Alternate Championship Points

[Wrex]

I was just visiting Planet-F1.com and they run an show the championship with different points scheme. It can be found HERE.

Points System:

1st: 20, 2nd: 16, 3rd: 14, 4th: 12, 5th: 10, 6th: 8, 7th: 6, 8th: 5, 9th: 4,
10th: 3, 11th: 2, 12th: 1.

Pole: 3pts Fastest Lap: 2 Most Laps Led: 1

While I disagree with the Poll, fastest laps & laps led points, the championship does appear to be a little fairer and give a better indication of performances.

Current Drivers Championship

1 Schumacher M Ferrari 134
2 Barrichello Ferrari 71
3 Montoya Williams 47
4 Schumacher R Williams 42
5 Coulthard McLaren 41
6 Raikkonen McLaren 20
7 Button Renault 13
8 Trulli Renault 9
9 Irvine Jaguar 8
10 Heidfeld Sauber 7
11 Fisichella Jordan 7
12 Villeneuve BAR 4
13 Massa Sauber 4
14 Panis BAR 3
15 Webber Minardi 2
16 Salo Toyota 2
17 Frentzen Sauber, Arrows 2
18 McNish Toyota 0
19 Yoong Minardi 0
20 de la Rosa Jaguar 0
21 Sato Jordan 0
22 Bernoldi Arrows 0
23 Davidson Minardi 0

Alternative Drivers championship:

1 Michael Schumacher 333
2 Rubens Barrichello 199 (his second place not secure)
3 Juan-Pablo Montoya 182 (can still finish 2nd - but 3rd is his)
4 David Coulthard 152 +1
5 Ralf Schumacher 150 -1
6 Jenson Button 74 +1
7 Nick Heidfeld 73 +3
8 Kimi Raikkonen 70 -2 (DNF's have really hurt Kimi)
9 Jarno Trulli 59 -1
10 Giancarlo Fisichella 55 +1
11 Jacques Villeneuve 53 +1
12 Felipe Massa 52 +1
13 Eddie Irvine 47 -4 (2 good races not enough here Eddie)
14 Mika Salo 39 +2
15 Olivier Panis 29 -1
16 Takuma Sato 25 +5
17 Mark Webber 24 -2 (still looking good though)
18 Pedro de la Rosa 24 +2
19 Allan McNish 21 -1
20 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 20 -3
21 Alex Yoong 9 -2
22 Enrique Bernoldi 4
23 Davidson Minardi 0

This looks like a more acurate picture of the pace and reliability of each driver. Although it hurts a few drivers I like, such as Webber, I can't agree with a points system that rewards a one off effort. Had Marks car failed that Day, Yoong would be in the points instead!!

The constructors championship also comes out a little different (and fairer IMO).

1 Ferrari 532
2 BMW-Williams 332
3 McLaren-Mercedes 222
4 Renault 133
5 Sauber 125
6 BAR-Honda 82 +1
7 Jordan-Honda 80 +1
8 Jaguar-Cosworth 71 -2
9 Toyota 60 +1
10 Minardi-Asiatech 33 -1
11 Arrows-Cosworth 24

Renault/Sauber would still have unfinished business, as do BAR and Jordan.