Alternate Points regimes ... WDC's

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

From the "Beyond the blah blah blah Lap Time analysis" thread ... a comment posted by mjo ... and some discussion with jez101 ... here are some alternative WDC's using different points regimes from years past ... and not going out on too much of a limb and calling SV this years winner ...

Have also attached a spreadsheet version since my magnifying glass stopped working after 1969....

Some notables:

* Irish eyes were smiling in 1999 ...
* Massa Snr would have probably cried harder in 2008
* Graham Hill would be up there with some of the greats after 1964 & 1965
* Peter Collins would have loved the gentlemans agreement in 1956 that you can share in the glory of a victory when you share a drive with your #2 or #3 ... but you are not entitled to any points
* Winners are grinners … Stirling Moss in 1958
* John Surtees is glad none of these points regimes were around in 1964
* All Schumacher could achieve was to equal Alain Prost’s seven titles … his comeback was for nought …
* Niki would have an extra title from 1976
* Luigi Fagioli .... 1950
* Jose Froilan Gonzalez ...1951

Anyhoo ... some nerdy fun ... enjoy

 

[teabagyokel]

Interesting that the only systems where Senna would have won 1988 and Surtees won 1964 are the ones they got.

 

[F1Brits_90]

i was weirdly thinking about this yesterday as i fascinated what would F1 look like if we always had 25pts for a win. almost all of the iconic moments in F1 likely don't happen

1989 - Prost wins the title with 3 races to go 245 - 171

1990 - because of 1989. 1990 "its happened immediately" doesn't happen. Senna has a 21 pt lead going into suzuka & probably still takes the title winning Japanese GP. 28pts clear with 25 remaining

1994 - Schumacher is 16pts behind Hill & needs to win. hope hill doesnt finish in the top 5. crash might still happen if his car was broken pre incident. but it just hands Hill his 1st world title

1997 - Schumacher arrives in Jerez 22pts clear of Villeneuve. only needing to finish 8th or higher to win Ferrari 1st world title for nearly 20 years. i doubt the crash takes place because as i said he only needs to finish 8th. but if it did Hakkinen wouldnt win his 1st race, because Villeneuve would need to win to snatch title at the death

1999 - Eddie Irvine wins the unlikeliest of world titles at inaugural Malaysian GP. with no need for title decider as he would be 31pts clear with 25 remaining