How the new score would change history

A Formula 1 is studying the idea of changing the category’s scoring format for 2025. The idea of the transformation is for the top 12 to receive points. Currently, this only happens up to tenth place. To take the concept forward, F1 and the FIA need five votes from the teams and, apparently, not even the top teams are against the proposal.

If the new scoring format were already in effect in 2024, the situation in the championships would be a little different. O Motorsport.com made the hypothetical scenario where 12 drivers score points – as it should be in 2025 – in the first five races of this season. Check out:

What the F1 2024 Drivers’ World Championship would look like with the new scoring:

CURRENT SYSTEM			NEW SYSTEM
1	Max Verstappen	110	1	Max Verstappen	110
two	Sergio Pérez	85	two	Sergio Pérez	85
3	Charles Leclerc	76	3	Charles Leclerc	76
4	Carlos Sainz	69	4	Carlos Sainz	69
5	Lando Norris	58	5	Lando Norris	59
6	Oscar Piastri	38	6	Oscar Piastri	41
7	George Russell	33	7	Fernando Alonso	34
8	Fernando Alonso	31	8	George Russell	33
9	Lewis Hamilton	19	9	Lewis Hamilton	25
10	Lance Stroll	9	10	Lance Stroll	12
11	Yuki Tsunoda	7	11	Nico Hulkenberg	12
12	Oliver Bearman	6	12	Yuki Tsunoda	9
13	Nico Hulkenberg	4	13	Oliver Bearman	6
14	Kevin Magnussen	1	14	Kevin Magnussen	5
15	Alexander Albon	0	15	Alexander Albon	5
16	Esteban Ocon	0	16	Esteban Ocon	two
17	Zhou Guanyu	0	17	Zhou Guanyu	two
18	Daniel Ricciardo	0	18	Daniel Ricciardo	1
19	Pierre Gasly	0	19	Pierre Gasly	0
20	Valtteri Bottas	0	20	Valtteri Bottas	0
21	Logan Sergeant	0	21	Logan Sergeant	0

What the F1 2024 Constructors’ World Championship would look like with the new scoring:

CURRENT SYSTEM			NEW SYSTEM
1	Red Bull	195	1	Red Bull	195
two	Ferrari	151	two	Ferrari	151
3	McLaren	96	3	McLaren	100
4	Mercedes	52	4	Mercedes	58
5	Aston Martin	40	5	Aston Martin	46
6	RB	7	6	Haas	17
7	Haas	5	7	RB	10
8	Williams	0	8	Williams	5
9	Alpine	0	9	Alpine	two
10	Sauber	0	10	Sauber	two

Would the new scoring system change recent title fights?

Although the new system brings important changes to the distribution of points, with the lower positions in the zone being worth more than in the past, none of the fierce disputes for titles since the introduction of the current model in 2010 would result in changes in the final results.

In 2010, Sebastian Vettel was champion over Fernando Alonso with four points separating the Red Bull and Ferrari drivers, with 256 for the German and 252 for the two-time champion. In this new system, while Vettel would maintain his final score, Alonso would finish with two points more, thanks to two eighth places in the Turkish and Spanish GPs, but insufficient to reverse the frustration of the third championship that escaped him.

The same happens in 2012. Repeating the dispute between the then two-time champions, Vettel would still be champion with a three-point advantage over Alonso, with both gaining two more points in relation to the original total (from 281 x 278 to 283 x 280). The German gains this extra for 11th place in the Malaysian GP, while Alonso’s ‘bonus’ comes with ninth place in China.

In the incendiary dispute between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the 2016 season, the German continues with the title, as both would maintain their original scores, without changes.

To conclude, the controversial 2021 fight between Hamilton and Max Verstappen would favor the Dutchman even more. While the seven-time champion maintains his final score of 387.5, the Red Bull driver would rise from 395.5 to 397.5 thanks to ninth place in the Hungarian GP, where he was the victim of Valtteri Bottas’ strike at the start, having to finish proof with damage to your car.