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PAST FORMULA 1 SEASONS REVISED UNDER THE NEW POINTS REGIME - WHAT WOULD CHANGE, IF ANYTHING?
1950 SEASON REVISED
UNDER THE NEW POINTS SYSTEM
By Carlos De Paula
Rewriting history can be a fun exercise, but I suppose, can make some people unhappy. I suppose taking one of Michael Schumacher’s championships would not make him that angry, who knows, might motivate him to keep on going another ten years! However, taking away the title of a driver who won a single championship, and the inaugural one at that might make a lot of people mad.
In the first world championship, the scoring system was 8 for first place, six for second, four for third, three for fourth, two for fifth place, and a single point for the fastest lap of the race. Under the new scoring system, more points are distributed to more people, from first through eighth place, however, fastest race laps are no longer considered much of an achievement.
So, if we applied the new scoring system to the 1950 championship, the champion would still be one of the three FA’s in the Alfa Romeo team (Farina, Fangio and Fagioli). However, with some surprise I have to say the champion would have been Fagioli! The one guy out of the three who did not win a single race!
Under the new system, Fagioli would have amassed 38 points, to Farina’s 37 and Fangio’s 30. I suppose Fagioli’s strength that year was his reliability, as he finished second four times, and 3rd another time. His teammates were more prolific in wins, but did not finish as much. After all, only the four best scores counted, so they could throw away minor points.
Justice be made that if 1 point were assigned for fastest lap, Farina would win the title, as he scored three FL to Fagioli’s none.
There would be no further surprises down the order, except that under the new system, Rosier, fourth on the table, would actually have come much closer to Fangio, 24 to 30, than in the old system (13 points to Fagioli’s 24).
By virtue of expanded points assignments, some drivers would have featured as point scorers, such as Bob Gerard, Charles Pozzi, Walt Faulkner, George Connor, Nello Pagani, Johnny Claes, Cuthbert Harrison and even the luckless Pierre Levegh.
These would be the compared results, under the scoring system of the time, and the new scoring system.
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Under old system |
Under new system |
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1. Giuseppe Farina - 30 |
1. Fagioli - 38 |
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2. Juan Manuel Fangio - 27 |
2. Farina - 37 |
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3. Luigi Fagioli - 24 |
3. Fangio - 30 |
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4. Louis Rosier - 13 |
4. Rosier - 24 |
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5. Alberto Ascari 0 11 |
5. Ascari - 20 |
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6. Johnny Parsons - 8 |
6. Johnny Parsons - 10 |
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7. Bill Holland - 6 |
7. Etancelin - 9 |
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8. Prince Bira - 5 |
Prince Bira - 9 |
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9. Louis Chiron - 4 |
9. Bill Holland - 8 |
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Reg Parnell - 4 |
Peter Whitehead - 8 |
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Mauri Rose - 4 |
Dorino Serafini - 8 |
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Peter Withehead - 4 |
12. Reg Parnell - 6 |
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13. Philippe Etancelin - 3 |
Yves Giraud Cabantous - 6 |
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Yves Giraud-Cabantous - 3 |
Bob Gerard - 6 |
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Cecil Green - 3 |
Emmanuel de
Graffenried - 6 |
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Robert Manzon - 3 |
Mauri Rose - 6 |
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Dorino Serafini
- 3 |
Louis Chiron -
6 |
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Raymond Sommer - 3 |
17. Robert Manzon - 5 |
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19. Felice Bonetto - 2 |
Raymond Sommer - 5 |
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20. Tony Bettenhausen - 1 |
Cecil Green - 5 |
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Eugene Chaboud - 1 |
20. Eugene Chaboud - 4 |
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Joey Chitwood - 1 |
Joey Chitwood - 4 |
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Tony Bettenhausen - 4 |
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Felice
Bonneto - 4 |
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24.
Luigi Villoresi - 3 |
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Charles Pozzi - 3 |
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Johnny Claes - 3 |
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26. Pierre Levegh - 2 |
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Walt Faulkner - 2 |
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Cuthbert Harrison - 2 |
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29. Harry Schell - 1 |
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George Connor - 1 |