Alternative 2009 F1 World Championship

[TomWazzleshaw]

Ok with 2 races left and Brawn and Button look like taking the 2 championships I decided to find out what would happen if I took Brawn and Red Bull out of the equation.

Drivers Championship:
1. Kimi Raikkonen: 78 points (3 wins, 2 2nds, 3 3rds)
2. Nico Rosberg: 69 (71) points (3 2nds, 2 3rds)
3. Lewis Hamilton: 68.5 (71) points (3 wins, 4 2nds)
4. Jarno Trulli: 58 (61) points (4 wins, 3 3rds)
5. Fernando Alonso: 55.5 (56) points (1 win, 4 3rds)
6. Timo Glock: 55 (59) points (3 2nds, 1 3rd)
7. Heikki Kovaleinen: 45 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
8. Felipe Massa: 43.5 (45) points (2 wins, 2 2nds, 1 3rd)
9. Nick Heidfeld: 43 (48) points (2 wins, 1 3rd)
10. Robert Kubica: 36 points (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. Giancarlo Fisichella: 22 points (1 2nd)
12. Sebastien Buemi: 19 points (Best Result: 2 4th)
13. Adrian Sutil: 13 points (1 2nd)
14. Kamui Kobayashi: 12 points (1 2nd)
15. Sebastien Bourdais: 10 (11) points (Best Result: 1 5th)
16. Kazuki Nakajima: 10 points (Best Result: 1 6th)
17. Nelson Piquet Jr: 4 points (Best Result: 1 7th)
18. Vitantonio Liuzzi: 2 points (Best Result: 1 7th)
19. Romain Grosjean: 0 points (Best Result: 1 9th)
20. Jaime Alguersuari: 0 points (Best Result: 1 10th)
21. Luca Badoer: 0 points (Best Result: 1 11th)

Tiebreakers: 15th, 16th (Tiebreaker: Best Result)
19th - 21st (Tiebreaker: Best Results)

Constructors Championship:
1. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro: 127.5 (128) points (5 wins, 4 2nds, 4 3rds)
2. Panasonic Toyota Racing: 125 (131) points (4 wins, 4 2nds, 4 3rds)
3. Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes: 115.5 (119) points (4 wins, 4 2nds, 1 3rd)
4. BMW Sauber F1 Team: 79 (84) points (3 wins, 2 3rds)
5. AT&T Williams: 79 (81) points (3 2nds, 2 3rds)
6. ING Renault F1 Team: 59.5 (60) points (1 win, 4 3rds)
7. Force India F1 Team: 31 points (2 2nds)
8. Scuderia Toro Rosso: 29 (30) points (Best Result: 3 4ths)

Tiebreaker: 4th, 5th (Tiebreaker: Best Result)

Some important notes:
2009 Italian Grand Prix: Hamilton's mistake cost him in hindsight the world championship
2009 Australian Grand Prix: When Kubica went off he effectivly lost himself the race and any possibility of leapfrogging his teammate later in the season
2009 German Grand Prix: When Raikkonen and Sutil collided it was an effective battle for 2nd behind Massa
2009 Hungarian Grand Prix: When Felipe Massa hit the spring in Q2 he was only 1.5 points behind championship leader Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg Finished 2nd in the championship even though he didn't take a win all season. Had the Malaysian GP been full points Hamilton would be ahead by the virtue of have 2 wins to Nico's 0
Toyota came within 2.5 points of the constructors championship. Again had the Malaysian GP been full distance they would have finished 3 points ahead of Ferrari


Discuss

[Warren Hughes]

My favourite bit about this is that Heidfeld has a win! Also, Rosberg 2nd in the championship without winning a race - kind of reminiscent of his dad's championship when he only won one race.

[Warren Hughes]

Sorry to double-post but what are the numbers in brackets?

[Nuppiz]

Sorry to double-post but what are the numbers in brackets?

Total points if full points had been awarded in the Malaysian GP?

[TomWazzleshaw]

Sorry to double-post but what are the numbers in brackets?

Total points if full points had been awarded in the Malaysian GP?

It was only a matter of time before someone nailed it on the head

[TomWazzleshaw]

Sorry for the double post but here are some more interesting facts:
During the course of the season so far 3 drivers have escaped rejectdom at the following races:
Sebastien Buemi: 2009 Chinese Grand Prix
Sebasiten Bourdais: 2009 Monaco Grand Prix
Adrian Sutil: 2009 Italian Grand Prix

During the course of the season there have been 5 different Drivers Championship leaders and several lead changes:
Jarno Trulli: 2009 Australian Grand Prix - 2009 Malaysian Grand Prix
Timo Glock: 2009 Chinese Grand Prix
Jarno Trulli: 2009 Bahrian Grand Prix
Timo Glock: 2009 Spanish Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso: 2009 Monaco Grand Prix
Jarno Trulli: 2009 Turkish Grand Prix - 2009 British Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg: 2009 German Grand Prix - 2009 Belgian Grand Prix
Kimi Raikkonen: 2009 Italian Grand Prix - Present
It just goes to show how unpredicable this season has been

During the course of the season there have been 2 different Constructors Championship leaders:
Toyota: 2009 Australian Grand Prix - 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
Ferrari: 2009 European Grand Prix - present
Not as dramatic as the Drivers championship

[DemocalypseNow]

Get Toyota! They wouldn't be threataning to leave if that'd happened.

[Warren Hughes]

Goes to show that Toyota have had a better season that it appears on paper. Now for some consistency...

[TomWazzleshaw]

Standing updated to post Brazil

[TomWazzleshaw]

Congratulations to Kimi Raikkonen for his 2nd drivers crown and Ferrari for their *Insert insanely high humber here* constructors championship