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PAST FORMULA 1 SEASONS REVISED UNDER THE NEW POINTS REGIME - WHAT WOULD CHANGE, IF ANYTHING?
1982 SEASON REVISED
UNDER THE NEW POINTS SYSTEM
By Carlos De Paula
It is easy to suppose that any highly disputed, close, F-1 seasons might actually have had a different result, if the new scoring system were used. The pattern that emerges is that close seasons fought by drivers actually winning a lot of races might throw in a curve ball, like the 76 season; however, when the season has been won on the basis of consistency, the status quo tends to prevail.
Thus was the case of the 1982 season. Although a good number of drivers won two races during the season, the champion ended up being the winner of a single race, Keke Rosberg. That told me from the start that perhaps he would prevail, should the new scoring system be applied, on the strength of his many good results. This is exactly what happened.
Under the older scoring system, Rosberg won over Pironi/Watson with a 5 point difference. Using the new scoring system, Rosberg’s difference grew to nine points over Watson. Although this is not a huge difference, it meant that going to the final race, Rosberg had tallied up 60 points, while Watson had only 45. So that meant Rosberg would have been champion on the penultimate round of the championship, under the new scoring system. Pironi was not around to try to snatch Rosberg’s title, which at any rate would have been possible only if he had won the race, and Rosberg had scored no points. In other words, Rosberg would have been a much more comfortable champion, had the new scoring system been used.
The greatest gainer of them all was Alboreto, joint 7th in the old system, with 25 points, and 5th under the new, at 44. De Angelis also jumped a couple of places, from 9th to 7th, and Arnoux dropped from 6th on the old system, to 9th on the new. That just shows how much the new regulations favor intermediate placings, instead of wins: most of Arnoux points (almost 2/3 or 18 of 28 on the old system), came from a couple of wins, yet the two Italians would have been able to overtake him, under the new score system, on the strength of many 3rd and lower places.
A few drivers would have been inserted in the list of points scorers: Roberto Guerrero, Raul Boesel and Brain Henton. The latter’s case is curious, as not only he would have scored four times under the new system, he had also scored a fastest lap.
A total of 30 drivers would have scored points.
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Result under the old scoring system |
Result under the new scoring system |
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1. Keke Rosberg - 44 |
1. Keke Rosberg - 64 |
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2. John Watson - 39 |
2. Watson - 53 |
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Didier Pironi - 39 |
3. Pironi - 51 |
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4. Alain prost - 34 |
4. Prost - 48 |
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5. Niki lauda - 30 |
5. Alboreto - 44 |
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6. Rene Arnoux - 28 |
6. Lauda - 38 |
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7. Michele Alboreto
- 25 |
7.
De Angelis - 37 |
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Patrick
Tambay - 25 |
8.
Tambay - 35 |
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9.
Elio de Angelis - 23 |
9.
Arnoux - 34 |
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10.
Riccardo Patrese - 21 |
10.
Patrese - 28 |
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11.
Nelson Piquet - 20 |
11.
Piquet - 27 |
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12.
Eddie Cheever - 15 |
12.
Cheever - 23 |
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13.
Derek Daly - 8 |
13.
Daly - 22 |
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14.
Nigel Mansell - 7 |
14.
Mansell - 16 |
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15.
Carlos Reutemann - 6 |
15.
Surer - 12 |
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Gilles
Villeneuve - 6 |
16.
De Cesaris - 9 |
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17.
Andrea de Cesaris - 5 |
Laffite
- 9 |
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Jacques
Laffite - 5 |
18.
Villeneuve - 8 |
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19.
Mario Andretti - 4 |
Reutemann
- 8 |
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20.
Jean Pierre Jarier - 3 |
20.
Baldi - 7 |
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Marc Surer - 3 |
21. Giacomelli - 6 |
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22. Muro Baldi - 2 |
Andretti - 6 |
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Bruno Giacomelli -
2 |
23. Jarier - 5 |
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Eliseo Salazar - 2 |
Serra - 5 |
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Manfred Winkelhock
- 2 |
Henton - 5 |
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26,. Chico Serra -
1 |
26. Salazar - 4 |
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Mass - 4 |
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28. Borgudd - 2 |
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29. Guerrero - 1 |
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30. Boesel - 1 |