Mackay-Fraser - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Les Leston - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Jack Fairman - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Umberto Magioli - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Roy Salvadori - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Porsche - 16 points (1 win)

2/ BRM - 0 points (Best: DNF)

This season would have been an absolute joke had I not included the Formula Two entries to the German Grand Prix (this is something I've been doing for a while).
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1956
Ineligible constructors: Mercedes, Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia

Drivers Championship
1/ Hermanos da Silva Ramos - 20 points (2 wins)

2/ Jack Fairman - 16 points (1 win)
3/ Harry Schell - 12 points (1 win)
4/ Robert Manzon - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Ron Flockhart - 10 points (1 win)
6/ Andre Pilette - 6 points (Best: T-2nd)
7/ Bob Gerard - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Andre Simon - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Elie Bayol - 3 points (Best: T-2nd)
10/ Mike Hawthorn - 2 points (Best: T-3rd)
11/ Maurice Trintignant - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Italy Piero Scotti - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ José Froilán González - 0 points (Best: DNF)
14/ Desmond Titterington - 0 points (Best: DNF)
15/ Tony Brooks - 0 points (Best: DNF)
16/ Archie Scott-Brown - 0 points (Best: DNF)
17/ Paul Emery - 0 points (Best: DNF)
18/ Andre Milhoux - 0 points (Best: DNF)
19/ Piero Taruffi - 0 points (Best: DNF)
20/ Les Leston - 0 points (Best: DNF)
21/ Colin Chapman - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Constructors Championship
1/ Gordini - 45 points (2 wins)

2/ Connaught-Alta - 26 points (2 wins)
3/ Vanwall - 14 points (1 win)
4/ Cooper-Bristol - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ BRM - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Bugatti - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Emeryson-Alta - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Okay, I would never have predicted that a Brazilian would ultimately do so well as to be Champion, but Hermanos da SIlva Ramos has done precisely that. The only packages anywhere near to the Gordini were the Connaught-Alfa cars, but they simply didn't stay in one piece long enough to reach the finish line.
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1955
Ineligible constructors: Maserati, Ferrari, Gordini, Mercedes

Drivers Championship
1/ Eugenio Castelotti - 10 points (1 win)

2/ Luigi Villoresi - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Harry Schell - 5 points (1/2 win)
4/ Ken Wharton - 5 points (1/2 win)
5/ Louis Chiron - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Alberto Ascari - 0 points (Best: DNF)
7/ Mike Hawthorn - 0 points (Best: DNF)
8/ Kenneth McAlpine - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Jack Brabham - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Leslie Marr - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Peter Walker - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Tony Rolt - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Jack Fairman - 0 points (Best: DNS)
14/ Giuseppe Farina - 0 points (Best: DNS)
15/ Luigi Piotti - 0 points (Best: DNS)
16/ Ted Whiteaway - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Lancia - 20 points (1 win)

2/ Vanwall - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Connaught-Alta - 0 points (Best: DNF)
4/ Cooper-Bristol - 0 points (Best: DNF)
5/ Arzani Volpani-Maserati - 0 points (Best: DNS)
6/ HWM-Alta - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

The Lancia victory in this year's Championship was thanks entirely to their performance at the Monaco Grand Prix, which was the only time they successfully reached the finish line. Vanwall were the only other team to finish any race at all, but their win was shared between two of their drivers. Surprisingly, Arzani Volpani does not finish last.
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1954
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Maserati, Gordini

Drivers Championship
1/ Juan Manuel Fangio - 60 points (6 wins)

2/ Karl Kling - 24 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Hans Herrmann - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Peter Collins - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ Bob Gerard - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Don Beauman - 3 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Leslie Marr - 2 points (Best: 5th)
8/ Leslie Thorne - 1 point (Best: 6th)
9/ Horace Gould - 0 points (Best: 7th)
10/ Lance Macklin - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Bill Whitehouse - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ John Riseley-Pritchard - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Peter Whitehead - 0 points (Best: DNF)
14/ Eric Brandon - 0 points (Best: DNF)
15/ Theo Helfrich - 0 points (Best: DNF)
16/ Alan Brown - 0 points (Best: DNS)
17/ Rodney Nuckey - 0 points (Best: DNS)

Constructors Championship
1/ Mercedes - 96 points (6 wins)

2/ Connaught-Lea Francis - 6 points (Best: 4th)
3/ Cooper-Bristol - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
4/ Vanwall - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ HWM-Alta - 0 points (Best: DNF)
6/ Klenk-BMW - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Can there ever have been a more dominant team effort in the history of this Championship? Mercedes and their all-conquering W196 car finished first and second in every one of the six Grands Prix contested. And can there ever have been a more dominant driver performance than that of Juan Manuel Fangio, who finished first in every single one of those one-twos? Phenomenal from Mercedes, demoralising for everyone else.
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Re: Tony Fernandes Memorial Trophy

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1953
Ineligible constructors: Ferrari, Gordini, Cooper, Maserati, HWM, Connaught,

Drivers Championship
1/ Louis Chiron - 20 points (2 wins)

2/ Hans Herrmann - 10 points (1 win)
3/ Hans Stuck - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Theo Helfrich - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Rudolf Krause - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Ernst Klodwig - 3 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Wolfgang Seidel - 2 points (Best: 5th)
8/ Elie Bayol - 0 points (Best: DNF)
9/ Arthur Legat - 0 points (Best: DNF)
10/ Edgar Barth - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Oswald Karch - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ Willi Heeks - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Theo Fitzau - 0 points (Best: DNF)
14/ Günther Bechem - 0 points (Best: DNF)
15/ Ernst Loof - 0 points (Best: DNF)
16/ Erwin Bauer - 0 points (Best: DNF)

Constructors Championship
1/ OSCA - 20 points (2 wins)

2/ Veritas - 18 points (1 win)
3/ AFM-BMW - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Reif-BMW - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ Heck-BMW - 3 points (Best: 4th)
6/ EMW - 0 points (Best: DNF)

This year's championships were a case of quality versus quantity. Veritas entered far more cars than OSCA, but OSCA won every race they finished. In the end, the car was good enough that they and Louis Chiron (at the age of 54) became champions.
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Re: Tony Fernandes Memorial Trophy

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1952
Ineligible constructors: Alfa Romeo, Ferrari, Talbot Lago, BRM

Drivers Championship
1/ Robert Manzon - 26 points (2 wins, 1 2nd, 1 8th)

2/ Mike Hawthorn - 26 points (2 wins, 1 2nd)
3/ Jean Behra - 23 points (2 wins)
4/ Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 10 points (1 win)
5/ Maurice Trintignant - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Ken Wharton - 8 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Dennis Poore - 7 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Alan Brown - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Felice Bonetto - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Fritz Riess - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
11/ Chico Landi - 4.5 points (Best: 3rd)
12/ Peter Collins - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
13/ Paul Frere - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
14/ Toni Ulmen - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
15/ Eric Thompson - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
16/ Johnny Claes - 4 points (Best: 5th)
17/ Toulo de Graffenreid - 3 points (Best: 4th)
18/ Duncan Hamilton - 3 points (Best: 4th)
19/ Reg Parnell - 3 points (Best: 4th)
20/ Helmut Niedermayr - 3 points (Best: 4th)
21/ Eric Brandon - 3 points (Best: 5th)
22/ Lance Macklin - 3 points (Best: 5th)
23/ Eitel Cantoni - 2 points (Best: 5th)
24/ Ken Downing - 2 points (Best: 5th)
25/ Philippe Etancelin - 2 points (Best: 5th)
26/ Prince Bira - 1 point (Best: 6th)
27/ Hans Klenk - 1 point (Best: 6th)
28/ Jan Flintermann - 0.5 points (Best: S-6th)
29/ Yves-Giraud Cabantous - 0 points (Best: 7th)
30/ George Whitehead - 0 points (Best: 7th)
31/ Ernst Klodwig - 0 points (Best: 7th)
32/ Robert O'Brien - 0 points (Best: 9th)
33/ Tony Gaze - 0 points (Best: 10th)
34/ Kenneth McAlpine - 0 points (Best: 10th)
35/ Harry Schell - 0 points (Best: 11th)
36/ Gino Bianco - 0 points (Best: 12th)
37/ Roger Laurent - 0 points (Best: 12th)
38/ Tony Crook - 0 points (Best: 15th)
39/ Dries van der Lof - 0 points (Best: NC)
40/ Stirling Moss - 0 points (Best: DNF)
41/ Bill Aston - 0 points (Best: DNF)
42/ Hans Stuck - 0 points (Best: DNF)
43/ George Abecassis - 0 points (Best: DNF)
44/ Max de Terra - 0 points (Best: DNF)
45/ Robert Montgomerie-Charrington - 0 points (Best: DNF)
46/ Peter Whitehead - 0 points (Best: DNF)
47/ David Murray - 0 points (Best: DNF)
48/ Willi Heeks - 0 points (Best: DNF)
49/ Adolf Brudes - 0 points (Best: DNF)
50/ Marcel Balsa - 0 points (Best: DNF)
51/ Gunther Bechem - 0 points (Best: DNF)
52/ Rudolf Krause - 0 points (Best: DNF)
53/ Paul Pietsch - 0 points (Best: DNF)
54/ Theo Helfrich - 0 points (Best: DNF)
55/ Josef Peters - 0 points (Best: DNF)
56/ Franco Rol - 0 points (Best: DNF)
57/ Elie Bayol - 0 points (Best: DNF)
58/ Ludwig Fischer - 0 points (Best: DNS)
59/ Harry Merkel - 0 points (Best: DNS)
60/ Alberto Crespo - 0 points (Best: DNQ)
61/ Piero Dusio - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Constructors Championship
1/ Gordini - 62 points (4 wins)

2/ Cooper-Bristol - 39 points (2 wins)
3/ Maserati - 28 points (1 win)
4/ HWM-Alta - 16 points (Best: 3rd)
5/ Connaugt-Lea Francis - 13 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Veritas - 11 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Frazer Nash-BMW - 8 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Heck-BMW - 0 points (Best: 7th)
9/ Alta - 0 points (Best: 7th)
10/ ERA-Bristol - 0 points (Best: DNF)
11/ Aston-Butterworth - 0 points (Best: DNF)
12/ AFM-BMW - 0 points (Best: DNF)
13/ Balsa-BMW - 0 points (Best: DNF)
14/ Necke-BMW - 0 points (Best: DNF)
15/ Greifzu-BMW - 0 points (Best: DNF)
16/ OSCA - 0 points (Best: DNF)
17/ Krakau-BMW - 0 points (Best: DNS)
18/ Cisitalia-BPM - 0 points (Best: DNQ)

Okay, so what in all the hell happened here then? Well, the short answer is that all the F2 cars got involved. The long answer involves a thrilling narrative of Championship tiebreak and heartbreak, as well as a countless number of German privateers all circulating around the Nurburgring in their re-built Veritas-BMW cars.

Believe me when I say that this one was no fun to calculate.
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