The Arturo Merzario Trophy - Ericsson crowned champion!

[tommykl]

2006


1. Takuma Sato - 126 (2 wins, 7 2nds, 6 3rds)
2. Tiago Monteiro - 94 (1 win, 1 2nd, 8 3rds)
3. Christijan Albers - 71 (1 2nd, 2 3rds)
4. Sakon Yamamoto - 64 (4 wins, 3 2nds)
5. Scott Speed - 61 (1 win, 1 3rd)
6. Franck Montagny - 60 (2 wins, 5 2nds)
7. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 41 (1 win)
8. Yuji Ide - 38 (3 wins, 1 2nd)
9. David Coulthard - 25 (1 win)
10. Jarno Trulli - 20 (1 win, 1 3rd)
11. Felipe Massa - 14 (1 win)
12. Nico Rosberg - 14 (1 4th, 1 5th, 1 7th, 3 8ths)
13. Mark Webber - 12 (1 4th, 2 6ths, 1 8th)
14. Christian Klien - 11 (2 6ths, 2 7ths, 1 8th)
15. Kimi Räikkönen - 10 (1 win)
16. Jenson Button - 10 (2 4ths)
17. Robert Doornbos - 9 (1 4th, 1 5th)
18. Nick Heidfeld - 7 (2 7ths, 3 8ths)
19. Ralf Schumacher - 6 (2 6ths)
20. Jacques Villeneuve - 5 (1 5th, 1 8th)
21. Rubens Barrichello - 3 (1 6th)
22. Fernando Alonso - 1 (1 8th)

Race winners
Bahrain - Kimi Räikkönen
Malaysia - Yuji Ide
Australia - Yuji Ide
San Marino - Yuji Ide
Europe - Franck Montagny
Spain - Daivd Coulthard
Monaco - Felipe Massa
Britain - Jarno Trulli
Canada - Franck Montagny
United States - Vitantonio Liuzzi
France - Takuma Sato
Germany - Scott Speed
Hungary - Sakon Yamamoto
Turkey - Takuma Sato
Italy - Sakon Yamamoto
China - Sakon Yamamoto
Japan - Sakon Yamamoto
Brazil - Tiago Monteiro

And just as I said the ten winners in 2005 were a record, eleven drivers won races in 2006 (Sato, Monteiro, Yamamoto, Speed, Montagny, Liuzzi, Ide, Coulthard, Trulli, Massa and Räikkönen). Super Aguri were clearly ahead, with Midland/Spyker close behind and Toro Rosso a distant third. Takuma Sato won the title through sheer attrition. He was slower than all three of his teammates, but Ide had his license taken away for dangerous driving and Montagny left due to money issues. Sato won the title simply by staying around the whole year. Monteiro finished second for the second consecutive year, while defending champion Albers finished third. Spyker's tactic of hiring 2005's top two drivers sadly didn't yield victory.

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2007


1. Adrian Sutil - 127 (2 wins, 9 2nds, 5 3rds)
2. Christijan Albers - 84 (6 wins, 3 2nds)
3. Sakon Yamamoto - 70 (7 wins)
4. Takuma Sato - 66 (3 2nds, 1 3rd)
5. Anthony Davidson - 46 (1 2nd, 2 3rds)
6. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 41 (1 3rd)
7. Scott Speed - 40 (1 win, 1 3rd)
8. Alexander Wurz - 37 (2 3rds)
9. David Coulthard - 27 (1 2nd, 2 3rds)
10. Ralf Schumacher - 24 (1 3rd)
11. Rubens Barrichello - 24 (1 4th, 2 5ths, 3 6ths, 2 8ths)
12. Sebastian Vettel - 17 (2 3rds)
13. Jenson Button - 17 (1 5th, 2 6ths, 2 7ths, 3 8ths)
14. Markus Winkelhock - 10 (1 win)
15. Heikki Kovalainen - 9 (1 4th, 1 6th, 1 8th)
16. Mark Webber - 5 (1 4th, 1 9th)
17. Kazuki Nakajima - 5 (1 4th)
18. Giancarlo Fisichella - 5 (1 5th, 1 8th)
19. Nico Rosberg - 5 (1 6th, 1 7th)
20. Felipe Massa - 2 (1 7th, 1 9th)
21. Kimi Räikkönen - 2 (1 7th, 1 18th)

Race winners
Australia - Christijan Albers
Malaysia - Adrian Sutil
Bahrain - Christijan Albers
Spain - Scott Speed
Monaco - Christijan Albers
Canada - Christijan Albers
United States - Christijan Albers
France - Adrian Sutil
Britain - Christijan Albers
Europe - Markus Winkelhock
Hungary - Sakon Yamamoto
Turkey - Sakon Yamamoto
Italy - Sakon Yamamoto
Belgium - Sakon Yamamoto
Japan - Sakon Yamamoto
China - Sakon Yamamoto
Brazil - Sakon Yamamoto

This year was an absolute Spyker cakewalk, much like Super Aguri the year before, but even more dominant. Spykers won every race except the Spanish Grand Prix, won by Scott Speed. All but two of the others were won by the man in the second car. However, with three drivers in the car along the year, Adrian Sutil won the title in similar fashion to Sato in 2006, with only two victories to 6 for 2005 champion Albers, one for Markus Winkelhock in his only start and a perfect seven for Sakon Yamamoto, who improved on his 2006 form. Spyker recorded eleven 1-2 finishes. Only in Monaco did a Spyker driver not finish on the podium, when Sutil finished fourth.

[tommykl]

Small correction, the record for most different race winners in a season is actually 13 in 1976 (Lombardi, Merzario, Kessel, Pescarolo, Lunger, Stuppacher, Hoffmann, Pesenti-Rossi, Edwards, Nilsson, Watson, Nelleman and Trimmer), 1977 (Ribeiro, andersson, Rebaque, Perkins, Kozarowitzky, Pilette, Zorzi, Lunger, Tambay, Scheckter, Jabouille, Bleekemolen and Francia) and 1978 (Merzario, Stommelen, Rebaque, Lunger, Rosberg, Colombo, Daly, Galica, Bleekemolen, Gabbiani, Stuck, Ickx and Trimmer).

[tommykl]

2008


1. Adrian Sutil - 144 (6 wins, 7 2nds, 3 3rds)
2. Giancarlo Fisichella - 129 (7 wins, 4 2nds, 2 3rds)
3. Rubens Barrichello - 57 (1 2nd, 4 3rds)
4. Jenson Button - 55 (2 2nds, 2 3rds)
5. Kazuki Nakajima - 53 (1 2nd, 1 3rd)
6. Sébastien Bourdais - 39 (1 3rd)
7. Nelson Piquet, Jr. - 38 (1 2nd)
8. Anthony Davidson - 36 (2 wins, 2 2nds)
9. Takuma Sato - 32 (2 wins, 2 3rds)
10. Nico Rosberg - 31 (2 3rds)
11. Sebastian Vettel - 29 (1 win, 1 3rd)
12. David Coulthard - 24 (1 4th, 1 5th, 2 6ths, 3 7ths, 3 8ths)
13. Nick Heidfeld - 9 (2 5ths, 1 8th)
14. Timo Glock - 6 (1 6th, 3 8ths)
15. Mark Webber - 5 (1 7th, 3 8ths)
16. Jarno Trulli - 4 (2 7ths, 2 10ths)
17. Kimi Räikkönen - 4 (2 7ths, 2 15ths)
18. Fernando Alonso - 3 (1 6th, 1 9th)
19. Lewis Hamilton - 3 (1 6th, 2 17ths)
20. Robert Kubica - 1 (1 8th)

Race winners
Australia - Anthony Davidson
Malaysia - Anthony Davidson
Bahrain - Takuma Sato
Spain - Takuma Sato
Turkey - Adrian Sutil
Monaco - Giancarlo Fisichella
Canada - Sebastian Vettel
France - Adrian Sutil
Britain - Giancarlo Fisichella
Germany - Giancarlo Fisichella
Hungary - Adrian Sutil
Europe - Adrian Sutil
Belgium - Giancarlo Fisichella
Italy - Adrian Sutil
Singapore - Giancarlo Fisichella
Japan - Giancarlo Fisichella
China - Giancarlo Fisichella
Brazil - Adrian Sutil

Super Aguri dominated the first four races with Davidson and Sato, the Brit leading on 36 points to Sato's 32, but the team went bankrupt soon afterwards due to chronic mismanagement, leaving F1 with 15 victories, 48 podiums, 468 points and both championships in 2006. This left Force India to take over the championship and score 11 1-2 finishes and 13 victories. Fisichella was quicker than Sutil over the second half of the season, but a slow start and a no-point round in Italy was enough to hand Sutil his second consecutive title, the first driver to score multiple titles since Arturo Merzario in 1978 and 1979!

[tommykl]

2009


1. Giancarlo Fisichella - 98 (4 wins, 1 2nd, 5 3rds)
2. Adrian Sutil - 64 (4 2nds, 3 3rds)
3. Sébastien Buemi - 60 (2 wins, 1 2nd, 1 3rd)
4. Sébastien Bourdais - 59 (4 wins)
5. Jaime Alguersuari - 44 (2 wins, 1 2nd)
6. Romain Grosjean - 33 (3 2nds, 1 3rd)
7. Timo Glock - 30 (1 win, 1 2nd)
8. Lewis Hamilton - 28 (1 2nd, 1 3rd)
9. Kazuki Nakajima - 28 (1 3rd)
10. Nelson Piquet, Jr. - 28 (4 4ths, 2 6ths, 1 7th)
11. Robert Kubica - 27 (1 2nd, 2 3rds)
12. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 26 (1 win, 1 2nd)
13. Nick Heidfeld - 26 (1 2nd)
14. Heikki Kovalainen - 22 (1 3rd)
15. Luca Badoer - 20 (2 wins)
16. Jarno Trulli - 19 (1 2nd, 1 3rd)
17. Mark Webber - 18 (1 win, 1 2nd)
18. Nico Rosberg - 9 (1 3rd)
19. Fernando Alonso - 5 (1 5th, 1 8th, 3 9ths)
20. Kimi Räikkönen - 5 (1 5th, 1 8th, 1 10th, 1 11th, 4 12ths)
21. Felipe Massa - 5 (1 5th, 1 8th, 1 10th, 1 11th, 2 13ths)
22. Sebastian Vettel - 4 (1 5th)
23. Jenson Button - 4 (2 7ths)
24. Rubens Barrichello - 1 (1 8th)

Race winners
Australia - Sébastien Bourdais
Malaysia - Sébastien Buemi
China - Giancarlo Fisichella
Bahrain - Sébastien Bourdais
Spain - Giancarlo Fisichella
Monaco - Timo Glock
Turkey - Sébastien Bourdais
Britain - Sébastien Buemi
Germany - Sébastien Bourdais
Hungary - Jaime Alguersuari
Europe - Luca Badoer
Belgium - Luca Badoer
Italy - Jaime Alguersuari
Singapore - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Japan - Mark Webber
Brazil - Giancarlo Fisichella
Abu Dhabi - Giancarlo Fisichella

This season was much less clear cut, and we actually had two teams roughly equally matched! Force India started the season strongly with 9 podiums in 5 races, but Toro Rosso took three wins in those races to Force India's two. Fisichella and Sutil started losing pace around that time, and many other drivers secured podiums, but the Toro Rosso drivers kept piling on the wins, Bourdais in Turkey and Germany and Buemi in Britain. After Germany, Bourdais led the championship with 59 points to Fisichella's 57 and Sutil's 48. After this race, Bourdais had a falling out with Toro Rosso and moved to Superleague Formula.

Buemi and Sutil were the slower teammates, and when Fisichella was fired from the championship lead by Force India after finishing bog last in Belgium, it looked like Sutil or Buemi would be competing for the title. Bourdais' replacement, Alguersuari, was too far back and there were no other potential threats, even with Fisichella finding a drive with eternal backmarkers Ferrari. Or at least that would have been true two races previously.

Felipe Massa was injured after an accident in Hungary and was replaced by 1990's nearly man Luca Badoer. The Italian fan favourite promptly won his two races, pushing his win tally to 12 and his podium tally to 33. He also showed what a Ferrari could really do, and it looked increasingly likely that Fisichella could maintain his championship lead. Indeed, he scored points in all of the remaining races and sealed the title with two consecutive victories at the end of the season. Toro Rosso sealed the constructors' championship, continuing Minardi's legacy.

[tommykl]

2010


1. Bruno Senna - 329 (4 wins, 9 2nds, 3 3rds)
2. Lucas di Grassi - 300 (2 wins, 3 2nds, 10 3rds)
3. Karun Chandhok - 212 (5 wins, 4 2nds, 1 3rd)
4. Timo Glock - 186 (2 3rds)
5. Jarno Trulli - 166 (3 4ths, 5 5ths, 7 6ths, 4 7ths)
6. Heikki Kovalainen - 165 (4 4ths, 6 5ths, 6 6ths, 1 7th, 1 9th, 1 10th)
7. Sakon Yamamoto - 148 (4 wins, 2 2nds)
8. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 64 (1 3rd)
9. Christian Klien - 58 (1 win, 1 2nd, 1 3rd)
10. Jaime Alguersuari - 46 (2 7ths, 5 8ths, 7 9ths)
11. Vitaly Petrov - 39 (1 win)
12. Felipe Massa - 37 (1 win)
13. Fernando Alonso - 33 (1 win)
14. Kamui Kobayashi - 33 (1 6th, 3 7ths, 3 9ths, 1 10th)
15. Pedro de la Rosa - 31 (1 3rd)
16. Sébastien Buemi - 30 (2 7ths, 3 8ths, 6 10ths)
17. Lewis Hamilton - 10 (1 5th)
18. Adrian Sutil - 9 (1 7th, 1 9th, 1 10th)
19. Nico Hülkenberg - 8 (1 8th, 1 9th, 2 10ths)
20. Rubens Barrichello - 7 (1 7th, 1 10th)
21. Jenson Button - 4 (1 8th)
22. Nick Heidfeld - 3 (1 9th, 1 10th)
23. Michael Schumacher - 1 (1 10th)

Race winners
Bahrain - Karun Chandhok
Australi - Karun Chandhok
Malaysia - Lucas di Grassi
China - Karun Chandhok
Spain - Bruno Senna
Monaco - Fernando Alonso
Turkey - Karun Chandhok
Canada - Karun Chandhok
Europe - Bruno Senna
Britain - Sakon Yamamoto
Germany - Lucas di Grassi
Hungary - Sakon Yamamoto
Belgium - Vitaly Petrov
Italy - Sakon Yamamoto
Sinapore - Felipe Massa
Japan - Sakon Yamamoto
Korea - Bruno Senna
Brazil - Bruno Senna
Abu Dhabi - Christian Klien

The three new teams that arrived in 2010 were immediately on the pace and even the top three teams. There was a definite pecking order as well, with Hispania ahead of Virgin and Lotus. HRT dominated with 14 victories, 12 of them 1-2s. Lucas di Grassi could regularly bother them, scoring 15 podiums, though most of them third places. Chandhok and Yamamoto were easily the top HRT drivers, but Chandhok left halfway through, leaving Bruno Senna to take the title by default. Christian Klien made a brief comeback, scoring three podiums in his three races, including his only victory in his final race, in Abu Dhabi.

[tommykl]

2011


1. Vitantonio Liuzzi - 319 (4 wins, 7 2nds, 3 3rds)
2. Jérôme d'Ambrosio - 301 (2 wins, 4 2nds, 9 3rds)
3. Timo Glock - 253 (2 wins, 3 3rds)
4. Daniel Ricciardo - 201 (3 wins, 4 2nds, 2 3rds)
5. Narain Karthikeyan - 184 (4 wins, 3 2nds, 1 3rd)
6. Jarno Trulli - 164 (1 4th, 9 5ths, 7 6ths, 1 7th)
7. Heikki Kovalainen - 133 (2 5ths, 10 6ths, 4 7ths, 2 8ths, 1 10th)
8. Rubens Barrichello - 51 (1 win)
9. Kamui Kobayashi - 49 (1 win)
10. Jaime Alguersuari - 49 (1 5th, 4 7ths, 2 8ths, 3 9ths, 1 10th)
11. Nick Heidfeld - 37 (1 win)
12. Sébastien Buemi - 30 (1 6th, 1 7th, 1 8th, 3 9ths, 2 10ths)
13. Pastor Maldonado - 30 (2 7ths, 3 8ths, 2 9ths, 1 10th)
14. Michael Schumacher - 25 (1 win)
15. Sergio Pérez - 23 (4 8ths, 2 9ths, 1 10th)
16. Nico Rosberg - 18 (1 2nd)
17. Karun Chandhok - 12 (1 4th)
18. Adrian Sutil - 12 (2 8ths, 1 9th, 2 10ths)
19. Paul di Resta - 8 (1 7th, 1 9th)
20. Vitaly Petrov - 7 (1 7th, 1 10th)
21. Mark Webber - 6 (1 7th)
22. Pedro de la Rosa - 4 (1 8th)
23. Bruno Senna - 3 (3 10ths)

Race winners
Australia - Narain Karthikeyan
Malaysia - Narain Karthikeyan
China - Narain Karthikeyan
Turkey - Kamui Kobayashi
Spain - Nick Heidfeld
Monaco - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Canada - Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Europe - Narain Karthikeyan
Britain - Daniel Ricciardo
Germany - Daniel Ricciardo
Hungary - Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Belgium - Michael Schumacher
Italy - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Singapore - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Japan - Vitantonio Liuzzi
Korea - Daniel Ricciardo
India - Timo Glock
Abu Dhabi - Rubens Barrichello
Brazil - Timo Glock

This one was a lot closer than the previous season. Once again, the leading HRT driver left mid-season, but at the very front, there was competition. After Hungary, d'Ambrosio was actually leading the championship with 183 points to Liuzzi's 181. In Belgium, Liuzzi took third ahead of d'Ambrosio's fourth and retook the championship lead, extending it with three consecutive wins. Liuzzi's absence from India ensured that the fight would continue into the final race, but it would need the Belgian to win and Liuzzi not to score. This didn't happen, and Liuzzi took the title in his final season. D'Ambrosio walked away with the most podiums, though.

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2012


1. Narain Karthikeyan - 445 (13 wins, 5 2nds, 2 3rds)
2. Pedro de la Rosa - 338 (2 wins, 10 2nds, 4 3rds)
3. Charles Pic - 301 (2 wins, 3 2nds, 7 3rds)
4. Timo Glock - 267 (1 win, 1 2nd, 6 3rds)
5. Vitaly Petrov - 194 (1 2nd)
6. Heikki Kovalainen - 161 (1 3rd)
7. Jean-Eric Vergne - 82 (1 5th, 1 6th, 6 7ths, 5 8ths, 3 9ths, 2 10ths)
8. Daniel Ricciardo - 40 (2 7ths, 3 8ths, 6 9ths, 4 10ths)
9. Sergio Pérez - 36 (1 win)
10. Bruno Senna - 33 (3 7ths, 2 8ths, 2 9ths, 3 10ths)
11. Nico Hülkenberg - 29 (1 win)
12. Kamui Kobayashi - 20 (1 7th, 2 8ths, 2 9ths, 2 10ths)
13. Nico Rosberg - 15 (1 7th, 2 8ths, 1 10th)
14. Michael Schumacher - 10 (1 7th, 1 8th)
15. Pastor Maldonado - 9 (2 8ths, 1 10th)
16. Mark Webber - 8 (1 6th)
17. Romain Grosjean - 7 (1 7th, 1 10th)
18. Jenson Button - 6 (1 7th, 1 12th)
19. Kimi Räikkönen - 6 (1 7th, 2 13ths)
20. Felipe Massa - 6 (1 8th, 1 9th)
21. Paul di Resta - 5 (1 9th, 3 10ths)
22. Jérôme d'Ambrosio - 2 (1 9th)

Race winners
Australia - Narain Karthikeyan
Malaysia - Narain Karthikeyan
China - Narain Karthikeyan
Bahrain - Narain Karthikeyan
Spain - Narain Karthikeyan
Monaco - Sergio Pérez
Canada - Narain Karthikeyan
Europe - Timo Glock
Britain - Charles Pic
Germany - Narain Karthikeyan
Hungary - Narain Karthikeyan
Belgium - Narain Karthikeyan
Italy - Nico Hülkenberg
Singapore - Pedro de la Rosa
Japan - Narain Karthikeyan
Korea - Narain Karthikeyan
India - Charles Pic
Abu Dhabi - Narain Karthikeyan
United States - Narain Karthikeyan
Brazil - Pedro de la Rosa

No way in hell was Narain Karthikeyan losing this title. He stayed the whole year, as did everyone bar Grosjean for a single race. He won 13 races out of 20 and scored podiums in every single Grand Prix. He ends his career with his only world title, 37 podiums and 18 Grand Prix victories. By the final race, the highest position still to play for was eighth, showing how every driver was pretty much in a league of his own.

Hispania Racing Team leaves Formula One with a perfect record of six world titles in three seasons, 40 victories and 104 podiums.

[tommykl]

2013


1. Max Chilton - 392 (11 wins, 3 2nds, 3 3rds)
2. Charles Pic - 296 (3 wins, 4 2nds, 3 3rds)
3. Giedo van der Garde - 294 (3 wins, 5 2nds, 5 3rds)
4. Jules Bianchi - 290 (1 win, 6 2nds, 7 3rds)
5. Pastor Maldonado - 131 (6 5ths, 4 6ths, 3 7ths, 5 8ths, 1 10th)
6. Esteban Gutiérrez - 126 (1 2nd)
7. Valtteri Bottas - 111 (1 3rd)
8. Jean-Eric Vergne - 66 (2 5ths, 1 6th, 5 7ths, 3 9ths, 2 10ths)
9. Paul di Resta - 48 (1 5th, 3 6ths, 1 7th, 2 8ths)
10. Adrian Sutil - 47 (1 5th, 2 6ths, 1 7th, 2 8ths, 2 9ths, 3 10ths)
11. Felipe Massa - 35 (1 win)
12. Daniel Ricciardo - 23 (1 4th, 1 7th, 1 9th, 3 10ths)
13. Romain Grosjean - 22 (1 4th, 1 6th, 2 10ths)
14. Sergio Pérez - 12 (1 8th, 3 9ths, 2 10ths)
15. Jenson Button - 11 (1 8th, 2 9ths, 3 10ths)
16. Nico Hülkenberg - 10 (2 8ths, 1 9th)
17. Nico Rosberg - 2 (1 9th, 1 12th)
18. Mark Webber - 2 (1 9th, 1 13th)
19. Kimi Räikkönen - 1 (1 10th)

Race winners
Australia - Charles Pic
Malaysia - Giedo van der Garde
China - Giedo van der Garde
Bahrain - Max Chilton
Spain - Charles Pic
Monaco - Felipe Massa
Canada - Giedo van der Garde
Britain - Max Chilton
Germany - Max Chilton
Hungary - Max Chilton
Belgium - Charles Pic
Italy - Max Chilton
Singapore - Max Chilton
Korea - Max Chilton
Japan - Jules Bianchi
India - Max Chilton
Abu Dhabi - Max Chilton
United States - Max Chilton
Brazil - Max Chilton

The start of the season was relatively close, with van der Garde taking an early lead, but Max Chilton scored many consecutive podiums and took the championship lead by winning his home race. He then proceeded to win ten of the remaining twelve races, taking the title in Abu Dhabi, the first British champion since Perry McCarthy. The battle for second was very intense along the season, and it ended up with Pic taking the spot, actually the top driver with the least podiums, ten of them.

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2014

1. Marcus Ericsson - 311 (7 wins, 3 2nds, 4 3rds)
2. Pastor Maldonado - 257 (5 wins, 1 2nd, 1 3rd)
3. Kamui Kobayashi - 253 (1 win, 4 2nds, 6 3rds)
4. Max Chilton - 251 (3 wins, 6 2nds, 1 3rd)
5. Jules Bianchi - 161 (3 3rds)
6. Esteban Gutiérrez - 151 (1 win, 2 3rds)
7. Romain Grosjean - 143 (1 win, 1 2nd)
8. Adrian Sutil - 120 (3 5ths, 6 6ths, 3 7ths, 2 8ths, 4 9ths)
9. Sergio Pérez - 55 (1 2nd)
10. Will Stevens - 50 (1 win)
11. Jean-Eric Vergne - 45 (1 3rd)
12. Nico Hülkenberg - 42 (1 5thn 1 6th, 2 7ths, 2 9ths, 2 10ths)
13. Felipe Massa - 29 (1 4th, 1 5th, 1 7th, 1 10th)
14. Daniil Kvyat - 28 (2 5ths, 1 8th, 4 10ths)
15. Kimi Räikkönen - 26 (1 3rd)
16. Lewis Hamilton - 24 (1 2nd)
17. Sebastian Vettel - 20 (1 2nd)
18. André Lotterer - 18 (1 2nd)
19. Valtteri Bottas - 13 (1 6th, 1 8th, 1 10th)
20. Fernando Alonso - 12 (1 4th)
21. Kevin Magnussen - 10 (2 8th, 1 10th)
22. Daniel Ricciardo - 1 (1 10th)

Race winners
Australia - Pastor Maldonado
Malaysia - Marcus Ericsson
Bahrain - Max Chilton
China - Pastor Maldonado
Spain - Pastor Maldonado
Monaco - Marcus Ericsson
Canada - Esteban Gutiérrez
Austria - Marcus Ericsson
Britain - Kamui Kobayashi
Germany - Marcus Ericsson
Hungary - Pastor Maldonado
Belgium - Marcus Ericsson
Italy - Marcus Ericsson
Singapore - Marcus Ericsson
Japan - Max Chilton
Russia - Max Chilton
USA - Romain Grosjean
Brazil - Pastor Maldonado
Abu Dhabi - Will Stevens

With 14 consecutive podiums from the start of the season, half of them victories, there was no way Marcus Ericsson would lose this one. The Caterham was by far the best car this year, and while Lotus managed six race wins (five of them by Maldonado), when Caterham returned for a last hurrah in Abu Dhabi, they secured a 1-2 with Stevens winning on début. It didn't stop Maldonado from finishing third and securing a brilliant second place in the championship!

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