1969
After three races the situation looked like this:
Stewart 18pts
G. Hill 15pts
McLaren 10pts
Matra 18pts
Lotus 15pts
McLaren 12pts
The championship battle had been going as usual in real life. Ferrari had not scored a point all season in real life. Stewart then won in the Dutch GP, putting him way ahead in the championship.
Stewart 27pts
G. Hill 16pts
Siffert 13pts
But the constructors’ was a different story:
Matra 27pts
Lotus 21pts
McLaren 16pts
Then Stewart won again in France… the championship was looking like a complete washout. In all, the championship wasn’t altered much at the halfway point as Ferrari had only scored 4 points in real life. The championships looked in favour of Stewart and Matra.
Stewart 45pts
G. Hill 17pts
McLaren 17pts
Matra 45pts
Lotus 25pts
McLaren 21 (23)pts
Fast forward to Italy…. AND IT’S ALMOST A DEAD HEAT… IT’S JACKIE STEWART!! (Sorry, I had to quote Murray Walker there) With that win, Stewart locked up the championship with three races to go. So did Matra in the Constructors’ as well.
On the other hand, Jacky Ickx did a nice job going right back up to second!
Drivers’
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five from first six and Top four from last five count for the standings
1st = Jackie Stewart, Matra, 63pts
2nd = Jacky Ickx, Brabham, 38pts
3rd = Bruce McLaren, McLaren, 26pts
4th = Jochen Rindt, Lotus, 22pts (1 win, 1 2nd)
5th = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 22pts (1 win, 1 3rd)
6th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra, 21pts
7th = Graham Hill, Lotus, 20pts
8th = Piers Courage, Brabham, 16pts
T-9th = Jo Siffert, Lotus, 15pts (1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 4th, 1 5th)
T-9th = Jack Brabham, Brabham, 15pts (1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 4th, 1 5th)
11th = John Surtees, BRM, 6pts
12th = Richard Attwood, Lotus, 3pts (1 4th)
13th = Vic Elford, McLaren, 3pts (1 5th)
14th = Silvio Moser, Brabham, 2pts
T-15th = Johnny Servoz-Gavin, Matra, 1pt
T-15th = Jackie Oliver, Matra, 1pt
Constructors’
Same, but only the best finish from each team counts
1st = Matra, 66pts
2nd = Brabham, 50pts (52)
3rd = Lotus, 47pts
4th = McLaren, 39pts (41)
5th = BRM, 7pts
Race Winners
South Africa - Jackie Stewart
Spain - Jackie Stewart
Monaco - Graham Hill
Netherlands - Jackie Stewart
France - Jackie Stewart
Britain - Jackie Stewart
Belgium - Jacky Ickx
Italy - Jackie Stewart
Canada - Jacky Ickx
USA - Jochen Rindt
Mexico - Denny Hulme
In the USGP, only five cars classified.
No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1970
The season had started out competitively as the top five in the drivers’ and top three in the constructors’ looked like so:
Brabham 15
Stewart 13
Rodriguez 10
Hulme 9
Rindt 9
March 19
Brabham 18
McLaren 15
With Rindt and Stewart being 1-2 in the Netherlands, the standings were in favour of the two:
Stewart 19
Rindt 18
Brabham 15
March 25
Lotus 23
Brabham 18
McLaren 18
A win in France for Rindt meant that he went further into the championship;
Lotus 32
March 31
Brabham 22
Another win for Rindt meant that he took a huge 11-point championship lead. Another win in Germany was his fourth in a row and made the other drivers look silly in consistency and Lotus was pulling away from the constructors.
Rindt 45
Brabham 25
Hulme 22
Lotus 50
March 35
Brabham 31
McLaren 31
In Austria Rolf Stommelen took an unlikely win in his Brabham, and George Eaton missed the points by one position. (D’oh!) Going into Italy, Brabham was behind 20 points and he would have to win three out of the next four races to win the drivers’ championship.
However, Rindt was killed in practice of the Italian Grand Prix, which rocked the motor racing world. Stewart wins in Italy, and now he needed to win the last three races to win the drivers’ championship. However, on Lap 31 of the Canadian Grand Prix, Stewart’s Axle failed, giving the championship posthumously to Jochen Rindt. Also, Chris Amon wins in his March, another unlikely win this season., and John Surtees placed third in his self-named team.
March had closed in on Lotus in the constructors’ championship.
March 55
Lotus 50
Brabham 43
Fittipaldi won improbably in Watkins Glen (remember, this is his first season in F1!!) and brought Lotus past March by 1 point.
Lotus 59
March 58
Brabham 43
In the finale at Mexico (at least 200,000 showed up), Fittipaldi and the other Lotus cars retired early, meaning that a March car had to score points. Chris Amon came home second to take March into the constructors’ championship. Hulme won the last race of an exciting season (and brought McLaren’s first win as far as I know)
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, top six in first seven and top five in last six count for championship
Place = Driver, Team, Points (All points) [best result, when needed]
1st = Jochen Rindt, Louts, 45pts
2nd = Chris Amon, March, 37pts
3rd = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 36pts
4th = Pedro Rodriguez, BRM, 31pts
5th = Jackie Stewart, March, 28pts
6th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra, 26pts
7th = Jack Brabham, Brabham, 25pts
8th = Rolf Stommelen, Brabham, 18pts
9th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 13pts [1st]
10th = Henri Pescarolo, Matra, 13pts [3rd]
11th = John Surtees, Surtees, 8pts [3rd]
12th = Graham Hill, Lotus, 8pts [4th]
13th = Bruce McLaren, McLaren, 6pts
T-14th = Mario Andretti, March, 4pts [3rd]
T-14th = Reine Wisell, Lotus, 4pts [3rd]
16th = Peter Gethin, McLaren, 4pts [4th]
17th = John Miles, Lotus, 4pts [5th x2]
18th = François Cevert, March, 4pts [5th x1]
19th = Jo Siffert, March, 3pts
T-20th = Johnny Servoz-Gavin, March, 2pts [5th]
T-20th = Derek Bell, Surtees, 2pts [5th]
T-20th = Jackie Oliver, BRM, 2pts [5th]
23rd = Dan Gurney, McLaren, 1pt
Constructors’
Same as drivers, best driver from each team counts for the constructors’
1st = March, 63pts (64)
2nd = Lotus, 59pts
3rd = McLaren, 48pts
4th = Brabham, 43pts
5th = Matra, 34pts
6th = BRM, 31pts
7th = Surtees, 10pts
Race Winners
South Africa – Jack Brabham
Spain – Jackie Stewart
Monaco – Jochen Rindt
Belgium – Pedro Rodriguez
Netherlands – Jochen Rindt
France – Jochen Rindt
Britain – Jochen Rindt
Germany – Jochen Rindt
Austria – Rolf Stommelen
Italy – Jackie Stewart
Canada – Chris Amon
USA – Emerson Fittipaldi
Mexico – Denny Hulme
The season had started out competitively as the top five in the drivers’ and top three in the constructors’ looked like so:
Brabham 15
Stewart 13
Rodriguez 10
Hulme 9
Rindt 9
March 19
Brabham 18
McLaren 15
With Rindt and Stewart being 1-2 in the Netherlands, the standings were in favour of the two:
Stewart 19
Rindt 18
Brabham 15
March 25
Lotus 23
Brabham 18
McLaren 18
A win in France for Rindt meant that he went further into the championship;
Lotus 32
March 31
Brabham 22
Another win for Rindt meant that he took a huge 11-point championship lead. Another win in Germany was his fourth in a row and made the other drivers look silly in consistency and Lotus was pulling away from the constructors.
Rindt 45
Brabham 25
Hulme 22
Lotus 50
March 35
Brabham 31
McLaren 31
In Austria Rolf Stommelen took an unlikely win in his Brabham, and George Eaton missed the points by one position. (D’oh!) Going into Italy, Brabham was behind 20 points and he would have to win three out of the next four races to win the drivers’ championship.
However, Rindt was killed in practice of the Italian Grand Prix, which rocked the motor racing world. Stewart wins in Italy, and now he needed to win the last three races to win the drivers’ championship. However, on Lap 31 of the Canadian Grand Prix, Stewart’s Axle failed, giving the championship posthumously to Jochen Rindt. Also, Chris Amon wins in his March, another unlikely win this season., and John Surtees placed third in his self-named team.
March had closed in on Lotus in the constructors’ championship.
March 55
Lotus 50
Brabham 43
Fittipaldi won improbably in Watkins Glen (remember, this is his first season in F1!!) and brought Lotus past March by 1 point.
Lotus 59
March 58
Brabham 43
In the finale at Mexico (at least 200,000 showed up), Fittipaldi and the other Lotus cars retired early, meaning that a March car had to score points. Chris Amon came home second to take March into the constructors’ championship. Hulme won the last race of an exciting season (and brought McLaren’s first win as far as I know)
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, top six in first seven and top five in last six count for championship
Place = Driver, Team, Points (All points) [best result, when needed]
1st = Jochen Rindt, Louts, 45pts
2nd = Chris Amon, March, 37pts
3rd = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 36pts
4th = Pedro Rodriguez, BRM, 31pts
5th = Jackie Stewart, March, 28pts
6th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra, 26pts
7th = Jack Brabham, Brabham, 25pts
8th = Rolf Stommelen, Brabham, 18pts
9th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 13pts [1st]
10th = Henri Pescarolo, Matra, 13pts [3rd]
11th = John Surtees, Surtees, 8pts [3rd]
12th = Graham Hill, Lotus, 8pts [4th]
13th = Bruce McLaren, McLaren, 6pts
T-14th = Mario Andretti, March, 4pts [3rd]
T-14th = Reine Wisell, Lotus, 4pts [3rd]
16th = Peter Gethin, McLaren, 4pts [4th]
17th = John Miles, Lotus, 4pts [5th x2]
18th = François Cevert, March, 4pts [5th x1]
19th = Jo Siffert, March, 3pts
T-20th = Johnny Servoz-Gavin, March, 2pts [5th]
T-20th = Derek Bell, Surtees, 2pts [5th]
T-20th = Jackie Oliver, BRM, 2pts [5th]
23rd = Dan Gurney, McLaren, 1pt
Constructors’
Same as drivers, best driver from each team counts for the constructors’
1st = March, 63pts (64)
2nd = Lotus, 59pts
3rd = McLaren, 48pts
4th = Brabham, 43pts
5th = Matra, 34pts
6th = BRM, 31pts
7th = Surtees, 10pts
Race Winners
South Africa – Jack Brabham
Spain – Jackie Stewart
Monaco – Jochen Rindt
Belgium – Pedro Rodriguez
Netherlands – Jochen Rindt
France – Jochen Rindt
Britain – Jochen Rindt
Germany – Jochen Rindt
Austria – Rolf Stommelen
Italy – Jackie Stewart
Canada – Chris Amon
USA – Emerson Fittipaldi
Mexico – Denny Hulme
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1971
All I can say - BLOWOUT!
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five finishes in first six and top four finishes in last five count
(All points scored) [best finish]
1st = Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell, 65pts
2nd = Ronnie Peterson, March, 38pts
3rd = François Cevert, Tyrrell, 27pts
4th = Jo Siffert, BRM, 21pts
5th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 17pts
6th = Pedro Rodriguez, BRM, 13pts [1st]
7th = Chris Amon, Matra, 13pts [2nd + 3rd]
8th = Reine Wisell, Lotus, 13pts [2nd only]
9th = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 13pts [3rd]
10th = Peter Gethin, BRM, 9pts
11th = John Surtees, Surtees, 8pts
12th = Tim Schenken, Brabham, 7pts [3rd]
13th = Howden Ganley, BRM, 7pts [4th]
14th = Mark Donohue, McLaren, 4pts [3rd]
15th = Henri Pescarolo, March, 4pts [4th]
16th = Rolf Stommelen, Surtees, 4pts [5th x2]
17th = Graham Hill, Brabham, 4pts [5th]
18th = Mike Hailwood, Surtees, 3pts
T-19th = Brian Redman, Surtees, 2pts
T-19th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra, 2pts
21st = Gijs van Lennen, Surtees, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five finishes in first six and top four finishes in last five count, top finisher in each team counts
1st = Tyrrell, 76pts
2nd = BRM, 40pts
3rd = March, 38pts (39)
4th = Lotus, 26pts
5th = Matra, 19pts
6th = McLaren, 14pts
7th = Surtees, 11pts
8th = Brabham, 9pts
Race Winners
South Africa - Jackie Stewart
Spain - Jackie Stewart
Monaco -Jackie Stewart
Netherlands - Pedro Rodriguez
France - Jackie Stewart
Britain - Jackie Stewart
Germany - Jackie Stewart
Austria - Jo Siffert
Italy - Peter Gethin
Canada - Jackie Stewart
USA - François Cevert
All I can say - BLOWOUT!
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five finishes in first six and top four finishes in last five count
(All points scored) [best finish]
1st = Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell, 65pts
2nd = Ronnie Peterson, March, 38pts
3rd = François Cevert, Tyrrell, 27pts
4th = Jo Siffert, BRM, 21pts
5th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 17pts
6th = Pedro Rodriguez, BRM, 13pts [1st]
7th = Chris Amon, Matra, 13pts [2nd + 3rd]
8th = Reine Wisell, Lotus, 13pts [2nd only]
9th = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 13pts [3rd]
10th = Peter Gethin, BRM, 9pts
11th = John Surtees, Surtees, 8pts
12th = Tim Schenken, Brabham, 7pts [3rd]
13th = Howden Ganley, BRM, 7pts [4th]
14th = Mark Donohue, McLaren, 4pts [3rd]
15th = Henri Pescarolo, March, 4pts [4th]
16th = Rolf Stommelen, Surtees, 4pts [5th x2]
17th = Graham Hill, Brabham, 4pts [5th]
18th = Mike Hailwood, Surtees, 3pts
T-19th = Brian Redman, Surtees, 2pts
T-19th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Matra, 2pts
21st = Gijs van Lennen, Surtees, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five finishes in first six and top four finishes in last five count, top finisher in each team counts
1st = Tyrrell, 76pts
2nd = BRM, 40pts
3rd = March, 38pts (39)
4th = Lotus, 26pts
5th = Matra, 19pts
6th = McLaren, 14pts
7th = Surtees, 11pts
8th = Brabham, 9pts
Race Winners
South Africa - Jackie Stewart
Spain - Jackie Stewart
Monaco -Jackie Stewart
Netherlands - Pedro Rodriguez
France - Jackie Stewart
Britain - Jackie Stewart
Germany - Jackie Stewart
Austria - Jo Siffert
Italy - Peter Gethin
Canada - Jackie Stewart
USA - François Cevert
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Two in one day??? 
1972
The first three races of the season had ended and the title races looked like this:
Denny Hulme 15
Emerson Fittipaldi 15
Jackie Stewart 9
McLaren 19
Lotus 15
Surtees (!) 10
Fittipaldi scored second and Jean-Pierre Beltoise in Monaco and now the standings was like this:
Fittipaldi 21
Hulme 15
Stewart 13
McLaren 22
Lotus 21
Tyrrell 13
As Emerson Fittipaldi started pulling away, the constructors’ championship was heating up:
Lotus 30
McLaren 26
Tyrrell 19
With Stewart and Fittipaldi placing 1-2 respectively, it was obvious who was going to challenge for the drivers’ championship. As for the constructors, it remained relatively close.
E. Fittipaldi 36
J. Stewart 22
D. Hulme 19
Lotus 36
Tyrrell 28
McLaren 26
And now for something completely different, the most unlikely top six results at the German Grand Prix.
1st: Ronnie Peterson, March
2nd: Howden Ganley, BRM
3rd: Brian Redman, McLaren
4th: Graham Hill, Brabham
5th: Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham
6th: Mike Beuttler, March
Strange!
The drivers’ championship was extremely wide as Emerson Fittipaldi was stretching out his lead, with three wins after eight races.
Make that four after Austria, the ninth race in the championship. And with that, Fittipaldi was one point away from winning the championship, or with Stewart not winning every race (which is quite difficult if you ask me) Fittipaldi won in Italy, and so he won the drivers’ championship.
The Constructors’ was closer, though not by a whole lot:
Lotus 63
McLaren 44
Tyrrell 34
Lotus wouldn’t score any more points, but McLaren never capitalized on that, and Lotus won the Constructors’ championship. (Hooray for anti-climatics!)
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five in first and last six count
1st = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 63pts
2nd = Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell, 46pts
3rd = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 39pts
4th = Peter Revson, McLaren, 25pts
5th = Ronnie Peterson, March, 21pts
6th = François Cevert, Tyrrell, 15pts
7th = Chris Amon, Matra, 14pts
8th = Mike Hailwood, Surtees, 13pts
9th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, BRM, 9pts
T-10th = Andrea de Adamich, Surtees, 7pts [2nd]
T-10th = Howden Ganley, BRM, 7pts [2nd]
12th = Brian Redman, McLaren, 7pts [3rd]
13th = Graham Hill, Brabham, 7pts [4th]
14th = Tim Schenken, Surtees, 6pts
T-15th = Carlos Pace, March, 5pts [4th]
T-15th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 5pts [4th]
17th = Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham, 4pts
18th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 2pts
T-19th = Henri Pescarolo, March, 1pt
T-19th = Niki Lauda, March, 1pt
T-19th = Mike Beuttler, March, 1pt
T-19th = Peter Gethin, BRM, 1pt
T-19th = Jody Scheckter, McLaren, 1pt
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five in first and last six count, top finisher in each constructor counts
1st = Lotus, 63pts
2nd = Tyrrell, 52pts
3rd = McLaren, 50pts (54) [Drat!]
4th = March, 26pts
5th = Surtees, 25pts
6th = BRM, 17pts
7th = Matra, 14pts [3rd]
8th = Brabham, 14pts [4th x2]
Race Winners
Argentina – Jackie Stewart
South Africa – Denny Hulme
Spain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Monaco – Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Belgium – Emerson Fittipaldi
France – Jackie Stewart
Britain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Germany – Ronnie Peterson
Austria – Emerson Fittipaldi
Italy – Emerson Fittipaldi
Canada – Jackie Stewart
USA – Jackie Stewart
1972
The first three races of the season had ended and the title races looked like this:
Denny Hulme 15
Emerson Fittipaldi 15
Jackie Stewart 9
McLaren 19
Lotus 15
Surtees (!) 10
Fittipaldi scored second and Jean-Pierre Beltoise in Monaco and now the standings was like this:
Fittipaldi 21
Hulme 15
Stewart 13
McLaren 22
Lotus 21
Tyrrell 13
As Emerson Fittipaldi started pulling away, the constructors’ championship was heating up:
Lotus 30
McLaren 26
Tyrrell 19
With Stewart and Fittipaldi placing 1-2 respectively, it was obvious who was going to challenge for the drivers’ championship. As for the constructors, it remained relatively close.
E. Fittipaldi 36
J. Stewart 22
D. Hulme 19
Lotus 36
Tyrrell 28
McLaren 26
And now for something completely different, the most unlikely top six results at the German Grand Prix.
1st: Ronnie Peterson, March
2nd: Howden Ganley, BRM
3rd: Brian Redman, McLaren
4th: Graham Hill, Brabham
5th: Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham
6th: Mike Beuttler, March
Strange!
The drivers’ championship was extremely wide as Emerson Fittipaldi was stretching out his lead, with three wins after eight races.
Make that four after Austria, the ninth race in the championship. And with that, Fittipaldi was one point away from winning the championship, or with Stewart not winning every race (which is quite difficult if you ask me) Fittipaldi won in Italy, and so he won the drivers’ championship.
The Constructors’ was closer, though not by a whole lot:
Lotus 63
McLaren 44
Tyrrell 34
Lotus wouldn’t score any more points, but McLaren never capitalized on that, and Lotus won the Constructors’ championship. (Hooray for anti-climatics!)
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five in first and last six count
1st = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 63pts
2nd = Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell, 46pts
3rd = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 39pts
4th = Peter Revson, McLaren, 25pts
5th = Ronnie Peterson, March, 21pts
6th = François Cevert, Tyrrell, 15pts
7th = Chris Amon, Matra, 14pts
8th = Mike Hailwood, Surtees, 13pts
9th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, BRM, 9pts
T-10th = Andrea de Adamich, Surtees, 7pts [2nd]
T-10th = Howden Ganley, BRM, 7pts [2nd]
12th = Brian Redman, McLaren, 7pts [3rd]
13th = Graham Hill, Brabham, 7pts [4th]
14th = Tim Schenken, Surtees, 6pts
T-15th = Carlos Pace, March, 5pts [4th]
T-15th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 5pts [4th]
17th = Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham, 4pts
18th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 2pts
T-19th = Henri Pescarolo, March, 1pt
T-19th = Niki Lauda, March, 1pt
T-19th = Mike Beuttler, March, 1pt
T-19th = Peter Gethin, BRM, 1pt
T-19th = Jody Scheckter, McLaren, 1pt
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top five in first and last six count, top finisher in each constructor counts
1st = Lotus, 63pts
2nd = Tyrrell, 52pts
3rd = McLaren, 50pts (54) [Drat!]
4th = March, 26pts
5th = Surtees, 25pts
6th = BRM, 17pts
7th = Matra, 14pts [3rd]
8th = Brabham, 14pts [4th x2]
Race Winners
Argentina – Jackie Stewart
South Africa – Denny Hulme
Spain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Monaco – Jean-Pierre Beltoise
Belgium – Emerson Fittipaldi
France – Jackie Stewart
Britain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Germany – Ronnie Peterson
Austria – Emerson Fittipaldi
Italy – Emerson Fittipaldi
Canada – Jackie Stewart
USA – Jackie Stewart
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1973
After four races the championship race was becoming a blowout in favour of Emerson Fittipaldi.
E. Fittipaldi 31
Stewart 19
Cevert 12
The constructors’ title was far closer though:
Lotus 31
Tyrrell 27
McLaren 16
In Belgium Jackie Stewart won but Fittipaldi earned third place. He still had a firm lead for the championship. Tyrrell took a small lead in the constructors’.
Fittipaldi 35
Stewart 28
Cevert 18
Tyrrell 36
Lotus 35
McLaren 16
Stewart won again in Monaco, shortening Fittipaldi’s once menacing lead, with the difference now four points. Tyrrell extended their lead from Lotus to four points as well. In Sweden, Denny Hulme won for McLaren, the first win for the team. Fittipaldi retired from the race but Stewart could only manage fifth place. In France Ronnie Peterson won his first of the season with Lotus. Stewart placed fourth and took the championship lead.
Stewart 42
Fittipaldi 41
Cevert 31
However, Peterson’s win meant that Lotus took the lead of the constructors!
Lotus 52 (56)
Tyrrell 55 (51)
McLaren 28
In Britain, Peter Revson won for McLaren, making him the first American to win a race in who knows how long (guessing 1961 from Dan Gurney or someone like that). Fittipaldi and Stewart failed to finish in the points so nothing changed much WDC wise. Lotus extended their lead from Tyrrell.
Stewart won in the Dutch Grand Prix, and extended his lead. Tyrrell took back the lead in the constructors’, and McLaren was clearly catching up.
Tyrrell 62 (66)
Lotus 58 (62)
McLaren 40
In Germany Stewart also won, with Cevert in second, and he took over second in the WDC. For some odd reason Wilson Fittipaldi finished ahead (5th) of his brother, Emerson (6th). Also, Jacky Ickx drove a McLaren (and finished third!!)
Peterson won in Austria and Stewart moved to second. Emerson Fittipaldi had only gotten one point in the last four races!!
Stewart 66
Cevert 45
E. Fittipaldi 42
Tyrrell 77 (81)
Lotus 68 (72)
McLaren 44
Fittipaldi then won in Italy, re-taking second place in the WDC. However, by then, Jackie Stewart had already won the drivers’ title. The constructors’ title was very close. With Fittipaldi placing second in Canada, the WCC looked like this:
Lotus 83 (87)
Tyrrell 82 (86)
McLaren 57
However, the championship race stalled when François Cevert was killed in the qualifying session of the USGP. Tyrrell pulled out of the GP and Lotus won the WCC by default.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top seven in first eight and top six in last seven counted
1st = Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell, 71pts
2nd = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 55pts
3rd = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 52pts
4th = François Cevert, Tyrrell, 47pts
5th = Peter Revson, McLaren, 39pts
6th = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 29pts
7th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 17pts
8th = James Hunt, March, 15pts
9th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, BRM, 9pts
10th = Carlos Pace, Surtees, 7pts
11th = George Follmer, Shadow, 6pts
12th = Clay Regazzoni, BRM, 5pts
T-13th = Jackie Oliver, Shadow, 4pts [3rd]
T-13th = Jacky Ickx, McLaren (?), 4pts [3rd]
15th = Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham, 4pts [5th]
16th = Andrea de Adamich, Brabham, 3pts [4th]
T-17th = Niki Lauda, BRM, 3pts [5th]
T-17th = Howden Ganley, Iso Marlboro, 3pts [5th]
T-19th = Chris Amon, Tecno*, 1pt [6th]
T-19th = Gijs van Lennep, Iso Marlboro, 1pt [6th]
*No, I am not kidding when I say that a team called Tecno won a point in Formula One.
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Same as drivers, only best car from each team counted
1st = Lotus, 92pts (96)
2nd = Tyrrell, 82pts (86)
3rd = McLaren, 60pts
4th = Brabham 24pts
5th = March, 15pts [2nd]
6th = BRM, 15pts [4th]
7th = Shadow, 10pts
8th = Surtees, 7pts
9th = Iso Marlboro, 4pts
10th = Tecno, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina – Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil – Emerson Fittipaldi
South Africa – Jackie Stewart
Spain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Belgium – Jackie Stewart
Monaco – Jackie Stewart
Sweden – Denny Hulme
France – Ronnie Peterson
Britain – Peter Revson
Netherlands – Jackie Stewart
Germany – Jackie Stewart
Austria – Ronnie Peterson
Italy – Ronnie Peterson
Canada – Peter Revson
USA – Ronnie Peterson
After four races the championship race was becoming a blowout in favour of Emerson Fittipaldi.
E. Fittipaldi 31
Stewart 19
Cevert 12
The constructors’ title was far closer though:
Lotus 31
Tyrrell 27
McLaren 16
In Belgium Jackie Stewart won but Fittipaldi earned third place. He still had a firm lead for the championship. Tyrrell took a small lead in the constructors’.
Fittipaldi 35
Stewart 28
Cevert 18
Tyrrell 36
Lotus 35
McLaren 16
Stewart won again in Monaco, shortening Fittipaldi’s once menacing lead, with the difference now four points. Tyrrell extended their lead from Lotus to four points as well. In Sweden, Denny Hulme won for McLaren, the first win for the team. Fittipaldi retired from the race but Stewart could only manage fifth place. In France Ronnie Peterson won his first of the season with Lotus. Stewart placed fourth and took the championship lead.
Stewart 42
Fittipaldi 41
Cevert 31
However, Peterson’s win meant that Lotus took the lead of the constructors!
Lotus 52 (56)
Tyrrell 55 (51)
McLaren 28
In Britain, Peter Revson won for McLaren, making him the first American to win a race in who knows how long (guessing 1961 from Dan Gurney or someone like that). Fittipaldi and Stewart failed to finish in the points so nothing changed much WDC wise. Lotus extended their lead from Tyrrell.
Stewart won in the Dutch Grand Prix, and extended his lead. Tyrrell took back the lead in the constructors’, and McLaren was clearly catching up.
Tyrrell 62 (66)
Lotus 58 (62)
McLaren 40
In Germany Stewart also won, with Cevert in second, and he took over second in the WDC. For some odd reason Wilson Fittipaldi finished ahead (5th) of his brother, Emerson (6th). Also, Jacky Ickx drove a McLaren (and finished third!!)
Peterson won in Austria and Stewart moved to second. Emerson Fittipaldi had only gotten one point in the last four races!!
Stewart 66
Cevert 45
E. Fittipaldi 42
Tyrrell 77 (81)
Lotus 68 (72)
McLaren 44
Fittipaldi then won in Italy, re-taking second place in the WDC. However, by then, Jackie Stewart had already won the drivers’ title. The constructors’ title was very close. With Fittipaldi placing second in Canada, the WCC looked like this:
Lotus 83 (87)
Tyrrell 82 (86)
McLaren 57
However, the championship race stalled when François Cevert was killed in the qualifying session of the USGP. Tyrrell pulled out of the GP and Lotus won the WCC by default.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top seven in first eight and top six in last seven counted
1st = Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell, 71pts
2nd = Emerson Fittipaldi, Lotus, 55pts
3rd = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 52pts
4th = François Cevert, Tyrrell, 47pts
5th = Peter Revson, McLaren, 39pts
6th = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 29pts
7th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 17pts
8th = James Hunt, March, 15pts
9th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, BRM, 9pts
10th = Carlos Pace, Surtees, 7pts
11th = George Follmer, Shadow, 6pts
12th = Clay Regazzoni, BRM, 5pts
T-13th = Jackie Oliver, Shadow, 4pts [3rd]
T-13th = Jacky Ickx, McLaren (?), 4pts [3rd]
15th = Wilson Fittipaldi, Brabham, 4pts [5th]
16th = Andrea de Adamich, Brabham, 3pts [4th]
T-17th = Niki Lauda, BRM, 3pts [5th]
T-17th = Howden Ganley, Iso Marlboro, 3pts [5th]
T-19th = Chris Amon, Tecno*, 1pt [6th]
T-19th = Gijs van Lennep, Iso Marlboro, 1pt [6th]
*No, I am not kidding when I say that a team called Tecno won a point in Formula One.
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Same as drivers, only best car from each team counted
1st = Lotus, 92pts (96)
2nd = Tyrrell, 82pts (86)
3rd = McLaren, 60pts
4th = Brabham 24pts
5th = March, 15pts [2nd]
6th = BRM, 15pts [4th]
7th = Shadow, 10pts
8th = Surtees, 7pts
9th = Iso Marlboro, 4pts
10th = Tecno, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina – Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil – Emerson Fittipaldi
South Africa – Jackie Stewart
Spain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Belgium – Jackie Stewart
Monaco – Jackie Stewart
Sweden – Denny Hulme
France – Ronnie Peterson
Britain – Peter Revson
Netherlands – Jackie Stewart
Germany – Jackie Stewart
Austria – Ronnie Peterson
Italy – Ronnie Peterson
Canada – Peter Revson
USA – Ronnie Peterson
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
It was the first win for an American since Gurney in Belgium 1967, just to answer your question.
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Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
tommykl wrote:It was the first win for an American since Gurney in Belgium 1967, just to answer your question.
Thanks.
1974
After three races, the standings looked surprisingly like this:
M. Hailwood 13
C. Reutemann 12
JP. Beltoise 10
D. Hulme 9
E. Fittipaldi 9
Mike Hailwood had been the most consistent at that point in the season; scoring two podiums and another fourth place finish. Reutemann, Hulme and Fittipaldi all had won but had not been consistent enough to take the lead in the championship. McLaren had taken a huge lead in the constructors’:
McLaren 22
Brabham 12
BRM 10
In Spain, Fittipaldi beat everybody by a lap. Hailwood failed to score, so Fittipaldi’s championship lead was his. McLaren extended their constructors’ lead as well. Hans Joachim Stuck earned second place in Spain.-
Fittipaldi 18
Hailwood 13
Reutemann 12
Hulme 12
Fittipaldi won again in Belgium, but this time another obscure driver, Jody Scheckter, earned second place in the race. Ronnie Peterson then won in Monaco, with Scheckter again earning second place (and rising to second in the WDC, behind a dominating Fittipaldi).
Fittipaldi 30
Scheckter 16
Hailwood 15
Hulme 15
Beltoise 14
McLaren 43
Tyrrell 22
Lotus 15
Then, out of nowhere, Tyrrell produced a 1-2 with Scheckter winning the race. Tyrrell and Jody Scheckter were catching up.
Fittipaldi 33
Scheckter 25
Hailwood 15
McLaren 46
Tyrrell 31
Lotus 15
However, in the Netherlands, Fittipaldi won again, with Hailwood placing second. In France, Peterson won by a good margin. Then Scheckter won in Britain, and the championship lead for Emerson Fittipaldi had shrunk to four points.
Fittipaldi 48
Scheckter 44
Hailwood 23
McLaren 61 (64)
Tyrrell 50
Lotus 29
And Scheckter won again in Germany, this time without Emerson Fittipaldi even finishing in the points! Tyrrell was two points behind McLaren in the constructors’ championship.
Scheckter 53
Fittipaldi 48
Peterson 25
McLaren 61 (64)
Tyrrell 59
Lotus 33
Carlos Reutemann then won in Austria. Thanks to Hulme’s second place, McLaren got a better points lead over Tyrrell. In Italy, Peterson won, followed by Fittipaldi in second and Scheckter in third. Scheckter’s lead had shortened to three points, with two races to go.
Scheckter 57
Fittipaldi 54
Peterson 34
McLaren 73 (76)
Tyrrell 63
Lotus 42
In Canada, Scheckter had a problem with the brakes and retired on Lap 48. Fittipaldi won the race, and retook the championship lead. Scheckter would have to win in the USA to win the championship. However, the constructors’ championship had been locked up, McLaren’s win with Fittipaldi had given them the constructors’ title with one race to go.
In the USGP, Scheckter had a problem with the Fuel system and retired on Lap 44, handing Fittipaldi the championship by default. Reutemann won ahead of teammate Carlos Pace.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top seven in first eight and top six in last seven count for the championship
1st = Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren, 66pts
2nd = Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell, 57pts
3rd = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 40pts
4th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 39pts
5th = Denny Hulme, McLaren, 29pts
6th = Mike Hailwood, McLaren, 23pts
7th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 21pts
8th = Jacky Ickx, Lotus, 17pts
9th = James Hunt, Hesketh, 16pts
10th = Jean-Pierre Beltoise, BRM, 14pts
11th = Carlos Pace, Surtees, 12pts
12th = Hans Joachim Stuck, March, 9pts [2nd]
13th = John Watson, Brabham, 9pts [4th]
14th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Shadow, 6pts
15th = Arturo Merzario, Iso Marlboro, 4pts
16th = Tom Pryce, Shadow, 3pts [5th]
17th = Graham Hill, Lola, 3pts [6th]
T-18th = Brian Redman, Shadow, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Vittorio Brambilla, March, 2pts [5th]
T-20th = Howden Ganley, March, 1pt [6th]
T-20th = David Hobbs, McLaren, 1pt [6th]
T-20th = Mario Andretti, Parnelli, 1pt [6th]
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top seven in first eight and top six in last seven count for the championship, best car from each team counts
1st = McLaren, 85pts (88)
2nd = Tyrrell, 67pts
3rd = Lotus, 48pts
4th = Brabham, 45pts
5th = Hesketh, 16pts
6th = BRM, 14pts
7th = March, 12pts
8th = Shadow, 11pts
9th = Surtees, 4pts [3rd]
10th = Iso Marlboro, 4pts [4th]
11th = Lola, 3pts
12th = Parnelli, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina – Denny Hulme
Brazil – Emerson Fittipaldi
South Africa – Carlos Reutemann
Spain – Emerson Fittipaldi
Belgium – Emerson Fittipaldi
Monaco – Ronnie Peterson
Sweden – Jody Scheckter
Netherlands – Emerson Fittipaldi
France – Ronnie Peterson
Britain – Jody Scheckter
Germany – Jody Scheckter
Austria – Carlos Reutemann
Italy – Ronnie Peterson
Canada – Emerson Fittipaldi
USA – Carlos Reutemann
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Might be slower than I usually am since I am now officially in school, and it's kind of a big deal, if you know what I mean 
1975
After three races the championships looked like this:
E. Fittipaldi 15
C. Pace 12
C. Reutemann 11
Brabham 19
McLaren 17
Tyrrell 12
Fittipaldi, Pace and Scheckter all had won a race so far in the season. In Spain, Jochen Mass won his first grand prix, but it was cut short, causing the half points to be given out. The championships now looked like this:
Fittipaldi 15
Reutemann 13
Pace 12
McLaren 21.5
Brabham 21
Tyrrell 12
Fittipaldi won in Monaco and Scheckter won in Belgium. The drivers’ championship was pulling away in Fittipaldi’s favour, but the constructors’ was far different.
Fittipaldi 26
Pace 19
Reutemann 19
Scheckter 19
Brabham 33
McLaren 32.5
Tyrrell 24
In Sweden Reutemann managed to win in his Brabham, with Mario Andretti’s Parnelli placing second and Mark Donohue’s Penske placing third. At the halfway point, the standings looked as so:
Reutemann 28
Fittipaldi 27
Scheckter 21
Brabham 40 (42)
McLaren 33.5 (31.5)
Tyrrell 26
In the Netherlands Fittipaldi’s engine failed allowing Reutemann’s second place to gain a huge advantage in the drivers’ standings. James Hunt managed to win in his Hesketh. Hunt won again in France, causing many to believe Hunt’s talent. Fittipaldi placed third while Reutemann failed to finish in the points being a lap down. A somewhat odd hailstorm marred the British Grand Prix, but it didn’t really mean much as Reutemann had an engine failure early in the race. Fittipaldi won to take the lead back in the championship.
Fittipaldi 40
Reutemann 34
Hunt 30
Brabham 52 (54)
McLaren 46.5 (48.5)
Tyrrell 32
Amazingly in Germany, Fittipaldi managed to have suspension problems and Reutemann won the race. The battle was now 43-40 between the two. Also, Tom Pryce managed to podium the Shadow, as well Alan Jones, Gijs Van Lennep and Lella Lombardi managed to score points. In Austria, rain had shortened the race, with Vittorio Brambilla being declared the winner, and Tom Pryce managing another podium (albeit only half points). Brabham were five points away from taking away the constructors’, but with two races to go, the drivers’ championship was far from over.
Reutemann 43
Fittipaldi 40
Hunt 33
Brabham 61 (63)
McLaren 48 (50)
Hesketh 33
In true championship fashion, Fittipaldi scored first and Reutemann scored second. Fittipaldi took the championship lead on the fact that he had four wins compared to Reutemann’s two. On the other hand, Brabham won the constructors’ championship with a race to go. It was now a battle for third as Hesketh and Tyrrell were 3.5 points apart.
However, all hopes for a championship classic were damaged as Reutemann suffered an engine failure on Lap 10. Fittipaldi wound up winning the race. Even though Brabham had won the constructors’ it was interesting to see McLaren win and be one point away from the lead, but the crown belonged to Brabham.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, best six results from first and last races count
1st = Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren, 58pts
2nd = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 49pts
3rd = James Hunt, Hesketh, 41pts
4th = Carlos Pace, Brabham, 29pts
5th = Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell, 28.5 pts
6th = Jochen Mass, McLaren, 26pts
7th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 18pts
8th = Tom Pryce, Shadow, 15pts
9th = Mario Andretti, Parnelli, 9pts
10th = Mark Donohue, Penske/March, 9pts
11th = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 8pts
12th = Vittorio Brambilla, March, 7.5pts
13th = Jacques Laffite, Williams, 6pts [2nd]
14th = Tony Brise, Hill, 6pts [4th]
15th = Jacky Ickx, Lotus, 4pts
16th = Alan Jones, Lotus, 3pts
17th = Gijs Van Lennep, Ensign, 2pts
18th = Jean Pierre Jarier, Shadow, 1.5 pts [4th]
19th = Lella Lombardi, March, 1.5pts [6th x2]
20th = Rolf Stommelen, Hill, 1pt
Constructors’ Standings
Same as above, best car from each team counts
1st = Brabham, 67pts (69)
2nd = McLaren, 66pts (68)
3rd = Hesketh, 41pts
4th = Tyrrell, 36.5pts
5th = Shadow, 16.5pts
6th = Lotus, 12pts
7th = Parnelli, 11pts
8th = Hill, 10pts
9th = March, 9.5pts
10th = Penske, 7pts
11th = Williams, 6pts
12th = Ensign, 2pts
Race Winners
Argentina = Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil = Carlos Pace
South Africa = Jody Scheckter
Spain = Jochen Mass*
Monaco = Emerson Fittipaldi
Belgium = Jody Scheckter
Sweden = Carlos Reutemann
Netherlands = James Hunt
France = James Hunt
Britain = Emerson Fittipaldi
Germany = Carlos Reutemann
Austria = Vittorio Brambilla*
Italy = Emerson Fittipaldi
USA = Emerson Fittipaldi
*Race stopped before 75% mark.
1975
After three races the championships looked like this:
E. Fittipaldi 15
C. Pace 12
C. Reutemann 11
Brabham 19
McLaren 17
Tyrrell 12
Fittipaldi, Pace and Scheckter all had won a race so far in the season. In Spain, Jochen Mass won his first grand prix, but it was cut short, causing the half points to be given out. The championships now looked like this:
Fittipaldi 15
Reutemann 13
Pace 12
McLaren 21.5
Brabham 21
Tyrrell 12
Fittipaldi won in Monaco and Scheckter won in Belgium. The drivers’ championship was pulling away in Fittipaldi’s favour, but the constructors’ was far different.
Fittipaldi 26
Pace 19
Reutemann 19
Scheckter 19
Brabham 33
McLaren 32.5
Tyrrell 24
In Sweden Reutemann managed to win in his Brabham, with Mario Andretti’s Parnelli placing second and Mark Donohue’s Penske placing third. At the halfway point, the standings looked as so:
Reutemann 28
Fittipaldi 27
Scheckter 21
Brabham 40 (42)
McLaren 33.5 (31.5)
Tyrrell 26
In the Netherlands Fittipaldi’s engine failed allowing Reutemann’s second place to gain a huge advantage in the drivers’ standings. James Hunt managed to win in his Hesketh. Hunt won again in France, causing many to believe Hunt’s talent. Fittipaldi placed third while Reutemann failed to finish in the points being a lap down. A somewhat odd hailstorm marred the British Grand Prix, but it didn’t really mean much as Reutemann had an engine failure early in the race. Fittipaldi won to take the lead back in the championship.
Fittipaldi 40
Reutemann 34
Hunt 30
Brabham 52 (54)
McLaren 46.5 (48.5)
Tyrrell 32
Amazingly in Germany, Fittipaldi managed to have suspension problems and Reutemann won the race. The battle was now 43-40 between the two. Also, Tom Pryce managed to podium the Shadow, as well Alan Jones, Gijs Van Lennep and Lella Lombardi managed to score points. In Austria, rain had shortened the race, with Vittorio Brambilla being declared the winner, and Tom Pryce managing another podium (albeit only half points). Brabham were five points away from taking away the constructors’, but with two races to go, the drivers’ championship was far from over.
Reutemann 43
Fittipaldi 40
Hunt 33
Brabham 61 (63)
McLaren 48 (50)
Hesketh 33
In true championship fashion, Fittipaldi scored first and Reutemann scored second. Fittipaldi took the championship lead on the fact that he had four wins compared to Reutemann’s two. On the other hand, Brabham won the constructors’ championship with a race to go. It was now a battle for third as Hesketh and Tyrrell were 3.5 points apart.
However, all hopes for a championship classic were damaged as Reutemann suffered an engine failure on Lap 10. Fittipaldi wound up winning the race. Even though Brabham had won the constructors’ it was interesting to see McLaren win and be one point away from the lead, but the crown belonged to Brabham.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, best six results from first and last races count
1st = Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren, 58pts
2nd = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 49pts
3rd = James Hunt, Hesketh, 41pts
4th = Carlos Pace, Brabham, 29pts
5th = Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell, 28.5 pts
6th = Jochen Mass, McLaren, 26pts
7th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 18pts
8th = Tom Pryce, Shadow, 15pts
9th = Mario Andretti, Parnelli, 9pts
10th = Mark Donohue, Penske/March, 9pts
11th = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 8pts
12th = Vittorio Brambilla, March, 7.5pts
13th = Jacques Laffite, Williams, 6pts [2nd]
14th = Tony Brise, Hill, 6pts [4th]
15th = Jacky Ickx, Lotus, 4pts
16th = Alan Jones, Lotus, 3pts
17th = Gijs Van Lennep, Ensign, 2pts
18th = Jean Pierre Jarier, Shadow, 1.5 pts [4th]
19th = Lella Lombardi, March, 1.5pts [6th x2]
20th = Rolf Stommelen, Hill, 1pt
Constructors’ Standings
Same as above, best car from each team counts
1st = Brabham, 67pts (69)
2nd = McLaren, 66pts (68)
3rd = Hesketh, 41pts
4th = Tyrrell, 36.5pts
5th = Shadow, 16.5pts
6th = Lotus, 12pts
7th = Parnelli, 11pts
8th = Hill, 10pts
9th = March, 9.5pts
10th = Penske, 7pts
11th = Williams, 6pts
12th = Ensign, 2pts
Race Winners
Argentina = Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil = Carlos Pace
South Africa = Jody Scheckter
Spain = Jochen Mass*
Monaco = Emerson Fittipaldi
Belgium = Jody Scheckter
Sweden = Carlos Reutemann
Netherlands = James Hunt
France = James Hunt
Britain = Emerson Fittipaldi
Germany = Carlos Reutemann
Austria = Vittorio Brambilla*
Italy = Emerson Fittipaldi
USA = Emerson Fittipaldi
*Race stopped before 75% mark.
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Another one!
1976
Emerson Fittipaldi, the three-time world champion, made a bizarre move by moving to his brothers’ team in Fittipaldi Automotive. Patrick Depailler won in Brazil, with Tom Pryce placing second. James Hunt would win in South Africa. Depailler then won again in Long Beach (with Emerson Fittipaldi earning a respectable fourth), and the standings looked like this:
Depailler 18
Mass 12
Hunt 9
Tyrrell 22
McLaren 15
Shadow 9
Hunt won again in Spain, and Depailler failed to score, meaning that the two were tied up. Jacques Laffite managed to win in the Ligier, giving the team their first win (as well as Laffite’s first win) Jody Scheckter also earned second place in the brand new six wheeler.
Depailler 18
Hunt 18
Mass 15
Laffite 15
Tyrrell 28
McLaren 27
Ligier 15
Amazingly, the six wheeler worked, giving Tyrrell a 1-2 in Monaco, with Scheckter in first and Depailler in second. Depailler took the lead in the championship but Scheckter was closely behind. It followed with another Scheckter-Depailler 1-2 in Sweden. Tyrrell mania cooled down in France when James Hunt won. But Depailler did take second place. John Watson also placed third in the race.
Depailler 36
Scheckter 32
Hunt 30
Tyrrell 52
McLaren 40 (42)
Ligier 19
Hunt initially won in Britain, but Tyrrell appealed to the FIA and Hunt was DSQ’d, allowing Scheckter to win the race, and John Watson somehow placed second. Scheckter had won the three out of the last four races. Tyrrell was pulling away from the Constructors’ Championship. Hunt then won in Germany. Soon he had displaced Depailler of second place. Hunt was catching up to Scheckter.
Scheckter 47
Hunt 39
Depailler 36
Tyrrell 67
McLaren 49 (51)
Ligier 19
Watson somehow won with Penske in Austria. Hunt won again in the Dutch GP. Now Hunt had a one-point championship lead over Scheckter.
Hunt 51
Scheckter 50
Depailler 37
Tyrrell 70
McLaren 61 (63)
Ligier 25
Ronnie Peterson somehow won in Italy with March. Scheckter placed third and Hunt had spun off on Lap 11 – Scheckter had the championship lead! But Hunt had won in Canada with Depailler in second. Hunt had a three point lead over Scheckter now. Even the constructors’ championship was close!
Hunt 60
Scheckter 57
Depailler 46
Tyrrell 80
McLaren 70 (72)
Ligier 31
Hunt won again in Watkins Glen, this time with Scheckter in second. Hunt had a six-point lead over Scheckter. Either Scheckter or Depailler had to place fifth or higher to win the constructors’, but Scheckter had to win and Hunt place fifth or lower to win the Drivers’ championship. In Japan his championship hopes ended anti-climatically as he was way off the pace early on and eventually retired on Lap 58 due to overheating. On the other hand, Mario Andretti won the race with Depailler second, and Tyrrell won the constructors’ championship.
It should be noted that Hunt won SEVEN races this season!
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, best seven from first and last eight count
1st = James Hunt, McLaren, 73pts
2nd = Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell, 63pts
3rd = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 52pts
4th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 32pts
5th = Jochen Mass, McLaren, 28pts
6th = John Watson, Penske, 26pts
7th = Mario Andretti, Parnelli/Lotus, 25pts
8th = Tom Pryce, Shadow, 17pts
9th = Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus, 14pts
10th = Ronnie Peterson, March, 12pts
11th = Hans Joachim Stuck, March, 11pts [3rd x2]
12th = Alan Jones, Surtees, 11pts [3rd x1]
13th = Carlos Pace, Brabham, 10pts
14th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 7pts
15th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 4pts [3rd]
16th = Chris Amon, Ensign, 4pts [4th]
17th = Vittorio Brambilla, March, 4pts [5th x2]
18th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Shadow, 2pts [5th]
19th = Jacky Ickx, Wolf-Williams, 2pts [6th x2]
T-20th = Larry Perkins, Boro, 1pt
T-20th = Harald Ertl, Hesketh, 1pt
T-20th = Rolf Stommelen, Brabham, 1pt
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, same as Drivers, best car from each team counts
1st = Tyrrell, 92pts
2nd = McLaren, 83pts (85)
3rd = Lotus, 33pts
4th = Ligier, 32pts
5th = Penske, 26pts
6th = March, 25pts
7th = Shadow, 19pts
8th = Brahbam, 12pts
9th = Surtees, 11pts
10th = Fittipaldi, 7pts
11th = Ensign, 4pts
12th = Parnelli, 2pts [5th]
13th = Wolf-Williams, 2pts [6th x2]
T-14th = Boro, 1pt
T-14th = Hesketh, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil = Patrick Depailler
South Africa = James Hunt
US West = Patrick Depailler
Spain = James Hunt
Belgium = Jacques Laffite
Monaco = Jody Scheckter
Sweden = Jody Scheckter
France = James Hunt
Britain = Jody Scheckter
Germany = James Hunt
Austria = John Watson
Netherlands = James Hunt
Italy = Ronnie Peterson
Canada = James Hunt
USA = James Hunt
Japan = Mario Andretti
1976
Emerson Fittipaldi, the three-time world champion, made a bizarre move by moving to his brothers’ team in Fittipaldi Automotive. Patrick Depailler won in Brazil, with Tom Pryce placing second. James Hunt would win in South Africa. Depailler then won again in Long Beach (with Emerson Fittipaldi earning a respectable fourth), and the standings looked like this:
Depailler 18
Mass 12
Hunt 9
Tyrrell 22
McLaren 15
Shadow 9
Hunt won again in Spain, and Depailler failed to score, meaning that the two were tied up. Jacques Laffite managed to win in the Ligier, giving the team their first win (as well as Laffite’s first win) Jody Scheckter also earned second place in the brand new six wheeler.
Depailler 18
Hunt 18
Mass 15
Laffite 15
Tyrrell 28
McLaren 27
Ligier 15
Amazingly, the six wheeler worked, giving Tyrrell a 1-2 in Monaco, with Scheckter in first and Depailler in second. Depailler took the lead in the championship but Scheckter was closely behind. It followed with another Scheckter-Depailler 1-2 in Sweden. Tyrrell mania cooled down in France when James Hunt won. But Depailler did take second place. John Watson also placed third in the race.
Depailler 36
Scheckter 32
Hunt 30
Tyrrell 52
McLaren 40 (42)
Ligier 19
Hunt initially won in Britain, but Tyrrell appealed to the FIA and Hunt was DSQ’d, allowing Scheckter to win the race, and John Watson somehow placed second. Scheckter had won the three out of the last four races. Tyrrell was pulling away from the Constructors’ Championship. Hunt then won in Germany. Soon he had displaced Depailler of second place. Hunt was catching up to Scheckter.
Scheckter 47
Hunt 39
Depailler 36
Tyrrell 67
McLaren 49 (51)
Ligier 19
Watson somehow won with Penske in Austria. Hunt won again in the Dutch GP. Now Hunt had a one-point championship lead over Scheckter.
Hunt 51
Scheckter 50
Depailler 37
Tyrrell 70
McLaren 61 (63)
Ligier 25
Ronnie Peterson somehow won in Italy with March. Scheckter placed third and Hunt had spun off on Lap 11 – Scheckter had the championship lead! But Hunt had won in Canada with Depailler in second. Hunt had a three point lead over Scheckter now. Even the constructors’ championship was close!
Hunt 60
Scheckter 57
Depailler 46
Tyrrell 80
McLaren 70 (72)
Ligier 31
Hunt won again in Watkins Glen, this time with Scheckter in second. Hunt had a six-point lead over Scheckter. Either Scheckter or Depailler had to place fifth or higher to win the constructors’, but Scheckter had to win and Hunt place fifth or lower to win the Drivers’ championship. In Japan his championship hopes ended anti-climatically as he was way off the pace early on and eventually retired on Lap 58 due to overheating. On the other hand, Mario Andretti won the race with Depailler second, and Tyrrell won the constructors’ championship.
It should be noted that Hunt won SEVEN races this season!
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, best seven from first and last eight count
1st = James Hunt, McLaren, 73pts
2nd = Jody Scheckter, Tyrrell, 63pts
3rd = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 52pts
4th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 32pts
5th = Jochen Mass, McLaren, 28pts
6th = John Watson, Penske, 26pts
7th = Mario Andretti, Parnelli/Lotus, 25pts
8th = Tom Pryce, Shadow, 17pts
9th = Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus, 14pts
10th = Ronnie Peterson, March, 12pts
11th = Hans Joachim Stuck, March, 11pts [3rd x2]
12th = Alan Jones, Surtees, 11pts [3rd x1]
13th = Carlos Pace, Brabham, 10pts
14th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 7pts
15th = Carlos Reutemann, Brabham, 4pts [3rd]
16th = Chris Amon, Ensign, 4pts [4th]
17th = Vittorio Brambilla, March, 4pts [5th x2]
18th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Shadow, 2pts [5th]
19th = Jacky Ickx, Wolf-Williams, 2pts [6th x2]
T-20th = Larry Perkins, Boro, 1pt
T-20th = Harald Ertl, Hesketh, 1pt
T-20th = Rolf Stommelen, Brabham, 1pt
Constructors’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, same as Drivers, best car from each team counts
1st = Tyrrell, 92pts
2nd = McLaren, 83pts (85)
3rd = Lotus, 33pts
4th = Ligier, 32pts
5th = Penske, 26pts
6th = March, 25pts
7th = Shadow, 19pts
8th = Brahbam, 12pts
9th = Surtees, 11pts
10th = Fittipaldi, 7pts
11th = Ensign, 4pts
12th = Parnelli, 2pts [5th]
13th = Wolf-Williams, 2pts [6th x2]
T-14th = Boro, 1pt
T-14th = Hesketh, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil = Patrick Depailler
South Africa = James Hunt
US West = Patrick Depailler
Spain = James Hunt
Belgium = Jacques Laffite
Monaco = Jody Scheckter
Sweden = Jody Scheckter
France = James Hunt
Britain = Jody Scheckter
Germany = James Hunt
Austria = John Watson
Netherlands = James Hunt
Italy = Ronnie Peterson
Canada = James Hunt
USA = James Hunt
Japan = Mario Andretti
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1977
I had a season review for this year but a power outage prevented that. I’ll sum up the season briefly.
The drivers’ championship wasn’t really exciting until three races to go. At that time, Jody Scheckter of the Wolf team had a nine-point lead over Mario Andretti of Lotus. Lotus was leading Wolf in the Constructors’ by 10 points. James Hunt won in Watkins Glen and the championship race with two to go was so:
Scheckter 58
Andretti 51
Hunt 37
Lotus 70
McLaren 60
Wolf 58
Then in Canada, Scheckter won to clinch the drivers’ championship. It was one of the number of home soil instances this season: Scheckter won in South Africa, Andretti won in the US West GP and Hunt won in Britain. Jacques Laffite won twice, in Sweden and in Holland. Hunt, Andretti, Gunnar Nilsson and Alan Jones also won a race as well.
With a race to go the Constructors’ Championship was close:
Lotus 70
Wolf 67
McLaren 64
Hunt won the last race in Japan. None of the other top teams scored points, so McLaren won the constructors’ championship!
Drivers’ Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, Best eight in first nine and best seven in last eight races count
1st = Jody Scheckter, Wolf, 67pts
2nd = Mario Andretti, Andretti, 51pts
3rd = James Hunt, McLaren, 46pts
4th = Jochen Mass, McLaren, 34pts
5th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 29pts (1st x2)
6th = Alan Jones, Shadow, 29pts (1st X1)
7th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 26pts
8th = Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus, 25pts
9th = Hans Joachim Stuck, Brahbam, 22pts
10th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 17pts
11th = Ronnie Peterson, Tyrrell, 12pts (1 2nd, 1 3rd)
12th = John Watson, Brabham, 12pts (1 2nd, 1 4th)
13th = Vittorio Brambilla, Surtees, 12pts (2 4ths)
14th = Clay Regazzoni, Ensign, 11pts
15th = Patrick Tambay, Ensign, 8pts
16th = Carlos Pace, Brabham, 6pts
17th = Renzo Zorzi, Shadow, 3pts (4th)
18th = Rupert Keegan, Hesketh, 3pts (5th)
T-19th = Ingo Hoffman, Fittipaldi, 2pts (5th)
T-19th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Penske, 2pts (5th)
T-19th = Vern Schuppan, Surtees, 2pts (5th)
T-19th = Riccardo Patrese, Shadow, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd = Alex Ribeiro, March, 1pt (6th)
T-23rd = Hans Binder, Penske, 1pt (6th)
T-23rd = Patrick Neve, March, 1pt (6th)
Constructors' Championship
Same as above, top car from each team counts
1st = McLaren, 73pts
2nd = Lotus, 70pts
3rd = Wolf, 67pts
4th = Brabham, 39pts
5th = Tyrrell, 38pts
6th = Shadow, 32pts
7th = Ligier, 29pts
8th = Ensign, 19pts
9th = Fittipaldi, 17pts
10th = Surtees, 12pts
T-11th = Penske, 3pts (5th)
T-11th = Hesketh, 3pts (5th)
13th = March, 2pts
Race Winners
Argentina = Jody Scheckter
Brazil = James Hunt (Five people finished the race)
South Africa = Jody Scheckter
US West = Mario Andretti
Spain = Mario Andretti
Monaco = Jody Scheckter
Belgium = Gunnar Nilsson
Sweden = Jacques Laffite
France = Mario Andretti
Britain = James Hunt
Germany = Jody Scheckter
Austria = Alan Jones
Netherlands = Jacques Laffite
Italy = Mario Andretti
USA = James Hunt
Canada = Jody Scheckter
Japan = James Hunt
I had a season review for this year but a power outage prevented that. I’ll sum up the season briefly.
The drivers’ championship wasn’t really exciting until three races to go. At that time, Jody Scheckter of the Wolf team had a nine-point lead over Mario Andretti of Lotus. Lotus was leading Wolf in the Constructors’ by 10 points. James Hunt won in Watkins Glen and the championship race with two to go was so:
Scheckter 58
Andretti 51
Hunt 37
Lotus 70
McLaren 60
Wolf 58
Then in Canada, Scheckter won to clinch the drivers’ championship. It was one of the number of home soil instances this season: Scheckter won in South Africa, Andretti won in the US West GP and Hunt won in Britain. Jacques Laffite won twice, in Sweden and in Holland. Hunt, Andretti, Gunnar Nilsson and Alan Jones also won a race as well.
With a race to go the Constructors’ Championship was close:
Lotus 70
Wolf 67
McLaren 64
Hunt won the last race in Japan. None of the other top teams scored points, so McLaren won the constructors’ championship!
Drivers’ Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, Best eight in first nine and best seven in last eight races count
1st = Jody Scheckter, Wolf, 67pts
2nd = Mario Andretti, Andretti, 51pts
3rd = James Hunt, McLaren, 46pts
4th = Jochen Mass, McLaren, 34pts
5th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 29pts (1st x2)
6th = Alan Jones, Shadow, 29pts (1st X1)
7th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 26pts
8th = Gunnar Nilsson, Lotus, 25pts
9th = Hans Joachim Stuck, Brahbam, 22pts
10th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 17pts
11th = Ronnie Peterson, Tyrrell, 12pts (1 2nd, 1 3rd)
12th = John Watson, Brabham, 12pts (1 2nd, 1 4th)
13th = Vittorio Brambilla, Surtees, 12pts (2 4ths)
14th = Clay Regazzoni, Ensign, 11pts
15th = Patrick Tambay, Ensign, 8pts
16th = Carlos Pace, Brabham, 6pts
17th = Renzo Zorzi, Shadow, 3pts (4th)
18th = Rupert Keegan, Hesketh, 3pts (5th)
T-19th = Ingo Hoffman, Fittipaldi, 2pts (5th)
T-19th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Penske, 2pts (5th)
T-19th = Vern Schuppan, Surtees, 2pts (5th)
T-19th = Riccardo Patrese, Shadow, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd = Alex Ribeiro, March, 1pt (6th)
T-23rd = Hans Binder, Penske, 1pt (6th)
T-23rd = Patrick Neve, March, 1pt (6th)
Constructors' Championship
Same as above, top car from each team counts
1st = McLaren, 73pts
2nd = Lotus, 70pts
3rd = Wolf, 67pts
4th = Brabham, 39pts
5th = Tyrrell, 38pts
6th = Shadow, 32pts
7th = Ligier, 29pts
8th = Ensign, 19pts
9th = Fittipaldi, 17pts
10th = Surtees, 12pts
T-11th = Penske, 3pts (5th)
T-11th = Hesketh, 3pts (5th)
13th = March, 2pts
Race Winners
Argentina = Jody Scheckter
Brazil = James Hunt (Five people finished the race)
South Africa = Jody Scheckter
US West = Mario Andretti
Spain = Mario Andretti
Monaco = Jody Scheckter
Belgium = Gunnar Nilsson
Sweden = Jacques Laffite
France = Mario Andretti
Britain = James Hunt
Germany = Jody Scheckter
Austria = Alan Jones
Netherlands = Jacques Laffite
Italy = Mario Andretti
USA = James Hunt
Canada = Jody Scheckter
Japan = James Hunt
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1978
The season started normally with Andretti winning in Argentina, but Emerson Fittipaldi won in Brazil in his brothers' car. Ronnie Peterson then went on to win in South Africa. The championships looked like so:
Andretti 13
Lauda 12
Peterson 11
Lotus 22
Brabham 16
Tyrrell 12
Andretti then won in the US West GP, repeating his feat last year. He also extended his championship lead. It wasn't much, as in Monaco, Depailler took a surprising win with Tyrrell! Andretti failed to score to Depailler took the championship lead! However, Andretti took it back with a win in Belgium. The constructors' is also heating up despite Lotus having the lead for the entirety of the season thus far. Another win for Andretti and a second place for Ronnie Peterson for Lotus (making it a 1-2) meant that Andretti had a 13 point lead over his teammate in the drivers' championship. It's pretty static at the constructors' championship as well with Lotus having a humongous 19 point lead over Tyrrell. Niki Lauda won in the infamous "Fan Car" with Riccardo Patrese of the Arrows team placing second in Sweden!
Andretti 40
Peterson 31
Lauda 27
Lotus 53
Brabham 33
Tyrrell 30
In France, Andretti led Lotus to yet another 1-2 finish for the team. Then Niki Lauda won again in Britain, without the Fan Car. It looked like it wasn't necessary for the team to win races, all they needed was luck and perseverance! Andretti won again in Germany but it would have been an otherwise unsurprising race without Jody Scheckter of the somehow-slower-than-usual Wolf team placing second! Ronnie Peterson finally won a race in Austria, with Emerson Fittipaldi in the non-backmarker Fittipaldi in third. The Drivers' championship was heating up but Lotus was two points away from clinching the constructors'....
Andretti 58
Peterson 46
Lauda 36
Lotus 80
Brabham 46
Tyrrell 42
Andretti then took a 1-2 with Peterson to clinch the Constructors' with Lotus, and extended his championship lead to 17 points. Unfortunely, Peterson was fatally killed in Italy. Andretti scored two points while Niki Lauda won the race. Mario Andretti had won the championship by default with two races to go.
In Watkins Glen, Alan Jones won the first race for Williams (and Jones' second.) Scheckter placed second and JP Jabouille from Renault placed third. At the final race in Canada, Jody Scheckter surprisingly won with Riccardo Patrese in second. Derek Daly placed fourth in the Ensign.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top seven in first and last eight counts for the championship
1st = Mario Andretti, Lotus, 69pts
2nd = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 52pts
3rd = Niki Lauda, Brabham, 49pts
4th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 39pts
5th = Jody Scheckter, Wolf, 29pts
6th = John Watson, Brabham, 28pts
7th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 25pts
8th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 23pts
9th = Alan Jones, Williams, 15pts [1st]
10th = Riccardo Patrese, Arrows, 15pts [2nd x2]
11th = Patrick Tambay, McLaren, 12pts [4th x2]
12th = Dider Pironi, Tyrrell, 12pts [4th x1]
13th = James Hunt, McLaren, 9pts
14th = Clay Regazzoni, Shadow, 5pts
15th = Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault, 4pts
T-16th = Hans Joachim Stuck, Shadow, 3pts [4th]
T-16th = Derek Daly, Ensign, 3pts [4th]
T-18th = Brett Lunger, McLaren, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Vittorio Brambilla, Surtees, 2pts [5th]
20th = Bruno Giacomelli, McLaren, 2pts [6th x2]
T-21st = Jochen Mass, ATS, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Hector Rebaque, Lotus, 1pt [6th]
Constructors' Standings
Same as above, best car from each team counts for championship
1st = Lotus, 91pts
2nd = Brabham, 59pts
3rd = Tyrrell, 46pts
4th = Wolf, 29pts
5th = Ligier, 25pts
6th = Fittipaldi, 23pts
7th = McLaren, 21pts
8th = Williams, 15pts [1st]
9th = Arrows, 15pts [2nd x2]
10th = Shadow, 8pts
11th = Renault, 4pts
12th = Ensign, 3pts
13th = Surtees, 2pts
14th = ATS, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina = Mario Andretti
Brazil = Emerson Fittipaldi
South Africa = Ronnie Peterson
US West = Mario Andretti
Monaco = Patrick Depailler
Belgium = Mario Andretti
Spain = Mario Andretti
Sweden = Niki Lauda
France = Mario Andretti
Britain = Niki Lauda
Germany = Mario Andretti
Austria = Ronnie Peterson
Netherlands = Mario Andretti
Italy = Niki Lauda
USA = Alan Jones
Canada = Jody Scheckter
Now the era of one-car constructors' championships are over, I think
The season started normally with Andretti winning in Argentina, but Emerson Fittipaldi won in Brazil in his brothers' car. Ronnie Peterson then went on to win in South Africa. The championships looked like so:
Andretti 13
Lauda 12
Peterson 11
Lotus 22
Brabham 16
Tyrrell 12
Andretti then won in the US West GP, repeating his feat last year. He also extended his championship lead. It wasn't much, as in Monaco, Depailler took a surprising win with Tyrrell! Andretti failed to score to Depailler took the championship lead! However, Andretti took it back with a win in Belgium. The constructors' is also heating up despite Lotus having the lead for the entirety of the season thus far. Another win for Andretti and a second place for Ronnie Peterson for Lotus (making it a 1-2) meant that Andretti had a 13 point lead over his teammate in the drivers' championship. It's pretty static at the constructors' championship as well with Lotus having a humongous 19 point lead over Tyrrell. Niki Lauda won in the infamous "Fan Car" with Riccardo Patrese of the Arrows team placing second in Sweden!
Andretti 40
Peterson 31
Lauda 27
Lotus 53
Brabham 33
Tyrrell 30
In France, Andretti led Lotus to yet another 1-2 finish for the team. Then Niki Lauda won again in Britain, without the Fan Car. It looked like it wasn't necessary for the team to win races, all they needed was luck and perseverance! Andretti won again in Germany but it would have been an otherwise unsurprising race without Jody Scheckter of the somehow-slower-than-usual Wolf team placing second! Ronnie Peterson finally won a race in Austria, with Emerson Fittipaldi in the non-backmarker Fittipaldi in third. The Drivers' championship was heating up but Lotus was two points away from clinching the constructors'....
Andretti 58
Peterson 46
Lauda 36
Lotus 80
Brabham 46
Tyrrell 42
Andretti then took a 1-2 with Peterson to clinch the Constructors' with Lotus, and extended his championship lead to 17 points. Unfortunely, Peterson was fatally killed in Italy. Andretti scored two points while Niki Lauda won the race. Mario Andretti had won the championship by default with two races to go.
In Watkins Glen, Alan Jones won the first race for Williams (and Jones' second.) Scheckter placed second and JP Jabouille from Renault placed third. At the final race in Canada, Jody Scheckter surprisingly won with Riccardo Patrese in second. Derek Daly placed fourth in the Ensign.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top seven in first and last eight counts for the championship
1st = Mario Andretti, Lotus, 69pts
2nd = Ronnie Peterson, Lotus, 52pts
3rd = Niki Lauda, Brabham, 49pts
4th = Patrick Depailler, Tyrrell, 39pts
5th = Jody Scheckter, Wolf, 29pts
6th = John Watson, Brabham, 28pts
7th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 25pts
8th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 23pts
9th = Alan Jones, Williams, 15pts [1st]
10th = Riccardo Patrese, Arrows, 15pts [2nd x2]
11th = Patrick Tambay, McLaren, 12pts [4th x2]
12th = Dider Pironi, Tyrrell, 12pts [4th x1]
13th = James Hunt, McLaren, 9pts
14th = Clay Regazzoni, Shadow, 5pts
15th = Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault, 4pts
T-16th = Hans Joachim Stuck, Shadow, 3pts [4th]
T-16th = Derek Daly, Ensign, 3pts [4th]
T-18th = Brett Lunger, McLaren, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Vittorio Brambilla, Surtees, 2pts [5th]
20th = Bruno Giacomelli, McLaren, 2pts [6th x2]
T-21st = Jochen Mass, ATS, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Hector Rebaque, Lotus, 1pt [6th]
Constructors' Standings
Same as above, best car from each team counts for championship
1st = Lotus, 91pts
2nd = Brabham, 59pts
3rd = Tyrrell, 46pts
4th = Wolf, 29pts
5th = Ligier, 25pts
6th = Fittipaldi, 23pts
7th = McLaren, 21pts
8th = Williams, 15pts [1st]
9th = Arrows, 15pts [2nd x2]
10th = Shadow, 8pts
11th = Renault, 4pts
12th = Ensign, 3pts
13th = Surtees, 2pts
14th = ATS, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina = Mario Andretti
Brazil = Emerson Fittipaldi
South Africa = Ronnie Peterson
US West = Mario Andretti
Monaco = Patrick Depailler
Belgium = Mario Andretti
Spain = Mario Andretti
Sweden = Niki Lauda
France = Mario Andretti
Britain = Niki Lauda
Germany = Mario Andretti
Austria = Ronnie Peterson
Netherlands = Mario Andretti
Italy = Niki Lauda
USA = Alan Jones
Canada = Jody Scheckter
Now the era of one-car constructors' championships are over, I think
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1979
The season started out with Jacques Laffite winning for Ligier, followed by Carlos Reutemann of Lotus and John Watson of McLaren. It was the first year all the cars would score points for the constructors, but this year only the first four results from each half of the year would count for the drivers', meaning that at best, 8 out of 15 races would count for the championship.
Surprisingly in Brazil, Laffite won again, with teammate Patrick Depailler placing second. Then Jean-Pierre Jarier took a surprising win for Tyrrell in South Africa! Mario Andretti placed second in a slow Lotus and Nelson Piquet took his first two points of his career!
Laffite 18
Reutemann 14
Depailler 9
Jarier 9
Ligier 27
Lotus 22
Tyrrell 12
The season had more surprises as Alan Jones won in a Williams in Long Beach, California! Andretti placed second again, Eilo de Angelis finished in the points for the first time and Piquet finished in the points again! Amazingly, Laffite still maintained his championship lead, since neither him nor Carlos Reutemann did not score in the points.
However, in Spain, Depailler won and Reutemann did score points (as opposed to Laffite who didn't score at all) Laffite's lead had gone, and Ligiers' lead had disappeared... but Laffite got back on track by winning in Belgium! Reutemann had scored in third but due to the new rule he didn't gain any points and fell down to third!
Laffite 27
Depailler 22
Reutemann 20 (24)
Ligier 49
Lotus 42
Tyrrell 26
In Monaco, Clay Regazzoni won his first grand prix in years for Williams! Reutemann placed second but could only gain two points, meanwhile Depailler scored in fourth and couldn't gain anything at all! With the championships becoming closer as the season went on many people were questioning the points system used. Also in Monaco, only five cars classified at the finish! At the halfway point in France, Renault took a surprising but easy 1-2 finish as Jean-Pierre Jabouille won with Rene Arnoux finishing second place.
Laffite 28
Depailler 22 (25)
Reutemann 22 (30)
Ligier 53
Lotus 48
Tyrrell 29
In Britain Regazzoni won again by more than 25 seconds, with Arnoux once again placing second! Lotus were still in second in the constructors' despite not scoring a point since Monaco! (And that was due to the high attrition rate) It was the same only Alan Jones was the man of the day as he gave Williams a 1-2 in Germany! At that time Williams had catched up to Lotus who has now not scored in three races. However, Jones was nowhere close to being able to make a battle for the drivers' championship, but Regazzoni was! In Austria Jones won once again, showing Williams' dominance. Also, my ignorance has now been shown in its worse form as Jones is now second in the drivers' championship!
Laffite 38
Jones 31
Regazzoni 30
Ligier 65
Williams 61
Lotus 48
In the Netherlands, Jones won once again, but Laffite placed second, so he kept his championship lead by four points. Ligier held their lead over Williams by four points as well. With two races to go the championships were tight!
Laffite 44
Jones 40
Regazzoni 39
Williams 79
Ligier 74
Lotus 55
Alan Jones then went on to win in Canada, thus maxing out his points total. If Laffite gets less than third in Watkins Glen, Jones wins the championship. On the other hand, Williams' 1-2 (Regazzoni finished 2nd) meant that they clinched the constructors with a race to go - and they started their run just under halfway into the season!
In Watkins Glen, though, a championship fight was cut short at lap 3 as he spun off at the turn before the pit entrance, and the championship was won by Jones! Rene Arnoux took his first win in the last race of the season.
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, best four in first and last seven count for the championship
1st = Alan Jones, Williams, 49pts
2nd = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 44pts
3rd = Clay Regazzoni, Williams, 41pts (45)
4th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Tyrrell, 25pts
5th = Carlos Reutemann, Lotus, 24pts (32)
6th = Rene Arnoux, Renault, 24pts
7th = Didier Pironi, Tyrrell, 23pts
8th = Patrick Depailler, Ligier, 22pts (25)
9th = Mario Andretti, Lotus, 22pts [2nd]
10th = John Watson, McLaren, 22pts [4th]
11th = Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault, 9pts [1st]
12th = Niki Lauda, Brabham, 9pts [2nd]
13th = Jochen Mass, Arrows, 9pts [5th]
14th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 7pts
15th = Eilo de Angelis, Shadow, 6pts
16th = Jacky Ickx, Ligier, 5pts
17th = Hans Joachim Stuck, ATS, 4pts [4th]
18th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 4pts [6th]
19th = Riccardo Patrese, Arrows, 3pts
20th = Ricardo Zunino, Brabham, 2pts
T-21st = James Hunt, Wolf, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Patrick Tambay, McLaren, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Geoff Lees, Tyrrell, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Derek Daly, Tyrrell, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Hector Rebaque, Lotus, 1pt [6th]
Constructors' Championship
1st = Williams, 94pts
2nd = Ligier, 74pts
3rd = Lotus, 55pts
4th = Tyrrell, 50pts
5th = Renault, 33pts
6th = McLaren, 23pts
7th = Brabham, 18pts
8th = Arrows, 12pts
9th = Shadow, 6pts
10th = ATS, 4pts [4th]
11th = Fittipaldi, 4pts [6th]
12th = Wolf, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina - Jacques Laffite
Brazil - Jacques Laffite
South Africa - Jean-Pierre Jarier
US West - Alan Jones
Spain - Patrick Depailler
Belgium - Jacques Laffite
Monaco - Clay Regazzoni
France - Jean-Pierre Jarier
Britain - Clay Regazzoni
Germany - Alan Jones
Austria - Alan Jones
Netherlands - Alan Jones
Italy - Clay Regazzoni
Canada - Alan Jones
USA - Rene Arnoux
The season started out with Jacques Laffite winning for Ligier, followed by Carlos Reutemann of Lotus and John Watson of McLaren. It was the first year all the cars would score points for the constructors, but this year only the first four results from each half of the year would count for the drivers', meaning that at best, 8 out of 15 races would count for the championship.
Surprisingly in Brazil, Laffite won again, with teammate Patrick Depailler placing second. Then Jean-Pierre Jarier took a surprising win for Tyrrell in South Africa! Mario Andretti placed second in a slow Lotus and Nelson Piquet took his first two points of his career!
Laffite 18
Reutemann 14
Depailler 9
Jarier 9
Ligier 27
Lotus 22
Tyrrell 12
The season had more surprises as Alan Jones won in a Williams in Long Beach, California! Andretti placed second again, Eilo de Angelis finished in the points for the first time and Piquet finished in the points again! Amazingly, Laffite still maintained his championship lead, since neither him nor Carlos Reutemann did not score in the points.
However, in Spain, Depailler won and Reutemann did score points (as opposed to Laffite who didn't score at all) Laffite's lead had gone, and Ligiers' lead had disappeared... but Laffite got back on track by winning in Belgium! Reutemann had scored in third but due to the new rule he didn't gain any points and fell down to third!
Laffite 27
Depailler 22
Reutemann 20 (24)
Ligier 49
Lotus 42
Tyrrell 26
In Monaco, Clay Regazzoni won his first grand prix in years for Williams! Reutemann placed second but could only gain two points, meanwhile Depailler scored in fourth and couldn't gain anything at all! With the championships becoming closer as the season went on many people were questioning the points system used. Also in Monaco, only five cars classified at the finish! At the halfway point in France, Renault took a surprising but easy 1-2 finish as Jean-Pierre Jabouille won with Rene Arnoux finishing second place.
Laffite 28
Depailler 22 (25)
Reutemann 22 (30)
Ligier 53
Lotus 48
Tyrrell 29
In Britain Regazzoni won again by more than 25 seconds, with Arnoux once again placing second! Lotus were still in second in the constructors' despite not scoring a point since Monaco! (And that was due to the high attrition rate) It was the same only Alan Jones was the man of the day as he gave Williams a 1-2 in Germany! At that time Williams had catched up to Lotus who has now not scored in three races. However, Jones was nowhere close to being able to make a battle for the drivers' championship, but Regazzoni was! In Austria Jones won once again, showing Williams' dominance. Also, my ignorance has now been shown in its worse form as Jones is now second in the drivers' championship!
Laffite 38
Jones 31
Regazzoni 30
Ligier 65
Williams 61
Lotus 48
In the Netherlands, Jones won once again, but Laffite placed second, so he kept his championship lead by four points. Ligier held their lead over Williams by four points as well. With two races to go the championships were tight!
Laffite 44
Jones 40
Regazzoni 39
Williams 79
Ligier 74
Lotus 55
Alan Jones then went on to win in Canada, thus maxing out his points total. If Laffite gets less than third in Watkins Glen, Jones wins the championship. On the other hand, Williams' 1-2 (Regazzoni finished 2nd) meant that they clinched the constructors with a race to go - and they started their run just under halfway into the season!
In Watkins Glen, though, a championship fight was cut short at lap 3 as he spun off at the turn before the pit entrance, and the championship was won by Jones! Rene Arnoux took his first win in the last race of the season.
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, best four in first and last seven count for the championship
1st = Alan Jones, Williams, 49pts
2nd = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 44pts
3rd = Clay Regazzoni, Williams, 41pts (45)
4th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Tyrrell, 25pts
5th = Carlos Reutemann, Lotus, 24pts (32)
6th = Rene Arnoux, Renault, 24pts
7th = Didier Pironi, Tyrrell, 23pts
8th = Patrick Depailler, Ligier, 22pts (25)
9th = Mario Andretti, Lotus, 22pts [2nd]
10th = John Watson, McLaren, 22pts [4th]
11th = Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Renault, 9pts [1st]
12th = Niki Lauda, Brabham, 9pts [2nd]
13th = Jochen Mass, Arrows, 9pts [5th]
14th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 7pts
15th = Eilo de Angelis, Shadow, 6pts
16th = Jacky Ickx, Ligier, 5pts
17th = Hans Joachim Stuck, ATS, 4pts [4th]
18th = Emerson Fittipaldi, Fittipaldi, 4pts [6th]
19th = Riccardo Patrese, Arrows, 3pts
20th = Ricardo Zunino, Brabham, 2pts
T-21st = James Hunt, Wolf, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Patrick Tambay, McLaren, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Geoff Lees, Tyrrell, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Derek Daly, Tyrrell, 1pt [6th]
T-21st = Hector Rebaque, Lotus, 1pt [6th]
Constructors' Championship
1st = Williams, 94pts
2nd = Ligier, 74pts
3rd = Lotus, 55pts
4th = Tyrrell, 50pts
5th = Renault, 33pts
6th = McLaren, 23pts
7th = Brabham, 18pts
8th = Arrows, 12pts
9th = Shadow, 6pts
10th = ATS, 4pts [4th]
11th = Fittipaldi, 4pts [6th]
12th = Wolf, 1pt
Race Winners
Argentina - Jacques Laffite
Brazil - Jacques Laffite
South Africa - Jean-Pierre Jarier
US West - Alan Jones
Spain - Patrick Depailler
Belgium - Jacques Laffite
Monaco - Clay Regazzoni
France - Jean-Pierre Jarier
Britain - Clay Regazzoni
Germany - Alan Jones
Austria - Alan Jones
Netherlands - Alan Jones
Italy - Clay Regazzoni
Canada - Alan Jones
USA - Rene Arnoux
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1980...
was terrible for Ferrari. Consequently, this post is going to be frightingly quick. Ferrari only scored in five races, none of which had both cars scoring, and neither car was higher than 5th place. So, Alan Jones still wins the drivers' and Williams still wins the constructors'. I'm sure 1980 was a great year in F1 but it is very brief in this alternate championship. Instead of listing every driver I thought I could tell you who did gain off Ferrari's disappearance in no specific order.
Didier Pironi +1
Jochen Mass +1
Keke Rosberg +1
Emerson Fittipaldi +1
Mario Andretti +2
Hector Rebaque +1
Jean-Pierre Jarier +1
Tyrrell +2
Lotus +2
Arrows +1
Fittipaldi +2
Brabham +1
As far as I've known, this does not alter any (if at all) any positions in the championships, except probably Emerson Fittipaldi. But as much as I like him, I'm not going to list everybody else just to show that he was the only driver who really gained something.
Sorry about the letdown, but it's not really my fault...
was terrible for Ferrari. Consequently, this post is going to be frightingly quick. Ferrari only scored in five races, none of which had both cars scoring, and neither car was higher than 5th place. So, Alan Jones still wins the drivers' and Williams still wins the constructors'. I'm sure 1980 was a great year in F1 but it is very brief in this alternate championship. Instead of listing every driver I thought I could tell you who did gain off Ferrari's disappearance in no specific order.
Didier Pironi +1
Jochen Mass +1
Keke Rosberg +1
Emerson Fittipaldi +1
Mario Andretti +2
Hector Rebaque +1
Jean-Pierre Jarier +1
Tyrrell +2
Lotus +2
Arrows +1
Fittipaldi +2
Brabham +1
As far as I've known, this does not alter any (if at all) any positions in the championships, except probably Emerson Fittipaldi. But as much as I like him, I'm not going to list everybody else just to show that he was the only driver who really gained something.
Sorry about the letdown, but it's not really my fault...
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1981
1981 was the first year in F1 to have all championship points’ count towards the final standings! Hooray!
Starting off the season was Alan Jones winning in US West, with a Williams 1-2. Reutemann returned the favour with him leading the 1-2 in Brazil. Williams had a very strong lead in the constructors’! In Argentina Nelson Piquet won his first race with the Brabham team.
Reutemann 21
Jones 18
Piquet 13
Williams 39
Brabham 19
Renault 6
Piquet would win again in San Marino. At this time, Reutemann and Piquet were fighting for the championship very competitively. Williams, on the other hand, were dominating in the constructors’. In Belgium Reutemann won easily, with a Nigel Mansell from Lotus scoring third position. In a race where only five cars were classified, Alan Jones easily won in Monaco, with Tyrrell’s Eddie Cheever finishing in third, competiting with the Swiss driver Marc Surer. In Spain Jacques Laffite took a surprising win for Ligier! John Watsons’ McLaren placed second in the race as well.
Reutemann 38
Jones 28
Piquet 22
Williams 66
Brabham 25
Ligier 22
In France Alain Prost won his first race in front of the home crowd!! John Watson won in Britain, again in front of a home crowd! (And the first win for McLaren in who knows how long) Nelson Piquet then won in Germany. He was just 11 points behind Reutemann now. Jacques Laffite won again in Austria, but by a closer margin this time. Piquet was closing in on Reutemann and was helping Brabham close in on Williams in the constructors’, but it wasn’t helping much…
Reutemann 46
Piquet 39
Laffite 39
Williams 77
Brabham 47
Ligier 39
In the Netherlands, Alain Prost won again! Piquet’s second place meant he was one point off from the championship lead (!!!!!) The “Colombian” Eliseo Salazar scored a point as well. However, in Italy, Reutemann performed, with him placing third, behind his teammate Alan Jones and Alain Prost (who won the race) At this point, Williams had won the constructors’ championship with two races to go, but the drivers’ was far different.
Reutemann 50
Piquet 47
Jones 41
Williams 91
Brabham 58
Renault 49
In Canada, Jacques Laffite won again for Ligier. John Watson placed second and Bruno Giacomelli of Alfa Romeo placed third! Piquet’s fourth place also helped in his championship hunt! With the drivers’ title tied up 50 a piece for Reutemann and Piquet, and with Laffite in third with 48, and with Jones with 41 and with two wins, meaning another would put him ahead of both Reutemann and Piquet if they don’t score, meaning that FOUR drivers have a shot of winning the drivers’ title! WOO HOO
In Caesars Palace, Jones wins over Prost by more than 20 seconds…. but Piquet placed fifth, putting him two points ahead of Jones to win the world championship! Giacomelli also placed third to bring his podium totals to 2.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, All races count (woo hoo!)
1st - Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 52pts
2nd - Alan Jones, Williams, 50pts [1st x3]
3rd - Carlos Reutemann, Williams, 50pts [1st x2]
4th - Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 49pts
5th - Alain Prost, Renault, 43pts
6th - John Watson, McLaren, 30pts
7th - Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 18pts
8th - Eddie Cheever, Tyrrell, 13pts
9th - Rene Arnoux, Renault, 12pts
10th - Hector Rebaque, Brabham, 11pts
11th - Riccardo Patrese, Arrows, 10pts [2nd]
12th - Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 10pts [3rd]
13th - Bruno Giacomelli, Alfa Romeo, 8pts
14th - Marc Surer, Ensign, 6pts
15th - Mario Andretti, Alfa Romeo, 4pts
T-16th - Patrick Tambay, Theodore, 3pts
T-16th - Andrea de Cesaris, McLaren, 3pts
T-18th - Slim Borgudd, ATS, 1pt
T-18th - Eliseo Salazar, Ensign, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
Same as above, with nothing else to mention (woo hoo!)
1st - Williams, 100pts
2nd - Brabham, 63pts
3rd - Renault, 55pts
4th - Ligier, 49pts
5th - McLaren, 33pts
6th - Lotus, 28pts
7th - Tyrrell, 13pts
8th - Alfa Romeo, 12pts
9th - Arrows, 10pts
10th - Ensign, 7pts
11th - Theodore, 3pts
12th - ATS, 1pt
Race Winners
US West - Alan Jones
Brazil - Carlos Reutemann
Argentina - Nelson Piquet
San Marino - Nelson Piquet
Belgium - Carlos Reutemann
Monaco - Alan Jones
Spain - Jacques Laffite
France - Alain Prost
Britain - John Watson
Germany - Nelson Piquet
Austria - Jacques Laffite
Netherlands - Alain Prost
Italy - Alain Prost
Canada - Jacques Laffite
Caesars Palace - Alan Jones
1981 was the first year in F1 to have all championship points’ count towards the final standings! Hooray!
Starting off the season was Alan Jones winning in US West, with a Williams 1-2. Reutemann returned the favour with him leading the 1-2 in Brazil. Williams had a very strong lead in the constructors’! In Argentina Nelson Piquet won his first race with the Brabham team.
Reutemann 21
Jones 18
Piquet 13
Williams 39
Brabham 19
Renault 6
Piquet would win again in San Marino. At this time, Reutemann and Piquet were fighting for the championship very competitively. Williams, on the other hand, were dominating in the constructors’. In Belgium Reutemann won easily, with a Nigel Mansell from Lotus scoring third position. In a race where only five cars were classified, Alan Jones easily won in Monaco, with Tyrrell’s Eddie Cheever finishing in third, competiting with the Swiss driver Marc Surer. In Spain Jacques Laffite took a surprising win for Ligier! John Watsons’ McLaren placed second in the race as well.
Reutemann 38
Jones 28
Piquet 22
Williams 66
Brabham 25
Ligier 22
In France Alain Prost won his first race in front of the home crowd!! John Watson won in Britain, again in front of a home crowd! (And the first win for McLaren in who knows how long) Nelson Piquet then won in Germany. He was just 11 points behind Reutemann now. Jacques Laffite won again in Austria, but by a closer margin this time. Piquet was closing in on Reutemann and was helping Brabham close in on Williams in the constructors’, but it wasn’t helping much…
Reutemann 46
Piquet 39
Laffite 39
Williams 77
Brabham 47
Ligier 39
In the Netherlands, Alain Prost won again! Piquet’s second place meant he was one point off from the championship lead (!!!!!) The “Colombian” Eliseo Salazar scored a point as well. However, in Italy, Reutemann performed, with him placing third, behind his teammate Alan Jones and Alain Prost (who won the race) At this point, Williams had won the constructors’ championship with two races to go, but the drivers’ was far different.
Reutemann 50
Piquet 47
Jones 41
Williams 91
Brabham 58
Renault 49
In Canada, Jacques Laffite won again for Ligier. John Watson placed second and Bruno Giacomelli of Alfa Romeo placed third! Piquet’s fourth place also helped in his championship hunt! With the drivers’ title tied up 50 a piece for Reutemann and Piquet, and with Laffite in third with 48, and with Jones with 41 and with two wins, meaning another would put him ahead of both Reutemann and Piquet if they don’t score, meaning that FOUR drivers have a shot of winning the drivers’ title! WOO HOO
In Caesars Palace, Jones wins over Prost by more than 20 seconds…. but Piquet placed fifth, putting him two points ahead of Jones to win the world championship! Giacomelli also placed third to bring his podium totals to 2.
Drivers’ Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, All races count (woo hoo!)
1st - Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 52pts
2nd - Alan Jones, Williams, 50pts [1st x3]
3rd - Carlos Reutemann, Williams, 50pts [1st x2]
4th - Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 49pts
5th - Alain Prost, Renault, 43pts
6th - John Watson, McLaren, 30pts
7th - Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 18pts
8th - Eddie Cheever, Tyrrell, 13pts
9th - Rene Arnoux, Renault, 12pts
10th - Hector Rebaque, Brabham, 11pts
11th - Riccardo Patrese, Arrows, 10pts [2nd]
12th - Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 10pts [3rd]
13th - Bruno Giacomelli, Alfa Romeo, 8pts
14th - Marc Surer, Ensign, 6pts
15th - Mario Andretti, Alfa Romeo, 4pts
T-16th - Patrick Tambay, Theodore, 3pts
T-16th - Andrea de Cesaris, McLaren, 3pts
T-18th - Slim Borgudd, ATS, 1pt
T-18th - Eliseo Salazar, Ensign, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
Same as above, with nothing else to mention (woo hoo!)
1st - Williams, 100pts
2nd - Brabham, 63pts
3rd - Renault, 55pts
4th - Ligier, 49pts
5th - McLaren, 33pts
6th - Lotus, 28pts
7th - Tyrrell, 13pts
8th - Alfa Romeo, 12pts
9th - Arrows, 10pts
10th - Ensign, 7pts
11th - Theodore, 3pts
12th - ATS, 1pt
Race Winners
US West - Alan Jones
Brazil - Carlos Reutemann
Argentina - Nelson Piquet
San Marino - Nelson Piquet
Belgium - Carlos Reutemann
Monaco - Alan Jones
Spain - Jacques Laffite
France - Alain Prost
Britain - John Watson
Germany - Nelson Piquet
Austria - Jacques Laffite
Netherlands - Alain Prost
Italy - Alain Prost
Canada - Jacques Laffite
Caesars Palace - Alan Jones
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1982
The season started off without trouble as Alain Prost won in South Africa. Prost would win again in Brazil. John Watson placed second and Nigel Mansell placed third. Manfred Winkelhock managed to score in fifth place in the ATS, as well as Slim Borgudd in the Tyrrell. Nelson Piquet was disqualified due to an illegal water tank, as was Keke Rosberg. This was to be the last race for Carlos Reutemann as he left the Williams team after the race. Niki Lauda then won for McLaren in the US West GP. It was a very surprising win for the aging driver. The championships looked like so:
Prost 18
Lauda 12
Watson 8
Rosberg 8
Renault 22
McLaren 20
Williams 14
The next race in San Marino was very bizarre - only 12 cars started the race! In the end, three cars finished the race - Michele Alboreto's Tyrrell was the winner, Jean-Pierre Jarier's Osella a brave second, and Eliseo Salazar a valiant third, and Manfred Winkelhock, who would have finished fourth, was disqualified for having an underweight car. Everything returned to normal as John Watson won in Belgium. In Monaco, Patrese was set to win, but then de Cesaris led, then Daly, then Patrese again! He went on to win the race.
Prost 19
Watson 17
Alboreto 15
McLaren 29
Renault 23
Williams 22
At the first grand prix in Detroit, John Watson took another win. Eddie Cheever somehow took second place in his Ligier. However, in Canada, Riccardo Paletti was killed in what would be the third-last fatality in F1. Nelson Piquet won the race, with teammate Riccardo Patrese in second. Piquet won again in Zandvoort.
Watson 30
Rosberg 24
Piquet 20
McLaren 46
Brabham 39
Williams 38
McLaren had a comfy lead in the constructors' but it was a intense battle for second between Brabham and Williams. In Brands Hatch Niki Lauda took another win, with Eilo de Angelis in second and Derek Daly in third! Bruno Giacomelli and Brian Henton also scored. Then in Paul Ricard, Rene Arnoux led Alain Prost to a Renault 1-2. Suddenly the drivers' championship was tight.
Watson 30
Rosberg 28
Prost 28
Lauda 26
McLaren 56
Williams 48
Renault 41
In Germany Rene Arnoux took another win. Keke Rosberg placed second, Bruno Giacomelli finished fourth and Columbian Roberto Guerrero nearly scored a point by finishing seventh! McLaren didn't score and as a result Williams was two points behind McLaren, meanwhile Keke Rosberg, who hadn't won a race thus far this season, was leading the championship by four points, over Watson who had won two. In Austria Eilo de Angelis somehow won, Jacques Laffite placed third, and Rosberg placed second, somehow managing not to win!
Rosberg 40
Watson 30
Lauda 29
Williams 60
McLaren 59
Renault 50
In Switzerland... Dijon, France, Rosberg bucked the trend and won. Williams had a six-point lead over McLaren while Rosberg had a comfy 15 point lead - all he needed was fourth place to win the drivers' title assuming Prost won the next two races. Rene Arnoux won again in Italy while Rosberg placed sixth. Somehow Prost and Lauda didn't score any points so Rosberg won the drivers' title with a race to go! It was a different story for the constructors' though...
Williams 70
McLaren 69
Renault 65
Brabham 44
...meaning that three teams had a shot to win the championship!
At the start, Prost led followed by Arnoux. The Renault started to pull away from Alboreto's Tyrrell but soon was overtaken by Prost and Alboreto, before retiring due to mechanical problems. Alboreto and John Watson was now closing in on Prost, before being passed on Lap 54 by Alboreto and Watson. For some strange reason Watson's car had the same problem as Prost's and could not catch up to the Tyrrell of Alboreto. Alboreto went on to win the race, Watson placed second, Eddie Cheever came from nowhere to place third, Prost placed third, and Rosberg and Derek Daly finished up the points. Prost's fourth didn't really do anything, and Watson's second place really helped. Rosberg and Daly finished 5-6 to score three points for the team, but McLaren still won the constructors. By two solidary points.
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, all results count
1st = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 52pts
2nd = John Watson, McLaren, 42pts
3rd = Alain Prost, Renault, 37pts
4th = Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, 36pts
5th = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 33pts
6th = Rene Arnoux, Renault, 31pts
7th = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 27pts
8th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 23pts
9th = Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 21pts
10th = Eddie Cheever, Ligier, 17pts
11th = Derek Daly, Williams, 15pts
12th = Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 10pts
13th = Andrea de Cesaris, Alfa Romeo, 7pts
T-14th = Carlos Reutemann, Williams, 6pts [2nd]
T-14th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Osella, 6pts [2nd]
16th = Bruno Giacomelli, Alfa Romeo, 5pts
17th = Eliseo Salazar, ATS, 4pts [3rd]
T-18th = Marc Surer, Arrows, 4pts [5th x2]
T-18th = Mauro Baldi, Arrows, 4pts [5th x2]
20th = Manfred Winkelhock, ATS, 2pts [5th]
T-21st = Brian Henton, Tyrrell, 2pts [6th x2]
T-21st = Chico Serra, Fittipaldi, 2pts [6th x2]
T-23rd = Slim Borgudd, Tyrrell, 1pt [6th]
T-23rd = Jochen Mass, March, 1pt
Constructors' Championship
Same as above
1st = McLaren, 75pts
2nd = Williams, 73pts
3rd = Renault, 68pts
4th = Brabham, 44pts
5th = Tyrrell, 39pts
6th = Lotus, 37pts
7th = Ligier, 23pts
8th = Alfa Romeo, 12pts
9th = Arrows, 8pts
10th = Osella, 6pts [2nd]
11th = ATS, 6pts [4th]
12th = Fittipaldi, 2pts
13th = March, 1pt
Race Winners
South Africa - Alain Prost
Brazil - Alain Prost
US West - Niki Lauda
San Marino - Michele Alboreto
Belgium - John Watson
Monaco - Riccardo Patrese
Detroit - John Watson
Canada - Nelson Piquet
Netherlands - Nelson Piquet
Britain - Niki Lauda
France - Rene Arnoux
Germany - Rene Arnoux
Austria - Eilo de Angelis
Switzerland - Keke Rosberg
Italy - Rene Arnoux
Caesars Palace - Michele Alboreto
# of winners this season - Nine. That's Prost, Lauda, Alboreto, Watson, Patrese, Piquet, Arnoux, de Angelis and Rosberg.
EDIT - Contrary to popular belief, Pironi did NOT lead Monaco. At least, in this version of this alternate championship.
The season started off without trouble as Alain Prost won in South Africa. Prost would win again in Brazil. John Watson placed second and Nigel Mansell placed third. Manfred Winkelhock managed to score in fifth place in the ATS, as well as Slim Borgudd in the Tyrrell. Nelson Piquet was disqualified due to an illegal water tank, as was Keke Rosberg. This was to be the last race for Carlos Reutemann as he left the Williams team after the race. Niki Lauda then won for McLaren in the US West GP. It was a very surprising win for the aging driver. The championships looked like so:
Prost 18
Lauda 12
Watson 8
Rosberg 8
Renault 22
McLaren 20
Williams 14
The next race in San Marino was very bizarre - only 12 cars started the race! In the end, three cars finished the race - Michele Alboreto's Tyrrell was the winner, Jean-Pierre Jarier's Osella a brave second, and Eliseo Salazar a valiant third, and Manfred Winkelhock, who would have finished fourth, was disqualified for having an underweight car. Everything returned to normal as John Watson won in Belgium. In Monaco, Patrese was set to win, but then de Cesaris led, then Daly, then Patrese again! He went on to win the race.
Prost 19
Watson 17
Alboreto 15
McLaren 29
Renault 23
Williams 22
At the first grand prix in Detroit, John Watson took another win. Eddie Cheever somehow took second place in his Ligier. However, in Canada, Riccardo Paletti was killed in what would be the third-last fatality in F1. Nelson Piquet won the race, with teammate Riccardo Patrese in second. Piquet won again in Zandvoort.
Watson 30
Rosberg 24
Piquet 20
McLaren 46
Brabham 39
Williams 38
McLaren had a comfy lead in the constructors' but it was a intense battle for second between Brabham and Williams. In Brands Hatch Niki Lauda took another win, with Eilo de Angelis in second and Derek Daly in third! Bruno Giacomelli and Brian Henton also scored. Then in Paul Ricard, Rene Arnoux led Alain Prost to a Renault 1-2. Suddenly the drivers' championship was tight.
Watson 30
Rosberg 28
Prost 28
Lauda 26
McLaren 56
Williams 48
Renault 41
In Germany Rene Arnoux took another win. Keke Rosberg placed second, Bruno Giacomelli finished fourth and Columbian Roberto Guerrero nearly scored a point by finishing seventh! McLaren didn't score and as a result Williams was two points behind McLaren, meanwhile Keke Rosberg, who hadn't won a race thus far this season, was leading the championship by four points, over Watson who had won two. In Austria Eilo de Angelis somehow won, Jacques Laffite placed third, and Rosberg placed second, somehow managing not to win!
Rosberg 40
Watson 30
Lauda 29
Williams 60
McLaren 59
Renault 50
In Switzerland... Dijon, France, Rosberg bucked the trend and won. Williams had a six-point lead over McLaren while Rosberg had a comfy 15 point lead - all he needed was fourth place to win the drivers' title assuming Prost won the next two races. Rene Arnoux won again in Italy while Rosberg placed sixth. Somehow Prost and Lauda didn't score any points so Rosberg won the drivers' title with a race to go! It was a different story for the constructors' though...
Williams 70
McLaren 69
Renault 65
Brabham 44
...meaning that three teams had a shot to win the championship!
At the start, Prost led followed by Arnoux. The Renault started to pull away from Alboreto's Tyrrell but soon was overtaken by Prost and Alboreto, before retiring due to mechanical problems. Alboreto and John Watson was now closing in on Prost, before being passed on Lap 54 by Alboreto and Watson. For some strange reason Watson's car had the same problem as Prost's and could not catch up to the Tyrrell of Alboreto. Alboreto went on to win the race, Watson placed second, Eddie Cheever came from nowhere to place third, Prost placed third, and Rosberg and Derek Daly finished up the points. Prost's fourth didn't really do anything, and Watson's second place really helped. Rosberg and Daly finished 5-6 to score three points for the team, but McLaren still won the constructors. By two solidary points.
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, all results count
1st = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 52pts
2nd = John Watson, McLaren, 42pts
3rd = Alain Prost, Renault, 37pts
4th = Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, 36pts
5th = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 33pts
6th = Rene Arnoux, Renault, 31pts
7th = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 27pts
8th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 23pts
9th = Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 21pts
10th = Eddie Cheever, Ligier, 17pts
11th = Derek Daly, Williams, 15pts
12th = Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 10pts
13th = Andrea de Cesaris, Alfa Romeo, 7pts
T-14th = Carlos Reutemann, Williams, 6pts [2nd]
T-14th = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Osella, 6pts [2nd]
16th = Bruno Giacomelli, Alfa Romeo, 5pts
17th = Eliseo Salazar, ATS, 4pts [3rd]
T-18th = Marc Surer, Arrows, 4pts [5th x2]
T-18th = Mauro Baldi, Arrows, 4pts [5th x2]
20th = Manfred Winkelhock, ATS, 2pts [5th]
T-21st = Brian Henton, Tyrrell, 2pts [6th x2]
T-21st = Chico Serra, Fittipaldi, 2pts [6th x2]
T-23rd = Slim Borgudd, Tyrrell, 1pt [6th]
T-23rd = Jochen Mass, March, 1pt
Constructors' Championship
Same as above
1st = McLaren, 75pts
2nd = Williams, 73pts
3rd = Renault, 68pts
4th = Brabham, 44pts
5th = Tyrrell, 39pts
6th = Lotus, 37pts
7th = Ligier, 23pts
8th = Alfa Romeo, 12pts
9th = Arrows, 8pts
10th = Osella, 6pts [2nd]
11th = ATS, 6pts [4th]
12th = Fittipaldi, 2pts
13th = March, 1pt
Race Winners
South Africa - Alain Prost
Brazil - Alain Prost
US West - Niki Lauda
San Marino - Michele Alboreto
Belgium - John Watson
Monaco - Riccardo Patrese
Detroit - John Watson
Canada - Nelson Piquet
Netherlands - Nelson Piquet
Britain - Niki Lauda
France - Rene Arnoux
Germany - Rene Arnoux
Austria - Eilo de Angelis
Switzerland - Keke Rosberg
Italy - Rene Arnoux
Caesars Palace - Michele Alboreto
# of winners this season - Nine. That's Prost, Lauda, Alboreto, Watson, Patrese, Piquet, Arnoux, de Angelis and Rosberg.
EDIT - Contrary to popular belief, Pironi did NOT lead Monaco. At least, in this version of this alternate championship.
Last edited by Aerospeed on 30 Oct 2011, 14:56, edited 1 time in total.
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
JeremyMcClean wrote:The next race in San Marino was very bizarre - only 12 cars started the race! In the end, three cars finished the race - Michele Alboreto's Tyrrell was the winner, Jean-Pierre Jarier's Osella a brave second, and Eliseo Salazar a valiant third, and Manfred Winkelhock, who would have finished fourth, was disqualified for having an underweight car. Everything returned to normal as John Watson won in Belgium. In Monaco, Patrese was set to win, but then Pironi led, then de Cesaris, then Daly, then Patrese again! He went on to win the race.
.....ahem.
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
(Tony Jardine, 1988)Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1983
The season started out strangely as 2nd place was not awarded in Brazil because Keke Rosberg had recieved a push start. In Long Beach John Watson would win for McLaren from 22nd on the grid! Johnny Cecotto, the Venezuelan also scored points as well. In France, Alain Prost won in front of his home crowd.
Piquet 15
Lauda 10
Prost 10
McLaren 24
Brabham 15
Renault 14
Prost won again in San Marino, followed by Keke Rosberg winning in Monaco. Mauro Baldi and Danny Sullivan managed to get some points in slow cars. In Belgium Alain Prost led Renault to a 1-2 finish with Eddie Cheever in second place.
Prost 32
Piquet 25
Rosberg 21
Renault 42
Williams 29
McLaren 28
In Detroit Michele Alboreto led Tyrrell to a win. Lotus had finally scored a point after seven races, as Nigel Mansell placed sixth in the race. Eddie Cheever then had an unlikely win in Canada, and Manfred Winkelhock placed seventh in the ATS and Thierry Boutsen placed 5th in the Arrows. Alain Prost then won again this season by winning at Silverstone. Baldi scored 5th, Andrea de Cesaris placed 6th and Nigel Mansell placed in an unlikely third!
Prost 45
Piquet 34
Rosberg 33
Renault 64
Williams 43
McLaren 38
At the Hockenheimring, Andrea de Cesaris somehow won the race in an Alfa Romeo, and Riccardo Patrese scored second in a Brabham, which isn't hard, but is since Patrese had trouble scoring points all year! Prost had a 15-point lead over Piquet after scoring third in Germany. Prost would win again in Austria, and John Watson won in the Netherlands. Mauro Baldi placed third in an Alfa Romeo, Derek Warwick placed second in a Toleman, and Stefan Johansson placed fifth in a car known as a Spirit!
Prost 58
Piquet 40
Rosberg 33
Renault 81
McLaren 52
Brabham 46
In Italy Piquet finally won again this season and was now nine points behind Alain Prost in the drivers' championship. Eilo de Angelis placed third in a Lotus while Derek Warwick and Bruno Giacomelli placed fourth and fifth in their Tolemans respectively. At this point Renault had won the constructors' thanks to Eddie Cheever's second place. Piquet won again but Prost's second place kept him afloat in the drivers' championship by six points, meaning he had to finish fourth or above (assuming Piquet won the next race) to win the championship.
Prost 64
Piquet 58
Rosberg 33
In the final race at South Africa Piquet took the lead at the start, Prost had a turbo failure on Lap 35 and for some reason Piquet slowed down, and Patrese, Lauda (who would later retire due to an engine failure) and Andrea de Cesaris. Patrese won the race with de Cesaris in second, and Piquet in third. Piquet's incompetence meant he lost the drivers' title to Alain Prost by two points.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, all points count
1st = Alain Prost, Renault, 64pts
2nd = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 62pts
3rd = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 35pts
4th = John Watson, McLaren, 32pts
5th = Eddie Cheever, Renault, 30pts
6th = Andrea de Cesaris, Alfa Romeo, 19pts
7th = Jacques Laffite, Williams, 17pts
8th = Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 15pts [1st]
9th = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 15pts [2nd, 3rd]
10th = Derek Warwick, Toleman, 15pts [2nd, 4th]
11th = Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, 14pts
12th = Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 13pts
13th = Marc Surer, Arrows, 10pts
14th = Mauro Baldi, Alfa Romeo, 8pts
15th = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 4pts
16th = Danny Sullivan, Tyrrell, 3pts [4th]
17th = Bruno Giacomelli, Toleman, 3pts [5th]
T-18th = Johnny Cecotto, Theodore, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Stefan Johansson, Spirit, 2pts [5th]
21st = Chico Serra, Arrows, 2pts [6th]
T-22nd = Raul Boesel, Ligier, 1pt
T-22nd = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Ligier, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st = Renault, 93pts
2nd = Brabham, 64pts
3rd = McLaren, 52pts
4th = Williams, 45pts
5th = Alfa Romeo, 21pts
6th = Tyrrell, 17pts [1st]
7th = Lotus, 17pts [3rd]
8th = Toleman, 15pts
9th = Arrows, 14pts
T-10th = Theodore, 2pts [5th]
T-10th = Spirit, 2pts [5th]
12th - Ligier, 2pts [6th]
Race Winners
Brazil - Nelson Piquet
US West - John Watson
France - Alain Prost
San Marino - Alain Prost
Monaco - Keke Rosberg
Belgium - Alain Prost
Detroit - Michele Alboreto
Canada - Eddie Cheever
Britain - Alain Prost
Germany - Andrea de Cesaris
Austria - Alain Prost
Netherlands - John Watson
Italy - Nelson Piquet
Europe - Nelson Piquet
South Africa - Riccardo Patrese
The season started out strangely as 2nd place was not awarded in Brazil because Keke Rosberg had recieved a push start. In Long Beach John Watson would win for McLaren from 22nd on the grid! Johnny Cecotto, the Venezuelan also scored points as well. In France, Alain Prost won in front of his home crowd.
Piquet 15
Lauda 10
Prost 10
McLaren 24
Brabham 15
Renault 14
Prost won again in San Marino, followed by Keke Rosberg winning in Monaco. Mauro Baldi and Danny Sullivan managed to get some points in slow cars. In Belgium Alain Prost led Renault to a 1-2 finish with Eddie Cheever in second place.
Prost 32
Piquet 25
Rosberg 21
Renault 42
Williams 29
McLaren 28
In Detroit Michele Alboreto led Tyrrell to a win. Lotus had finally scored a point after seven races, as Nigel Mansell placed sixth in the race. Eddie Cheever then had an unlikely win in Canada, and Manfred Winkelhock placed seventh in the ATS and Thierry Boutsen placed 5th in the Arrows. Alain Prost then won again this season by winning at Silverstone. Baldi scored 5th, Andrea de Cesaris placed 6th and Nigel Mansell placed in an unlikely third!
Prost 45
Piquet 34
Rosberg 33
Renault 64
Williams 43
McLaren 38
At the Hockenheimring, Andrea de Cesaris somehow won the race in an Alfa Romeo, and Riccardo Patrese scored second in a Brabham, which isn't hard, but is since Patrese had trouble scoring points all year! Prost had a 15-point lead over Piquet after scoring third in Germany. Prost would win again in Austria, and John Watson won in the Netherlands. Mauro Baldi placed third in an Alfa Romeo, Derek Warwick placed second in a Toleman, and Stefan Johansson placed fifth in a car known as a Spirit!
Prost 58
Piquet 40
Rosberg 33
Renault 81
McLaren 52
Brabham 46
In Italy Piquet finally won again this season and was now nine points behind Alain Prost in the drivers' championship. Eilo de Angelis placed third in a Lotus while Derek Warwick and Bruno Giacomelli placed fourth and fifth in their Tolemans respectively. At this point Renault had won the constructors' thanks to Eddie Cheever's second place. Piquet won again but Prost's second place kept him afloat in the drivers' championship by six points, meaning he had to finish fourth or above (assuming Piquet won the next race) to win the championship.
Prost 64
Piquet 58
Rosberg 33
In the final race at South Africa Piquet took the lead at the start, Prost had a turbo failure on Lap 35 and for some reason Piquet slowed down, and Patrese, Lauda (who would later retire due to an engine failure) and Andrea de Cesaris. Patrese won the race with de Cesaris in second, and Piquet in third. Piquet's incompetence meant he lost the drivers' title to Alain Prost by two points.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, all points count
1st = Alain Prost, Renault, 64pts
2nd = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 62pts
3rd = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 35pts
4th = John Watson, McLaren, 32pts
5th = Eddie Cheever, Renault, 30pts
6th = Andrea de Cesaris, Alfa Romeo, 19pts
7th = Jacques Laffite, Williams, 17pts
8th = Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 15pts [1st]
9th = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 15pts [2nd, 3rd]
10th = Derek Warwick, Toleman, 15pts [2nd, 4th]
11th = Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, 14pts
12th = Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 13pts
13th = Marc Surer, Arrows, 10pts
14th = Mauro Baldi, Alfa Romeo, 8pts
15th = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 4pts
16th = Danny Sullivan, Tyrrell, 3pts [4th]
17th = Bruno Giacomelli, Toleman, 3pts [5th]
T-18th = Johnny Cecotto, Theodore, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 2pts [5th]
T-18th = Stefan Johansson, Spirit, 2pts [5th]
21st = Chico Serra, Arrows, 2pts [6th]
T-22nd = Raul Boesel, Ligier, 1pt
T-22nd = Jean-Pierre Jarier, Ligier, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st = Renault, 93pts
2nd = Brabham, 64pts
3rd = McLaren, 52pts
4th = Williams, 45pts
5th = Alfa Romeo, 21pts
6th = Tyrrell, 17pts [1st]
7th = Lotus, 17pts [3rd]
8th = Toleman, 15pts
9th = Arrows, 14pts
T-10th = Theodore, 2pts [5th]
T-10th = Spirit, 2pts [5th]
12th - Ligier, 2pts [6th]
Race Winners
Brazil - Nelson Piquet
US West - John Watson
France - Alain Prost
San Marino - Alain Prost
Monaco - Keke Rosberg
Belgium - Alain Prost
Detroit - Michele Alboreto
Canada - Eddie Cheever
Britain - Alain Prost
Germany - Andrea de Cesaris
Austria - Alain Prost
Netherlands - John Watson
Italy - Nelson Piquet
Europe - Nelson Piquet
South Africa - Riccardo Patrese
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Good to see De Cesaris and Cheever win races. I somehow think Piquet wouldn't have slowed down at the end in SA if he'd had to win to beat Prost though - but I guess the counter-argument is if he'd kept going at full blast would the car have lasted to the end (or ran out of fuel)?
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
(Tony Jardine, 1988)Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1984
The season started out with the defending drivers' champion Alain Prost winning for McLaren in Brazil. Eilo de Angelis managed to get third place for Lotus. In South Africa Niki Lauda won for McLaren, Derek Warwick managed third for Renault while rookie Ayrton Senna placed sixth in a Toleman! In Belgium, Derek Warwick from Renault won the race, followed by Keke Rosberg, de Angelis and Senna once again gaining points in the toleman. Marc Surer placed sixth in the race.
Prost 15
Warwick 13
Rosberg 12
McLaren 24
Renault 17
Williams 12
In San Marino Alain Prost won again, de Angelis placed second and Thierry Boutsen placed fourth for Arrows! In France, Niki Lauda won, followed by Tambay's Renault, Mansell's Lotus, and de Angelis' Lotus. The race was stopped before 75% distance in Monaco, Prost won the race with Senna in second, Rosberg third, de Angelis 4th, Piercarlo Ghinzani 5th and Jacques Laffite 6th. Due to the race being stopped short the drivers were given half points. Nelson Piquet won in Canada over Lauda and Prost.
Prost 33.5
Lauda 24
de Angelis 21.5
McLaren 57.5
Lotus 27.5
Renault 27
In Detroit only five cars finished the race (due to Tyrrell's disqualification) Piquet won again, followed by de Angelis, Teo Fabi of Brabham was in third, Prost fourth and Laffite fifth. de Angelis was now second in the drivers' championship behind only Prost. In Dallas, the cement was crumbling, but Keke Rosberg drove hard to win the race. Piercarlo Ghinzani unrejectified himself placing fourth, and Corrado Fabi did a good job replacing his brother by finishing sixth, therefore becoming the first brothers to both score points in F1. de Angelis was now 3 points off the championship lead! Meanwhile, McLaren was still maintaining their comfortable constructors' championship lead, lead by 19 points. Niki Lauda won in Britain with Warwick second and Senna, the undisputed rookie of the year, placing third.
Prost 36.5
de Angelis 36.5
Lauda 33
McLaren 69.5
Lotus 44.5
Renault 34
Prost, seeing how his championship lead had completly diminished, won in Germany. Lauda placed second. de Cesaris placed sixth for Ligier. de Angelis had a turbo failure on lap 8. In Austria Prost spun off on Lap 28 and Lauda won the race. He now had the championship lead! It was obvious that the two McLaren drivers were going to battle for the championship. Teo Fabi placed third while Francois Hesnault placed sixth in the Ligier somehow.
Lauda 48
Prost 45.5
de Angelis 36.5
McLaren 93.5
Lotus 47.5
Renault 40
In the Netherlands Alain Prost won again, with Lauda placing second. Prost now led by half a point! With the 1-2, McLaren won the constructors' championship comfortably. Lauda won in Italy, Riccardo Patrese placed second, and Stefan Johansson placed third in the Toleman! Gartner and Berger's result did not count since their teams did not specify a second entry, so Piercarlo Ghinzani, Huub Rothengatter and Eddie Cheever all scored. At the new layout of the Nurburgring Prost won, and Lauda placed third, with Mauro Baldi placing sixth. Lauda led Prost by 2 and a half points. The title race was on!
Lauda 67
Prost 63.5
de Angelis 39.5
In Portugal Prost went on to an easy win. Lauda's race wasn't so easy - he was third but Nigel Mansell spun out with 18 laps to go, and Lauda placed second. Lauda won the drivers' title by a... half... point!
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, all results count
1st = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 73pts
2nd = Alain Prost, McLaren, 72.5pts
3rd = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 42.5pts
4th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 34pts
5th = Derek Warwick, Renault, 27pts
6th = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 25pts
7th = Ayrton Senna, Toleman, 16pts
8th = Patrick Tambay, Renault, 15pts [2nd]
9th = Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 15pts [3rd]
10th = Riccardo Patrese, Alfa Romeo, 12pts
11th = Teo Fabi, Brabham, 10pts
12th = Piercarlo Ghinzani, Osella, 7pts [4th x2, 5th]
13th = Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 7pts [4th x2, 6th]
14th = Andrea de Cesaris, Ligier, 7pts [5th]
15th = Jacques Laffite, Williams, 6.5pts
16th = Eddie Cheever, Alfa Romeo, 5pts
17th = Stefan Johansson, Toleman, 4pts
18th = Marc Surer, Arrows, 3pts
19th = Huub Rothergatter, Spirit, 2pts
T-20th = Corrado Fabi, Brabham, 1pt
T-20th = Francois Hesnault, Ligier, 1pt
T-20th = Mauro Baldi, Spirit, 1pt
Constructors' Championship
1st = McLaren, 145.5pts
2nd = Lotus, 57.5pts
3rd = Brabham, 45pts
4th = Renault, 42pts
5th = Williams, 32pts
6th = Toleman, 20pts
7th = Alfa Romeo, 17pts
8th = Arrows, 10pts
9th = Ligier, 8pts
10th = Osella, 7pts
11th = Spirit, 3pts
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
South Africa - Niki Lauda
Belgium - Derek Warwick
San Marino - Alain Prost
France - Niki Lauda
Monaco - Alain Prost
Canada - Nelson Piquet
Detroit - Nelson Piquet
Dallas - Keke Rosberg
Britain - Niki Lauda
Germany - Alain Prost
Austria - Niki Lauda
Netherlands - Alain Prost
Italy - Niki Lauda
Europe - Alain Prost
Portugal - Alain Prost
The season started out with the defending drivers' champion Alain Prost winning for McLaren in Brazil. Eilo de Angelis managed to get third place for Lotus. In South Africa Niki Lauda won for McLaren, Derek Warwick managed third for Renault while rookie Ayrton Senna placed sixth in a Toleman! In Belgium, Derek Warwick from Renault won the race, followed by Keke Rosberg, de Angelis and Senna once again gaining points in the toleman. Marc Surer placed sixth in the race.
Prost 15
Warwick 13
Rosberg 12
McLaren 24
Renault 17
Williams 12
In San Marino Alain Prost won again, de Angelis placed second and Thierry Boutsen placed fourth for Arrows! In France, Niki Lauda won, followed by Tambay's Renault, Mansell's Lotus, and de Angelis' Lotus. The race was stopped before 75% distance in Monaco, Prost won the race with Senna in second, Rosberg third, de Angelis 4th, Piercarlo Ghinzani 5th and Jacques Laffite 6th. Due to the race being stopped short the drivers were given half points. Nelson Piquet won in Canada over Lauda and Prost.
Prost 33.5
Lauda 24
de Angelis 21.5
McLaren 57.5
Lotus 27.5
Renault 27
In Detroit only five cars finished the race (due to Tyrrell's disqualification) Piquet won again, followed by de Angelis, Teo Fabi of Brabham was in third, Prost fourth and Laffite fifth. de Angelis was now second in the drivers' championship behind only Prost. In Dallas, the cement was crumbling, but Keke Rosberg drove hard to win the race. Piercarlo Ghinzani unrejectified himself placing fourth, and Corrado Fabi did a good job replacing his brother by finishing sixth, therefore becoming the first brothers to both score points in F1. de Angelis was now 3 points off the championship lead! Meanwhile, McLaren was still maintaining their comfortable constructors' championship lead, lead by 19 points. Niki Lauda won in Britain with Warwick second and Senna, the undisputed rookie of the year, placing third.
Prost 36.5
de Angelis 36.5
Lauda 33
McLaren 69.5
Lotus 44.5
Renault 34
Prost, seeing how his championship lead had completly diminished, won in Germany. Lauda placed second. de Cesaris placed sixth for Ligier. de Angelis had a turbo failure on lap 8. In Austria Prost spun off on Lap 28 and Lauda won the race. He now had the championship lead! It was obvious that the two McLaren drivers were going to battle for the championship. Teo Fabi placed third while Francois Hesnault placed sixth in the Ligier somehow.
Lauda 48
Prost 45.5
de Angelis 36.5
McLaren 93.5
Lotus 47.5
Renault 40
In the Netherlands Alain Prost won again, with Lauda placing second. Prost now led by half a point! With the 1-2, McLaren won the constructors' championship comfortably. Lauda won in Italy, Riccardo Patrese placed second, and Stefan Johansson placed third in the Toleman! Gartner and Berger's result did not count since their teams did not specify a second entry, so Piercarlo Ghinzani, Huub Rothengatter and Eddie Cheever all scored. At the new layout of the Nurburgring Prost won, and Lauda placed third, with Mauro Baldi placing sixth. Lauda led Prost by 2 and a half points. The title race was on!
Lauda 67
Prost 63.5
de Angelis 39.5
In Portugal Prost went on to an easy win. Lauda's race wasn't so easy - he was third but Nigel Mansell spun out with 18 laps to go, and Lauda placed second. Lauda won the drivers' title by a... half... point!
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, all results count
1st = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 73pts
2nd = Alain Prost, McLaren, 72.5pts
3rd = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 42.5pts
4th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 34pts
5th = Derek Warwick, Renault, 27pts
6th = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 25pts
7th = Ayrton Senna, Toleman, 16pts
8th = Patrick Tambay, Renault, 15pts [2nd]
9th = Nigel Mansell, Lotus, 15pts [3rd]
10th = Riccardo Patrese, Alfa Romeo, 12pts
11th = Teo Fabi, Brabham, 10pts
12th = Piercarlo Ghinzani, Osella, 7pts [4th x2, 5th]
13th = Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 7pts [4th x2, 6th]
14th = Andrea de Cesaris, Ligier, 7pts [5th]
15th = Jacques Laffite, Williams, 6.5pts
16th = Eddie Cheever, Alfa Romeo, 5pts
17th = Stefan Johansson, Toleman, 4pts
18th = Marc Surer, Arrows, 3pts
19th = Huub Rothergatter, Spirit, 2pts
T-20th = Corrado Fabi, Brabham, 1pt
T-20th = Francois Hesnault, Ligier, 1pt
T-20th = Mauro Baldi, Spirit, 1pt
Constructors' Championship
1st = McLaren, 145.5pts
2nd = Lotus, 57.5pts
3rd = Brabham, 45pts
4th = Renault, 42pts
5th = Williams, 32pts
6th = Toleman, 20pts
7th = Alfa Romeo, 17pts
8th = Arrows, 10pts
9th = Ligier, 8pts
10th = Osella, 7pts
11th = Spirit, 3pts
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
South Africa - Niki Lauda
Belgium - Derek Warwick
San Marino - Alain Prost
France - Niki Lauda
Monaco - Alain Prost
Canada - Nelson Piquet
Detroit - Nelson Piquet
Dallas - Keke Rosberg
Britain - Niki Lauda
Germany - Alain Prost
Austria - Niki Lauda
Netherlands - Alain Prost
Italy - Niki Lauda
Europe - Alain Prost
Portugal - Alain Prost
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Thta's weird now it ends up with exactly the same scenario between Lauda and Prost as it did in reality. Great to see Warwick win a race too!
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
(Tony Jardine, 1988)Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1985
For no apparent reason the points system was altered as the top 11 results in a season would count for the championship, leaving the other five races just for honour. The season started off with Alain Prost winning in Brazil. Martin Brundle managed to get a sixth place as well in the race. In Portugal Ayrton Senna won his first race for Lotus. The next race in San Marino saw Eilo de Angelis win for Lotus, with Thierry Boutsen place second for Arrows. In Monaco Alain Prost won again to have the most wins thus far in the season. Andrea de Cesaris placed third in the Ligier.
de Angelis 25
Prost 18
Tambay 14
Lotus 35
McLaren 21
Renault 18
Unsurprisingly, Prost won in Canada, bringing his wins total to three, yet somehow de Angelis still had a two-point championship lead (helped in part from a third place finish) Keke Rosberg somehow won in Detroit, even more surprisingly Stefan Bellof earned second place with Tyrrell. Brabham also picked up good points thanks to Nelson Piquet and Marc Surer. Speaking of which, Piquet won in France, with Rosberg second and Prost third.
de Angelis 36
Prost 31
Rosberg 21
Lotus 46
McLaren 34
Williams 30
At Silverstone Alain Prost won the race, while de Angelis was going about 28 laps down. Prost had taken the championship lead! Jacques Laffite managed to place second in the race. Elsewhere, McLaren was only three points away from overtaking Lotus in the constructors' championship. It didn't help, however, that Niki Lauda had only scored three points in the drivers' championship so far this season. Prost won in Germany with Laffite second and Boutsen third, and Prost won again in Austria, with Senna second and de Angelis third, ending his point-less streak. (Get it?... I'll get my coat.) Niki Lauda won in the Netherlands, with Prost second and Senna third. Brundle got his third point of the season unrejectifying himself.
Prost 64
de Angelis 43
Rosberg 21
McLaren 79
Lotus 63
Williams 34
With five races to go, Prost led de Angelis by 21 points. Prost won in Italy with Piquet second and Senna third. Marc Surer placed fourth in the Brabham. Senna won in a partially rain-filled event in Belgium, Nigel Mansell raced well to finish second, and Rosberg managed to get fourth place. Then Nigel Mansell won for Williams at Brands Hatch, giving his first win. At this point, Prost had won the championship, simply because he was way too dominant this season. However, it was different for the constructors'...
Prost 80
de Angelis 47
Senna 39
McLaren 95
Lotus 86
Williams 56
At South Africa, Nigel Mansell and Keke Rosberg took Williams to a 1-2 victory. Prost placed third for McLaren, while Gerhard Berger, Thierry Boutsen and Martin Brundle all took points. Prost only gained one point due to the new points system mentioned earlier in the post. McLaren was 13 points ahead and only pure luck could mean Lotus winning the constructors' in Australia. Keke Rosberg rode the Williams to a win in Adelaide, with Laffite second and Philippe Streiff in third. Ivan Capelli placed fourth, with Berger and Rothengatter scoring points as well.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top 11 Results count
1st = Alain Prost, McLaren, 81pts (84)
2nd = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 47pts
3rd = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 43pts
4th = Ayrton Senna, Lotus, 39pts
5th = Nigel Mansell, Williams, 37pts
6th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 24pts (1st)
7th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 24pts (2nd)
8th = Patrick Tambay, Renault, 19pts
9th = Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 16pts
10th = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 15pts
11th = Stefan Bellof, Tyrrell, 10pts
12th = Marc Surer, Brabham, 9pts (4th x2, 5th)
13th = Derek Warwick, Renault, 9pts (4th x2, 6th)
14th = Gerhard Berger, Arrows, 6pts
T-15th = Andrea de Cesaris, Ligier, 4pts (3rd)
T-15th = Philippe Streiff, Ligier, 4pts (3rd)
17th = Martin Brundle, Tyrrell, 4pts (6th)
18th = Ivan Capelli, Tyrrell, 3pts
19th = Stefan Johansson, Tyrrell, 2pts
20th = Huub Rothengatter, Osella, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st = McLaren, 99pts
2nd = Lotus, 86pts
3rd = Williams, 80pts
4th = Brabham, 33pts
5th = Ligier, 32pts
6th = Renault, 28pts
7th = Arrows, 20pts
8th = Tyrrell, 19pts
9th = Osella, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
Portugal - Ayrton Senna
San Marino - Eilo de Angelis
Monaco - Alain Prost
Canada - Alain Prost
Detroit - Keke Rosberg
France - Nelson Piquet
Britain - Alain Prost
Germany - Alain Prost
Austria - Alain Prost
Netherlands - Niki Lauda
Italy - Alain Prost
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Europe - Nigel Mansell
South Africa - Nigel Mansell
Australia - Keke Rosberg
For no apparent reason the points system was altered as the top 11 results in a season would count for the championship, leaving the other five races just for honour. The season started off with Alain Prost winning in Brazil. Martin Brundle managed to get a sixth place as well in the race. In Portugal Ayrton Senna won his first race for Lotus. The next race in San Marino saw Eilo de Angelis win for Lotus, with Thierry Boutsen place second for Arrows. In Monaco Alain Prost won again to have the most wins thus far in the season. Andrea de Cesaris placed third in the Ligier.
de Angelis 25
Prost 18
Tambay 14
Lotus 35
McLaren 21
Renault 18
Unsurprisingly, Prost won in Canada, bringing his wins total to three, yet somehow de Angelis still had a two-point championship lead (helped in part from a third place finish) Keke Rosberg somehow won in Detroit, even more surprisingly Stefan Bellof earned second place with Tyrrell. Brabham also picked up good points thanks to Nelson Piquet and Marc Surer. Speaking of which, Piquet won in France, with Rosberg second and Prost third.
de Angelis 36
Prost 31
Rosberg 21
Lotus 46
McLaren 34
Williams 30
At Silverstone Alain Prost won the race, while de Angelis was going about 28 laps down. Prost had taken the championship lead! Jacques Laffite managed to place second in the race. Elsewhere, McLaren was only three points away from overtaking Lotus in the constructors' championship. It didn't help, however, that Niki Lauda had only scored three points in the drivers' championship so far this season. Prost won in Germany with Laffite second and Boutsen third, and Prost won again in Austria, with Senna second and de Angelis third, ending his point-less streak. (Get it?... I'll get my coat.) Niki Lauda won in the Netherlands, with Prost second and Senna third. Brundle got his third point of the season unrejectifying himself.
Prost 64
de Angelis 43
Rosberg 21
McLaren 79
Lotus 63
Williams 34
With five races to go, Prost led de Angelis by 21 points. Prost won in Italy with Piquet second and Senna third. Marc Surer placed fourth in the Brabham. Senna won in a partially rain-filled event in Belgium, Nigel Mansell raced well to finish second, and Rosberg managed to get fourth place. Then Nigel Mansell won for Williams at Brands Hatch, giving his first win. At this point, Prost had won the championship, simply because he was way too dominant this season. However, it was different for the constructors'...
Prost 80
de Angelis 47
Senna 39
McLaren 95
Lotus 86
Williams 56
At South Africa, Nigel Mansell and Keke Rosberg took Williams to a 1-2 victory. Prost placed third for McLaren, while Gerhard Berger, Thierry Boutsen and Martin Brundle all took points. Prost only gained one point due to the new points system mentioned earlier in the post. McLaren was 13 points ahead and only pure luck could mean Lotus winning the constructors' in Australia. Keke Rosberg rode the Williams to a win in Adelaide, with Laffite second and Philippe Streiff in third. Ivan Capelli placed fourth, with Berger and Rothengatter scoring points as well.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top 11 Results count
1st = Alain Prost, McLaren, 81pts (84)
2nd = Eilo de Angelis, Lotus, 47pts
3rd = Keke Rosberg, Williams, 43pts
4th = Ayrton Senna, Lotus, 39pts
5th = Nigel Mansell, Williams, 37pts
6th = Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 24pts (1st)
7th = Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 24pts (2nd)
8th = Patrick Tambay, Renault, 19pts
9th = Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 16pts
10th = Niki Lauda, McLaren, 15pts
11th = Stefan Bellof, Tyrrell, 10pts
12th = Marc Surer, Brabham, 9pts (4th x2, 5th)
13th = Derek Warwick, Renault, 9pts (4th x2, 6th)
14th = Gerhard Berger, Arrows, 6pts
T-15th = Andrea de Cesaris, Ligier, 4pts (3rd)
T-15th = Philippe Streiff, Ligier, 4pts (3rd)
17th = Martin Brundle, Tyrrell, 4pts (6th)
18th = Ivan Capelli, Tyrrell, 3pts
19th = Stefan Johansson, Tyrrell, 2pts
20th = Huub Rothengatter, Osella, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st = McLaren, 99pts
2nd = Lotus, 86pts
3rd = Williams, 80pts
4th = Brabham, 33pts
5th = Ligier, 32pts
6th = Renault, 28pts
7th = Arrows, 20pts
8th = Tyrrell, 19pts
9th = Osella, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
Portugal - Ayrton Senna
San Marino - Eilo de Angelis
Monaco - Alain Prost
Canada - Alain Prost
Detroit - Keke Rosberg
France - Nelson Piquet
Britain - Alain Prost
Germany - Alain Prost
Austria - Alain Prost
Netherlands - Niki Lauda
Italy - Alain Prost
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Europe - Nigel Mansell
South Africa - Nigel Mansell
Australia - Keke Rosberg
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the Perry McCarthy Forum by posting another season, FINALLY... you can blame society for this one.
1986
The season started out with Nelson Piquet and the Williams team winning the race, with Senna second and Jacques Laffite third. Then it was Senna winning once again with Mansell and Prost finishing up the podium. Prost then took the McLaren to the win, with Piquet second, and Benetton's Gerhard Berger getting a surprising podium in third place! Thierry Boutsen also scored a point. At Monaco, Prost easily led to victory, with Rosberg second and Senna third. Here is how the championships looked so far:
Prost 22
Senna 19
Piquet 15
McLaren 34
Williams 24
Lotus 19
In Spa-Francorchamps Mansell went to a spectacular victory with Senna second and Jacques Laffite once again in third place. Mansell won again in Canada. McLaren and Williams were tied in the Constructors' standings now! Senna won in Detroit with Laffite second and Prost third. Johnny Dumfries, replacing the now deceased Eilo de Angelis, scored his first point. At Paul Ricard, Mansell won his third race in four races, surging him to second in the championship. The championships were close so far.
Prost 41
Mansell 39
Senna 36
Williams 62
McLaren 59
Lotus 37
Mansell won again in Britain leading Williams to a 1-2. Brundle and Philippe Streiff both scored points with Tyrrell. Piquet would go on to win in Germany, both McLaren ran out of fuel but still finished in the points. Everybody else was all running out of fuel and used up their last drops as they crossed the finish line. Piquet won again in the brand-new Hungary track (creatively called the Hungaroring). Dumfries scored 3 points, putting him out of "Reject-Zone," and even Patrick Tambay scored a point for the reasonably obscure Lola team. In Austria we saw one of the most bizarre Classifications:
1st - Alain Prost, McLaren
2nd - Alan Jones, Lola (Oddly enough, he won his first race in a Shadow here)
3rd - Patrick Tambay, Lola (bringing Lola's points totals up)
4th - Christian Danner, Arrows (who unrejectifies himself)
5th - Gerhard Berger, Benetton
6th - Huub Rothengatter, Zakspeed (who always ends up being mentioned somehow here)
Mansell 56
Prost 55
Senna 48
Williams 103
McLaren 75
Lotus 52
At Monza, Piquet won again, bringing Williams to another 1-2 victory. Jones and Boutsen managed to score points. At the new Estoril track, Mansell won ahead of Prost and Piquet. At this point, Prost and Mansell both had 11 finishes so far, and Williams had already locked the Constructors' Championship.
Mansell 71
Prost 61
Piquet 60
With two races to go, if Prost and Piquet retired from the race, Mansell would become champion. However, it was not to be, as Prost placed 2nd and Piquet placed 4th. Gerhard Berger took an unlikely win in the Benetton. Mansell had two points taken away while Prost had one taken away due to the points system only allowing the 11 best results to count for the championship. It didn't alter the championship standings at all. The standings going into Australia looked like so:
Mansell 71 (73)
Prost 66 (67)
Piquet 63
Piquet was a long shot going into the race, while Prost was 5 points behind. Mansell started on pole but fell to fourth by the end of the first lap. Senna, meanwhile, fell to fifth by lap 7. Keke Rosberg held the lead for the meantime. Piquet spun on Lap 23, but kept going, but was now in fourth place. By Lap 33, Piquet moved up to third, and the order was Rosberg-Mansell-Piquet-Prost. Piquet passed Mansell on Lap 45, but other than that, the order remained stagnant until Lap 63, when Rosberg retired, putting Piquet in the lead, followed by Prost, who recently passed Mansell, and Mansell himself, until his tyre blew off on Lap 64. On Lap 65, Prost passed Piquet for the lead, and held on to take the win. Piquet placed second, Martin Brundle took the podium for Tyrrell, and Streiff, Dumfries and Arnoux finished up the points. Prost's win meant that his fourth place back in Belgium was his lowest points score, meaning he lost three points. However, Prost kept the championship by one solitary point.
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top 11 Results count
1st - Alain Prost, McLaren, 72pts (76)
2nd - Nigel Mansell, Williams, 71pts (73)
3rd - Nelson Piquet, Williams, 69pts
4th - Ayrton Senna, Lotus, 55pts
5th - Keke Rosberg, McLaren, 24pts
6th - Gerhard Berger, Benetton, 20pts
7th - Rene Arnoux, Ligier, 17pts
8th - Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 16pts
9th - Martin Brundle, Tyrrell, 10pts
10th - Alan Jones, Lola, 8pts
11th - Johnny Dumfries, Lotus, 6pts
12th - Patrick Tambay, Lola, 5pts (1 3rd)
T-13th - Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 5pts (2 5th, 1 6th)
T-13th - Teo Fabi, Benetton, 5pts (2 5th, 1 6th)
15th - Philippe Streiff, Tyrrell, 4pts
16th - Christian Danner, Arrows, 3pts
17th - Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 2pts
T-18th - Huub Rothengatter, Zakspeed, 1pt (1 6th)
T-18th - Philippe Alliot, Ligier, 1pt (1 6th)
Constructors' Championship
1st - Williams, 142pts
2nd - McLaren, 100pts
3rd - Lotus, 61pts
4th - Ligier, 34pts
5th - Benetton, 25pts
6th - Tyrrell, 14pts
7th - Lola, 13pts
8th - Arrows, 5pts (1 4th)
9th - Brabham, 5pts (2 5th)
10th - Zakspeed, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Nelson Piquet
Spain - Ayrton Senna
San Marino - Alain Prost
Monaco - Alain Prost
Belgium - Nigel Mansell
Canada - Nigel Mansell
Detroit - Ayrton Senna
France - Nigel Mansell
Britain - Nigel Mansell
Germany - Nelson Piquet
Hungary - Nelson Piquet
Austria - Alain Prost
Italy - Nelson Piquet
Portugal - Nigel Mansell
Mexico - Gerhard Berger
Australia - Alain Prost
1986
The season started out with Nelson Piquet and the Williams team winning the race, with Senna second and Jacques Laffite third. Then it was Senna winning once again with Mansell and Prost finishing up the podium. Prost then took the McLaren to the win, with Piquet second, and Benetton's Gerhard Berger getting a surprising podium in third place! Thierry Boutsen also scored a point. At Monaco, Prost easily led to victory, with Rosberg second and Senna third. Here is how the championships looked so far:
Prost 22
Senna 19
Piquet 15
McLaren 34
Williams 24
Lotus 19
In Spa-Francorchamps Mansell went to a spectacular victory with Senna second and Jacques Laffite once again in third place. Mansell won again in Canada. McLaren and Williams were tied in the Constructors' standings now! Senna won in Detroit with Laffite second and Prost third. Johnny Dumfries, replacing the now deceased Eilo de Angelis, scored his first point. At Paul Ricard, Mansell won his third race in four races, surging him to second in the championship. The championships were close so far.
Prost 41
Mansell 39
Senna 36
Williams 62
McLaren 59
Lotus 37
Mansell won again in Britain leading Williams to a 1-2. Brundle and Philippe Streiff both scored points with Tyrrell. Piquet would go on to win in Germany, both McLaren ran out of fuel but still finished in the points. Everybody else was all running out of fuel and used up their last drops as they crossed the finish line. Piquet won again in the brand-new Hungary track (creatively called the Hungaroring). Dumfries scored 3 points, putting him out of "Reject-Zone," and even Patrick Tambay scored a point for the reasonably obscure Lola team. In Austria we saw one of the most bizarre Classifications:
1st - Alain Prost, McLaren
2nd - Alan Jones, Lola (Oddly enough, he won his first race in a Shadow here)
3rd - Patrick Tambay, Lola (bringing Lola's points totals up)
4th - Christian Danner, Arrows (who unrejectifies himself)
5th - Gerhard Berger, Benetton
6th - Huub Rothengatter, Zakspeed (who always ends up being mentioned somehow here)
Mansell 56
Prost 55
Senna 48
Williams 103
McLaren 75
Lotus 52
At Monza, Piquet won again, bringing Williams to another 1-2 victory. Jones and Boutsen managed to score points. At the new Estoril track, Mansell won ahead of Prost and Piquet. At this point, Prost and Mansell both had 11 finishes so far, and Williams had already locked the Constructors' Championship.
Mansell 71
Prost 61
Piquet 60
With two races to go, if Prost and Piquet retired from the race, Mansell would become champion. However, it was not to be, as Prost placed 2nd and Piquet placed 4th. Gerhard Berger took an unlikely win in the Benetton. Mansell had two points taken away while Prost had one taken away due to the points system only allowing the 11 best results to count for the championship. It didn't alter the championship standings at all. The standings going into Australia looked like so:
Mansell 71 (73)
Prost 66 (67)
Piquet 63
Piquet was a long shot going into the race, while Prost was 5 points behind. Mansell started on pole but fell to fourth by the end of the first lap. Senna, meanwhile, fell to fifth by lap 7. Keke Rosberg held the lead for the meantime. Piquet spun on Lap 23, but kept going, but was now in fourth place. By Lap 33, Piquet moved up to third, and the order was Rosberg-Mansell-Piquet-Prost. Piquet passed Mansell on Lap 45, but other than that, the order remained stagnant until Lap 63, when Rosberg retired, putting Piquet in the lead, followed by Prost, who recently passed Mansell, and Mansell himself, until his tyre blew off on Lap 64. On Lap 65, Prost passed Piquet for the lead, and held on to take the win. Piquet placed second, Martin Brundle took the podium for Tyrrell, and Streiff, Dumfries and Arnoux finished up the points. Prost's win meant that his fourth place back in Belgium was his lowest points score, meaning he lost three points. However, Prost kept the championship by one solitary point.
Drivers' Championship
9-6-4-3-2-1, Top 11 Results count
1st - Alain Prost, McLaren, 72pts (76)
2nd - Nigel Mansell, Williams, 71pts (73)
3rd - Nelson Piquet, Williams, 69pts
4th - Ayrton Senna, Lotus, 55pts
5th - Keke Rosberg, McLaren, 24pts
6th - Gerhard Berger, Benetton, 20pts
7th - Rene Arnoux, Ligier, 17pts
8th - Jacques Laffite, Ligier, 16pts
9th - Martin Brundle, Tyrrell, 10pts
10th - Alan Jones, Lola, 8pts
11th - Johnny Dumfries, Lotus, 6pts
12th - Patrick Tambay, Lola, 5pts (1 3rd)
T-13th - Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 5pts (2 5th, 1 6th)
T-13th - Teo Fabi, Benetton, 5pts (2 5th, 1 6th)
15th - Philippe Streiff, Tyrrell, 4pts
16th - Christian Danner, Arrows, 3pts
17th - Thierry Boutsen, Arrows, 2pts
T-18th - Huub Rothengatter, Zakspeed, 1pt (1 6th)
T-18th - Philippe Alliot, Ligier, 1pt (1 6th)
Constructors' Championship
1st - Williams, 142pts
2nd - McLaren, 100pts
3rd - Lotus, 61pts
4th - Ligier, 34pts
5th - Benetton, 25pts
6th - Tyrrell, 14pts
7th - Lola, 13pts
8th - Arrows, 5pts (1 4th)
9th - Brabham, 5pts (2 5th)
10th - Zakspeed, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Nelson Piquet
Spain - Ayrton Senna
San Marino - Alain Prost
Monaco - Alain Prost
Belgium - Nigel Mansell
Canada - Nigel Mansell
Detroit - Ayrton Senna
France - Nigel Mansell
Britain - Nigel Mansell
Germany - Nelson Piquet
Hungary - Nelson Piquet
Austria - Alain Prost
Italy - Nelson Piquet
Portugal - Nigel Mansell
Mexico - Gerhard Berger
Australia - Alain Prost
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Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
I can't wait to see 2004, just to see the number of points HWNSNBM scored
I like the way Snrub thinks!
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
redbulljack14 wrote:I can't wait to see 2004, just to see the number of points HWNSNBM scored
I'm going to be honest, it took me a while just to go through the 1960's, it might take a while
1987
The 1987 season started out well enough with Prost winning over Piquet and then unknown Stefan Johansson. Satoru Nakajima got a point in his first race with Lotus. Mansell won in San Marino despite a tire issue, Senna and Johansson got on the podium. Brundle and Danner both scored in the Zakspeed, and Nakajima picked up two points as well. Belgium was different, Prost won, Johansson placed second, de Cesaris was third while Eddie Cheever placed fourth. Rene Arnoux also managed to place points. In Monaco, Senna won, Jonathan Palmer somehow placed third in a Tyrrell (!), Ivan Capelli placed fourth with a March, and Brundle scored again with Zakspeed.
Prost 18
Senna 15
Johansson 14
McLaren 32
Williams 23
Lotus 20
Senna won again in Detroit, Cheever got a couple more points to his total, considering his car. Mansell won in France, and Philippe Streiff got 6th in his Tyrrell. Mansell would go on to win again in Britain. Williams took a 1-2 in the race while Lotus had a 3-4, and Derek Warwick and Teo Fabi finished off the points.
Mansell 32
Senna 31
Piquet 30
Williams 62
McLaren 41
Lotus 39
Nelson Piquet managed to win in Germany, Streiff, Palmer and Alliot got in the points as well. Piquet won again in Hungary, Prost finally scored points for the first time in eons, Riccardo Patrese placed fifth and Warwick placed 6th. Mansell won in Austria, Piquet was in second and Fabi miraculously placed third.
Piquet 54
Senna 43
Mansell 41
Williams 95
McLaren 52
Lotus 51
Piquet won in Italy, with no other unusual scoring. Prost then won in Portugal, breaking Williams' six straight victories at a race. Cheever managed to snag a couple of points. By this point, Williams had already won the constructors, but the drivers' championship was still open. Mansell won in Spain to put himself in second position, albeit 18 points behind Piquet in the championship with three races to go.
Piquet 72
Mansell 54
Senna 52
Williams 126
McLaren 76
Lotus 60
Mansell won in Mexico, with Piquet second and Patrese third. Cheever and Alliot also finished in the points. Despite the fact that Piquet scored, Mansell was still in the championship, since Piquet had got to 11 points finishes, and only got 3 points for his efforts in Mexico. Unfortunately, Mansell got injured in Japan, meaning that Piquet won the championship by default. Senna and Boutsen took the final wins of the season, Boutsen's being more notable, and showing this strange result:
1. Thierry Boutsen, Benetton
2. Jonathan Palmer, Tyrrell
3. Yannick Dalmas, Lola
4. Roberto Moreno, AGS
5. Christian Danner, Zakspeed
6. Andrea de Cesaris, Brabham
A nice way to end the season!
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, best 11 results count
1st - Nelson Piquet, Williams, 75pts (78)
2nd - Nigel Mansell, Williams, 63pts
3rd - Ayrton Senna, Lotus, 60pts (60)
4th - Alain Prost, McLaren, 48pts
5th - Stefan Johansson, McLaren, 36pts
6th - Thierry Boutsen, Benetton, 25pts
7th - Teo Fabi, Benetton, 15pts
8th - Jonathan Palmer, Tyrrell, 13pts
9th - Satoru Nakajima, Lotus, 11pts
10th - Eddie Cheever, Arrows, 10pts
11th - Riccardo Patrese, Brabham, 6pts
12th - Andrea de Cesaris, Brabham, 5pts (3rd)
13th - Martin Brundle, Zakspeed, 5pts (4th)
14th - Yannick Dalmas, Lola, 4pts (3rd)
15th - Philippe Streiff, Tyrrell, 4pts (4th)
T-16th - Ivan Capelli, March, 3pts (4th)
T-16th - Roberto Moreno, AGS, 3pts (4th)
T-18th - Derek Warwick, Arrows, 3pts (5th)
T-18th - Christian Danner, Zakspeed, 3pts (5th)
20th - Philippe Alliot, Lola, 3pts (6th)
21st - Rene Arnoux, Ligier, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - Williams, 141pts
2nd - McLaren, 84pts
3rd - Lotus, 72pts
4th - Benetton, 40pts
5th - Tyrrell, 17pts
6th - Arrows, 13pts
7th - Brabham, 11pts
8th - Zakspeed, 8pts
9th - Lola, 7pts
T-10th - March, 3pts (4th)
T-10th - AGS, 3pts (4th)
12th - Ligier, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
San Marino - Nigel Mansell
Belgium - Alain Prost
Monaco - Ayrton Senna
Detroit - Ayrton Senna
France - Nigel Mansell
Britain - Nigel Mansell
Germany - Nelson Piquet
Hungary - Nelson Piquet
Austria - Nigel Mansell
Italy - Nelson Piquet
Portugal - Alain Prost
Spain - Nigel Mansell
Mexico - Nigel Mansell
Japan - Ayrton Senna
Australia - Thierry Boutsen
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
Nice to see Boutsen winning a race for Benetton! (Senna would have won Australia but for his DQ, oops!)
"Poor old Warwick takes it from behind all throughout this season". (Tony Jardine, 1988)
(Tony Jardine, 1988)Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
James1978 wrote:Nice to see Boutsen winning a race for Benetton! (Senna would have won Australia but for his DQ, oops!)
I thought he crashed out, I didn't pay attention there I suppose
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
It's back from the dead!!!
1988
Dragged myself to do this, and I was not surprised due to the McLaren dominance.
Prost started out the season by winning in Brazil. Senna actually won but was disqualified for changing cars after the green flag. Warwick also got a podium. Senna did win in San Marino. Senna suffered from brain fade in Monaco and Prost won. Prost continued his streak by winning in Mexico. By now Arrows had obtained an impressive points total with Derek Warwick. They were second in the constructors' title at the time as well.
At Canada, Senna took an easy win, followed by another at Detroit. De Cesaris took a fourth in a Rial (yes, a Rial) at Detroit, and Capelli managed a fifth in Canada. Prost won in front of the home crowd (with Nelson Piquet placing third), and Senna won in Britain, with Mansell in second despite having one of the worst engines on the grid.
By now the championship was becoming a battle between Prost and Senna, and the Constructors' championship was basically a cakewalk for the team.
Prost 54
Senna 48
Piquet 19
McLaren 102
Benetton 26
Lotus 23
Senna, not surprisingly, won in Germany, with Prost second. Ivan Capelli managed a podium position in third. Senna won his third straight in Hungary and Riccardo Patrese managed to score points in the crapbox Williams. Then Senna won his fourth straight win for McLaren! Capelli managed another podium for March. Next came Italy. Prost retires with an engine problem on Lap 34. Senna tries to pass the lapped car of JS Schlesser. He crashes! And here comes Eddie Cheever to win the race for Arrows! Truly a surprising result! Not only that, it's a 1-2 as Derek Warwick places second for the team!
Senna 75
Prost 72
Boutsen 25
Warwick 25
McLaren 147
Arrows 40
Benetton 36
By now, McLaren have already clinched the constructors'. And with four races to go, it's Prost against Senna for the drivers' title!
In Portugal, Prost wins, Capelli is second and Senna is a distant fifth. Normally this would be good but for Senna, it will not do. Prost wins again in Spain, but he's already hit 11 scoring positions and he's starting to max out in points! Senna is behind by four points going into Japan. Senna wins there with Prost in second. Prost didn't win so he couldn't gain any more points, but Senna got rid of his fifth in Portugal by winning and gained seven points, putting him three points ahead of Prost, even though Prost had scored more points. Due to the quirk of the rules, Senna had won the championship. Even if Prost won and Senna retired in Australia, Prost would be even in the points with Senna, but would lose the tiebreaker with Senna, since Senna won 8 compared to Prost's 6 (7 if he won Australia).
Prost won the final race in Australia while Senna placed second. The Williams turned out not to be a crapbox but the Judd engines still remain a mystery. Patrese, meanwhile, placed fourth.
Drivers' Standings
1st - Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 90pts (95)
2nd - Alain Prost, McLaren, 87pts (105)
3rd - Thierry Boutsen, Benetton, 34pts (35)
4th - Derek Warwick, Arrows, 28pts
5th - Nelson Piquet, Lotus, 26pts
6th - Ivan Capelli, March, 21pts
7th - Alessandro Nannini, Benetton, 17pts
8th - Eddie Cheever, Arrows, 15pts
9th - Riccardo Patrese, Williams, 14pts
10th - Nigel Mansell, Williams, 12pts
11th - Mauricio Gugelmin, March, 10pts
12th - Johnathan Palmer, Tyrrell, 7pts (Best 3rd)
13th - Satoru Nakajima, Lotus, 7pts (4th)
14th - Andrea de Cesaris, Rial, 3pts
15th - Yannick Dalmas, Lola, 2pts
T-16th - Pierluigi Martini, Minardi, 1pt
T-16th - Alex Caffi, Dallara, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - McLaren, 200pts
2nd - Benetton, 53pts
3rd - Arrows, 43pts
4th - Lotus, 32pts
5th - March, 31pts
6th - Williams, 26pts
7th - Tyrrell, 7pts
8th - Rial, 3pts
9th - Lola, 2pts
T-10th - Minardi, 1pt
T-10th - Dallara, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
San Marino - Ayrton Senna
Monaco - Alain Prost
Mexico - Alain Prost
Canada - Ayrton Senna
Detroit - Ayrton Senna
France - Alain Prost
Britain - Ayrton Senna
Germany - Ayrton Senna
Hungary - Ayrton Senna
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Italy - Eddie Cheever
Portugal - Alain Prost
Spain - Alain Prost
Japan - Ayrton Senna
Australia - Alain Prost
1988
Dragged myself to do this, and I was not surprised due to the McLaren dominance.
Prost started out the season by winning in Brazil. Senna actually won but was disqualified for changing cars after the green flag. Warwick also got a podium. Senna did win in San Marino. Senna suffered from brain fade in Monaco and Prost won. Prost continued his streak by winning in Mexico. By now Arrows had obtained an impressive points total with Derek Warwick. They were second in the constructors' title at the time as well.
At Canada, Senna took an easy win, followed by another at Detroit. De Cesaris took a fourth in a Rial (yes, a Rial) at Detroit, and Capelli managed a fifth in Canada. Prost won in front of the home crowd (with Nelson Piquet placing third), and Senna won in Britain, with Mansell in second despite having one of the worst engines on the grid.
By now the championship was becoming a battle between Prost and Senna, and the Constructors' championship was basically a cakewalk for the team.
Prost 54
Senna 48
Piquet 19
McLaren 102
Benetton 26
Lotus 23
Senna, not surprisingly, won in Germany, with Prost second. Ivan Capelli managed a podium position in third. Senna won his third straight in Hungary and Riccardo Patrese managed to score points in the crapbox Williams. Then Senna won his fourth straight win for McLaren! Capelli managed another podium for March. Next came Italy. Prost retires with an engine problem on Lap 34. Senna tries to pass the lapped car of JS Schlesser. He crashes! And here comes Eddie Cheever to win the race for Arrows! Truly a surprising result! Not only that, it's a 1-2 as Derek Warwick places second for the team!
Senna 75
Prost 72
Boutsen 25
Warwick 25
McLaren 147
Arrows 40
Benetton 36
By now, McLaren have already clinched the constructors'. And with four races to go, it's Prost against Senna for the drivers' title!
In Portugal, Prost wins, Capelli is second and Senna is a distant fifth. Normally this would be good but for Senna, it will not do. Prost wins again in Spain, but he's already hit 11 scoring positions and he's starting to max out in points! Senna is behind by four points going into Japan. Senna wins there with Prost in second. Prost didn't win so he couldn't gain any more points, but Senna got rid of his fifth in Portugal by winning and gained seven points, putting him three points ahead of Prost, even though Prost had scored more points. Due to the quirk of the rules, Senna had won the championship. Even if Prost won and Senna retired in Australia, Prost would be even in the points with Senna, but would lose the tiebreaker with Senna, since Senna won 8 compared to Prost's 6 (7 if he won Australia).
Prost won the final race in Australia while Senna placed second. The Williams turned out not to be a crapbox but the Judd engines still remain a mystery. Patrese, meanwhile, placed fourth.
Drivers' Standings
1st - Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 90pts (95)
2nd - Alain Prost, McLaren, 87pts (105)
3rd - Thierry Boutsen, Benetton, 34pts (35)
4th - Derek Warwick, Arrows, 28pts
5th - Nelson Piquet, Lotus, 26pts
6th - Ivan Capelli, March, 21pts
7th - Alessandro Nannini, Benetton, 17pts
8th - Eddie Cheever, Arrows, 15pts
9th - Riccardo Patrese, Williams, 14pts
10th - Nigel Mansell, Williams, 12pts
11th - Mauricio Gugelmin, March, 10pts
12th - Johnathan Palmer, Tyrrell, 7pts (Best 3rd)
13th - Satoru Nakajima, Lotus, 7pts (4th)
14th - Andrea de Cesaris, Rial, 3pts
15th - Yannick Dalmas, Lola, 2pts
T-16th - Pierluigi Martini, Minardi, 1pt
T-16th - Alex Caffi, Dallara, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - McLaren, 200pts
2nd - Benetton, 53pts
3rd - Arrows, 43pts
4th - Lotus, 32pts
5th - March, 31pts
6th - Williams, 26pts
7th - Tyrrell, 7pts
8th - Rial, 3pts
9th - Lola, 2pts
T-10th - Minardi, 1pt
T-10th - Dallara, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
San Marino - Ayrton Senna
Monaco - Alain Prost
Mexico - Alain Prost
Canada - Ayrton Senna
Detroit - Ayrton Senna
France - Alain Prost
Britain - Ayrton Senna
Germany - Ayrton Senna
Hungary - Ayrton Senna
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Italy - Eddie Cheever
Portugal - Alain Prost
Spain - Alain Prost
Japan - Ayrton Senna
Australia - Alain Prost
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Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
1988 was always going to be Mclaren domination
aerond wrote:Yes RDD, but we always knew you never had any sort of taste either
tommykl wrote:I have a shite car and meme sponsors, but Corrado Fabi will carry me to the promised land with the power of Lionel Richie.
Re: No Ferrari Alternative Championship
GASP! ANOTHER RESURRECTION???
Really, I haven't been able to do this for a while, because of things that happen around my city... anyways...
1989
The 1989 season marked the first season without Turbos for a long time as well as the last season which not all the points earned in the championship were earned. (Huzzah!) Obviously McLaren were the favourites to dominate the season, given their lineup of Senna and Prost.
In the first race at Brazil, Prost won the race, followed by a surprising Gugelmin in second place. Then Senna won over Prost in San Marino, followed by another win in Monaco, and another win in Mexico, winning three straight times in a row.
Senna 27
Prost 23
Nannini 9
McLaren 50
Benetton 13
Williams 9
At this point it looked very obvious that the McLarens would dominate the championships, with both Senna and Prost apart from their competitors, and both cruising away in the Constructors' Standings.
At Phoenix, Prost won for the second time, while Cheever podiumed and Christian Danner managed to get fourth place in the very slow Rial, beating out Herbert and Boutsen. Boutsen would go on to win in Canada, gaining a Williams 1-2. Piquet in his Lotus managed to place fourth, while de Crasheris managed to place third in the race as well. Prost won in France, but Patrese scored his fourth straight second place finish, while Alesi podiumed on his debut and Johansson scored 3 points in the Onyx. Prost won again in Britain, with Piquet placing third and the Minardis placing fourth and fifth for a double points finish.
Prost 50
Senna 27
Patrese 24
McLaren 77
Williams 37
Benetton 21
If anything, any hopes of chasing McLaren was a lost case. Meanwhile, the lack of points finishes for Senna meant that Prost easily sprinted away into the lead of the WDC.
But any hopes of there being a lack of Senna in the WDC race was ended as he easily won in Germany. Then Senna won again in Hungary, followed by his third straight win in Belgium. Then Senna's engine went out in Italy, and Prost won the race. Alesi and Martini put up good performances in that race scoring more points.
Prost 75
Senna 54
Patrese 32
McLaren 129
Williams 61
Benetton 24
At this point, McLaren had already won the Constructors', and Prost and Senna were the only two drivers still in contention for the drivers' title.
Prost won in Portugal, but he had already maxed out his finishes, so he only gained seven points. He still led the championship by 82 points to 54, given that Senna crashed out in the race. This effectively gave Prost the Drivers' Title. Also, Stefan Johansson did a great job putting the Onyx in second place.
Senna won in Spain, with Alesi on the podium again for Tyrrell. Philippe Alliot placed fifth for Lola as well. In Japan, Prost and Senna were so pissed at each other that they crashed into each other, and Senna was DSQ'd, giving Nannini his first win. Boutsen went on to win the finale in Australia, with Nakajima somehow finishing in fourth place.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Best 11 Results count
1st - Alain Prost, McLaren, 84pts (90)
2nd - Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 63pts
3rd - Riccardo Patrese, Williams, 45pts
4th - Thierry Boutsen, Williams, 42pts
5th - Alessandro Nannini, Benetton, 37pts
6th - Nelson Piquet, Lotus, 15pts
7th - Jean Alesi, Tyrrell, 11pts
8th - Derek Warwick, Arrows, 10pts
9th - Stefan Johansson, Onyx, 9pts
10th - Eddie Cheever, Arrows, 8pts (3rd)
11th - Pierluigi Martini, Minardi, 8pts (4th)
12th - Mauricio Gugelmin, March, 7pts
T-13th - Johnny Herbert, Benetton, 6pts (3rd, 5th)
T-13th - Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, 6pts (3rd, 5th)
15th - Andrea de Cesaris, Dallara, 6pts (3rd, 6th)
16th - Alex Caffi, Dallara, 5pts (4th)
17th - Martin Brundle, Brabham, 5pts (5th)
18th - Stefano Modena, Brabham, 4pts (3rd)
19th - Satoru Nakajima, Lotus, 4pts (4th)
20th - Jonathan Palmer, Tyrrell, 4pts (5th)
21st - Christian Danner, Rial, 3pts (4th)
22nd - Olivier Grouillard, Ligier, 3pts (5th)
T-23rd - Rene Arnoux, Ligier, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd - Luis Perez-Sala, Minardi, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd - Philippe Alliot, Lola, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd - Emanuele Pirro, Benetton, 2pts (5th)
27th - Gabriele Tarquini, AGS, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - McLaren, 153pts
2nd - Williams, 87pts
3rd - Benetton, 45pts
4th - Tyrrell, 21pts
5th - Lotus, 19pts
6th - Arrows, 18pts
7th - Dallara, 11pts
8th - Minardi, 10pts
9th - Onyx, 9pts (2nd)
10th - Brabham, 9pts (4th)
11th - March, 7pts
12th - Ligier, 5pts
13th - Rial, 3pts
14th - Lola, 2pts
15th - AGS, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
San Marino - Ayrton Senna
Monaco - Ayrton Senna
Mexico - Ayrton Senna
United States - Alain Prost
Canada - Thierry Boutsen
France - Alain Prost
Britain - Alain Prost
Germany - Ayrton Senna
Hungary - Ayrton Senna
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Italy - Alain Prost
Portugal - Alain Prost
Spain - Ayrton Senna
Japan - Alex Nannini
Australia - Thierry Boutsen
Really, I haven't been able to do this for a while, because of things that happen around my city... anyways...
1989
The 1989 season marked the first season without Turbos for a long time as well as the last season which not all the points earned in the championship were earned. (Huzzah!) Obviously McLaren were the favourites to dominate the season, given their lineup of Senna and Prost.
In the first race at Brazil, Prost won the race, followed by a surprising Gugelmin in second place. Then Senna won over Prost in San Marino, followed by another win in Monaco, and another win in Mexico, winning three straight times in a row.
Senna 27
Prost 23
Nannini 9
McLaren 50
Benetton 13
Williams 9
At this point it looked very obvious that the McLarens would dominate the championships, with both Senna and Prost apart from their competitors, and both cruising away in the Constructors' Standings.
At Phoenix, Prost won for the second time, while Cheever podiumed and Christian Danner managed to get fourth place in the very slow Rial, beating out Herbert and Boutsen. Boutsen would go on to win in Canada, gaining a Williams 1-2. Piquet in his Lotus managed to place fourth, while de Crasheris managed to place third in the race as well. Prost won in France, but Patrese scored his fourth straight second place finish, while Alesi podiumed on his debut and Johansson scored 3 points in the Onyx. Prost won again in Britain, with Piquet placing third and the Minardis placing fourth and fifth for a double points finish.
Prost 50
Senna 27
Patrese 24
McLaren 77
Williams 37
Benetton 21
If anything, any hopes of chasing McLaren was a lost case. Meanwhile, the lack of points finishes for Senna meant that Prost easily sprinted away into the lead of the WDC.
But any hopes of there being a lack of Senna in the WDC race was ended as he easily won in Germany. Then Senna won again in Hungary, followed by his third straight win in Belgium. Then Senna's engine went out in Italy, and Prost won the race. Alesi and Martini put up good performances in that race scoring more points.
Prost 75
Senna 54
Patrese 32
McLaren 129
Williams 61
Benetton 24
At this point, McLaren had already won the Constructors', and Prost and Senna were the only two drivers still in contention for the drivers' title.
Prost won in Portugal, but he had already maxed out his finishes, so he only gained seven points. He still led the championship by 82 points to 54, given that Senna crashed out in the race. This effectively gave Prost the Drivers' Title. Also, Stefan Johansson did a great job putting the Onyx in second place.
Senna won in Spain, with Alesi on the podium again for Tyrrell. Philippe Alliot placed fifth for Lola as well. In Japan, Prost and Senna were so pissed at each other that they crashed into each other, and Senna was DSQ'd, giving Nannini his first win. Boutsen went on to win the finale in Australia, with Nakajima somehow finishing in fourth place.
Drivers' Standings
9-6-4-3-2-1, Best 11 Results count
1st - Alain Prost, McLaren, 84pts (90)
2nd - Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 63pts
3rd - Riccardo Patrese, Williams, 45pts
4th - Thierry Boutsen, Williams, 42pts
5th - Alessandro Nannini, Benetton, 37pts
6th - Nelson Piquet, Lotus, 15pts
7th - Jean Alesi, Tyrrell, 11pts
8th - Derek Warwick, Arrows, 10pts
9th - Stefan Johansson, Onyx, 9pts
10th - Eddie Cheever, Arrows, 8pts (3rd)
11th - Pierluigi Martini, Minardi, 8pts (4th)
12th - Mauricio Gugelmin, March, 7pts
T-13th - Johnny Herbert, Benetton, 6pts (3rd, 5th)
T-13th - Michele Alboreto, Tyrrell, 6pts (3rd, 5th)
15th - Andrea de Cesaris, Dallara, 6pts (3rd, 6th)
16th - Alex Caffi, Dallara, 5pts (4th)
17th - Martin Brundle, Brabham, 5pts (5th)
18th - Stefano Modena, Brabham, 4pts (3rd)
19th - Satoru Nakajima, Lotus, 4pts (4th)
20th - Jonathan Palmer, Tyrrell, 4pts (5th)
21st - Christian Danner, Rial, 3pts (4th)
22nd - Olivier Grouillard, Ligier, 3pts (5th)
T-23rd - Rene Arnoux, Ligier, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd - Luis Perez-Sala, Minardi, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd - Philippe Alliot, Lola, 2pts (5th)
T-23rd - Emanuele Pirro, Benetton, 2pts (5th)
27th - Gabriele Tarquini, AGS, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - McLaren, 153pts
2nd - Williams, 87pts
3rd - Benetton, 45pts
4th - Tyrrell, 21pts
5th - Lotus, 19pts
6th - Arrows, 18pts
7th - Dallara, 11pts
8th - Minardi, 10pts
9th - Onyx, 9pts (2nd)
10th - Brabham, 9pts (4th)
11th - March, 7pts
12th - Ligier, 5pts
13th - Rial, 3pts
14th - Lola, 2pts
15th - AGS, 1pt
Race Winners
Brazil - Alain Prost
San Marino - Ayrton Senna
Monaco - Ayrton Senna
Mexico - Ayrton Senna
United States - Alain Prost
Canada - Thierry Boutsen
France - Alain Prost
Britain - Alain Prost
Germany - Ayrton Senna
Hungary - Ayrton Senna
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Italy - Alain Prost
Portugal - Alain Prost
Spain - Ayrton Senna
Japan - Alex Nannini
Australia - Thierry Boutsen
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1990
Well, turns out the "Top 11 Results count" rule is dumped in 1991, not 1990 as I hoped. Oh well.
Senna won in the opener in the USGP, then Gerhard Berger won for McLaren in Brazil. Then Patrese won in San Marino, and Derek Warwick managed to get a point for Lotus in their slow car. Senna won for the second time in the season in Monaco, with Alesi second again (he scored second in the opening race), while Alex Caffi with Arrows and Eric Bernard of Lola scored points as well.
Senna 24
Berger 19
Alesi 16 (!)
McLaren 43
Williams 20
Tyrrell 18
McLaren was obviously dominating the championship. Alesi and Tyrrell were doing well as well. Meanwhile, Senna won again in Canada, with Warwick fourth and Modena and Caffi scoring points as well. Meanwhile, in the drivers' championship:
Senna 33
Berger 32 (!)
Alesi 18
Meanwhile, everybody picks up what's left of their jaw after Ivan Capelli won in France in the Leyton House! Certainly a surprising showing. Then in Britain, Thierry Boutsen managed to win in the Williams, pleasing the British crowd. Eric Bernard also scored a podium for Lola as well.
Senna 45
Berger 35
Piquet 25
Boutsen 24
McLaren 80
Benetton 35
Williams 35
McLaren obviously have a huge lead in the Constructors' championship. Meanwhile, in the Drivers' Championship, the McLaren teammates are 10 points apart.
Senna won in Germany, and Capelli managed to score a point in the unreliable Leyton House. Then Senna won again in Belgium and in Italy, showing his dominating form.
Senna 78
Berger 51
Boutsen 35
McLaren 129
Williams 63
Benetton 48
With four races to go, McLaren had already won the Constructors' Title, and Senna was well on his way to another title. Senna led McLaren to another 1-2 in Portugal. Then Nannini managed to win a race in Spain! The McLarens were oddly absent at the finish, so Nannini won the race. Nicola Larini took fifth for Ligier. Senna had the title locked up by Japan. Piquet won the Japanese GP, but maxed out his finish total and only gained 7 points in that race. Roberto Moreno and Aguri Suzuki also podiumed at the race. Piquet won again in Australia, and only gained 6 points this time. Piquet becomes the last driver to lose points in the silly "Top 11 Results count" rule.
Drivers' Standings
1st - Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 87pts
2nd - Gerhard Berger, McLaren, 63pts
3rd - Nelson Piquet, Benetton, 51pts (56)
4th - Thierry Boutsen, Williams, 47pts
5th - Alessandro Nannini, Benetton, 33pts (1 1st, 2 2nd)
6th - Riccardo Patrese, Williams, 33pts (1 1st, 0 2nd)
7th - Jean Alesi, Tyrrell, 20pts
8th - Ivan Capelli, Leyton House, 11pts
9th - Aguri Suzuki, Lola, 10pts
10th - Roberto Moreno, Benetton, 8pts
11th - Eric Bernard, Lola, 6pts (3rd)
12th - Derek Warwick, Lotus, 6pts (4th, 5th)
13th - Satoru Nakajima, Tyrrell, 6pts (4th, 6th)
14th - Stefano Modena, Brabham, 4pts (2 5th)
15th - Alex Caffi, Arrows, 4pts (1 5th)
16th - Mauricio Gugelmin, Leyton House, 3pts
17th - Nicola Larini, Ligier, 2pts
18th - Martin Donnelly, Lotus, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - McLaren, 150pts
2nd - Benetton, 90pts
3rd - Williams, 87pts
4th - Tyrrell, 26pts
5th - Lola, 16pts
6th - Leyton House, 14pts
7th - Lotus, 7pts
8th - Brabham, 4pts (2 5th)
9th - Arrows, 4pts (1 5th)
10th - Ligier, 2pts
Race Winners
United States - Ayrton Senna
Brazil - Gerhard Berger
San Marino - Riccardo Patrese
Monaco - Ayrton Senna
Canada - Ayrton Senna
Mexico - Gerhard Berger
France - Ivan Capelli
Britain - Thierry Boutsen
Germany - Ayrton Senna
Hungary - Thierry Boutsen
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Italy - Ayrton Senna
Portugal - Ayrton Senna
Spain - Alessandro Nannini
Japan - Nelson Piquet
Australia - Nelson Piquet
Well, turns out the "Top 11 Results count" rule is dumped in 1991, not 1990 as I hoped. Oh well.
Senna won in the opener in the USGP, then Gerhard Berger won for McLaren in Brazil. Then Patrese won in San Marino, and Derek Warwick managed to get a point for Lotus in their slow car. Senna won for the second time in the season in Monaco, with Alesi second again (he scored second in the opening race), while Alex Caffi with Arrows and Eric Bernard of Lola scored points as well.
Senna 24
Berger 19
Alesi 16 (!)
McLaren 43
Williams 20
Tyrrell 18
McLaren was obviously dominating the championship. Alesi and Tyrrell were doing well as well. Meanwhile, Senna won again in Canada, with Warwick fourth and Modena and Caffi scoring points as well. Meanwhile, in the drivers' championship:
Senna 33
Berger 32 (!)
Alesi 18
Meanwhile, everybody picks up what's left of their jaw after Ivan Capelli won in France in the Leyton House! Certainly a surprising showing. Then in Britain, Thierry Boutsen managed to win in the Williams, pleasing the British crowd. Eric Bernard also scored a podium for Lola as well.
Senna 45
Berger 35
Piquet 25
Boutsen 24
McLaren 80
Benetton 35
Williams 35
McLaren obviously have a huge lead in the Constructors' championship. Meanwhile, in the Drivers' Championship, the McLaren teammates are 10 points apart.
Senna won in Germany, and Capelli managed to score a point in the unreliable Leyton House. Then Senna won again in Belgium and in Italy, showing his dominating form.
Senna 78
Berger 51
Boutsen 35
McLaren 129
Williams 63
Benetton 48
With four races to go, McLaren had already won the Constructors' Title, and Senna was well on his way to another title. Senna led McLaren to another 1-2 in Portugal. Then Nannini managed to win a race in Spain! The McLarens were oddly absent at the finish, so Nannini won the race. Nicola Larini took fifth for Ligier. Senna had the title locked up by Japan. Piquet won the Japanese GP, but maxed out his finish total and only gained 7 points in that race. Roberto Moreno and Aguri Suzuki also podiumed at the race. Piquet won again in Australia, and only gained 6 points this time. Piquet becomes the last driver to lose points in the silly "Top 11 Results count" rule.
Drivers' Standings
1st - Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 87pts
2nd - Gerhard Berger, McLaren, 63pts
3rd - Nelson Piquet, Benetton, 51pts (56)
4th - Thierry Boutsen, Williams, 47pts
5th - Alessandro Nannini, Benetton, 33pts (1 1st, 2 2nd)
6th - Riccardo Patrese, Williams, 33pts (1 1st, 0 2nd)
7th - Jean Alesi, Tyrrell, 20pts
8th - Ivan Capelli, Leyton House, 11pts
9th - Aguri Suzuki, Lola, 10pts
10th - Roberto Moreno, Benetton, 8pts
11th - Eric Bernard, Lola, 6pts (3rd)
12th - Derek Warwick, Lotus, 6pts (4th, 5th)
13th - Satoru Nakajima, Tyrrell, 6pts (4th, 6th)
14th - Stefano Modena, Brabham, 4pts (2 5th)
15th - Alex Caffi, Arrows, 4pts (1 5th)
16th - Mauricio Gugelmin, Leyton House, 3pts
17th - Nicola Larini, Ligier, 2pts
18th - Martin Donnelly, Lotus, 1pt
Constructors' Standings
1st - McLaren, 150pts
2nd - Benetton, 90pts
3rd - Williams, 87pts
4th - Tyrrell, 26pts
5th - Lola, 16pts
6th - Leyton House, 14pts
7th - Lotus, 7pts
8th - Brabham, 4pts (2 5th)
9th - Arrows, 4pts (1 5th)
10th - Ligier, 2pts
Race Winners
United States - Ayrton Senna
Brazil - Gerhard Berger
San Marino - Riccardo Patrese
Monaco - Ayrton Senna
Canada - Ayrton Senna
Mexico - Gerhard Berger
France - Ivan Capelli
Britain - Thierry Boutsen
Germany - Ayrton Senna
Hungary - Thierry Boutsen
Belgium - Ayrton Senna
Italy - Ayrton Senna
Portugal - Ayrton Senna
Spain - Alessandro Nannini
Japan - Nelson Piquet
Australia - Nelson Piquet