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No Europeans Alternate Championship

Because I'm rather enjoying all these alternate Championships (as you can tell by the fact that I've ended up doing 42 seasons of them in the space of four days) I'm going to start one more, which I'll also update. And they will all get updated, because I have an "at least one BSMF season per day" resolution to keep to this year, and I intend to do exactly that.

As always, GROUND RULES:
- The points system will be whatever was used in the day, though I'll be excluding the fastest lap points because there simply won't be enough data.
- The Indy 500 will count, because there are so many non-European drivers in it.
- Drivers with dual nationality who choose to represent a European nation despite being eligible for a non-European nation might be eligible for half-points. I've not decided yet.

World(ish) Drivers Champions
1950: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1951: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1952: Prince Bira Image
1953: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1954: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1955: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1956: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1957: Juan Manuel Fangio Image
1958: Harry Schell Image
1959: Jack Brabham Image
1960: Jack Brabham Image
1961: Phil Hill Image
1962: Bruce McLaren Image
1963: Richie Ginther Image
1964: Richie Ginther Image
1965: Dan Gurney Image
1966: Jack Brabham Image
1967: Denny Hulme Image
1968: Denny Hulme Image
1969: Bruce McLaren Image
1970: Denny Hulme Image
1971: Emerson Fittipaldi Image
1972: Emerson Fittipaldi Image
1973: Emerson Fittipaldi Image
1974: Emerson Fittipaldi Image
1975: Emerson Fittipaldi Image
1976: Jody Scheckter Image
1977: Jody Scheckter Image
1978: Mario Andretti Image
1979: Jody Scheckter Image
1980: Alan Jones Image
1981: Nelson Piquet Image
1982: Eddie Cheever Image
1983: Nelson Piquet Image
1984: Nelson Piquet Image
1985: Ayrton Senna Image
1986: Nelson Piquet Image
1987: Nelson Piquet Image
1988: Ayrton Senna Image
1989: Ayrton Senna Image
1990: Ayrton Senna Image
1991: Ayrton Senna Image
1992: Ayrton Senna Image
1993: Ayrton Senna Image
1994: Rubens Barrichello Image
1995: Rubens Barrichello Image
1996: Jacques Villeneuve Image
1997: Jacques Villeneuve Image
1998: Jacques Villeneuve Image
1999: Rubens Barrichello Image
2000: Rubens Barrichello Image
2001: Rubens Barrichello Image
2002: Rubens Barrichello Image
2003: Juan Pablo Montoya Image
2004: Rubens Barrichello Image
2005: Juan Pablo Montoya Image
2006: Felipe Massa Image
2007: Felipe Massa Image
2008: Felipe Massa Image
2009: Rubens Barrichello Image
2010: Mark Webber Image
2011: Mark Webber Image
2012: Mark Webber Image
2013: Mark Webber Image
2014: Daniel Ricciardo Image
2015: Felipe Massa Image
2016: Daniel Ricciardo Image
2017: Daniel Ricciardo Image
2018: Daniel Ricciardo Image

World(ish) Constructors Championship
1958: BRM Image
1959: Cooper-Climax Image
1960: Cooper-Climax Image
1961: Ferrari Image
1962: Cooper-Climax Image
1963: BRM Image
1964: BRM Image
1965: Brabham-Climax Image
1966: Brabham-Repco Image
1967: Brabham-Repco Image
1968: McLaren-Ford Image
1969: McLaren-Ford Image
1970: McLaren-Ford Image
1971: Lotus-Ford Image
1972: Lotus-Ford Image
1973: Lotus-Ford Image
1974: McLaren-Ford Image
1975: McLaren-Ford Image
1976: Tyrrell-Ford Image
1977: Wolf-Ford Image
1978: Lotus-Ford Image
1979: Ferrari Image
1980: Williams-Ford Image
1981: Williams-Ford Image
1982: Ligier-Matra Image
1983: Brabham-BMW Image
1984: Brabham-BMW Image
1985: Lotus-Renault Image
1986: Williams-Honda Image
1987: Williams-Honda Image
1988: McLaren-Honda Image
1989: McLaren-Honda Image
1990: McLaren-Honda Image
1991: McLaren-Honda Image
1992: McLaren-Honda Image
1993: McLaren-Ford Image
1994: Jordan-Hart Image
1995: Jordan-Peugeot Image
1996: Williams-Renault Image
1997: Williams-Renault Image
1998: Williams-Mecachrome Image
1999: Stewart-Ford Image
2000: Ferrari Image
2001: Ferrari Image
2002: Ferrari Image
2003: WIlliams-BMW Image
2004: Ferrari Image
2005: McLaren-Mercedes Image
2006: Ferrari Image
2007: Ferrari Image
2008: Ferrari Image
2009: Brawn-Mercedes Image
2010: Red Bull-Renault Image
2011: Red Bull-Renault Image
2012: Red Bull-Renault Image
2013: Red Bull-Renault Image
2014: Red Bull-Renault Image
2015: Williams-Mercedes Image
2016: Red Bull-Renault Image
2017: Red Bull-Renault Image
2018: Red Bull-Renault Image
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1950

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 24 points (3 wins)

2/ Image Prince Bira - 14 points (1 win)
3/ Image Johnnie Parsons - 8 points (1 win)
4/ Image Bill Holland - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Mauri Rose - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Cecil Green - 3 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Image Joie Chitwood - 1 point (Best: S-5th)
8/ Image Tony Bettenhausen - 1 point (Best: S-5th)

No surprises here - Fangio was the class of the field. Jose Froilan Gonzalez failed repeatedly to complete a race distance for Scuderia Achille Varzi, so never mind. The other Grand Prix drivers who failed to get on the scoreboard included Harry Schell and Alfredo Pian at the Monaco Grand Prix.
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1951

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 32 (38) points (4 wins)

2/ Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 28 points (2 wins)
3/ Image Lee Wallard - 8 points (1 win)
4/ Image Harry Schell - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Mike Nazaruk - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Andy Linden - 3 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Image Jack McGrath - 2 points (Best: S-3rd)
8/ Image Manny Ayulo - 2 points (Best: S-3rd)
9/ Image Bobby Ball - 2 points (Best: 5th)

One thing to note here is that shared drives can only be shared with other non-European drivers, which I think is pretty logical given that in this alternate universe there are no European drivers, despite the astonishing number of European venues. Oh, and Fangio is dominant again, but is that really a surprise?
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1952

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Prince Bira - 16 points (2 wins)

2/ Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 8 points (1 win)
3/ Image Troy Ruttman - 8 points (1 win)
4/ Image Gino Bianco - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Tony Gaze - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Chico Landi - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Jim Rathmann - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Eitel Cantoni - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Sam Hanks - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ Image Duane Carter - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Image Art Cross - 2 points (Best: 5th)

With Fangio missing the 1952 season to injury, the Championship was literally open to anyone (so long as they weren't European of course. Bianco, Bira, Cantoni, Gaze, Gonzalez, Landi and Schell all had a good go at it, but of all of them only Bira was able to complete two race distances. The fact that he managed to retain the lead for both was an added bonus.
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Aislabie wrote:One thing to note here is that shared drives can only be shared with other non-European drivers, which I think is pretty logical given that in this alternate universe there are no European drivers, despite the astonishing number of European venues. Oh, and Fangio is dominant again, but is that really a surprise?

I might have considered half-points for the shared drives where one is European and one is non-European?
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dr-baker wrote:
Aislabie wrote:One thing to note here is that shared drives can only be shared with other non-European drivers, which I think is pretty logical given that in this alternate universe there are no European drivers, despite the astonishing number of European venues. Oh, and Fangio is dominant again, but is that really a surprise?

I might have considered half-points for the shared drives where one is European and one is non-European?


I thought about that, but it just seemed a bit silly when the car would be driven for half the race by someone who in theory doesn't exist.

Also, what's your opinion on half-points for Hamilton, Prost, Sutil and Wehrlein?
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1953

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 32 points (4 wins)

2/ Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 20 points (1 win)
3/ Image Onofre Marimon - 12 points (1 win)
4/ Image Harry Schell - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Bill Vukovich - 8 points (1 win)
6/ Image Prince Bira - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
7/ Image Roberto Meires - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Oscar Alfredo Galvez - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Image Art Cross - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Image Fred Wacker - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Image Sam Hanks - 2 points (Best: S-3rd)
12/ Image Duane Carter - 2 points (Best: S-3rd)
13/ Image Jack McGrath - 2 points (Best: 5th)
14/ Image Fred Agabashian - 1.5 points (Best: S-4th)
15/ Image Paul Ruso - 1.5 points (Best: S-4th)

There were a lot more points scorers here than I was expecting, not least because Fangio appears to have brought half of Argentina into Formula One with him. Others who failed to score included Landi (Brazil), Menditiguy, Birger, Cruz (all Argentina) and Fitch (USA), as well as the rest of the Indy 500 field.
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Aislabie wrote:
dr-baker wrote:
Aislabie wrote:One thing to note here is that shared drives can only be shared with other non-European drivers, which I think is pretty logical given that in this alternate universe there are no European drivers, despite the astonishing number of European venues. Oh, and Fangio is dominant again, but is that really a surprise?

I might have considered half-points for the shared drives where one is European and one is non-European?


I thought about that, but it just seemed a bit silly when the car would be driven for half the race by someone who in theory doesn't exist.

Also, what's your opinion on half-points for Hamilton, Prost, Sutil and Wehrlein?

It's not that the other drivers "in theory don't exist" but rather that they are there but ineligible. After all, how would you explain retirements when a non-European collides with a European in this championship? Like in my anti-clockwise championship, I don't say that half of Suzuka doesn't exist, because it would still have an impact on what happens in each Japanese Grand Prix at the track, so half-points acknowledges reality.

As for Hamilton et al., I would go by their given nationalities. But depends on whether there will be shortages of drivers in some years. But if you include Lewis, you WILL have some years where he dominate. BUT BE CONSISTENT. Don't include them some years and not others.
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1954

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 40 (60) points (6 wins)

2/ Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 20 points (1 win)
3/ Image Prince Bira - 19 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Image Harry Schell - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Roberto Meires - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Bill Vukovich - 8 points (1 win)
7/ Image Onofre Marimon - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Fred Wacker - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Image Jimmy Bryan - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Image Jorge Daponte - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Image Jack McGrath - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
12/ Image Mike Nazaruk - 2 points (Best: 5th)
13/ Image Troy Ruttmann - 1.5 points (Best: S-4th)
14/ Image Duane Carter - 1.5 points (Best: S-4th)

In his most dominant season yet, Fangio effectively won by twice the distance his points tally suggests. The best five results rule robbed him of another 20 points atop the 40 that counted for his Championship tally; his raw total of 60 points was almost as many as the next four drivers below him added together. The only driver who failed to register any points (other than the Indy 500 strays) was Argentina's Clemar Bucci.
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1955

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 40 points (5 wins)

2/ Image Roberto Meires - 16 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Image Bob Sweikert - 8 points (1 win)
4/ Image Carlos Mendetiguy - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Hermano Sa Silva Ramos - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Jimmy Davis - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
7/ Image Tony Bettenhausen - 3 points (Best: S-2nd)
8/ Image Paul Russo - 3 points (Best: S-2nd)
9/ Image John Fitch - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image Johnny Thomson - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Image Walt Falkner - 1 point (Best: S-5th)
12/ Image Bill Homeier - 1 points (Best: S-5th)

I know I said this last year, but this really was Fangio's most dominant season yet. The only race winner other than Fangio was Bill Sweikert in the Indy 500, a race not entered by Fangio. This time, he almost matched the points tally of the next six drivers in the Championship table. Gonzalez, Iglesias. Birger, Bucci (all Argentina), Brabham (Australia), Schell (United States) and Uria (Uruguay) joined most of the Indy 500 winners in failing to score.
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1956

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 24 points (3 wins)

2/ Image Hermano da Silva Ramos - 14 points (1 win)
3/ Image Harry Schell - 8 points (1 win)
4/ Image Pat Flaherty - 8 points (1 win)
5/ Image Sam Hanks - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Alberto Uria - 4 points (Best: S-1st)
7/ Image Oscar Gonzalez - 4 points (Best: S-1st)
8/ Image Don Freeland - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Johnnie Parsons - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image Dick Rathmann - 2 points (Best: 5th)

A remarkable season of attrition in which there was only one race (besides the Indy 500) saw more than one car still running at the finish. Also notable is that this is one of history's few Grands Prix with two winners: the Uruguayan pair of Uria and Gonzalez who triumphed in Buenos Aires. There were many drivers who failed to score points, due mostly to bits of car falling off.
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Go Uruguay! This is very interesting (although Fangio is obviously dominant in the 50s), keep going!

In my opinion, you should just ignore those dual nationality drivers. They didn't grow up in those countries and have never identified as those nationalities. Prost is irrelevant anyway if you consider Armenia to be in Europe.
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1957

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 40 (48) points (6 wins)

2/ Image Harry Schell - 22 points (Best: 2nd)
3/ Image Masten Gregory - 20 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Image Sam Hanks - 8 points (1 win)
5/ Image Jack Brabham - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Carlos Mendetiguy - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Jim Rathmann - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Jimmy Bryan - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Alessandro de Tomaso - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image Paul Russo - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Image Andy Linden - 2 points (Best: 5th)

Another incomparable season for Juan Manuel Fangio in which he was never beaten on-track. Behind him, the American pair of Schell and Gregory tended to occupy the lower steps of the podium, proving quite evenly matched and eventually being split by a mere two points. Non-scorers included Jose Froilan Gonzalez, Les Leston, Herbert Mackay-Fraser and about a million Indy 500 people.
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1958

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Harry Schell - 44 (50) points (4 wins)

2/ Image Jack Brabham - 35 points (1 win)
3/ Image Phil Hill - 26 points (2 wins)
4/ Image Juan Manuel Fangio - 16 points (2 wins)
5/ Image Bruce McLaren - 10 points (1 win)
6/ Image Jimmy Bryan - 8 points (1 win)
7/ Image Carroll Shelby - 7 points (Best: S-2nd)
8/ Image Masten Gregory - 7 points (Best: S-2nd)
9/ Image George Amick - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Image Carlos Mendetiguy - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Image Johnny Boyd - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
12/ Image Troy Ruttman - 3 points (Best: 4th)
13/ Image Tony Bettenhausen - 3 points (Best: 4th)
14/ Image Jim Rathmann - 2 points (Best: 5th)

Harry Schell enjoyed a superb season, coming remarkably close to scoring maximum points thanks to an impressive four Grand Prix victories. However, several younger drivers pushed him hard, particularly Jack Brabham, but also the likes of Bruce McLaren and Phil Hill on occasion, so it will be interesting to see how they all do in the upcoming post-Fangio era. Cruelly, Moroccan Robert La Caze was denied Africa's first F1 points, finishing sixth behind Bruce McLaren at Ain-Diab. Fangio was still unbeatable, but only entered two Grands Prix.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image BRM - 44 points (4 wins)

2/ Image Cooper-Climax - 40 (43) points (2 wins)
3/ Image Maserati - 28 points (2 wins)
4/ Image Ferrari - 22 points (2 wins)

Wow, it's weird to see European flags in this thread. Is anyone actually interested in how this affects the Constructors Championship, or should I just focus on the drivers?
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watka wrote:In my opinion, you should just ignore those dual nationality drivers. They didn't grow up in those countries and have never identified as those nationalities. Prost is irrelevant anyway if you consider Armenia to be in Europe.

Watka, you speak sense!
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Aislabie wrote:Wow, it's weird to see European flags in this thread. Is anyone actually interested in how this affects the Constructors Championship, or should I just focus on the drivers?

I suggest you stick to non-european constructors as well. though some of the years it will have blank results, at least we got to see teams like LDS breaking free from obscurity.
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1959

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Jack Brabham - 36 (42) points (3 wins)

2/ Image Phil Hill - 28 (32) points (2 wins)
3/ Image Bruce McLaren - 22 points (1 win)
4/ Image Dan Gurney - 18 points (1 win)
5/ Image Harry Schell - 18 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Masten Gregory - 17 points (1 win)
7/ Image Roger Ward - 8 points (1 win)
8/ Image Jim Rathmann - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Image Carroll Shelby - 6 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image Harry Blanchard - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Image Johnny Thompson - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
12/ Image Tony Bettenhausen - 3 points (Best: 4th)
13/ Image Fritz d'Orey - 2 points (Best: 5th)
14/ Image Paul Goldsmith - 2 points (Best: 5th)

Jack Brabham became the new World Champion by quite some distance thanks to his Cooper-Climax being this year's best car. His closest challengers were Phil Hill, who out-performed the expected capability of his front-engined Ferrari, and Cooper team-mate Bruce McLaren. Remarkably, there was only one Argentine driver this season: Alejandro de Tomaso, who crashed his OSCA-powered Cooper in Sebring.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image Cooper-Climax - 40 (52) points (5 wins)

2/ Image Ferrari - 28 (32) points (2 wins)
3/ Image BRM - 18 points (Best: 3rd)
4/ Image Aston Martin - 6 points (Best: 4th)
5/ Image Porsche - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Maserati - 2 points (Best: 5th)

Pretty much as you would likely expect: the best team ultimately won the Championship. Sad decline for Maserati and BRM though.
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1960

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Jack Brabham - 46 points (5 wins)

2/ Image Bruce McLaren - 42 (48) points (3 wins)
3/ Image Phil Hill - 30 (33) points (1 win)
4/ Image Richie Ginther - 16 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Jim Rathmann - 8 points (1 win)
6/ Image Carlos Mendetiguy - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Roger Ward - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Masten Gregory - 6 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Fred Gamble - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ Image Paul Goldsmith - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Image Dan Gurney - 3 points (Best: 4th)
12/ Image Alberto Rodriguez Larreta - 3 points (Best: 4th)
13/ Image Jim Hall - 3 points (Best: 4th)
14/ Image Don Branson - 3 points (Best: 4th)
15/ Image Jose Froilan Gonzalez - 2 points (Best: 5th)
16/ Image Chuck Daigh - 2 points (Best: 5th)
17/ Image Johnny Thomson - 2 points (Best: 5th)
18/ Image Roberto Bonomi - 1 point (Best: 6th)
19/ Image Pete Lovely - 1 point (Best: 6th)
20/ Image Eddie Johnson - 1 point (Best: 6th)

And there we have it: thanks to the vagaries of dropped results, Jack Brabham is crowned World Champion despite scoring fewer points than his team-mate Bruce McLaren. I very much wanted to over-rule the dropped points, but I'm trying to stick with authentic points systems for a change. Also, check out all those Americans!

Constructors Championship
1/ Image Cooper-Climax - 48 (64) points (8 wins)

2/ Image Ferrari - 32 (35) points (1 win)
3/ Image Cooper-Maserati - 12 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Image Lotus-Climax - 6 points (Best: 4th)
5/ Image Behra-Porsche - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image BRM - 3 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Image Scarab-Offenhauser - 2 points (Best: 5th)
8/ Image Cooper-Castelotti - 1 point (Best: 6th)

The Cooper-Climax combo was peerless. Eight wins out of eight: top effort. Ferrari nick a win by risking their drivers' lives on the deadly Monza banking which seems fair.
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1961

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Phil Hill - 45 (55) points (5 wins)

2/ Image Dan Gurney - 34 (42) points (2 wins)
3/ Image Richie Ginther - 29 (32) points (1 win)
4/ Image Bruce McLaren - 26 (29) points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Jack Brabham - 8 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Masten Gregory - 7 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Image Roger Penske - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Image Peter Ryan - 3 points (Best: 4th)
9/ Image Tony Maggs - 2 points (Best: 5th)
10/ Image Hap Sharp - 2 points (Best: 5th)

A relatively tight season ended up being topped by Phil Hill and Ferrari so comfortably that they didn't even have to attend the season-ending United States Grand Prix (which must nonetheless have been a shame for the World Champion elect. The Cooper-Climax looked like a shadow of the car it used to be, although in the hands of Bruce McLaren it was at least a regular on the podium.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image Ferrari - 45 (58) points (6 wins)

2/ Image Porsche - 34 (42) points (2 wins)
3/ Image Cooper-Climax - 26 (36) points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Image Lotus-Climax - 5 points (Best: 4th)

Again, there was one clearly dominant car to go with several less impressive ones. All the same, congratulations to Ferrari for an exemplary season with their American duo.
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1962

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Bruce McLaren - 42 (51) points (4 wins)

2/ Image Phil Hill - 27 points (2 wins)
3/ Image Dan Gurney - 25 points (2 wins)
4/ Image Tony Maggs - 25 (30) points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Jack Brabham - 24 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Richie Ginther - 18 points (1 win)
7/ Image Ricardo Rodriguez - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Masten Gregory - 8 points (Best: 4th)
9/ Image Neville Lederle - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image Tony Settember - 1 point (Best: 6th)
11/ Image Roger Penske - 1 point (Best: 6th)
12/ Image John Love - 1 point (Best: 6th)

Bruce McLaren enjoyed a season for the ages, and could have been entitled to over fifty points, but for the dropped-scores rule that limits each driver (in this case, only Maggs and McLaren) to no more than 45. Given that McLaren notched up as many of 42 of those 45 goes to show how well he was driving.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image Cooper-Climax - 42 (60) points (4 wins)

2/ Image Ferrari - 31 points (2 wins)[/b]
3/ Image Porsche - 25 points (2 wins)
4/ Image BRM - 18 points (1 win)
5/ Image Lotus-Climax - 18 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Brabham-Climax - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Lotus-BRM - 5 points (Best: 4th)
8/ Image Emeryson-Climax - 1 point (Best: 6th)

Yes yes, well done Slytherin (Cooper-Climax) for a more-or-less unchallenged victory. Big congratulations also to the plucky little Emeryson team, who successfully earned a surprise point in the hands of Tony Settember. Still rejects though
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1963

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Richie Ginther - 54 (61) points (5 wins)

2/ Image Dan Gurney - 32 points (2 wins)
3/ Image Jack Brabham - 32 points (1 win)
4/ Image Bruce McLaren - 30 points (1 win)
5/ Image Tony Maggs - 27 points (1 win)
6/ Image Jim Hall - 24 (26) points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Chris Amon - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Image Peter Broeker - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Hap Sharp - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image John Love - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Image Masten Gregory - 2 points (Best: 5th)
12/ Image Tony Settember - 2 points (Best: 5th)
13/ Image Doug Serrurier - 2 points (Best: 5th)
14/ Image Moises Solana - 1 point (Best: 6th)
15/ Image Trevor Blokdyk - 1 point (Best: 6th)

After four rounds, this looked set to be one of the most open seasons in history - the four different race winners (Ginther, McLaren, Gurney and Maggs) were split by just three points at the top of the table. However, it was at this point in the season that Ginther began to really stretch his legs and to pull out an unassailable lead at the top of the Championship, leaving the others to battle closely over second place, a battle eventually won by Dan Gurney on countback (he won two races to Jack Brabham's one).

Constructors Championship
1/ Image BRM - 52 (55) points (5 wins)
2/ Image Brabham-Climax - 45 (52) points (3 wins)
3/ Image Cooper-Climax - 41 points (2 wins)
4/ Image Lotus-BRM - 27 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Lola-Climax - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Lotus-Climax - 4 points (Best: 4th)
7/ Image Stebro-Ford - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Image Scirocco-BRM - 2 points (Best: 5th)
9/ Image LDS-Alfa Romeo - 2 points (Best: 5th)
10/ Image Cooper-Maserati - 1 point (Best: 6th)

Although BRM had the dominant car, they only had one at most races, being driven by World Champion Richie Ginther. Brabham (Brabham and Gurney) and Cooper (McLaren and Maggs) each had two regular drivers, who between them were still not able to overhaul Ginther's BRM tally. Despite an eventual winning margin of only seven points, this shows just how dominant the BRM really was this year.
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1964

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Richie Ginther - 43 (57) points (3 wins)

2/ Image Bruce McLaren - 31 points (2 wins)
3/ Image Jack Brabham - 29 points (1 win)
4/ Image Dan Gurney - 29 points (2 wins)
5/ Image Phil Hill - 20 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Tony Maggs - 15 points (1 win)
7/ Image Chris Amon - 13 points (1 win)
8/ Image Walt Hansgen - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
9/ Image Pedro Rodriguez - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
10/ Image Peter Revson - 3 points (Best: 4th)
11/ Image Ronnie Bucknum - 1 point (Best: 6th)
12/ Image Moises Solana - 1 point (Best: 6th)

That this season took until the seventh round of the season at Zeltweg Airfield for Richie Ginther to become the season's first multiple winner should tell you all you need to know about the even spread of the field in this most exciting of Championship years. Eventually, though, Richie Ginther won his second World Title in familiar fashion, by finishing every race of the season, almost uniformly on the podium. Even if he wasn't the fastest driver, it is hard to argue that he was anything other than faultless this season.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image BRM - 46 (60) points (4 wins)

2/ Image Brabham-Climax - 41 (45) points (3 wins)
3/ Image Cooper-Climax - 38 (43) points (2 wins)
4/ Image Lotus-BRM - 16 points (1 win)
5/ Image Lotus-Climax - 7 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Ferrari - 6 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Honda - 1 point (Best: 6th)

The hyper-reliable BRM car, this time piloted regularly by both Ginther and Maggs, made it back-to-back Constructors Championships despite spirited challenges from the Brabham and Cooper teams. It was also encouraging to see Ferrari making baby steps back into Formula One, as they are one of the most recognisable marques in motorsport.
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1965

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Dan Gurney - 51 (54) points (5 wins)

2/ Image Bruce McLaren - 33 points - (3 win)
3/ Image Richie Ginther - 24 points (1 win)
4/ Image Jack Brabham - 24 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Denny Hulme - 21 points (1 win)
6/ Image Frank Gardner - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Paul Hawkins - 8 points (Best: 2nd)
8/ Image Masten Gregory - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Pedro Rodriguez - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
10/ Image Ronnie Bucknum - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
11/ Image Peter de Klerk - 3 points (Best: 4th)
12/ Image Tony Maggs - 2 points (Best: 5th)
13/ Image Bob Bondurant (2) - 2 points (Best: 5th)
14/ Image Moises Solana (1) - 1 point (Best: 6th)


After the first three victorious rounds of the season, the Drivers Championship was there for Bruce McLaren to win... but he did not. That this was the case is owed mostly to the highly skillful drive put in by the highly disciplined and incredibly successful Dan Gurney, who was unstoppable from rounds four through to nine.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image Brabham-Climax - 54 (78) points (6 wins)

2/ Image Cooper-Climax - 37 points (3 wins)
3/ Image Honda - 24 points (1 win)
4/ Image Brabham-BRM - 9 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image BRM - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
6/ Image Ferrari - 7 points (Best: 3rd)
7/ Image Lotus-Climax - 6 points (Best: 3rd)
8/ Image Brabham-Ford - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
9/ Image Alfa Romeo - 3 points (Best: 4th)
10/ Image Lotus-BRM - 2 points (Best: 5th)

The Constructors really followed the Drivers, with Brabham-Climax coming from behind and strongly overtaking the early-season pace-setters, Cooper-Climax. So fast were the Brabhams that they finished the season with maximum points.

(NB: Sorry for any typos. Literally falling asleep as I type.)
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1966

Drivers Championship
1/ Image Jack Brabham - 45 (54) points (6 wins)

2/ Image Denny Hulme - 27 points - (1 win)
3/ Image Bob Bondurant - 18 points (1 win)
4/ Image Dan Gurney - 17 points (Best: 2nd)
5/ Image Bruce McLaren - 13 points (1 win)
6/ Image Richie Ginther - 10 points (Best: 2nd)
7/ Image Chris Amon - 3 points (Best: 4th)
8/ Image Ronnie Bucknum - 2 points (Best: 5th)

There's not a huge amount to write about this Championship really - it was dominated by Brabham in the Brabham, who won all six of the races he finished. Pedro Rodriguez, Moises Solana and Phil Hill all entered Grands Prix but failed to score.

Constructors Championship
1/ Image Brabham-Repco - 45 (63) points (7 wins)

2/ Image BRM - 18 points (1 win)
3/ Image Eagle-Climax - 17 points (Best: 2nd)
4/ Image McLaren-Ford - 9 points (1 win)
5/ Image Cooper-Maserati - 9 points (Best: 2nd)
6/ Image Honda - 4 points (Best: 3rd)
7/ Image McLaren-Serenissima - 4 points (Best: 3rd)

Again, a Championship dominated by Brabham in the Brabham, so no surprises in these standings. One interesting footnote is that there were more unique constructors this year (13) than drivers (11), with Brabham-BRM, Brabham-Climax, Eagle-Weslake, Lotus-BRM, Lotus-Climax and Lotus-Ford all failing to score.
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