Still confused by the new points system? You’re not alone.
And with five drivers still in the running for the world championship there are many possible combinations for how the points might add up.
With that in mind F1 Fanatic has a new page where you can instantly see how each driver is doing in the championship. Give it a try now.
The F1 Fanatic Championship Calculator is a simple tool which shows you what each drivers’ championship score will be based on where they finish.
You can find it here: F1 Fanatic Championship Calculator
You can also find it under the ‘F1 information’ menu at the top of the page and of course we’ll have a handy link to it during the live blogs for the Korean Grand Prix weekend.
It’s quite basic at the moment so if you have any suggestions on how to improve it, or would like to make some changes to the code yourself, please post them in the comments.
Read more: F1 Fanatic Championship Calculator
Image © Red Bull/Getty images
Chris P
15th October 2010, 9:04
Why is when I press up on the controls does it show:
-1.7976931348623157e+308
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 9:05
How are you pressing ‘up’?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 9:07
Ah I see. It’s a Chrome thing. Will have a look at that.
Chris P
15th October 2010, 9:07
Next to each input box i’m getting up and down arrows. Like scroll arrows. Using latest Chrome release on Windows 7 professional.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 9:14
Refresh the page and all should be well now.
Jelle van der Meer
15th October 2010, 14:26
Hi Keith,
Good start but functionality is limited and does not allow to play with results for remaining 3 races.
See email I send you with an excel version that gives more functionality and does driver & constructor championship at same time.
Cheers
Jelle
Dexter Moss
18th October 2010, 15:44
hi Mate
Could you send me that sheet would be thankful,
Thanks and Regards
Dexter Moss
yelourum
15th October 2010, 9:06
Why have you put adrian newey’s face in the article?
wasiF1 (@wasif1)
16th October 2010, 5:02
Seems like he accidentally made the fastest car on the track!
F1 Novice
16th October 2010, 11:16
That is no accident
Jonsracing82
15th October 2010, 9:15
is there any interest on your side of having a “F1Fantaic Championship” next year. using your own points system etc……. i.e whatever system you think f1 SHOULD HAVE…….
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 9:18
At the risk of making an awful pun it sounds a bit… pointless.
BasCB (@bascb)
15th October 2010, 11:10
LOL Keith, that calculator is very much “to the point” thouh :-D
Thanks for giving us this.
Now i want Webber to have a DNF, Button to win it from Hamilton (with Kubica, Rosberg or Massa on the podium as well) and Alonso bringing it home in 5th with Vettel trailing him in 6th.
That way they are sepearated by only 10 points, while Webber has 220 points with Alonso 4 behind and Button/Vettel equal 6 points behind. Lewis would have to make up 10 points to Mark, but i believe he is able to do that. Now that would be very tense.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
15th October 2010, 17:47
Wow, that would be something.
Mike
15th October 2010, 9:23
You could use excel to play with that…..
… … … nice pun… :D
damonsmedley
15th October 2010, 13:23
I too had a fiddle and discovered another Red Bull 1-2 in favour of Sebastian would reduce the points margin drastically! Thankyou for this Keith, it has certainly helped me realise just how close this championship really is.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
15th October 2010, 17:49
And 2 more Red Bull 1-2s would put Vettel and Webber equal on points going to the final race. Vettel would technically lead the championship with 5 wins.
Pedro Andrade
15th October 2010, 9:17
Priceless! Thanks Keith, that looks great, simple is the way to go :)
KateDerby
15th October 2010, 9:18
Great feature Keith, I just hoping by Abu Dhabi it’ll be all sorted, don’t think my nerves will survive otherwise!
Bella Combs
15th October 2010, 9:19
I very much like this!
Mike
15th October 2010, 9:22
Next race I’d like it to be…..
Webber, 11th or worse
Alonso 6th
Vettel 5th
Hamilton 2nd
Button 1st
This should even it up nicely.. Oh and put Schumacher 3rd.
Pity Mclaren will need a 1-2 for this…
Adam Smith
15th October 2010, 9:39
I like you’re thinking. Dreamers keep dreaming though!
verstappen
15th October 2010, 10:02
Yes, I guess we’re all trying to find those scores where everybody will stay as much in the running as possible…
What a year!
Regis
15th October 2010, 10:58
I’m not (comment too short)
trulli dead09
15th October 2010, 11:00
i just want Vettel to run into the back of Hamilton and Button, taking Alonso out with them, leaving Webber to cruise to victory and our first champiosnhip in 30 years.
BasCB (@bascb)
15th October 2010, 11:12
Ha, I came up with exactly the same one! Only i thought about maybe having Massa in 3rd
damonsmedley
15th October 2010, 14:24
As much as I want Webber to win the World Drivers Championship, I really want it to be decided in Abu Dhabi. So for me, the perfect result would indeed be; Button, Hamilton, Kubica, Rosberg, Alonso and Vettel, with Webber failing to score points. (Just this once)
Considering I have supported Mark very enthusiastically all year long, I feel a little guilty hoping for this. But I have always loved it when things are close rather than when they are 2004-esque.
jihelle (@jihelle)
15th October 2010, 9:22
It will be great to have for the last three remaining GP rather than only for Korea. I must say the point system is quite difficult to keep track of as soon as there is more than one race involved.
Santi
15th October 2010, 9:27
Man, I hope we have a Webber DNF, McLaren 1-2 and Fernando,Vettel 3-4, in that way they are all 14 points apart!!
Torg
15th October 2010, 9:36
hehe, i was doing the exactly the same thing.
Todfod (@todfod)
15th October 2010, 12:58
Obviously a very hypothetical situation, but imagine if –
Korea Brazil Total
Webber #8(3pts) #5(10pts) 234 pts
Alonso #3(15pts) #4(12pts) 233 pts
Vettel #4(12pts) #2(18pts) 236 pts
Hamilton #1(25pts) #3(15pts) 232 pts
Button #2(18pts) #1(25pts) 232 pts
That would be awesome .. if all 5 championship contenders were to reach Abu Dhabi and race for the win.
Its obviously hypothetical, since there is no way in hell that Jenson would manage a 1st and a 2nd within the next couple of races. But its interesting to know that if the Mclarens and Ferrari’s are capable of challenging the Red Bulls within the next couple of races, anything is possible.
Todfod (@todfod)
15th October 2010, 12:59
Sorry my formatting went all over the place once i posted it.
Jelle van der Meer
15th October 2010, 14:43
Talking hypothetical if:
Mark finishes 9th, 8th and 5th
Alonso finishes 4th, 4th and 7th
Sebastian finishes 3rd, 3rd and outside top 10
Lewis finishes 2nd, 1st and 10th
Jenson finishes 1st, 2nd and 8th
Not only will all 5 still be within 10 points heading to Abu Dhabi, the final championship result will show 5 drivers at 236 points within Lewis winning as he has the most 2nd place finishes (each has 4 wins).
sato113 (@sato113)
16th October 2010, 20:06
woah, pretty cool run of events. so after abu dhabi they’d really be all on 236 points each?
Torg
15th October 2010, 9:36
Nothing against the bloke but it would be good to see Webber get a DNF in Korea!! Liven things up again.
KateDerby
15th October 2010, 9:42
To those who want a bad race for Webber I hope you’re prepared for the consequences which will inevitably be a 3rd title for Alonso.
Just sayin’! ha!
Torg
15th October 2010, 9:55
Over my dead body.
Dont right off Seb! Oh i just forgot, hes gonna also DNF in Korea when he makes contact with Webber hehe.
Steph (@)
15th October 2010, 12:00
“I hope you’re prepared for the consequences which will inevitably be a 3rd title for Alonso”
Yeah, I’d be happy with that :P Good luck to Mark though. Who knew we’d have a year where things seemed to mostly go right for him…
john
15th October 2010, 9:56
i’m not going to wish a DNf for any driver anymore. The last time i did, My driver, lewis, was the one having the DNF.
Bruno
15th October 2010, 21:13
and he will have a DNF again soon. lol
Icthyes (@icthyes)
15th October 2010, 9:56
Thanks Keith! Stupid points system.
Vishy
15th October 2010, 16:34
lol love the comment!
John H
15th October 2010, 9:56
1. Jenson
2. Hamilton
3. Alonso
4. Vettel
and a DNF for Webber leaves:
1. Alonso: 221
2. Webber: 220
3. Vettel: 218
4. Button: 214
5. Hamilton: 210
Santi
15th October 2010, 10:23
Now that would be interesting!
BasCB (@bascb)
15th October 2010, 11:13
Have Alonso in 4th/5th and it gets even closer.
jsw11984 (@jarred-walmsley)
16th October 2010, 2:28
I assume you mean 1st/2nd?
zecks
15th October 2010, 10:12
keith, thanks but it would be cooler if it could allow the the entry of the final 3 races to see who might be champion.
for example if next two races finish vettel-webber 1-2 then vettel will be championship leader on 256 coming into the final race. Assuming vettel does a schumacher (on hill) and alonso scores a 4th, 4th and 1st at abu dhabi, vettel will be champion with webber and alonso all on 256 points.
SamS
15th October 2010, 10:27
It is so good that even 5Live have tweeted and linked it!
Ian Haycox
15th October 2010, 10:41
It may be intentional but you might consider adding the readonly attribute to the input boxes in the second and third columns if you only want people to enter finishing positions.
[input readonly=”readonly” … /] but angle brackets
Ian.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 10:55
Thanks for the tip, Ian – have done it now. Would be good to get rid of the border on those too.
BBT
15th October 2010, 10:43
I’ve got one in Excel for the remaining 3 races.
I did for the remaining 5 races originally.
snafuracer
15th October 2010, 10:45
Absolutely lovely, thanks for bringing that thing up, I was looking for such feature, now I can make my own championship :)
Gill
15th October 2010, 10:49
Cant we share this tool on Facebook ?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 10:56
You can post a link to it, if that’s what you mean.
Chalky
15th October 2010, 11:24
I think this tool proves how difficult it will be for a McLaren driver to win the championship now. Unless the RedBull drivers end up colliding again, they should not have to worry about the McLarens.
Alonso has to hope the RedBulls tangle to pick up another win. Then he’ll be on for it. That’ll also make life almost impossible for either McLaren driver.
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 11:33
I agree – it’s not just that they’re 28/31 points behind, it’s that there’s two other drivers between them and the leader, and you can’t expect all three to hit trouble.
sato113 (@sato113)
15th October 2010, 11:34
I like it, however i think the other races should be included on the same page. and also could we have drop down boxes instead of typing?
Gill
15th October 2010, 11:42
I find that prediction in F1 is most difficult than all other sports since there are so many parameters involved.
Had this been Ashes, I would have put my money on England but here, its too difficult. And thats really good as I save my money. :)
Steph (@)
15th October 2010, 12:03
Thanks so much Keith! This is really handy. It doesn’t matter how much I keep trying to work out this year’s title and possible scenarios or play F1 2010 I can’t get my head around it. I still don’t even know what every positionn is worth so thank you this is a terrific idea
Antranik
15th October 2010, 12:45
For anybody that thinks the new point system sucks, its awesome! why do you think competition is so close this year? And it isnt that hard to remember its 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1, the only numbers making no sense are 25 18 15 after that its just even numbers until 2 and then 1. anyway, thanks Keith for this awesome tool because it makes it much easier to calculate my championship predictions and now I know exactly what place I want everybody to finish in to make most close and exciting season yet!
Icthyes (@icthyes)
15th October 2010, 14:52
Numerous topics across internet sites have established the closeness has nothing to do with the current points system. It is marginally closer than the previous system, but that’s it.
matt90 (@matt90)
15th October 2010, 12:54
Definately want to see 1-Button, 2-Hamilton, 6-Vettel, 7-Alonso, DNF-Webber. If only.
Eriko
15th October 2010, 13:01
Would love to see a situation where only the winner (from the 5) of the last Race grabs the championship, means going into the final race, points difference between championship leader and 5th contender should be no more than 6 points.
Adrian
15th October 2010, 13:07
Keith this is made of epic WIN!!
Icthyes (@icthyes)
15th October 2010, 14:48
As long as we’re wishing for things:
1: HAM
2: MAS
3: BUT
4: ALO
5: VET
6: KUB
7: WEB
sato113 (@sato113)
15th October 2010, 15:08
keith can you do a constructors championship predicter too please?
Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
15th October 2010, 17:45
I could but I think my time would be better spent improving the drivers’ one because that’s what most people are interested in.
That said if someone wants to take the Javascipt from this and knock up a constructors’ version I’d be happy to put it on here.
Pionir
15th October 2010, 15:15
Any chance of converting it into old money for those of us old gits unable to work on the new points? (I know it means half and quarter points for 9th and 10th)
DaveW
15th October 2010, 16:18
I must complain that the picture of Newey is grossly innaposite: the device makes clear that there there will be no further occasion this year for him to furrow his brow or bite his fingernails.
nomeg1
17th October 2010, 7:48
Very nice, just one comment.
It would be nice to have an additional column showing the difference in points i.e. 1 from 2, from 3, From 4 etc.
Electrolite
17th October 2010, 15:28
Haha poor Mark! Everyone wants him 7th or below to keep it close but at the same time he’s a popular choice for the WDC.