List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

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Lewis Hamilton (left) holds the record for the highest number of World Drivers' Championship points scored and Scuderia Ferrari (right) maintains the record for the highest number of points attained in the World Constructors' Championship.
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Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing series administered by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.[1] The "formula" in the name alludes to a series of rules set by the FIA to which all participants and vehicles are required to conform.[1][2] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, usually held on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.[3] A points scoring system is used for each Grand Prix held over the course of the F1 season to determine the outcome of two annual championships, one for drivers (World Drivers' Championship) since 1950, and one for constructors (World Constructors' Championship) since 1958.[1][4] Each driver accumulates championship points individually in the World Drivers' Championship and collectively for the team they compete for in the World Constructors' Championship.[4] At the conclusion of the season, both championships are officially presented at the end-of-season FIA Prize Giving Ceremony held in various locations to the participant and team with the most points attained.[4][5][6]

The points scoring has been changed several times throughout F1 history.[7][8] Participants in every season until 1990 could only achieve Drivers' Championship points for their best-placed finishes in a specified maximum number of races.[7] Up until 1979, most years saw only the highest-scoring participant in each Grand Prix for each constructor contributing points towards the Drivers' title.[8] From 1950 to 1959, the top five finishers of each race plus the fastest lap setter tallied points. The format was expanded to include the first six finishers of each event between 1960 and 2002 but with no point for fastest lap.[7] In 2003, the FIA revised the structure to the top eight finishers of each race.[9] The FIA extended the system again to include the first ten Grand Prix finishers in 2010.[10] The bonus point for fastest lap was reintroduced in 2019 but only drivers and constructors who finished in the top ten are eligible to score the point.[11] Sprint qualifying was introduced in 2021 to set the starting order at three Grands Prix and the winner of this race receives three points.[12] Unlike certain other motor racing series such as the IndyCar Series, F1 has never given extra points to drivers for leading the highest number of laps or qualifying on pole position.[7] Each Grand Prix winner tallied 8 points from 1950 to 1960, 9 from 1961 to 1990, 10 between 1991 and 2009 and 25 since 2010.[7]

As of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, there have been 345 drivers scoring Drivers' Championship points,[13][14] and 70 out of 170 teams who have tallied Constructors' Championship points,[15][16] in 1,057 World Championship races.[17] Lewis Hamilton has the highest Drivers' Championship points total with 4165.5, Sebastian Vettel is second with 3061 and Fernando Alonso is third with 1980.[18] Scuderia Ferrari holds the record for the highest Constructors' Championship points total with 8712. Mercedes are second with 6298.50 and McLaren are third with 5830.5.[15] Between 1950 and 1957, drivers were awarded an equal points distribution share if they shared a car with another or for setting the same fastest lap as another. On two occasions involving three drivers, second drivers of teams that officially entered only one car were ineligible for points.[8][19] Half points have been awarded for six Grands Prix that were red-flagged before 75 per cent race distance was completed;[20] starting from around 1977 to 1980,[21] no points can be accumulated should a race conclude early with the leader having completed two or fewer laps.[22]

Robert Kubica waited the longest period of time between two points scores–8 years and 256 days–between the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2019 German Grand Prix.[23] Michael Schumacher has the longest time between his first points score and his last. He achieved his first points score at the 1991 Italian Grand Prix, and his last at the 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix, a span of 21 years, 2 months and 17 days.[24] Hamilton holds the record for most consecutive points scores at 48 Grands Prix in succession from the 2018 British Grand Prix to the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.[25] Max Verstappen is the youngest driver to tally a championship point; he finished seventh at the 2015 Malaysian Grand Prix when he was 17 years and 180 days old.[26] Philippe Étancelin is the oldest driver to score a championship point; he was 53 years and 249 days old when he finished fifth at the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.[27]

Points scoring systems[]

List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems used throughout history[7]
Seasons Event type 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Fastest lap Drivers' Championship Constructors' Championship Notes
1950–1953 Grand Prix 8 6 4 3 2 – – – – – 1 4 N/A [a][b]
1954 5 [a][b][c]
1955 [a][c][d]
1956–1957 [a][c][d][e][f]
1958 6 [c][f][g][h][i][j]
1959 5 [c][h][i][j]
1960 8 6 4 3 2 1 – – – – – 6 [h][j]
1961 9 (D) 6 4 3 2 1 – – – – – 5 [h][k]
8 (C) 6 4 3 2 1 – – – – –
1962 9 6 4 3 2 1 – – – – – [h]
1963–1965 6
1966 5 [f][h][l]
1967 9 (5 from first 6, 4 from last 5)
1968 10 (5 from both first and last 6) [h]
1969 9 (5 from first 6, 4 from last 5) [f][h]
1970 11 (6 from first 7, 5 from last 6) [h]
1971 9 (5 from first 6, 4 from last 5)
1972 10 (5 from both first and last 6)
1973–1974 13 (7 from first 8, 6 from last 7)
1975 12 (6 each from first and last 7) [h][m]
1976 14 (7 from each of first and last 8) [h]
1977 15 (8 from first 9, 7 from last 8)
1978 14 (7 from each of first and last 8)
1979 8 (4 from first 7, 4 from last 8) All [m]
1980 10 (5 from both first and last 7)
1981–1990 11 [m][n]
1991–2002 10 6 4 3 2 1 – – – – – All [m]
2003–2009 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 – – –
2010–2018 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 – [o]
2019–2020 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 [p]
2021–present 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1
Sprint qualifying 3 2 1 – – – – – – – – [m][q]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d The World Constructors' Championship was not awarded from 1950 to 1957.[28]
  2. ^ a b Points for shared drives were shared equally between the drivers, regardless of how many laps each driver completed.[8]
  3. ^ a b c d e Points were shared equally between drivers who set the same fastest lap time (an extreme example of which happened in the 1954 British Grand Prix where seven drivers set the same fastest lap time, and each received 1⁄7 of a point).[29]
  4. ^ a b Points for shared drives were shared equally between the drivers, even if they drove more than one points-scoring car (e.g. 1955 Argentine Grand Prix), unless one driver was deemed to have completed "insufficient distance" (e.g. 1957 British Grand Prix).[19]
  5. ^ Drivers who shared more than one car in a race only received points for their highest finish (e.g. 1956 Monaco Grand Prix).[19]
  6. ^ a b c d Formula 2 cars raced with Formula One cars in the following Grands Prix, but were ineligible for World Championship points:
  7. ^ Points were no longer awarded for shared race drives (e.g. 1958 Italian Grand Prix, 1960 Argentine Grand Prix).[19]
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Only the points of the highest-scoring driver for each constructor at each race (including privateer entries) were counted towards the Constructors' Championship.[8]
  9. ^ a b The point for fastest lap was only awarded to drivers, not constructors.[8]
  10. ^ a b c The points in the Indianapolis 500 were only awarded only to drivers and not constructors.[8]
  11. ^ Points were awarded on a 9–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the 1961 Drivers' title, and on an 8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the 1961 Constructors' title.[30]
  12. ^ Drivers who were not classified (i.e. did not complete a specified amount of race distance) did not score points, even if they finished in the top six places.[19]
  13. ^ a b c d e Half points were awarded for races stopped before three-quarter-distance was completed.[20]
  14. ^ Second drivers of teams that officially entered only one car were not eligible for points. This affected Jo Gartner (Osella) and Gerhard Berger (ATS) who finished fifth and sixth at the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, and Yannick Dalmas (Larrousse) who finished fifth at the 1987 Australian Grand Prix. Their points were not redistributed.[19]
  15. ^ In 2014, double points were awarded in the last race of the season.[31]
  16. ^ The point for fastest lap was only awarded if the driver was classified in the top 10 in the race.[11]
  17. ^ This system is used for the sprint qualifying session at three Grands Prix, the 2021 British Grand Prix, 2021 Italian Grand Prix, and 2021 São Paulo Grand Prix,[32] to determine the starting order of the main race.[12][33]

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