Louis Chiron Trophy

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Yes, I have another new alternate championship. The simple rule behind this is only drivers who are the only representative of their country in a Grand Prix are eligible. This is based only on individual races, not full seasons, so for example in 2011 Webber is eligible up until Ricciardo's début at Silverstone. If a driver finds himself being the only one from their country in a race due to a DNS or DNQ, they still won't be able to score points, as an attempt to qualify for the race still counts as participation. As usual for the 1950s, fastest lap points will not be awarded because of a lack of data.

List of champions
1950 - Johnny Claes (Talbot-Lago)
1951 - Louis Chiron (Maserati & Talbot-Lago)
1952 - Prince Bira (Gordini)
1953 - Toulo de Graffenried (Maserati)
1954 - Prince Bira (Maserati)
1955 - Harry Schell (Maserati, Ferrari & Vanwall)
1956 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Ferrari)
1957 - Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati)
1958 - Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax)
1959 - Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax)
1960 - Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax)
1961 - Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax)
1962 - Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax)
1963 - Jack Brabham (Lotus-Climax & Brabham-Climax)
1964 - Jo Siffert (Lotus-BRM & Brabham-BRM)
1965 - Jo Siffert (Brabham-BRM)
1966 - Jack Brabham (Brabham-Repco)
1967 - Jack Brabham (Brabham-Repco)
1968 - Jo Siffert (Cooper-Maserati & Lotus-Ford)
1969 - Jacky Ickx (Brabham-Ford)
1970 - Jochen Rindt (Lotus-Ford)
1971 - Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus-Ford & Lotus-Pratt & Whitney)
1972 - Jacky Ickx (Ferrari)
1973 - Carlos Reutemann (Brabham-Ford)
1974 - Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari)
1975 - Niki Lauda (Ferrari)
1976 - Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell-Ford)
1977 - Carlos Reutemann (Ferrari)
1978 - Ronnie Peterson (Lotus-Ford)
1979 - Gilles Villeneuve (Ferrari)
1980 - Alan Jones (Williams-Ford)
1981 - Alan Jones (Williams-Ford
1982 - Keke Rosberg (Williams-Ford)
1983 - Keke Rosberg (Williams-Ford & Williams-Honda)
1984 - Keke Rosberg (Williams-Honda)
1985 - Stefan Johansson (Tyrrell-Ford & Ferrari)
1986 - Stefan Johansson (Ferrari)
1987 - Stefan Johansson (McLaren-TAG)
1988 - Gerhard Berger (Ferrari)
1989 - Eddie Cheever (Arrows-Ford)
1990 - Gerhard Berger (McLaren-Honda)
1991 - Gerhard Berger (McLaren-Honda)
1992 - Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Ford)
1993 - Michael Schumacher (Benetton-Ford)
1994 - Gerhard Berger (Ferrari)
1995 - Gerhard Berger (Ferrari)
1996 - Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault)
1997 - Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Renault)
1998 - Jacques Villeneuve (Williams-Mecachrome)
1999 - Alexander Wurz (Benetton-Playlife)
2000 - Jacques Villeneuve (BAR-Honda)
2001 - Jos Verstappen (Arrows-Asiatech)
2002 - Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW)
2003 - Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2004 - Juan Pablo Montoya (Williams-BMW)
2005 - Fernando Alonso (Renault)
2006 - Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren-Mercedes)
2007 - Fernando Alonso (McLaren-Mercedes)
2008 - Robert Kubica (Sauber-BMW)
2009 - Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)
2010 - Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)
2011 - Vitaly Petrov (Renault)
2012 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber-Ferrari)
2013 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)
2014 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull-Renault)
2015 - Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull-Renault)
2016 - Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull-TAG Heuer)

1950

What better way to start an alternate championship than by having Johnny Claes win it? The Anglo-Belgian hero's persistence usually pays off in these championships and this is no exception, as he was the only eligible driver to go a full season. Fangio was eligible for all except two races, but only won one - the Belgian Grand Prix - due to having the lion's share of reliability problems at Alfa Romeo. Also note Geoff Crossley in the table. It will be a long time before you see another British driver score points in this championship!

Final standings

1. Johnny Claes - 21 pts.
2. Prince Bira - 14 pts.
3. Louis Chiron - 12 pts.
4. Juan Manuel Fangio - 8 pts.
=. Toulo de Graffenried - 8 pts.
6. Harry Schell - 6 pts.
7. Geoffrey Crossley - 4 pts.
8. Toni Branca - 3 pts.

1951

Defending champion Claes' chances were scuppered by the occasional presence of his compatriots André Pilette and Jacques Swaters. Other drivers effectively did one-offs, leaving pre-war legend Louis Chiron to take the trophy with two wins, and it is after this 52-year-old Monégasque driver that this trophy has been named.

Final standings

1. Louis Chiron - 16 pts.
2. Johnny Claes - 10 pts.
3. Toulo de Graffenried - 8 pts.
=. Juan Manuel Fangio - 8 pts.
=. Louis Rosier - 8 pts.
6. Harry Schell - 6 pts.

1952

Even fewer drivers gain frequent opportunities to score points, as many had to deal with a smoking engine or a broken gearbox. So bad was the reliability that only three races had eligible finishers. Prince Birabongse Bhanudej of Thailand won the trophy in a similar manner to Chiron the year before by only winning twice and not finishing any other races. The other race winner was none other than Uruguay's Eitel Cantoni!

Final standings

1. Prince Bira - 16 pts.
2. Eitel Cantoni - 8 pts.
3. Johnny Claes - 6 pts.
=. Robert O'Brien - 6 pts.
5. Tony Gaze - 4 pts.
=. Harry Schell - 4 pts.
7. Gino Bianco - 3 pts.

[James1978]

This sounds good, I'm thinking the last champion who didn't have any compatriots in their championship year would be Jacques Villeneuve though De la Rosa may not do enough to harm Alonso in '05!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1953

Rudi Fischer's retirement made Baron de Graffenried's life easier as he won by nearly 20 points from the champions of the previous two years.

Final standings

1. Toulo de Graffenried - 32 pts.
2. Prince Bira - 14 pts.
3. Louis Chiron - 12 pts.
4. Harry Schell - 8 pts.
=. Hermann Lang - 8 pts.
6. Johnny Claes - 6 pts.
7. Hans Stuck - 4 pts.

1954

Finally, a championship battle! It was Schell vs. Bira for 1954. Although really, it was another reliability contest, with the 1952 champion winning out. Mercedes dominance was halted by the fact that they had two German drivers in their lineup, but Karl Kling was still eligible in the British Grand Prix, which he won.

Final standings

1. Prince Bira - 28 pts.
2. Harry Schell - 20 pts.
3. Jacques Swaters - 8 pts.
=. Karl Kling - 8 pts.
=. Fred Wacker - 8 pts.
=. Paco Godia - 8 pts.
7. André Pilette - 6 pts.
8. Toulo de Graffenried - 4 pts.

1955

A tough call, as Schell's finishes were both shared drives. Seeing as they were with drivers from countries with strong representation on the grid I decided to give him the full points. Everyone else taking part finished only once.

Final standings

1. Harry Schell - 14 pts.
2. Hermano da Silva Ramos - 8 pts.
=. Louis Chiron - 8 pts.
=. Karl Kling - 8 pts.
5. Paul Frère - 6 pts.
=. Johnny Claes - 6 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1956

José Froilán González turned his back on full-time racing after 1954 and Robert Mieres was now also winding down his racing career. This gave Fangio the opportunity to finally start winning titles and he did so with ease in 1956 at the wheel of the Lancia-Ferrari.

Final standings

1. Juan Manuel Fangio - 24 pts.
2. Harry Schell - 12 pts.
=. Hermano da Silva Ramos - 12 pts.
4. Jean Behra - 8 pts.
5. Chico Landi - 6 pts.
=. Toulo de Graffenried - 6 pts.
7. Olvivier Gendebien - 4 pts.
=. André Pilette - 4 pts.

1957

Not so easy for the reigning champion, as Carlos Menditeguy decided to give racing in Europe a shot. Only in the last three rounds was Fangio able to score and he maximised his chances by winning all of them, robbing Jack Brabham of the title in the Australian's first (nearly) full season. And yes, your eyes do not deceive you, Ottorino Volonterio managed to score points.

Final standings

1. Juan Manuel Fangio - 24 pts.
2. Jack Brabham - 20 pts.
3. Luigi Musso - 16 pts.
4. Jean Behra - 14 pts.
5. Wolfgang von Trips - 9 pts.
6. Harry Schell - 6 pts.
7. Paco Godia - 4 pts.
=. Alfonso de Portago - 4 pts.
9. Ottorino Volonterio - 3 pts.
10. Jo Bonnier - 2 pts.

1958

And now it's Fangio's turn to retire. Jack Brabham had shown what he could do the previous year and this time he would deliver on that performance, winning the first of many titles in 1958, driving the rear-engined Cooper T45. He did have some competition from Jo Bonnier in the venerable Maserati 250F, but Black Jack was generally the better of the two.

Final standings

1. Jack Brabham - 26 pts.
2. Jo Bonnier - 23 pts.
3. Wolfgang von Trips - 16 pts.
4. Olivier Gendebien - 8 pts.
=. Luigi Musso - 8 pts.
6. Gerino Gerini - 6 pts.
=. Jean Behra - 6 pts.
=. Juan Manuel Fangio - 6 pts.
9. Carel Godin de Beaufort - 4 pts.
=. Harry Schell - 4 pts.
11. Paco Godia - 3 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1959

A little predictable, yes.

Final standings

1. Jack Brabham - 38 (42) pts.
2. Bruce McLaren - 24 pts.
3. Jo Bonnier - 20 pts.
4. Maurice Trintignant - 17 pts.
5. Olivier Gendebien - 12 pts.
6. Mário de Araujo Cabral - 6 pts.
=. Carel Godin de Beaufort - 6 pts.
8. Wolfgang von Trips - 3 pts.
=. Giorgio Scarlatti - 3 pts.

1960

Three in a row for Brabham, although McLaren actually scored more points, he suffered from the dropped scores rule.

Final standings

1. Jack Brabham - 46 pts.
2. Bruce McLaren - 42 (48) pts.
3. Wolfgang von Trips - 26 (29) pts.
4. Jo Bonnier - 13 pts.
5. Maurice Trintignant - 10 pts.
6. Willy Mairesse - 8 pts.
7. Olivier Gendebien - 5 pts.
8. Carel Godin de Beaufort - 4 pts.
9. Gino Munaron - 2 pts.

1961

McLaren gets his revenge for 1960 by scoring maximum points.

Final standings

1. Bruce McLaren - 45 (53) pts.
2. Jo Bonnier - 31 pts.
3. Carel Godin de Beaufort - 21 pts.
4. Jack Brabham - 18 pts.
5. Maurice Trintignant - 10 pts.
6. Tony Maggs - 9 pts.
7. Michael May - 6 pts.
8. Peter Ryan - 4 pts.
9. Olivier Gendebien - 3 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1962

The Brabham vs. McLaren battle continued, although this time they were no longer teammates, with the Australian deciding to build his own car. McLaren remained at Cooper and his new teammate Tony Maggs was eligible for this championship as the only South African on the grid. His home Grand Prix was a problem though, with all his compatriots rendering him unable to score points. Maggs and McLaren scored the same number of points, though Maggs had to deal with the dropped scores rule and McLaren defended his title.

Final standings

1. Bruce McLaren - 33 pts.
2. Jack Brabham - 30 pts.
3. Tony Maggs - 29 (33) pts.
4. Jo Bonnier - 25 pts.
5. Ricardo Rodríguez - 20 pts.
6. Carel Godin de Beaufort - 18 (20) pts.
7. Willy Mairesse - 13 pts.
8. Giancarlo Baghetti - 9 pts.
9. Maurice Trintignant - 6 pts.
10. Richie Ginther - 4 pts.
11. John Love - 3 pts.
12. Lucien Bianchi - 2 pts.
=. Jo Siffert - 2 pts.

1963

Jo Bonnier rose to greater prominence in Rob Walker's Cooper, McLaren dropped back after Chris Amon made his début whilst Brabham remained competitive. The Australian won a record fourth title after another potential tie easily resolved by dropped scores.

Final standings

1. Jack Brabham - 43 (45) pts.
2. Jo Bonnier - 38 (45) pts.
3. Tony Maggs - 34 pts.
4. Carel Godin de Beaufort - 28 pts.
5. Jo Siffert - 21 pts.
6. Lorenzo Bandini - 15 pts.
7, Bruce McLaren - 11 pts.
8. Maurice Trintignant - 6 pts.
9. Peter Broeker - 4 pts.
10. Bernard Collomb - 3 pts.

1964

Another driver winning in his own self-entered car, although Jo Siffert didn't build his, merely bought it from Jack Brabham himself! After switching from an old Lotus to a newer Brabham BT11 after one round Siffert cruised to his first title.

Final standings

1. Jo Siffert - 39 pts.
2. Jo Bonnier - 30 pts.
3. Jack Brabham - 29 pts.
4. Lorenzo Bandini - 19 pts.
5. Tony Maggs - 13 pts.
6. Maurice Trintignant - 10 pts.
7. Bruce McLaren - 9 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1965

Dropped scores make this one look rather close. Frank Gardner ruined Brabham's chances.

Final standings

1. Jo Siffert - 42 (48) pts.
2. Lorenzo Bandini - 38 pts.
3. Jo Bonnier - 31 pts.
4. Jochen Rindt - 26 pts.
5. Bruce McLaren - 18 pts.
6. Jack Brabham - 9 pts.
7. Frank Gardner - 6 pts.
8. Lucien Bianchi - 2 pts.

1966

Brabham's back on top, but he's had to deal with the rise of Jochen Rindt.

Final standings

1. Jack Brabham - 45 (49) pts.
2. Jochen Rindt - 39 (45) pts.
3. Lorenzo Bandini - 21 pts.
4. Jo Bonnier - 10 pts.
5. Guy Ligier - 7 pts.
6. Jo Siffert - 6 pts.
7. Dan Gurney - 4 pts.

1967

And that's title number six for Jack Brabham...

Final standings

1. Jack Brabham - 67 (73) pts.
2. Pedro Rodríguez - 40 pts.
3. Jo Siffert - 26 pts.
4. Jo Bonnier - 20 pts.
5. Jochen Rindt - 12 pts.
6. Guy Ligier - 10 pts.
7. Dan Gurney - 9 pts.
8. Ludovico Scarfiotti - 6 pts.
=. Denny Hulme - 6 pts.
10. Jacky Ickx - 4 pts.

[Bleu]

Some thoughts 1988->

1988 It might be surprisingly close between Berger and Boutsen but I think Berger will get it
1989 Belgium got another driver in Gachot for majority of the season so that harms Boutsen. Berger stays in the competition but as Ferrari was so unreliable, I think Cheever will win!
1990-1991 Berger will have it easy though he's out for last two races in 1991 as Wendlinger debuted
1992-1993 No one can challenge Schumacher
1994 Berger ended up the only Austrian after Ratzenberger death and Wendlinger injury, so he takes another title
1995 Berger has only little over half a season but I think it's enough as there is not much competition.
1996-1998 Villeneuve will get those although Wurz might challenge in 1998.
1999 Thanks to reliability, Wurz should edge Villeneuve
2000 Villeneuve back on top
2001 Montoya has lots of DNFs - it might give Villeneuve another
2002 This time there's no problem for JPM
2003 This is one of the best battles...down to Montoya and Kimi with Alonso mixing it up!
2004 Alonso misses two races in the middle...which is the reason I think Montoya wins
2005 Alonso will lose Bahrain but I think he wins the title anyway
2006 Kimi was the only one who had decent full season.
2007 Alonso easily
2008 Kubica will get this
2009-10 I guess Webber gets these quite easily
2011 This is interesting with Petrov and Kobayashi the main protagonists. Perez mixes it up but I think Petrov wins
2012 I guess Perez is consistent enough to take title
2013 Alonso was left as the only Spanish again, it will be his title
2014 Ricciardo with ease
2015 Another good one with Ricciardo, Kvyat and Perez. The latter one had most finishes so I guess it's him.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1968

Every one of the main protagonists had their chances foiled somehow: Rodríguez had Solana, Ickx had Bianchi, Beltoise had Servoz-Gavin, Rindt had a Brabham. Nevertheless, one of them had to emerge on top and it was Jo Siffert for the third time in the Rob Walker Lotus! All despite also being hampered by the occasional presence of Silvio Moser.

Final standings

1. Jo Siffert - 31 pts.
2. Pedro Rodríguez - 28 pts.
3. Jacky Ickx - 27 pts.
4. Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 25 pts.
5. Jo Bonnier - 19 pts.
6. Jochen Rindt - 18 pts.
7. Ludovico Scarfiotti - 15 pts.
8. Lucien Bianchi - 9 pts.
9. Jack Brabham - 6 pts.
10. Dan Gurney - 3 pts.

1969

With Bianchi out of the way Ickx can now start winning titles, and in dominant fashion too.

Final standings

1. Jacky Ickx - 60 pts.
2. Jean-Pierre Beltoise - 41 pts.
3. Jochen Rindt - 28 pts.
4. Jack Brabham - 24 pts.
5. Jo Siffert - 19 pts.
6. Pedro Rodríguez - 12 pts.
7. Pete Lovely - 6 pts.

1970

Is it any real surprise? Though Ickx and Rodríguez did get mighty close...

Final standings

1. Jochen Rindt - 47 pts.
2. Jacky Ickx - 44 pts.
3. Pedro Rodríguez - 42 pts.
4. Jack Brabham - 29 pts.
5. Rolf Stommelen - 25 pts.
6. Emerson Fittipaldi - 19 pts.
7. Ronnie Peterson - 10 pts.
=. George Eaton - 10 pts.
9. Mario Andretti - 9 pts.
10. Jo Siffert - 7 pts.
11. Chris Amon - 6 pts.
=. John Love - 6 pts.
13. Ignazio Giunti - 4 pts.

[tommykl]

With Bianchi out of the way

Dude. Too soon.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

With Bianchi out of the way

Dude. Too soon.

Well, I don't know, did Lucien have a full-time F1 drive lined up in 1969?

[Nessafox]

With Bianchi out of the way

Dude. Too soon.

Well, I don't know, did Lucien have a full-time F1 drive lined up in 1969?

I'm not sure if you're joking or not...
(the answer is: yes he did)

[James1978]

Some thoughts 1988->

1988 It might be surprisingly close between Berger and Boutsen but I think Berger will get it
1989 Belgium got another driver in Gachot for majority of the season so that harms Boutsen. Berger stays in the competition but as Ferrari was so unreliable, I think Cheever will win!
1990-1991 Berger will have it easy though he's out for last two races in 1991 as Wendlinger debuted
1992-1993 No one can challenge Schumacher
1994 Berger ended up the only Austrian after Ratzenberger death and Wendlinger injury, so he takes another title
1995 Berger has only little over half a season but I think it's enough as there is not much competition.
1996-1998 Villeneuve will get those although Wurz might challenge in 1998.
1999 Thanks to reliability, Wurz should edge Villeneuve
2000 Villeneuve back on top
2001 Montoya has lots of DNFs - it might give Villeneuve another
2002 This time there's no problem for JPM
2003 This is one of the best battles...down to Montoya and Kimi with Alonso mixing it up!
2004 Alonso misses two races in the middle...which is the reason I think Montoya wins
2005 Alonso will lose Bahrain but I think he wins the title anyway
2006 Kimi was the only one who had decent full season.
2007 Alonso easily
2008 Kubica will get this
2009-10 I guess Webber gets these quite easily
2011 This is interesting with Petrov and Kobayashi the main protagonists. Perez mixes it up but I think Petrov wins
2012 I guess Perez is consistent enough to take title
2013 Alonso was left as the only Spanish again, it will be his title
2014 Ricciardo with ease
2015 Another good one with Ricciardo, Kvyat and Perez. The latter one had most finishes so I guess it's him.

2012 intrigued me, so when I looked at the standings, Perez outscored Kobayashi by only 6 points but had a few more retirements, so that could easily go the other way.

Also earlier on I think Stefan Johansson of all people is a triple champion - Rosberg outscores him in 1985 and finishes only 1 point behind in 86 but finishes less races, and it's similar with Berger in 1987.

Also 1984 looks interesting as Lauda has company for most of the 2nd half of the season (and only has 3 finishes before Gartner joins in), though Rosberg hardly finishes a race in the 2nd half of the season too, but that could be a major upset given how terrible the Williams was that year!!!.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Well, I don't know, did Lucien have a full-time F1 drive lined up in 1969?

I'm not sure if you're joking or not...
(the answer is: yes he did)

Oh, I genuinely did not know that... With whom, may I ask?

1971

Emerson Fittipaldi takes advantage of the little time he has as the only Brazilian on the grid to win what could be his only title before we welcome Carlos Pace along.

Final standings

1. Emerson Fittipaldi - 51 pts.
2. Jacky Ickx - 39 pts.
3. Rolf Stommelen - 28 pts.
4. Tim Schenken - 26 pts.
5. Mario Andretti - 18 pts.
6. Pedro Rodríguez - 15 pts.
7. Helmut Marko - 13 pts.
8. John Cannon - 6 pts.
9. Nanni Galli - 5 pts.
10. Gijs van Lennep - 4 pts.
11. Andrea de Adamich - 3 pts.
=. George Eaton - 3 pts.

1972

Ickx wins in dominant fashion again.

Final standings

1. Jacky Ickx - 63 pts.
2. Clay Regazzoni - 34 pts.
3. Peter Revson - 27 pts.
4. Carlos Reutemann - 26 pts.
5. Ronnie Peterson - 25 pts.
6. Rolf Stommelen - 20 pts.
7. Niki Lauda - 18 pts.
8. Andrea de Adamich - 10 pts.
9. Tim Schenken - 4 pts.
=. Jody Scheckter - 4 pts.
11. John Love - 2 pts.

1973

Ickx struggled to defend his title due in part to Ferrari's lack of commitment to the F1 programme this year. Ronnie Peterson's signing by Lotus didn't help matters either, though it was Carlos Reutemann who ended up beating him by seven points.

Final standings

1. Carlos Reutemann - 63 pts.
2. Jacky Ickx - 56 pts.
3. Ronnie Peterson - 55 pts.
4. Clay Regazzoni - 51 pts.
5. Niki Lauda - 22 pts.
6. Gijs van Lennep - 11 pts.
7. Rolf Stommelen - 9 pts.
8. Arturo Merzario - 8 pts.
9. Peter Revson - 4 pts.
=. Tim Schenken - 4 pts.
11. Rikky von Opel - 3 pts.

[Nessafox]

Well, I don't know, did Lucien have a full-time F1 drive lined up in 1969?

I'm not sure if you're joking or not...
(the answer is: yes he did)

Oh, I genuinely did not know that... With whom, may I ask?

Hm, i got it from the dutch wiki, so it might not be entirely reliable, and it might be a typo as the wording is a bit confusing. It says (translated): "In 1969 he joined the Cooper-BRM team for his first complete F1 season, but in the beginning of 1969 he died in his Alfa Romeo T33 sportscar that crashed against a telephone pole during testing in Le Mans"
It forgets that he drove for that team in 68, but that was not a 'full' season and it did get the crash date right. So it's not unplausible that indeed there were at least plans for both parties to continue. Cooper apparently did originally plan to start the season. It might as well be just a typo though.
I initially overread the confusing wording, so my excuses. Seems we need more sources to confirm this, even if it is very plausible to be true.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Hm, i got it from the dutch wiki, so it might not be entirely reliable, and it might be a typo as the wording is a bit confusing. It says (translated): "In 1969 he joined the Cooper-BRM team for his first complete F1 season, but in the beginning of 1969 he died in his Alfa Romeo T33 sportscar that crashed against a telephone pole during testing in Le Mans"
It forgets that he drove for that team in 68, but that was not a 'full' season and it did get the crash date right. So it's not unplausible that indeed there were at least plans for both parties to continue. Cooper apparently did originally plan to start the season. It might as well be just a typo though.
I initially overread the confusing wording, so my excuses. Seems we need more sources to confirm this, even if it is very plausible to be true.

It does look like it should say 1968 instead of 1969. Even if 7 out of 12 races is certainly not a 'full' season his appearances were spread out over most of it. Cooper did certainly have plans to take part in the 1969 season, though they intended to use a Cosworth DFV engine. I don't know about any drivers, but even if Bianchi was supposed to drive for them the fact that they failed to appear kind of renders the point moot. Even an appearance at Spa for another team would have been out of the question with the race getting cancelled. But then one can speculate on what other team (if any) may have offered Lucien a drive for the season.

[Nessafox]

Yup, i agree.
Fact is that your humour failed because of (probably) one idiot who messed up the dutch wiki.
In the end it didn't matter as Cooper indeed didn't have the money anyway.

[James1978]

God, I had Peterson down as a dead-cert for 1973 but hadn't realised Reine Wisell made two appearances mid-season, and in races which were top 2 finishes for Peterson.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1974

The championship battle was more or less the same as in reality, minus Emerson Fittipaldi of course, who was eligible for just one race. Instead, Clay Regazzoni has an easier time and wins by a sizeable margin from Jody Scheckter.

Final standings

1. Clay Regazzoni - 71 pts.
2. Jody Scheckter - 54 pts.
3. Niki Lauda - 49 pts.
4. Ronnie Peterson - 46 pts.
5. Carlos Reutemann - 44 pts.
6. Denny Hulme - 20 pts.
7. Jacky Ickx - 19 pts.
8. Tom Belsø - 6 pts.
=. Tim Schenken - 6 pts.
10. Rikky von Opel - 5 pts.
11. Emerson Fittipaldi - 4 pts.
12. Gijs van Lennep - 2 pts.

1975

Lauda was the only regular Austrian driver in 1975, he was the 1975 world champion, so it comes as no surprise that he wins easily here despite three appearances by Harald Ertl.

Final standings

1. Niki Lauda - 76 pts.
2. Carlos Reutemann - 57.5 (59.5) pts.
3. Clay Regazzoni - 42 pts.
4. Jody Scheckter - 36 pts.
5. Ronnie Peterson - 19.5 pts.
=. Jacky Ickx - 19.5 pts.
7. Jochen Mass - 12 pts.
8. Alan Jones - 11 pts.
9. Gijs van Lennep - 7 pts.
10. Chris Amon - 5 pts.
=. Mark Donohue - 5 pts.
12. John Nicholson - 2 pts.

1976

Ertl did almost the whole season with Hesketh, so even without the injury Lauda wouldn't have stood a chance. Hunt is also out of the picture, which leaves Jody Scheckter in the most unusual Tyrrell P34 to claim the title.

Final standings

1. Jody Scheckter - 88 pts.
2. Clay Regazzoni - 59 pts.
3. Chris Amon - 24 pts.
4. Carlos Reutemann - 21 pts.
5. Jacky Ickx - 18 pts.
6. Mario Andretti - 15 pts.
7. Alan Jones - 12 pts.
8. Niki Lauda - 9 pts.
=. Vittorio Brambilla - 9 pts.

[tommykl]

1977 should be interesting, because Lauda has Ertl and Binder keeping him company and crucially, Jody Scheckter has his own brother Ian doing most of the season...

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1977

1977 didn't turn out to be that interesting. Yes, Lauda had Binder and Ertl, and Jody had Ian, but Andretti also had Brett Lunger, and James Hunt... Well, he was British and Britain has traditionally had multiple drivers on the grid so he's out too. Of the frontrunners that leaves Carlos Reutemann, who took ten wins on the way to a second title. His nearest 'challenger' (if that's the right word) was Clay Regazzoni in the Ensign, who was 73 points back...

Final standings

1. Carlos Reutemann - 102 pts.
2. Clay Regazzoni - 29 pts.
3. Alan Jones - 28 pts.
4. Patrick Nève - 26 pts.
5. Jody Scheckter - 22 pts.
6. Niki Lauda - 18 pts.
7. Mario Andretti - 12 pts.
8. Gilles Villeneuve - 10 pts.
9. Emilio de Villota - 8 pts.
10. Larry Perkins - 3 pts.
=. Vittorio Brambilla - 3 pts.
=. Alex Ribeiro - 3 pts.

1978

Another posthumous champion. Andretti had to put up with Brett Lunger again, which left the way open for Ronnie Peterson to win in the striking JPS-Lotus 79. His tragic death following the Italian Grand Prix gave Carlos Reutemann a chance to defend his title, but third place in Canada just wasn't good enough.

Final standings

1. Ronnie Peterson - 72 pts.
2. Carlos Reutemann - 69 pts.
3. Gilles Villeneuve - 46 pts.
4. Jody Scheckter - 41 pts.
5. Niki Lauda - 37 pts.
6. Alan Jones - 35 pts.
7. Emerson Fittipaldi - 20 pts.
8. Héctor Rebaque - 13 pts.
9. Clay Regazzoni - 12 pts.
10. Derek Daly - 9 pts.
11. Keke Rosberg - 5 pts.
12. Jacky Ickx - 2 pts.

1979

Ah, 1979. My least favourite points system, because it pretty much guaranteed that people would be forced to discard results. It happened in reality and it happened here. Scheckter scored the most points, but after dropped scores it's Villeneuve that wins the trophy.

Final standigs

1. Gilles Villeneuve - 58 (70) pts.
2. Jody Scheckter - 53 (72) pts.
3. Alan Jones - 44 (51) pts.
4. Carlos Reutemann - 37 (44) pts.
5. Clay Regazzoni - 33 pts.
6. Mario Andretti - 23 pts.
7. John Watson - 16 (17) pts.
8. Jan Lammers - 11 pts.
9. Jacky Ickx - 7 pts.
=. Derek Daly - 7 pts.
11. Niki Lauda - 6 pts.
12. Héctor Rebaque - 4 pts.
13. Keke Rosberg - 2 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1980

Another one you probably saw coming. John Watson was the first British driver in 29 years to score points in 1979 and now he will become the last to do so for a long time this year. Jochen Mass is the surprising runner-up for Arrows, being equal in points with Gilles Villeneuve in Ferrari's annus horribilis. Carlos Reutemann of course suffered due to Ricardo Zunino's presence.

Final standings

1. Alan Jones - 81 (89) pts.
2. Jochen Mass - 38 pts.
=. Gilles Villeneuve - 38 pts.
4. Carlos Reutemann - 36 (48) pts.
5. Jody Scheckter - 25 pts.
=. Keke Rosberg - 25 pts.
7. Marc Surer - 10 pts.
8. Héctor Rebaque - 9 pts.
9. Derek Daly - 6 pts.
10. John Watson - 3 pts.
11. Jan Lammers - 2 pts.

1981

Reutemann had to sacrifice the first four races because of Zunino and Miguel Ángel Guerra, allowing Jones to win rather easily for the second time. And Héctor Rebaque beat Gilles Villeneuve.

Final standings

1. Alan Jones - 77 (80) pts.
2. Carlos Reutemann - 50 pts.
3. Héctor Rebaque - 39 pts.
4. Gilles Villeneuve - 36 pts.
=. Marc Surer - 36 pts.
6. Derek Daly - 16 pts.
7. Keke Rosberg - 11 pts.
8. Nelson Piquet - 9 pts.
9. Slim Borgudd - 8 pts.
10. Jan Lammers - 6 pts.
=. Eliseo Salazar - 6 pts.

1982

Derek Daly was actually something of a threat mid-season. Then Tommy Byrne came along and made him ineligible. Rosberg's consistent run of results towards the end made the Finn unstoppable either way.

Final standings

1. Keke Rosberg - 88 pts.
2. Niki Lauda - 46 pts.
3. Marc Surer - 43 pts.
4. Derek Daly - 37 pts.
5. Eddie Cheever - 21 pts.
=. Eliseo Salazar - 21 pts.
7. Slim Borgudd - 14 pts.
8. Gilles Villeneuve - 9 pts.
=. Carlos Reutemann - 9 pts.
10. Roberto Guerrero - 4 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

1983

An easy one for Keke.

Final standings

1. Keke Rosberg - 85 pts.
2. Marc Surer - 62 pts.
3. Thierry Boutsen - 38 pts.
4. Niki Lauda - 36 pts.
5. Johnny Cecotto - 24 pts.
6. Manfred Winkelhock - 18 pts.
7. Stefan Johansson - 16 pts.
8. Roberto Guerrero - 14 pts.
9. Eliseo Salazar - 2 pts.

1984

Keke Rosberg has become the second man to win the Louis Chiron Trophy three times in a row, despite finishing only six races in the new Williams-Honda package, although none of his rivals had a much better finishing record, except for Niki Lauda, who instead had to put up with interference from Jo Gartner and Gerhard Berger. In fact, reliability was so bad that even Huub Rothengatter won a race, in Germany.

Final standings

1. Keke Rosberg - 46.5 pts.
2. Thierry Boutsen - 42 pts.
3. Marc Surer - 30 pts.
=. Eddie Cheever - 30 pts.
5. Niki Lauda - 27 pts.
6. Huub Rothengatter - 15 pts.
=. Stefan Johansson - 15 pts.
8. Manfred Winkelhock - 9 pts.
9. Johnny Cecotto - 6 pts.

1985

The torch passes from one Nordic country to another as Sweden's Stefan Johansson successfully takes on the challenge of driving for a frontrunning team and defeats Keke Rosberg in a rather close championship battle.

Final standings

1. Stefan Johansson - 78 pts.
2. Keke Rosberg - 73 pts.
3. Thierry Boutsen - 59 (62) pts.
4. Marc Surer - 51 pts.
5. Eddie Cheever - 9 pts.
6. Huub Rothengatter - 6 pts.
7. Stefan Bellof - 4 pts.
=. Manfred Winkelhock - 4 pts.
=. Gerhard Berger - 4 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Huh, I haven't touched this in a few days. Tell you what, I'll give you the rest of the seasons up to 1999 as a way of compensating

1986

Johansson wins again and it's Rosberg's final season, meaning less competition for the Swede next year. Can he make it three in a row just as the Finn did?

Final standings

1. Stefan Johansson - 69 pts.
2. Keke Rosberg - 56 pts.
3. Gerhard Berger - 48 pts.
4. Thierry Boutsen - 27 pts.
5. Alan Jones - 24 pts.
6. Christian Danner - 19 pts.
7. Marc Surer - 12 pts.
8. Allen Berg - 7 pts.
9. Huub Rothengatter - 6 pts.

1987

Yes, he can, and quite easily at that. Some good battles behind though.

Final standings

1. Stefan Johansson - 83 pts.
2. Gerhard Berger - 51 pts.
3. Thierry Boutsen - 50 pts.
4. Satoru Nakajima - 44 pts.
5. Eddie Cheever - 40 pts.
6. Christian Danner - 20 pts.
7. Adrián Campos - 3 pts.

1988

And Stefan says goodbye to his competitive drive, allowing Berger and Boutsen to step up to the challenge, with the Austrian winning thanks to dropped results and Boutsen's Spa disqualification.

Final standings

1. Gerhard Berger - 87 pts.
2. Thierry Boutsen - 85 (93) pts.
3. Eddie Cheever - 44 pts.
4. Satoru Nakajima - 33 pts.
5. Stefan Johansson - 17 pts.
=. Luis Pérez-Sala - 17 pts.
7. Bernd Schneider - 6 pts.
8. Oscar Larrauri - 3 pts.

1989

Eddie Cheever is rewarded for his perseverance with a title in his final season, thanks to the appalling reliability of the new Ferrari 640, although this achievement would have been unimaginable twenty years earlier.

Final standings

1. Eddie Cheever - 69 pts.
2. Gerhard Berger - 27 pts.
3. Luis Pérez-Sala - 25 pts.
4. Stefan Johansson - 24 pts.

1990

There's little that needs to be said, I think, other than the fact that Bernd Schneider won a race!

Final standings

1. Gerhard Berger - 99 (117) pts.
2. Gregor Foitek - 12 pts.
3. Bernd Schneider - 9 pts.
4. JJ Lehto - 6 pts.
=. David Brabham - 6 pts.

1991

Even less to say here.

Final standings

1. Gerhard Berger - 70 pts.
2. Michael Schumacher - 10 pts.

1992

And with Karl Wendlinger doing most of the season for March, all hopes of Berger challenging Schumacher for the title were extinguished.

Final standings

1. Michael Schumacher - 106 pts.
2. Gerhard Berger - 20 pts.
3. Thierry Boutsen - 10 pts.
4. Jan Lammers - 3 pts.

1993

Not quite as much of a whitewash. Berger's gone altogether thanks to Wendlinger having the Sauber drive.

Final standings

1. Michael Schumacher - 90 pts.
2. Michael Andretti - 41 pts.
3. JJ Lehto - 32 pts.
4. Thierry Boutsen - 28 pts.
5. Pedro Lamy - 16 pts.

1994

1994 always seems to throw up interesting results. Brabham was the only one eligible for every race, with Berger having to wait until Spain to start scoring points after having shared the entry list with two of his compatriots for the first four races, which really goes to show what a horrible year it was for Austrian drivers.

Final standings

1. Gerhard Berger - 59 pts.
2. David Brabham - 36 pts.
3. Mika Häkkinen - 30 pts.
=. Ukyo Katayama - 30 pts.
=. Jos Verstappen - 30 pts.
6. Olivier Beretta - 25 pts.
7. Pedro Lamy - 22 pts.
8. Philippe Adams - 6 pts.

1995

Not bad from Pedro Lamy considering he did only half the season, and in a Minardi to boot. I daresay he might have stood a chance at winning this. In fact, if you put his and Martini's results together as Lamy's alone (I know, very poor way of going about this), he would have won. But alas, it was Berger's fifth title, and once again, he had to wait until Wendlinger was replaced before scoring points. Can he challenge Brabham's record?

Final standings

1. Gerhard Berger - 70 pts.
2. Pedro Lamy - 50 pts.
3. Jos Verstappen - 10 pts.
4. Jean-Denis Délétraz - 6 pts.
=. Jan Magnussen - 6 pts.

1996

No, he can't. Say hello to Jacques Villeneuve, everybody. You'll be seeing his name at the top of the table for the next few years. Meanwhile, Giovanni Lavaggi of all people has become the first Italian to score points in this championship in nearly twenty years.

Final standings

1. Jacques Villeneuve - 124 pts.
2. Gerhard Berger - 60 pts.
3. Pedro Lamy - 35 pts.
4. Ukyo Katayama - 32 pts.
5. Jos Verstappen - 22 pts.
6. Giovanni Lavaggi - 7 pts.

1997

That's two for Villeneuve, whilst Jean Alesi becomes the first Frenchman to score in this championship since 1969.

Final standings

1. Jacques Villeneuve - 106 pts.
2. Gerhard Berger - 86 pts.
3. Jos Verstappen - 39 pts.
4. Jean Alesi - 36 pts.
5. Jan Magnussen - 24 pts.
6. Norberto Fontana - 10 pts.
7. Alexander Wurz - 4 pts.

1998

Villeneuve does have competition in the form of Alex Wurz, but still makes it three in a row.

Final standings

1. Jacques Villeneuve - 108 pts.
2. Alexander Wurz - 94 pts.
3. Esteban Tuero - 23 pts.
4. Jos Verstappen - 14 pts.
=. Jan Magnussen - 14 pts.

1999

Villeneuve's out of the picture for this year thanks to the BAR 01's infamous reliability. Schumacher's injury actually harmed Häkkinen's chances due to Salo replacing him, leaving... a figure before whom we tremble with fear.

Final standings

1. Alexander Wurz - 88 pts.
2. Mika Häkkinen - 40 pts.
3. Jacques Villeneuve - 36 pts.
4. Toranosuke Takagi - 26 pts.

[James1978]

Wurz world champion. The world is coming to an end!!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

Going to try and do four a day for the rest of these.

2000

BAR sorted out their reliability issues, so normal service was resumed from the French Canadian.

Final standings

1. Jacques Villeneuve - 112 pts.
2. Alexander Wurz - 82 pts.
3. Gastón Mazzacane - 59 pts.
4. Jos Verstappen - 45 pts.
5. Jean Alesi - 24 pts.

2001

Villeneuve tried and failed to win a fifth title. Montoya couldn't win in his début season due to poor reliability (though he still managed to win every race he finished), leaving the winner of the Chiron Trophy to be... Jos Verstappen!

Final standings

1. Jos Verstappen - 84 pts.
2. Jacques Villeneuve - 82 pts.
3. Juan Pablo Montoya - 60 pts.
4. Tomáš Enge - 14 pts.
5. Fernando Alonso - 10 pts.
6. Gastón Mazzacane - 6 pts.
7. Alex Yoong - 3 pts.

2002

It looked like Montoya was over-compensating for 2001 - he scored more than twice as many points as his closest challenger.

Final standings

1. Juan Pablo Montoya - 122 pts.
2. Jacques Villeneuve - 53 pts.
3. Takuma Sato - 49 pts.
4. Olivier Panis - 43 pts.
5. Mark Webber - 41 pts.
6. Pedro de la Rosa - 38 pts.
7. Alex Yoong - 14 pts.
8. Rubens Barrichello - 10 pts.

2003

Jos Verstappen was back for the first time since his 2001 success. Unfortunately, with Räikkönen, Montoya and Alonso all driving top-level machinery the Boss was never likely to be a contender in his Minardi. It was a three-way battle until mid-season, when back-to-back retirements at Magny-Cours and Silverstone put paid to Alonso's chances. The gap between Räikkönen and Montoya was 9 points in the Colombian's favour going into Suzuka, meaning that realistically, Räikkönen needed to win with Montoya retiring to win the title. Montoya had only retired twice all season, but on lap 9 the Williams driver's hydraulics failed and Räikkönen went on to win the race.

Final standings

1. Kimi Räikkönen - 114 pts.
2. Juan Pablo Montoya - 113 pts.
3. Fernando Alonso - 80 pts.
4. Mark Webber - 58 pts.
5. Ralph Firman - 38 pts.
6. Jacques Villeneuve - 37 pts.
7. Jos Verstappen - 36 pts.
8. Olivier Panis - 35 pts.
9. Nicolas Kiesa - 16 pts.
10. Takuma Sato - 8 pts.
11. HWNSNBM - 4 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2004

Montoya wins again, as Alonso was essentially robbed of the title after Marc Gené replaced Ralf Schumacher for two races mid-season.

Final standings

1. Juan Pablo Montoya - 109 pts.
2. Fernando Alonso - 96 pts.
3. Takuma Sato - 85 pts.
4. Kimi Räikkönen - 82 pts.
5. Christian Klien - 64 pts.
6. Olivier Panis - 61 pts.
7. Mark Webber - 56 pts.
8. HWNSNBM - 36 pts.
9. Jacques Villeneuve - 11 pts.

2005

Alonso is finally rewarded, taking the title by just two points from Räikkönen. David Coulthard became the first British driver to score points since 1980, and to date, he is the last.

Final standings

1. Fernando Alonso - 135 pts.
2. Kimi Räikkönen - 133 pts.
3. Mark Webber - 81 pts.
4. Juan Pablo Montoya - 77 pts.
5. Jacques Villeneuve - 69 pts.
6. Tiago Monteiro - 61 pts.
7. Narain Karthikeyan - 41 pts.
8. Takuma Sato - 37 pts.
9. Christian Klien - 34 pts.
10. Christijan Albers - 21 pts.
11. David Coulthard - 4 pts.
12. Patrick Friesacher - 0 pts.

2006

Alonso won the first ten races of the season, but then came a slight problem: Montoya's departure from McLaren. So the Woking team brought in Pedro de la Rosa to replace him, but the fact that de la Rosa is a Spaniard means Alonso can't score any more points. Räikkönen was the only other driver in the championship with a good enough car to win consistently and indeed was usually 2nd when Alonso won. So Alonso effectively handed this championship to Räikkönen on a platter. But it was very close, with the Finn only outscoring Alonso by 4 points. In other news, Scott Speed was 3rd and Midland scored a 1-2 in Hungary.

Final standings

1. Kimi Räikkönen - 104 pts.
2. Fernando Alonso - 100 pts.
3. Scott Speed - 73 pts.
4. Mark Webber - 46 pts.
5. Tiago Monteiro - 44 pts.
6. Christian Klien - 43 pts.
7. Jacques Villeneuve - 42 pts.
8. Robert Kubica - 38 pts.
9. Juan Pablo Montoya - 36 pts.
=. Christijan Albers - 36 pts.
11. Takuma Sato - 5 pts.
=. Franck Montagny - 5 pts.

2007

The rest of these results come courtesy of tommykl and his spreadsheets, so a public shoutout to him! As for 2007, Kovalainen's arrival ensures that Alonso won't have any competition from the defending champion, or indeed anyone else in the field.

Final standings

1. Fernando Alonso - 154 pts.
2. Robert Kubica - 98 pts.
3. Alexander Wurz - 75 pts.
4. Mark Webber - 67 pts.
5. Takuma Sato - 40 pts.
6. Christijan Albers - 21 pts.
7. Scott Speed - 14 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2008

With Alonso now in a less competitive Renault, Kubica steps up to become the latest winner.

Final standings

1. Robert Kubica - 146 pts.
2. Fernando Alonso - 127 pts.
3. Mark Webber - 101 pts.
4. Sébastien Bourdais - 76 pts.
5. Kazuki Nakajima - 65 pts.

2009

An easy one for Webber.

Final standings

1. Mark Webber - 124 pts.
2. Robret Kubica - 90 pts.
3. Kazuki Nakajima - 67.5 pts.
4. Fernando Alonso - 64 pts.
5. Sébastien Buemi - 63 pts.
6. Rubens Barrichello - 61 pts.
7. Sébastien Bourdais - 30 pts.
8. Romain Grosjean - 23 pts.

2010

There was a period early in the season where it looked like Kubica might have had a chance, but with Webber in the Red Bull, it was never a very good chance.

Final standings

1. Mark Webber - 398 pts.
2. Robert Kubica - 323 pts.
3. Vitaly Petrov - 197 pts.
4. Sébastien Buemi - 194 pts.
5. Heikki Kovalainen - 157 pts.
6. Karun Chandhok - 80 pts.
7. Kamui Kobayashi - 72 pts.
8. Christian Klien - 12 pts.

2011

Where do I even begin? We had a 2006 situation where Webber was peerless in the first half of the season only to be joined by a compatriot in the second half, only this time there was no real Raikkonen figure to take over and dominate, and a number of midfield drivers scrapped for the lead. Petrov's strong early season performances were enough for him to launch a successful title assault.

Final standings

1. Vitaly Petrov - 266 pts.
2. Kamui Kobayashi - 253 pts.
3. Sébastian Buemi - 224 pts.
4. Sergio Pérez - 223 pts.
5. Mark Webber - 193 pts.
6. Heikki Kovalainen - 154 pts.
7. Pastor Maldonado - 151 pts.
8. Jérôme d'Ambrosio - 130 pts.
9. Narain Karthikeyan - 36 pts.
10. Jarno Trulli - 8 pts.
11. Karun Chandhok - 4 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2012

Very close between the Sauber drivers. But even if Pérez had a greater number of impressive performances, Kobayashi had less retirements, which ultimately allowed him to win.

Final standings

1. Kamui Kobayashi - 331 pts.
2. Sergio Pérez - 302 pts.
3. Pastor Maldonado - 290 pts.
4. Vitaly Petrov - 241 pts.
5. Narain Karthikeyan - 146 pts.
6. Jérôme d'Ambrosio - 12 pts.

2013

Suddenly the two Ferrari drivers find themselves as the only ones representing their respective countries. Almost every race finished in the same Alonso-Massa-Maldonado-van der Garde order. How's that for predictability?

Final standings

1. Fernando Alonso - 443 pts.
2. Felipe Massa - 317 pts.
3. Pastor Maldonado - 243 pts.
4. Giedo van der Garde - 201 pts.

2014

Webber's retirement allows Ricciardo to shine in a season with twice the number of eligible drivers as 2013.

Final standings

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 349 pts.
2. Fernando Alonso - 318 pts.
3. Felipe Massa - 271 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 266 pts.
5. Daniil Kvyat - 164 pts.
6. Pastor Maldonado - 126 pts.
7. Marcus Ericsson - 76 pts.
8. Kamui Kobayashi - 74 pts.

2015

Very close intra-team battle at Red Bull, with Pérez also in with a shout, but the results would disappoint Salamander if he were still around, as Ricciardo failed to defend his title. His new Russian teammate won instead.

Final standings

1. Daniil Kvyat - 286 pts.
2. Daniel Ricciardo - 283 pts.
3. Sergio Pérez - 280 pts.
4. Romain Grosjean - 211 pts.
5. Max Verstappen - 207 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 167 pts.
7. Pastor Maldonado - 142 pts.
8. Alexander Rossi - 32 pts.

[James1978]

Great stuff. I called the Kobayashi one for 2012 but REALLY didn't see the 2001 Verstappen title coming!

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 1 round)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 25 pts.
2. Romain Grosjean - 18 pts.
3. Max Verstappen - 15 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 12 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 2 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 50 pts.
2. Romain Grosjean - 36 pts.
3. Max Verstappen - 30 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 20 pts.
5. Daniil Kvyat - 12 pts.
6. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.
7. Marcus Ericsson - 6 pts.
8. Rio Haryanto - 4 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 3 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 68 pts.
2. Max Verstappen - 45 pts.
3. Romain Grosjean - 44 pts.
4. Daniil Kvyat - 37 pts.
5. Kevin Magnussen - 30 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 18 pts.
7. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.
8. Rio Haryanto - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 4 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 83 pts.
2. Romain Grosjean - 62 pts.
3. Kevin Magnussen - 55 pts.
4. Daniil Kvyat - 47 pts.
5. Max Verstappen - 45 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 30 pts.
7. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.
8. Rio Haryanto - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 5 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 101 pts.
2. Max Verstappen - 70 pts.
3. Kevin Magnussen - 65 pts.
4. Daniil Kvyat - 62 pts.
5. Romain Grosjean - 62 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 42 pts.
7. Rio Haryanto - 18 pts.
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 6 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 126 pts.
2. Romain Grosjean - 80 pts.
3. Max Verstappen - 70 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 65 pts.
5. Daniil Kvyat - 62 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 42 pts.
7. Rio Haryanto - 33 pts.
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 7 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 144 pts.
2. Max Verstappen - 95 pts.
3. Romain Grosjean - 92 pts.
4. Daniil Kvyat - 77 pts.
5. Kevin Magnussen - 73 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 52 pts.
7. Rio Haryanto - 39 pts.
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 8 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 169 pts.
2. Max Verstappen - 113 pts.
3. Romain Grosjean - 107 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 85 pts.
5. Daniil Kvyat - 77 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 62 pts.
7. Rio Haryanto - 47 pts.
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 9 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 187 pts.
2. Max Verstappen - 138 pts.
3. Romain Grosjean - 122 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 97 pts.
5. Daniil Kvyat - 77 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 72 pts.
7. Rio Haryanto - 55 pts.
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.

[Bobby Doorknobs]

2016 (after 10 rounds)

1. Daniel Ricciardo - 205 pts.
2. Max Verstappen - 163 pts.
3. Romain Grosjean - 122 pts.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 109 pts.
5. Daniil Kvyat - 92 pts.
6. Marcus Ericsson - 72 pts.
7. Rio Haryanto - 55 pts.
8. Stoffel Vandoorne - 10 pts.