Grand Prix Rejects

Posted: **02 Jun 2020, 21:33**

Never have I more wished this was an actual award.

Posted: **03 Jun 2020, 11:56**

UncreativeUsername37 wrote:Never have I more wished this was an actual award.

I like it too, it's intriguing. But would you care to elaborate on why you like it so much? It has still been dominated by Mercedes in recent years...

Posted: **25 Jun 2020, 20:41**

As originally scheduled at the start of the year, this is how the calendar for the anti-clockwise championship would have looked...

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5th April 2020       Vietnamese Grand Prix
7th June 2020        Azerbaijan Grand Prix
20th September 2020  Singapore Grand Prix
11th October 2020    Japanese Grand Prix (half-points)
25th October 2020    United States Grand Prix
15th November 2020   Brazilian Grand Prix
29th November 2020   Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

This would have seen the most number of races count towards this championship. But as things have stood for around the past two to three months, there have been absolutely zero confirmed anti-clockwise tracks confirmed for this year, although there has been rumours of Imola for some time (which would make a return for the first time since 2006), as well as a return to the calendar some of the postponed races from the original calendar. But it remains a question of "watch this space."

The years without any anti-clockwise races have been 1961-1968, 1970 and 1972. Many years in the 1950s saw only the anomalous Indy 500 make up the anti-clockwise championship. This year could see us return to the days of the 1960s and early 1970s for this championship, although I hope not.

Posted: **28 Jun 2020, 09:11**

If nothing else I believe that championship will be decided in glorious one-off at Abu Dhabi.

Posted: **28 Jun 2020, 10:00**

Bleu wrote:If nothing else I believe that championship will be decided in glorious one-off at Abu Dhabi.

Oh my, I really hope not. A one-off Imola race, though, would be cool.

Posted: **29 Jan 2021, 16:32**

2020 Anti-clockwise championship calendar

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola
Turkish Grand Prix at Instanbul
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina

Cancelled rounds due to pandemic

Vietnamese Grand Prix in Hanoi
Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku
Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay
Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka (half-points round)
US GP at CotA
Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos

Shortest season since 2007/8.

San Marino Grand Prix

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 1 Lewis Hamilton    25
 2 Valtteri Bottas   18
 3 Daniel Ricciardo  15
 4 Daniil Kvyat      12
 5 Charles Leclerc   10
 6 Sergio Perez       8
 7 Carlos Sainz Jr.   6
 8 Lando Norris         4
 9 Kimi Raikkonen     2
10 Antonio Giovinazzi 1

Turkish Grand Prix

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 1 Lewis Hamilton    25   
 2 Sergio Perez      18
 3 Sebastian Vettel  15
 4 Charles Leclerc   12
 5 Carlos Sainz Jr.  10
 6 Max Verstappen     8
 7 Alexander Albon    6
 8 Lando Norris       4
 9 Lance Stroll       2
10 Daniel Ricciardo   1

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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 1 Max Verstappen   25   
 2 Valtteri Bottas  18
 3 Lewis Hamilton   15
 4 Alexander Albon  12
 5 Lando Norris     10
 6 Carlos Sainz Jr.  8
 7 Daniel Ricciardo  6
 8 Pierre Gasly      4
 9 Esteban Ocon      2
10 Lance Stroll      1

Totals

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Lewis Hamilton     25 + 25 + 15 + 1 = 66
Valterri Bottas    18 +  0 + 18     = 36
Max Verstappen      0 +  8 + 25     = 33
Daniel Ricciardo   15 +  1 +  6 + 1 = 33
Lando Norris        4 +  4 + 10 + 1 = 29
Sergio Perez        8 + 18 +  0     = 26
Carlos Sainz        6 + 10 +  8     = 24
Charles Leclerc    10 + 12 +  0     = 22
Alex Albon          0 +  6 + 12     = 18
Sebastian Vettel    0 + 15 +  0     = 15
Daniil Kyvat       12 +  0 +  0     = 12
Pierre Gasly        0 +  0 +  4     =  4
Lance Stroll        0 +  2 +  1     =  3
Esteban Ocon        0 +  0 +  2     =  2
Kimi Raikkonen      2 +  0 +  0     =  2
Antonio Giovinazzi  1 +  0 +  0     =  1

Hamilton scored the fastest lap in Imola, while Lando Norris scored the fastest lap in Turkey and Danny Ricciardo scored the point for fastest lap in Abu Dhabi.

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Mercedes     66 + 36 = 102
Red Bull     33 + 18 =  51
Renault      33 +  2 =  35
McLaren      29 + 24 =  53
Racing Point 26 +  3 =  29
Ferrari      22 + 15 =  37
Alpha Tauri  12 +  4 =  16
Alfa Romeo    2 +  1 =   3

Posted: **26 Apr 2023, 21:42**

I'm finally catching up with this championship while on a week of annual leave from work. I thought I had last updated this upon graduation of my third undergrad degree, but it appears I last did so just before starting my current job.

2021 Anti-clockwise Championship

Calendar

Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (Imola)
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Turkish Grand Prix
United States Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Cancelled races

Singaporean Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Vietnamese Grand Prix

Championship

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Max Verstappen     25 +  0 + 18 + 25 + 18 + 18 + 26 = 130
Lewis Hamilton     19 +  0 + 10 + 19 + 25 + 26 + 18 = 117
Valterri Bottas     0 +  0 + 26 +  8 + 15 + 15 +  8 =  72
Sergio Perez        0 + 25 + 15 + 15 + 13 +  0 +  0 =  68
Charles Leclerc    12 + 12 + 12 + 12 + 10 +  6 +  1 =  65
Pierre Gasly        6 + 15 +  8 +  0 +  6 +  8 + 10 =  53
Carlos Sainz       10 +  4 +  4 +  6 +  8 +  4 + 15 =  51
Lando Norris       15 + 10 +  6 +  4 +  1 +  1 +  6 =  43
Daniel Ricciardo    8 +  2 +  0 + 10 +  0 + 10 +  0 =  30

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Esteban Ocon        2 +  0 +  1 +  0 +  4 + 12 +  2 =  21
Yuki Tsunoda        0 +  6 +  0 +  2 +  0 +  0 + 12 =  20
Sebastian Vettel    0 + 18 +  0 +  1 +  0 +  0 +  0 =  19
Fernando Alonso     1 +  8 +  0 +  0 +  2 +  0 +  4 =  15
Lance Stroll        4 +  0 +  2 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0 =   6
Antonio Giovinazzi  0 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  2 +  0 =   2
Kimi Raikkonen      0 +  1 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0 =   1

Charles Leclerc was very consistent in the first 4/7 races.

2022

Calendar

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix (includes points-scoring sprint race)
Miami Grand Prix
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Singapore Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka (half points)
American Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix (including points-scoring sprint race)
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Including sprint races, this must be the most number of points-scoring races within one anti-clockwise championship, making up nearly half of total races.

Drivers Championship

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Max Verstappen     25 + 8 + 26 + 26 + 25 +  6 + 12.5 + 25 + 5 +  8 + 25 = 191.5
Sergio Perez       12 + 6 + 18 + 12 + 19 + 25 +  9   + 12 + 4 +  6 + 15 = 138
Charles Leclerc    19 + 7 +  8 + 18 +  0 + 18 +  7.5 + 15 + 3 + 12 + 18 = 125.5
George Russell     10 + 0 + 12 + 10 + 15 +  0 +  2   + 11 + 8 + 26 + 10 = 104
Carlos Sainz       15 + 5 +  0 + 15 +  0 + 15 +  0   +  0 + 7 + 15 + 12 =  84
Lewis Hamilton      1 + 0 +  0 +  8 + 12 +  2 +  5   + 18 + 6 + 18 +  0 =  70
Lando Norris        6 + 4 + 15 +  0 +  2 + 12 +  0.5 +  8 + 2 +  0 +  9 =  58.5
Esteban Ocon        8 + 0 +  0 +  4 +  1 +  0 +  6   +  0 + 0 +  4 +  6 =  29
Sebastian Vettel    0 + 0 +  4 +  0 +  8 +  4 +  4   +  4 + 0 +  0 +  1 =  25
Fernando Alonso     0 + 0 +  0 +  0 +  6 +  0 +  3   +  6 + 0 + 10 +  0 =  25

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Valterri Bottas     0 + 2 + 10 +  6 +  0 +  0 +  0   +  0 + 0 +  2 +  0 =  20
Daniel Ricciardo    0 + 3 +  0 +  0 +  4 + 10 +  0   +  0 + 0 +  0 +  2 =  19
Pierre Gasly        4 + 0 +  0 +  0 + 10 +  1 +  0   +  0 + 0 +  0 +  0 =  15
Lance Stroll        0 + 0 +  1 +  1 +  0 +  8 +  0   +  0 + 0 +  1 +  4 =  15
Kevin Magnussen     2 + 1 +  2 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0   +  2 + 1 +  0 +  0 =   8
Yuki Tsunoda        0 + 0 +  6 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0   +  1 + 0 +  0 +  0 =   7
Alexander Albon     0 + 0 +  0 +  2 +  0 +  0 +  0   +  0 + 0 +  0 +  0 =   2
Nicholas Latifi     0 + 0 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  0 +  1   +  0 + 0 +  0 +  0 =   1

Max Verstappen really had a dominant year.

2023 calendar

Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Azerbaijan Grand Prix (plus sprint race)
Miami Grand Prix
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Singaporean Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix (half-points)
American Grand Prix (plus sprint race)
Brazilian Grand Prix (plus sprint race)
Las Vegas Grand Prix
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

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