Grand Prix Rejects

1979 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 1979 gave us yet another close season this time the championship was between a few drivers and Patrick Depailler was actually leading the championship up until France before breaking both of his legs in a hang-gliding incident which meant he wouldn't race for t...

1978 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Mario Andretti won his first drivers title and was comfortably ahead in the points all season, in the end, he was 32 points clear of Niki Lauda in second place. At the Italian Grand Prix, Ronnie Peterson was killed in an accident. He managed to win the 1973 dri...

1977 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Another close season and interestingly Niki Lauda never once was leading the championship it was either James Hunt, Mario Andretti or Jody Scheckter taking turns. James Hunt secured his second driver's title just 1 point ahead of Mario Andretti. Today's driver ...

Really looking forward to the early turbo years - can see some left-field champions given some cars were always qualifying well but very unreliable (I'm thinking people like Arnoux, Jabouille, Laffite etc). It's interesting seeing how things could've played out if reliability was better back then s...

1975 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Carlos Pace was leading the championship to begin with right up to Sweden about midway through the season until last years champion Niki Lauda caught up and then comfortably won his second drivers title a whole 32 points ahead of Carlos Pace in second place. Fu...

1974 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 The early part of the season saw Carlos Reutemann, Emerson Fittipaldi, Ronnie Peterson, Clay Regazzoni and Niki Lauda all being favourites for the championship but once we got to the midway point it was clear this year's drivers championship was going to Niki L...

1973 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 1973 saw a very close gap between the contenders for the championship. Emerson Fittipaldi was leading up to Sweden from there Ronnie Peterson took over the lead but up to Austria Jackie Stewart was just 4 points behind. Ronnie Peterson went onto win this year's...

For me, that makes Peter Gethin's Italian GP win all the more remarkable. Not only did he not finish in the points at any other race that season, but he didn't even run in the points at any point. That'd be like George Russell winning at Interlagos this year. When you say it like that it does make ...

1971 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Jackie Stewart comfortably won his second drivers championship winning 9 of the 11 races and 30 points ahead of last years champion Jacky Ickx. The Italian Grand Prix was a very interesting one with 8 drivers winning the race it did shake up the championship st...

1970 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 A closer championship this time and that was unfortunately due to Jochen Rindt's death in Italy at the time he was leading the championship by 5 points just ahead of Jacky Ickx. Bruce McLaren was another driver killed this year I've collected up their stats bel...

1969 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Jackie Stewart completely dominated in 1969 winning all 11 races. Jochen Rindt was the runner up in second place 28 points behind. I also forgot to post up our 1961 champion Phil Hill since he's retired now so I've gathered up his stats below, Phil Hill Races 4...

1968 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 1968 saw another close championship this time we saw three drivers closely battle their way through the season with just a few points between them also everyone in the top 10 won at least 2 races. Jackie Stewart at one point was gaining fast on Graham Hill desp...

1967 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 1967 was easily the closest championship so far with Jack Brabham looking the favourite at times along with Graham Hill and Denny Hulme but Jim Clark after a poorer start to the season compared to the rest of them managed to go on and win 9 races in a row there...

1966 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 This year started off interesting with the 4-time champion Jim Clark suffering some bad luck in the early stages his engine got flooded with water in Belgium with heavy rain he also got hit in the eye during practise by a bird in France and didn't start the rac...

1965 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Jim Clark dominated another season and took his fourth drivers title he even managed to skip Monaco and race at the Indy 500 which he also won. Top 10 1. Jim Clark - Points 81 - Wins 9 2. Graham Hill - Points 67 - Wins 5 3. Jackie Stewart - Points 56 - Wins 2 4...

1964 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Jim Clark went on to win his third drivers championship but this time he saw some close competition from Dan Gurney. Top 10 1. Jim Clark - Points 84 - Wins 8 2. Dan Gurney - Points 81 - Wins 7 3. John Surtees - Points 68 - Wins 5 4. Graham Hill - Points 68 - Wi...

1963 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Jim Clark won his second championship this time more comfortably ahead of second-place he managed to win all but one race. Further down the grid, it was rather competitive with many other drivers getting onto the podium, in fact, most in the top 8 managed it re...

1962 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 It was another close season this time between Jim Clark and Graham Hill in the end just 1 point separated them allowing Jim Clark to take his first drivers championship. Top 10 1. Jim Clark - Points 76 - Wins 8 2. Graham Hill - Points 75 - Wins 8 3. Bruce McLar...

1961 Season - Points Used 9–6–4–3–2–1 Ferrari dominated this season but we did see a close fight between Hill and von Trips, in the end, Phil Hill won this year's drivers championship. Wolfgang von Trips, unfortunately, died at the Italian Grand Prix I have looked over his stats and gathered them u...

1960 Season - Points Used 8–6–4–3–2–1 The championship started off rather exciting when Brabham got disqualified in Monaco this left the title hunt open to a few more people those being McLaren, Ireland, Phil Hill and Bonnier but Brabham eventually caught up to secure his second driver's championsh...

1959 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 Last years champion, Moss was defending his title against Brabham in another close championship with just 2 points between them, in the end, Jack Brabham was crowned the 1959 champion. Moss got disqualified in France after receiving a push-start this alone cost h...

There are some alternative championships where it makes a difference, especially my anti-clockwise championship where it made up the majority of anti-clockwise races of the 1950s. And in my car numbers championship, it turns out an Indy 500 podium scorer wins a championship! But here, yes, none wou...

Just noticed that you're ignoring the Indy 500 of the 1950s! I decided to skip them out since they didn't really make much of an impact on the championship standings plus most drivers competing for the championship didn't appear to take part in it anyway. I also saw some other championships on here...

1956 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 Fangio has secured his 5th driver's championship title. It was a bit more of a competitive season with Moss in the early stages being equal with Fangio but as we've seen many times before Fangios incredible consistency helped him secure yet another drivers title....

1955 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 Fangio was once again unstoppable his amazing consistency has now earned him his 4th drivers championship. Moss was the only other driver who came close to challenging him. Top 10 1. Juan Manuel Fangio - Points 48 - Wins 6 2. Stirling Moss - Points 42 - Wins 3 3....

1954 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 This season was a bit more competitive as we had a few more drivers racing every single time. Both Hawthorn and González had a good and consistent season but no one could match Fangio as he secured his 3rd driver's championship. Top 10 1. Juan Manuel Fangio - Poi...

1953 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 Ascari secured his second championship it was another strong season from him as he went on to win every single race. Fangio was the only other driver who only managed to challenge Ascari for the championship. Farina had a slightly better season this time, especia...

Interesting concept. I look forward to seeing more of this. Thank's I'm still just trying to imagine what a podium celebration would be like 1952 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 Despite Ascari missing the first round of the season he went on to win the championship after winning 6 races in a row. Fa...

1951 Season - Points Used 8-6-4-3-2 Fangio took his second driver's championship title by once again winning in all of the races throughout the entire season. Farina was closely matched with Fangio until Ascari and González appeared and began challenging for wins as well. Top 10 1. Juan Manuel Fang...

This championship is pretty simple whatever the highest position a driver achieved during the race will count as their final race result so that makes it possible for more than one person to win a race it will also mean no driver can retire from a race and will always finish somewhere and yes even i...