Grand Prix Rejects

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1982 is really different, isn't it, particularly for Rosberg and Arnoux! Yeah, it turned out completely different for them it seems it's because Arnoux tended to start higher up on the grid and sometimes started on pole position but Rosberg usually started further back and would work his way up thr...

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1980 - Points Used 9-6-4-3-2-1 1. Alan Jones 42 2. Jacques Laffite 29 3. Didier Pironi 29 4. Nelson Piquet 28 5. Jean-Pierre Jabouille 20 6. René Arnoux 17 7. Carlos Reutemann 17 8. Bruno Giacomelli 11 9. Patrick Depailler 5 10. Gilles Villeneuve 2 11. Elio de Angelis 2 12. Héctor Rebaque 1 13. Joh...

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This wrote:I noticed you mentioned Pedro Rodriguez twice in 1971. And Jarier twice in 1975.

Thanks, I've corrected it now.

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So in this universe the motivation for a driver would be, the absolute moment their car would start breaking down, STOP the car immediately and jump out of it so that you don't lose any points! Lol yeah, also you would be trying to overtake people to lower how many points they would score too. 1970...

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1960 - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2-1 1. Jack Brabham 30 2. Phil Hill 12 3. Stirling Moss 10 4. Innes Ireland 8 5. Richie Ginther 6 6. Graham Hill 5 7. Wolfgang von Trips 4 8. John Surtees 4 9. Dan Gurney 4 10. Alan Stacey 3 11. Jo Bonnier 3 12. Olivier Gendebien 1 1961 - Points Used 9-6-4-3-2-1 Very clos...

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Like the highest position championship which awarded points for whatever the highest position a driver achieved during the race even where they started on the first lap. The lowest position championship is the complete opposite of that so for example if a driver is leading for most of the race but f...

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2012 Season - Points Used 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 It was one of the closest F1 seasons ever with 7 different winners in the first 7 races so how did it pan out in the highest position championship? How about 12 different winners in the first 7 races! Since this year was going to be close I kept tr...

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2011 Season - Points Used 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 No real surprise to see Vettel completely dominate this year, he won all but one race and now has three championships to his name. Alonso came second 90 points behind and then Button third. We have two driver highlights for today first up Nick Heid...

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How did Vettel win in Turkey? Wasn't he leading for less than half a lap? It also counts for where they started in the race so since Vettel started on pole his highest position in the race was first that is how every driver in the championship cannot retire from a race even if they failed to comple...

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2009 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Jenson Button started the season off on a strong note winning 7 of the first races in a row but as the season progressed into the second half he saw his championship hopes disappear and his non-point finish in Belgium didn't help so Sebastian Vettel just m...

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2008 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 The late 2000s throws up another close championship this time between Hamilton, Massa and Raikkonen. We saw Hamilton lead the championship for most of the season and he went on to claim his second driver's title he finished 12 points ahead of Massa and Rai...

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2007 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Another close championship battle this time between Hamilton, Alonso and Raikkonen however sometimes Massa and even Heidfeld were actually not far off the championship leader in fact for a few races Heidfeld was ahead of Raikkonen and 3rd in the championsh...

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Absolutely gutted for Montoya not winning 2003 now. He always comes so close in all these fantasy threads! Yeah, he was so close to winning it just beaten by 1 point. 2006 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 This year it was mainly down to Fernando Alonso vs Michael Schumacher no one else really ...

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2005 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Fernando Alonso led the championship for most of the season right up until Brazil then Kimi Räikkönen took over into first place and by the final race, they drew in the same number of points each and since Kimi Räikkönen has 1 more win than Fernando Alonso...

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2004 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Michael Schumacher dominated this season completely with 16 wins out of the 18 races he now has 5 driver titles to his name putting him on the same number as Jim Clark but he's still one title away from matching Fangio and Senna. Today's driver highlight g...

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Minardi scored ALL of their points in the first race of the year?! Wow... Yeah and only because 8 cars finished that race and 8 cars were taken out on the opening lap. 2003 Season - Points Used 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 Raikkonen led the championship for the first 5 races of the season but starting last on ...

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2002 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 Michael Schumacher won another championship putting his total number up to 4 he's now just 1 behind Jim Clark and 2 away from Fangio and Senna. As you would expect 2002 saw Schumacher dominate with only his teammate Barrichello getting close to him in the poin...

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2001 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 Michael Schumacher claimed his 3rd championship and finished 33 points ahead of David Coulthard who finished in second place and 43 points ahead of his teammate Rubens Barrichello. Today's driver highlight goes to Mika Häkkinen , Races 161 Wins 53 Podiums 100 ...

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2000 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 We've made it to the 21st century now in Formula One. The year 2000 saw Schumacher, Hakkinen, Coulthard and Barrichello being the four main contenders for this year's highest position championship. It was mainly close between Schumacher and Hakkinen with Coult...

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1999 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 Up until just before the British Grand Prix when Michael Schumacher suffered a broken leg the championship standings looked like this, 1. Mika Häkkinen 70 points 2. Michael Schumacher 58 points 3. David Coulthard 52 points 4. Eddie Irvine 38 points 5. Heinz-Ha...

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1998 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard were close in the points, to begin with, but as the season progressed David Coulthard gradually fell further behind his teammate and even Michael Schumacher came close to finishing ahead of David Coulthard. Mika Häkkinen wins ...

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1997 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 For most of the season, it was between Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve with Michael Schumacher for most of the time leading the championship. Heinz-Harald Frentzen had a decent start to the season but fell back in the points in the second half and fi...

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1996 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 Damon Hill dominated this season winning 15 of the 16 races and finished 27 points ahead of his teammate Jacques Villeneuve. Last years champion Michael Schumacher finished third and 65 points ahead of his teammate Eddie Irvine. Top 10 1. Damon Hill - Points 1...

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1995 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 It was close all season between Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill while David Coulthard wasn't too far behind either in the points as well but it was Michael Schumacher who wins this years championship. Michael Schumacher dominated his teammate Johnny Herbert ...

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I was wondering about that 1994 Belgian GP - I remember a trivia question in F1 Racing magazine asked what was unique about Hill's victory there and the answer was he never led a lap on the road. So presumably the positions for that race here are net positions when Schumacher is taken out of the eq...

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1994 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 At the start, both Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher were leading the championship with 30 points each and during the tragic and sad race weekend at San Marino saw the death of both Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger. After Senna's death, Schumacher looked...

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1993 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 It was another dominating season for Williams-Renault with this time Alain Prost winning his second championship in spectacular fashion by winning all 16 races! How many other drivers have achieved this in the highest position championship so far? Fangio in 19...

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1992 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 Nigel Mansell dominated this season winning all but two races he went on to secure his second championship his first since 1987. The only other driver who could really challenge him was his teammate Riccardo Patrese who in the end finished 24 points behind Nig...

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MINARDI WIN A RACE!!!!!! Yep, all thanks to Pierluigi Martini who managed to lead the race for just one lap on lap 40 of the Portuguese Grand Prix. 1991 Season - Points Used 10–6–4–3–2–1 It was a bit closer this time with Ayrton Senna, Riccardo Patrese and Nigel Mansell all leading the championship...

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1990 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Ayrton Senna dominated once again this time winning all but one race and finished comfortably ahead of his teammate Gerhard Berger. This now means Ayrton Senna has 5 driver championships to his name equaling Jim Clark and now just one behind Juan Manuel Fangio....

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Hmm - only just realised that the grid actually counted in this (i.e. a driver in pole position would win even they don't complete a lap) - wonder if it makes a difference to any champions if you had to complete a lap to be classified? (Only knew for sure this was happening as I know Prost qualifie...

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1988 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Ayrton Senna absolutely dominated this year apart from his disqualification in the first race he went on to win every single race of the season. Alain Prost did lead the championship up until France thanks to Ayrton Senna's disqualification which gave him an ea...

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1987 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Nigel Mansell completely dominated this year so much that even though he missed the last 2 races he still won his first drivers championship. Even if his teammate Nelson Piquet won the final 2 races instead of coming 2nd he would have been tied in the points bu...

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1986 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 This was one of the closest seasons we've had so far with the top 5 regularly winning races. Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet were the three who were all close to leading the championship but from race number 1 right up to Austria Ayrton Senna was ...

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1985 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Michele Alboreto and Alain Prost both had a good start to the year but fell back a bit later as Keke Rosberg rose up through the points but this year's winner goes to Ayrton Senna who was the clear favourite early on leading the championship from the second rac...

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I was hoping one of the Ferrari drivers would win 1983 - sadly not to be. I usually predict winners for these alternative championships before we see the results, but instead I'll just cite from 1984 onwards any possible changes to the real champion: 1984: I think it will be Prost v Piquet (who was...

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Wow, I knew Renault would be strong but they absolutely crushed the opposition in 1982 Yeah their qualifying pace was pretty good they got 10 pole positions compared to Ferrari who managed 3 and Alfa Romeo, Williams and Brabham all got 1. But even if you didn't count the first lap from where they s...

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1982 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 1982 saw the deaths of Riccardo Paletti and our 1979 champion Gilles Villeneuve who was 3rd in the championship at the time of his death. Didier Pironi who was a contender for this year's championship and was in 3rd place after 11 races had a horrific accident ...

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Juan Manuel Fangio: 51 races. 50 podiums. That's quite good. It's a pretty unbelievable stat even if you take out where he started in the race and made him race at least 1 lap before it counted he would still have lapped in the top 3 50 times. 1981 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 We saw a change i...

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Before we get onto the 1980 season I've put this comparison together of all our highest position champions so far I've excluded the ones who are still racing but they will be added when their careers have finished I'll probably do this again when we get to the 1999 season. https://i.imgur.com/VrSc5R...

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