How Does The F1 Points System Work?

The F1 Points System that the F1 drivers and teams earn is the reason why they are there in the first place. Drivers dream of joining F1. Once they achieve that goal, they begin to dream about achieving a front row grid place, or a podium result.

When those goals are achieved the next obvious step is to start thinking about a championship win. Something only 38 drivers have ever achieved in the sports 72 year history.

A list of the all the F1 championship winners is listed at the end of this article

How Does The F1 Points System Work

With the 24 races scheduled for 2023 (China being in question) there are 672 points on the table for the top driver to score in the season.

While most races only offer the driver a single chance to score points, in the weekends where there is a sprint qualifying session on the Friday night, there is a second opportunity.

The points which are awarded on the main Sunday race are as follows .

The full points allocation is awarded if the race runs for at least 75% of the distance.

There is an additional point awarded to the driver who finished in the first ten places and who drove the fastest lap of the race.

On sprint qualifying weekends the following additional points are awarded.

The points from the sprint races are only awarded if the driver completed more than ½ of the number of laps.

The F1 Points System When Races Are Cut Short

If the race is cut short any reason (normally weather or an accident), the number of points awarded are reduced as per the following list.

F1 Points System Over The Years

The drivers’ championship points have evolved since the sport’s inception, as per the following table.

F1 World Championship Winners

The following  lists every F1 World Championship winner since the first race was held in 1950.

The 1950s

The 1960s

The 1970s

The 1980s

The 1990s

The 2000’s

2010 – 2019

2020 – 2029

How Many Constructor Points Can Been Awarded

The maximum number of points a constructor could win has evolved according to the following table.

In its 72 years of illustrious history, Formula One has been the scene of heated competitions between brave drivers who have become household names and legends in their own time.

Amongst these are names like

• Stirling Moss
• Jimmy Stewart.
• Ayrton Senna
• Michael Schumacher
• Lewis Hamilton
• Juan Manuel Fangio
• Niki Lauda
• Jack Brabham
• Max Verstappen
• Fernando Alonso
• Sebastian Vettel

Conclusion

The race point system is modified at any time where one or more parts of the methodology proves to be unfair.

References

https://www.fia.com/file/112561/download/29874

https://f1worldwide.com