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Hamilton would be leading title under old points system

Mark Webber would be second

By GMM

19 August 2010 - 09:54

If the 2009 points system was applied to this season’s results so far, Mark Webber would not be leading the world championship.

For 2010, the scoring positions were extended from eighth to tenth, while the winner is now awarded 25 points, rather than the 10 handed out in 2009 and earlier.

The intention was to better reward actual winning rather than mere point-scoring consistency.

Indeed, after the first 12 races of 2010, Lewis Hamilton - who has won twice in 2010 - would be the drivers’ title leader if the 2009 system was still in place.

Instead, it is Red Bull’s Webber in charge of the standings, having won more grands prix (4) than any other driver so far.

He has 4 more points than Hamilton, with the analysis showing that that the McLaren driver would be leading Webber by 2 points under the 2009 system.

2010 stand.	Driver	Points	2009 stand.	Driver	Points
01	Mark Webber	161	01	Lewis Hamilton	65
02	Lewis Hamilton	157	02	Mark Webber	63
03	Sebastian Vettel	151	03	Sebastian Vettel	61
04	Jenson Button	147	04	Jenson Button	59
05	Fernando Alonso	141	05	Fernando Alonso	57
06	Nico Rosberg	94	06	Felipe Massa	39
07	Robert Kubica	75	07	Nico Rosberg	36
08	Felipe Massa	89	08	Robert Kubica	35
09	Michael Schumacher	38	09	Michael Schumacher	13
10	Adrian Sutil	35	10	Adrian Sutil	11
11	Rubens Barrichello	30	11	Rubens Barrichello	10
12	Vitaly Petrov	17	12	Vitaly Petrov	6
13	Kamui Kobayashi	17	13	Kamui Kobayashi	5
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	14	Nico Hulkenberg	3
15	Nico Hulkenberg	10	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	2
16	Sébastien Buemi	7	16	Pedro de la Rosa	2
17	Pedro de la Rosa	6	17	Sébastien Buemi	1
18	Jaime Alguersuari	3