Here's a new one for you; categorised by season, I will take each driver's first name and surname and apply the standard points to each letter of that name defined by the popular board game Scrabble.
The scores are defined as such:
Hasbro, the people who done made that Scrabble thing wrote: (1 point)-A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R (2 points)-D, G (3 points)-B, C, M, P (4 points)-F, H, V, W, Y (5 points)-K (8 points)- J, X (10 points)-Q, Z
All drivers must have completed at least 40% of the championship to qualify.
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With the two K's in his name fronting 10 points alone, Kamui Kobayashi had a five point lead over second-place man Esteban Gutierrez. Although the overall score of Gutierrez's name was not particularly eyecatching, the final Z contributed 10 whole points. Adrian Sutil was dead last, in which one letter scored 2 and the rest scored one.
1st Kamui Kobayashi 32 2nd Esteban Gutierrez 28 3rd Kimi Raikkonen 27 4th Jean-Eric Vergne 27 5th Nico Hulkenberg 26 6th Jules Bianchi 26 7th Romain Grosjean 24 8th Max Chilton 24 9th Kevin Magnussen 24 10th Sergio Perez 23 11th Daniil Kvyat 22 12th Pastor Maldonado 21 13th Jenson Button 21 14th Lewis Hamilton 21 15th Daniel Ricciardo 21 16th Marcus Ericsson 20 17th Sebastian Vettel 20 18th Valtteri Bottas 19 19th Fernando Alonso 18 20th Felipe Massa 18 21st Nico Rosberg 16 22nd Adrian Sutil 12
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What about the drivers that made one off appearances? It'd be nice to think that someone named Xavier Zaq could appear just once and still win the championship
AustralianStig wrote:What about the drivers that made one off appearances? It'd be nice to think that someone named Xavier Zaq could appear just once and still win the championship
All drivers must have completed at least 50% of the championship to qualify.
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This is the only real positive of Esteban Gutierrez's 2013, and he beats Kimi Raikkonen by one point. Giedo van der Garde and Mark Webber join in the respectable positions of 8th and 9th respectively, as the two Force India drivers pay the price for being boring; Di Resta sits atop his last-placed team-mate with a puny 14 points.
1st Esteban Gutierrez 28 2nd Kimi Raikkonen 27 3rd Jean-Eric Vergne 27 4th Nico Hulkenberg 26 5th Jules Bianchi 26 6th Romain Grosjean 24 7th Max Chilton 24 8th Giedo van der Garde 24 9th Mark Webber 23 10th Sergio Perez 23 11th Pastor Maldonado 21 12th Jenson Button 21 13th Lewis Hamilton 21 14th Daniel Ricciardo 21 15th Sebastian Vettel 20 16th Valtteri Bottas 19 17th Charles Pic 19 18th Fernando Alonso 18 19th Felipe Massa 18 20th Nico Rosberg 16 21st Paul di Resta 14 22nd Adrian Sutil 12
2012
A titanic title scrap saw Michael Schumacher emerge the victor ahead of Heikki Kovalainen, Kamui Kobayashi and Narain Karthikeyan; all drivers broke the 30-point barrier. With a 12-point score, Bruno Senna assumed the wooden spoon.
1st Michael Schumacher 36 2nd Heikki Kovalainen 34 3rd Kamui Kobayashi 32 4th Narain Karthikeyan 31 5th Kimi Raikkonen 27 6th Jean-Eric Vergne 27 7th Nico Hulkenberg 26 8th Romain Grosjean 24 9th Mark Webber 23 10th Sergio Perez 23 11th Vitaly Petrov 23 12th Pastor Maldonado 21 13th Jenson Button 21 14th Lewis Hamilton 21 15th Daniel Ricciardo 21 16th Sebastian Vettel 20 17th Charles Pic 19 18th Fernando Alonso 18 19th Felipe Massa 18 20th Timo Glock 18 21st Pedro de la Rosa 17 22nd Nico Rosberg 16 23rd Paul di Resta 14 24th Bruno Senna 12
2011
Despite sitting in an HRT which looked like it wanted to kill him on numerous occassions, the brace of "Z"s in Vitantonio Liuzzi's surname were able to deliver a win for the Italian driver and produce the highest score thus far. Jerome d'Ambrosio took a respectable 6th, as both Adrian Sutil and Bruno Senna were able to share the wooden spoon.
1st Vitantonio Liuzzi 37 2nd Michael Schumacher 36 3rd Heikki Kovalainen 34 4th Kamui Kobayashi 32 5th Narain Karthikeyan 31 6th Jerome d'Ambrosio 29 7th Nick Heidfeld 26 7th Jaime Alguersuari 26 8th Rubens Barrichello 26 9th Mark Webber 23 10th Sergio Perez 23 11th Vitaly Petrov 23 12th Pastor Maldonado 21 13th Jenson Button 21 14th Lewis Hamilton 21 15th Daniel Ricciardo 21 16th Sebastian Vettel 20 17th Sebastien Buemi 20 18th Fernando Alonso 18 19th Felipe Massa 18 20th Timo Glock 18 21st Jarno Trulli 18 22nd Nico Rosberg 16 23rd Paul di Resta 14 24th Adrian Sutil 12 24th Bruno Senna 12
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AustralianStig wrote:You could also add Constructors to this, although HRT are probably guaranteed to have lowest possible score...
I'm not sure about that. There are quite a few letters in Hispania Racing Team...
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2010 became Liuzzi's 2nd triumph, whilst newcomer Karun Chandhok sits 5th with a respectable 30 points. Robert Kubica managed one point fewer than his team-mate, whilst fellow newbie Lucas di Grassi did the same.
1st Vitantonio Liuzzi 37 2nd Michael Schumacher 36 3rd Heikki Kovalainen 34 4th Kamui Kobayashi 32 5th Karun Chandhok 30 6th Jaime Alguersuari 26 7th Rubens Barrichello 26 8th Nico Hulkenberg 26 9th Mark Webber 23 10th Vitaly Petrov 23 11th Robert Kubica 22 12th Jenson Button 21 13th Lewis Hamilton 21 14th Sebastian Vettel 20 15th Sebastien Buemi 20 16th Fernando Alonso 18 17th Felipe Massa 18 18th Timo Glock 18 19th Jarno Trulli 18 20th Lucas di Grassi 17 21st Pedro de la Rosa 17 22nd Nico Rosberg 16 23th Adrian Sutil 12 24th Bruno Senna 12
2009
Although it seemed it would finally be Kovalainen's year with the absence of Schumacher, Liuzzi and co, in came Kazuki Nakajima to storm the championship with the highest score so far; the Japanese driver was first to break the 40-point barrier. Nelson Piquet Jr bagged 32 points to take 3rd, as Fisichella sat just behind in 4th. Adrian Sutil was bottom again.
1st Kazuki Nakajima 44 2nd Heikki Kovalainen 34 3rd Nelson Piquet Jr. 32 4th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 5th Kimi Raikkonen 27 6th Jaime Alguersuari 26 7th Rubens Barrichello 26 8th Nick Heidfeld 26 9th Romain Grosjean 24 10th Mark Webber 23 11th Robert Kubica 22 12th Sebastien Bourdais 22 13th Jenson Button 21 14th Lewis Hamilton 21 15th Sebastian Vettel 20 16th Sebastien Buemi 20 17th Jarno Trulli 18 18th Fernando Alonso 18 19th Timo Glock 18 20th Felipe Massa 18 21st Nico Rosberg 16 22nd Adrian Sutil 12
2008
Pretty much the same as 2009, except everyone's favourite cube-headed racer David Coulthard sits in 8th. Moving on.
1st Kazuki Nakajima 44 2nd Heikki Kovalainen 34 3rd Nelson Piquet Jr. 32 4th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 5th Kimi Raikkonen 27 6th Rubens Barrichello 26 7th Nick Heidfeld 26 8th David Coulthard 25 9th Mark Webber 23 10th Robert Kubica 22 11th Sebastien Bourdais 22 12th Lewis Hamilton 21 13th Jenson Button 21 14th Sebastian Vettel 20 15th Felipe Massa 18 16th Fernando Alonso 18 17th Jarno Trulli 18 18th Timo Glock 18 19th Nico Rosberg 16 20th Adrian Sutil 12
2007
Liuzzi managed to bag yet another title, fending off the advance of Kovalainen and racer-turned-tester-turned-racer Alexander Wurz. Scott Speed and Takuma Sato fleshed out the dwindling numbers at the rear of the field.
1st Vitantonio Liuzzi 37 2nd Heikki Kovalainen 34 3rd Alexander Wurz 33 4th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 5th Christijan Albers 30 6th Ralf Schumacher 29 7th Kimi Raikkonen 27 8th Rubens Barrichello 26 9th Nick Heidfeld 26 10th Anthony Davidson 26 11th David Coulthard 25 12th Sakon Yamamoto 24 13th Mark Webber 23 14th Robert Kubica 22 15th Lewis Hamilton 21 16th Jenson Button 21 17th Sebastian Vettel 20 18th Fernando Alonso 18 19th Felipe Massa 18 20th Jarno Trulli 18 21st Nico Rosberg 16 22nd Takuma Sato 16 23rd Scott Speed 15 24th Adrian Sutil 12
2006
We have another breacher of the 40-point wall; former peroxide fanatic and no-hit wonder Jacques Villeneuve topped the 2006 table. Juan Pablo Montoya enters with 32 points and 4th, as Scott Speed now assumes the wooden spoon.
1st Jacques Villeneuve 41 2nd Vitantonio Liuzzi 37 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Juan Pablo Montoya 32 5th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 6th Christijan Albers 30 7th Ralf Schumacher 29 8th Kimi Raikkonen 27 9th Rubens Barrichello 26 10th Nick Heidfeld 26 11th David Coulthard 25 12th Mark Webber 23 13th Christian Klien 23 14th Jenson Button 21 15th Fernando Alonso 18 16th Felipe Massa 18 17th Jarno Trulli 18 18th Pedro de la Rosa 17 19th Nico Rosberg 16 20th Tiago Monteiro 16 21st Takuma Sato 16 22nd Scott Speed 15
2005
Villeneuve won once again, but Patrick Friesacher surprised by managing to enter his only championship in 3rd place. Karthikeyan re-entered in 5th, whilst Robert Doornbos proved that having too many "O"s in your name is not conducive to any real success.
1st Jacques Villeneuve 41 2nd Michael Schumacher 36 3rd Patrick Friesacher 33 4th Juan Pablo Montoya 32 5th Narain Karthikeyan 31 6th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 7th Christijan Albers 30 8th Ralf Schumacher 29 9th Kimi Raikkonen 27 10th Rubens Barrichello 26 11th Nick Heidfeld 26 12th David Coulthard 25 13th Mark Webber 23 14th Christian Klien 23 15th Jenson Button 21 16th Robert Doornbos 19 17th Fernando Alonso 18 18th Felipe Massa 18 19th Jarno Trulli 18 20th Tiago Monteiro 16 21st Takuma Sato 16
2004
We finally emulate reality with a Michael Schumacher win, as Jacques Villeneuve was ineligible for the 2004 edition. HWNSNBM, tipped by many to win, managed a still-good 4th place, but 2004 was a low-scoring round.
1st Michael Schumacher 36 2nd Juan Pablo Montoya 32 3rd Giancarlo Fisichella 30 4th Zsolt Baumgartner 30 5th Ralf Schumacher 29 6th Kimi Raikkonen 27 7th Rubens Barrichello 26 8th Nick Heidfeld 26 9th David Coulthard 25 10th Mark Webber 23 11th Christian Klien 23 12th Jenson Button 21 13th Cristiano da Matta 21 14th Gianmaria Bruni 19 15th Fernando Alonso 18 16th Felipe Massa 18 17th Jarno Trulli 18 18th Giorgio Pantano 18 19th Olivier Panis 17 20th Takuma Sato 16
2003
Heinz-Harald Frentzen is a record breaker. The German beats the rest of the field by some margin with a mammoth 47 points. Pizzonia joins in 4th with 35 points, whilst we have a new highest low score with Panis assuming the bottom position.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Antonio Pizzonia 35 5th Juan Pablo Montoya 32 6th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 7th Ralf Schumacher 29 8th Kimi Raikkonen 27 9th Jos Verstappen 27 10th Rubens Barrichello 26 11th Nick Heidfeld 26 12th David Coulthard 25 13th Mark Webber 23 14th Justin Wilson 22 15th Jenson Button 21 16th Cristiano da Matta 21 17th Ralph Firman 21 18th Fernando Alonso 18 19th Jarno Trulli 18 20th Olivier Panis 17
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Frentzen wins a second title on the trot, whilst the bulk of the newcomers were real low-scorers. Bernoldi managed a respectable 27 points, but Mika Salo brings up the rear with a meagre 14 points, just two ahead of record low-scorer Adrian Sutil.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Juan Pablo Montoya 32 5th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 6th Ralf Schumacher 29 7th Kimi Raikkonen 27 8th Enrique Bernoldi 27 9th Rubens Barrichello 26 10th Nick Heidfeld 26 11th David Coulthard 25 12th Mark Webber 23 13th Jenson Button 21 14th Alex Yoong 20 15th Felipe Massa 18 16th Jarno Trulli 18 17th Allan McNish 18 18th Olivier Panis 17 19th Pedro de la Rosa 17 20th Eddie Irvine 16 21st Takuma Sato 16 22nd Mika Salo 14
2001
Mika Hakkinen enters the order in 7th place, two places ahead of the returning Jos Verstappen. Tarso Marques joins in 14th, whilst some-time Prost team-mates Alesi and Burti share the wooden spoon on 16 points each.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Juan Pablo Montoya 32 5th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 6th Ralf Schumacher 29 7th Mika Hakkinen 29 8th Kimi Raikkonen 27 9th Jos Verstappen 27 10th Enrique Bernoldi 27 11th Rubens Barrichello 26 12th Nick Heidfeld 26 13th David Coulthard 25 14th Tarso Marques 23 15th Jenson Button 21 16th Jarno Trulli 18 17th Fernando Alonso 18 18th Olivier Panis 17 19th Pedro de la Rosa 17 20th Eddie Irvine 16 21st Jean Alesi 16 22nd Luciano Burti 16
2000
You-know-who wins again, but Gaston Mazzacane makes an impressive march to 3rd on his sole appearance on the list. Wurz appears for the first time since 2007 in 5th, as Johnny Herbert debuts just below. The Brazilian duo of Zonta and Diniz make appearances in the midfield, whilst Marc Gene makes his first appearance at the tail end, giving returnee Salo some company.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Gaston Mazzacane 38 4th Michael Schumacher 36 5th Alexander Wurz 33 6th Johnny Herbert 31 7th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 8th Ralf Schumacher 29 9th Mika Hakkinen 29 10th Jos Verstappen 27 11th Rubens Barrichello 26 12th Nick Heidfeld 26 13th David Coulthard 25 14th Ricardo Zonta 24 15th Pedro Diniz 23 16th Jenson Button 21 17th Jarno Trulli 18 18th Pedro de la Rosa 17 19th Eddie Irvine 16 20th Jean Alesi 16 21st Mika Salo 14 22nd Marc Gene 13
1999
No real high-scoring additions here; Alessandro Zanardi and Toranosuke Takagi promised much but ultimately could only manage 9th and 12th respectively. Hill and Badoer both join the rankings with 15 points each.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Alexander Wurz 33 5th Johnny Herbert 31 6th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 7th Ralf Schumacher 29 8th Mika Hakkinen 29 9th Alessandro Zanardi 28 10th Rubens Barrichello 26 11th David Coulthard 25 12th Toranosuke Takagi 25 13th Ricardo Zonta 24 14th Pedro Diniz 23 15th Jarno Trulli 18 16th Olivier Panis 17 17th Pedro de la Rosa 17 18th Eddie Irvine 16 19th Jean Alesi 16 20th Damon Hill 15 21st Luca Badoer 15 22nd Mika Salo 14 23rd Marc Gene 13
1998
A pretty stagnant field, this; Shinji Nakano pops up in 11th, whilst Jan Magnussen ends up with fewer points than his son, managing 22. In the craptacular stakes, Tuero manages to score equal points with Salo, whilst Ricardo Tosser finished a couple of spots above. Jos Verstappen returns in 9th, having had more breaks in his career than Ronnie O'Sullivan.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Alexander Wurz 33 5th Johnny Herbert 31 6th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 7th Ralf Schumacher 29 8th Mika Hakkinen 29 9th Jos Verstappen 27 10th Rubens Barrichello 26 11th Shinji Nakano 26 12th David Coulthard 25 13th Pedro Diniz 23 14th Jan Magnussen 22 15th Jarno Trulli 18 16th Olivier Panis 17 17th Eddie Irvine 16 18th Jean Alesi 16 19th Ricardo Rosset 16 20th Damon Hill 15 21st Esteban Tuero 14 22nd Mika Salo 14 23rd Marc Gene 13
1997
Johnny Herbert manages his highest finish so far, taking 4th, whilst Ukyo Katayama makes his first appearance in 8th spot. Morbidelli and Berger also join the list in 15th and 17th. But, and I've been skirting over this, it's still FRENTZENWINSLOL. Who thought of an alt-championship where that was the case?
For those who were wondering, Vincenzo Sospiri would have joined Herbert on 31 points, but obviously Lola went to the wall long before reaching the required 40%. Ho-hum.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Johnny Herbert 31 5th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 6th Ralf Schumacher 29 7th Mika Hakkinen 29 8th Ukyo Katayama 28 9th Jos Verstappen 27 10th Rubens Barrichello 26 11th Shinji Nakano 26 12th David Coulthard 25 13th Pedro Diniz 23 14th Tarso Marques 23 15th Gianni Morbidelli 22 16th Jan Magnussen 22 17th Gerhard Berger 21 18th Jarno Trulli 18 19th Olivier Panis 17 20th Eddie Irvine 16 21st Jean Alesi 16 22nd Damon Hill 15 23rd Mika Salo 14
1996
A really low-scoring round in the bottom-half, this. Andrea Montermini bags the best of the newcomers, with 21 points to sit 13th, whilst Brundle and Lamy are just below the Forti driver. We're getting to the stage of regular DNQs now, so we might see swelling numbers on the grid...or not, depending on whether seats resembled revolving doors. Who knows?
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jacques Villeneuve 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Johnny Herbert 31 5th Giancarlo Fisichella 30 6th Mika Hakkinen 29 7th Ukyo Katayama 28 8th Jos Verstappen 27 9th Rubens Barrichello 26 10th David Coulthard 25 11th Pedro Diniz 23 12th Gerhard Berger 21 13th Andrea Montermini 21 14th Martin Brundle 18 15th Olivier Panis 17 16th Pedro Lamy 17 17th Eddie Irvine 16 18th Ricardo Rosset 16 19th Jean Alesi 16 20th Damon Hill 15 21st Luca Badoer 15 22nd Mika Salo 14
1995
For the first time since 2011, we have 26 eligible drivers. Sauber lock out the front two, with Frentzen taking an umpteenth title and everyone's favourite stock cube Jean-Christophe Boullion taking 2nd place. Massimiliano Papis takes 9th having done just enough races to be eligible, whilst tear gas enthusiast Bertrand Gachot makes an appearance in 10th. Taki Inoue joins the rankings in last place, no doubt disappointed that he couldn't beat Adrian Sutil for the lowest score.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Jean-Christophe Boullion 41 3rd Michael Schumacher 36 4th Johnny Herbert 31 5th Mika Hakkinen 29 6th Ukyo Katayama 28 7th Rubens Barrichello 26 8th David Coulthard 25 9th Massimiliano Papis 25 10th Bertrand Gachot 23 11th Pedro Diniz 23 12th Gianni Morbidelli 22 13th Gerhard Berger 21 14th Mark Blundell 21 15th Pierluigi Martini 21 16th Andrea Montermini 21 17th Martin Brundle 18 18th Olivier Panis 17 19th Pedro Lamy 17 20th Roberto Moreno 17 21st Jean Alesi 16 22nd Eddie Irvine 16 23rd Damon Hill 15 24th Luca Badoer 15 25th Mika Salo 14 26th Taki Inoue 13
1994
A new series high; 29 drivers were eligible for the championship in 1994. Frentzen's last title saw him 11 points clear of the next highest driver, whilst Christian Fittipaldi joined the rankings in an impressive 4th. The Simtek pairing of Gounon and Brabham were in 9th and 10th, whilst JJ Lehto was forced to keep his shortened moniker for the championship. Damon Hill received nothing but a wooden spoon for Christmas.
Roland Ratzenberger would have managed 31 points, were he able to complete the season.
1st Heinz-Harald Frentzen 47 2nd Michael Schumacher 36 3rd Johnny Herbert 31 4th Christian Fittipaldi 30 5th Mika Hakkinen 29 6th Ukyo Katayama 28 7th Alessandro Zanardi 28 8th Jos Verstappen 27 9th Rubens Barrichello 26 10th Jean-Marc Gounon 26 11th David Brabham 26 12th David Coulthard 25 13th JJ Lehto 24 14th Michele Alboreto 24 15th Bertrand Gachot 23 16th Gianni Morbidelli 22 17th Gerhard Berger 21 18th Mark Blundell 21 19th Pierluigi Martini 21 20th Olivier Beretta 19 21st Paul Belmondo 19 22nd Martin Brundle 18 23rd Andrea de Cesaris 18 24th Olivier Panis 17 25th Erik Comas 17 26th Jean Alesi 16 27th Eddie Irvine 16 28th Eric Bernard 16 29th Damon Hill 15
Join us next time where very interesting things begin to happen.
Mitch Hedberg wrote:I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Man, you really like Tide...
As soon as Frentzen exits, we have a new record-breaker. Fabrizio Barbazza breaks the 50-point barrier having done just enough races to be eligible. Derek Warwick debuts in 5th place, whilst further new entrants occupy the 12th-17th spots. Despite their successes in Formula 1, Prost and Senna occupy the bottom placings, Prost taking the equal-lowest all-time score by matching Adrian Sutil.
1st Fabrizio Barbazza 52 2nd Michael Schumacher 36 3rd Johnny Herbert 31 4th Christian Fittipaldi 30 5th Derek Warwick 29 6th Ukyo Katayama 28 7th Alessandro Zanardi 28 8th Rubens Barrichello 26 9th Aguri Suzuki 25 10th JJ Lehto 24 11th Michele Alboreto 24 12th Michael Andretti 23 13th Karl Wendlinger 23 14th Philippe Alliot 23 15th Riccardo Patrese 22 16th Thierry Boutsen 22 17th Gerhard Berger 21 18th Mark Blundell 21 19th Pierluigi Martini 21 20th Martin Brundle 18 21st Andrea de Cesaris 18 22nd Erik Comas 17 23rd Jean Alesi 16 24th Damon Hill 15 25th Luca Badoer 15 26th Ayrton Senna 14 27th Alain Prost 12
1992
Michael Schumacher heads the largest field yet, in the absence of the larger scorers. Perry McCarthy only just makes the list, and sits in an impressive 4th place. Gabriele Tarquini joins Ukyo Katayama on 28 points, whilst the bottom four consists of some very talented drivers. However, they just don't have enough interesting letters in their name to be challenging here.
1st Michael Schumacher 36 2nd Johnny Herbert 31 3rd Christian Fittipaldi 30 4th Perry McCarthy 30 5th Mika Hakkinen 29 6th Ukyo Katayama 28 7th Gabriele Tarquini 28 8th Aguri Suzuki 25 9th JJ Lehto 24 10th Michele Alboreto 24 11th Mauricio Gugelmin 24 12th Karl Wendlinger 23 13th Bertrand Gachot 23 14th Riccardo Patrese 22 15th Thierry Boutsen 22 16th Gianni Morbidelli 22 17th Olivier Grouillard 22 18th Eric van de Poele 22 19th Gerhard Berger 21 20th Pierluigi Martini 21 21st Stefano Modena 19 22nd Paul Belmondo 19 23rd Martin Brundle 18 24th Andrea de Cesaris 18 25th Ivan Capelli 18 26th Andrea Chiesa 18 27th Erik Comas 17 28th Roberto Moreno 17 29th Jean Alesi 16 30th Nigel Mansell 15 31st Damon Hill 15 32nd Ayrton Senna 14
1991
After a year out, he's back! The man with one more Z than ZZ Top takes the title with 21 points between him and Herbert; our largest gap yet. Satoru Nakajima fails to score as many points as his offspring, and the case is the same for Nelson Piquet, despite sharing the same name! Nicola Larini splits Senna and Prost at the bottom, perhaps a move that should have been considered in reality.
1st Fabrizio Barbazza 52 2nd Johnny Herbert 31 3rd Mika Hakkinen 29 4th Gabriele Tarquini 28 5th Satoru Nakajima 27 6th Aguri Suzuki 25 7th JJ Lehto 24 8th Alex Caffi 24 9th Michele Alboreto 24 10th Mauricio Gugelmin 24 11th Nelson Piquet 23 12th Bertrand Gachot 23 13th Riccardo Patrese 22 14th Thierry Boutsen 22 15th Gianni Morbidelli 22 16th Olivier Grouillard 22 17th Eric van de Poele 22 18th Pedro Chaves 22 19th Gerhard Berger 21 20th Mark Blundell 21 21st Pierluigi Martini 21 22nd Stefano Modena 19 23rd Andrea de Cesaris 18 24th Martin Brundle 18 25th Emanuele Pirro 18 26th Ivan Capelli 18 27th Erik Comas 17 28th Roberto Moreno 17 29th Jean Alesi 16 30th Eric Bernard 16 31st Nigel Mansell 15 32nd Ayrton Senna 14 33rd Nicola Larini 14 34th Alain Prost 12
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James1978 wrote:Katayama shouldn't be in the 1991 championship as he didn't start till 1992?
Yes, you're absolutely right...so Katayama's out, and Blundell's in. It's getting to the point where there's so many names in a season - as well as a few drivers who keep leaving and then returning - that it's quite hard to keep track off. If people could point out any mistakes, that'd be great.
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