Points for both titles will be awarded at each Event according to the following scale: Sporting Regulations 2020 Sporting Regulations

* Fastest lap point only awarded if the driver who scores the fastest lap finishes in the top ten, otherwise no extra point is awarded.

7.2.2 All points according to the 2019 system.

7.2.1 Gross points awarded in the Championship.

4.1 Championship winner does not score most total points.

1.3.2 Best constructor result in a race.

In 2002, Ferrari scored 221 points, the exact total of the rest of the teams put together. In 2015, Mercedes scored 703 out of a maximum of 817 points (86%). Otherwise, Schumacher has scored the highest percentage, scoring 144 out of 170 (85%) in 2002.įor constructors, Ferrari have scored the most points. Alberto Ascari and Jim Clark (twice) have scored 100% of the available points to them in a season, in times when not all scores counted. Michael Schumacher, who finished his career withġ566 points, held the record until mid-2013, when Fernando Alonso overtook him. Lewis Hamilton currently holds the record for the most points scored by a driver, withĤ405.5 points, largely due the increased number of points awarded since 2010. In 2014, double points were awarded at the final race of the season. Previously, points have been awarded to just the top five and the setter of the fastest lap then to the top six finishers then the top eight finishers before the current system was introduced in 2010. Sprints are held occationally throughout a season where points are awarded to the top eight finishers, with 8 for a win, 7 for second, 6 for third, then 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 for the remaining finishers of the top eight. In 2023, points are awarded to the first ten finishers, with 25 for a win, 18 for second, 15 for third, then 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 for the remaining finishers of the top ten if a driver in the top ten scores the fastest lap then they score an additional point. The Championships are awarded to both the driver and the team that have scored the largest number of points over the Championship season.

Points are used in Formula One to determine the outcome of both the Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships.

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