2010 in stats part two: Vettel versus other champions | 2010 F1 season review

Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel, 2010

Was Sebastian Vettel's victory win on a par with the 60 previous championship wins? The new points system makes it hard to tell.

The second part of F1 Fanatic's look at 2010 in statistics compares Vettel's victory with those of Michael Schumacher, Ayrton Senna and other champions.

You can also review the 2010 data in detail with the new-look interactive charts.

Drivers' championship points

By any measure this was a remarkable season in the drivers' championship, with four drivers still in the hunt at the final race.

The chart below shows how the race for the drivers' title unfolded:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2010drivercolours.csv

	Bahrain	Australia	Malaysia	China	Spain	Monaco	Turkey	Canada	Europe	Britain	Germany	Hungary	Belgium	Italy	Singapore	Japan	Korea	Brazil	Abu Dhabi
Sebastian Vettel	12	12	37	45	60	78	78	90	115	121	136	151	151	163	181	206	206	231	256
Fernando Alonso	25	37	37	49	67	75	79	94	98	98	123	141	141	166	191	206	231	246	252
Mark Webber	4	6	24	28	53	78	93	103	103	128	136	161	179	187	202	220	220	238	242
Lewis Hamilton	15	23	31	49	49	59	84	109	127	145	157	157	182	182	182	192	210	222	240
Jenson Button	6	31	35	60	70	70	88	106	121	133	143	147	147	165	177	189	189	199	214
Felipe Massa	18	33	39	41	49	61	67	67	67	67	85	97	109	124	128	128	143	143	144
Nico Rosberg	10	20	35	50	50	56	66	74	75	90	94	94	102	112	122	122	122	130	142
Robert Kubica	0	18	30	40	44	59	67	73	83	83	89	89	104	108	114	114	124	126	136
Michael Schumacher	8	9	9	10	22	22	34	34	34	36	38	38	44	46	46	54	66	72	72
Rubens Barrichello	1	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	19	29	29	30	30	31	39	41	47	47	47
Adrian Sutil	0	0	10	10	16	20	22	23	31	35	35	35	45	45	47	47	47	47	47
Kamui Kobayashi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	15	15	17	21	21	21	27	31	32	32
Vitaly Petrov	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	17	19	19	19	19	19	19	27
Nico Hulkenberg	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	10	10	16	17	17	18	22	22
Vitantonio Liuzzi	2	8	8	8	8	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	21	21	21
Sebastien Buemi	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Pedro de la Rosa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Nick Heidfeld	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	6	6
Jaime Alguersuari	0	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	5

The close championship was not necessarily a product of the new points system. Had last year's points system been used the same four drivers would have gone into the final round like this:

1. Fernando Alonso – 99
2. Mark Webber – 96
3. Sebastian Vettel – 94
4. Lewis Hamilton – 92

And the final score would have been:

1. Sebastian Vettel – 104
2. Fernando Alonso – 101
3. Lewis Hamilton – 100
4. Mark Webber – 97

The most significant difference would have been Lewis Hamilton finishing third instead of Mark Webber.

The latest change of points system makes it harder to compare this season with others.

For example, Vettel scored more points than any other driver ever – but with a win worth 2.5 times what it was last year, that was almost inevitably going to happen.

Had the current points system been used in every world championship since 1950, 14 previous champions would have out-scored Vettel:

Year	Driver	Points*
2002	Michael Schumacher	380
2004	Michael Schumacher	367
2001	Michael Schumacher	327
2005	Fernando Alonso	322
2006	Fernando Alonso	321
2000	Michael Schumacher	286
1992	Nigel Mansell	279
1988	Ayrton Senna	275
1991	Ayrton Senna	274.5
2007	Kimi Raikkonen	272
1993	Alain Prost	271
1998	Mika Hakkinen	271
1995	Michael Schumacher	268
1996	Damon Hill	258
2010	Sebastian Vettel	256

*under 2010 system

This does not include any drivers who might have out-scored him without winning the championship.

Of course there were many more races this year than there were in previous seasons. So to get the full picture we need to take into account how many points each driver scored per race.

Here is that data, also adjusted to use the 2010 points system:

F1 champions' points per race under 2010 points system

(Half points races have been taken into account. Points for pole position and fastest lap have not. Where drivers scored points for 'shared drives' they have been given the full points score. See here for more information)

Clearly, Vettel scored fewer points per race than average compared to most other champions.

But don't jump to the conclusion that this automatically makes him a 'lesser' champion. After all, he faced far stronger opposition than some other champions did, particularly those at the top end of the chart.

Drivers' championship position

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2010drivercolours.csv

	Bahrain	Australia	Malaysia	China	Spain	Monaco	Turkey	Canada	Europe	Britain	Germany	Hungary	Belgium	Italy	Singapore	Japan	Korea	Brazil	Abu Dhabi
Sebastian Vettel	4	7	2	5	3	1	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	5	4	2	4	3	1
Fernando Alonso	1	1	2	3	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	1	1	2
Mark Webber	8	10	8	8	4	1	1	3	4	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3
Lewis Hamilton	3	4	6	3	6	6	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3	4	3	4	4
Jenson Button	7	3	4	1	1	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Felipe Massa	2	2	1	6	6	5	6	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Nico Rosberg	5	5	4	2	5	8	8	6	7	6	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	7
Robert Kubica	11	6	7	7	8	6	6	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8
Michael Schumacher	6	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9
Rubens Barrichello	10	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Adrian Sutil	11	12	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10
Kamui Kobayashi	11	12	15	16	16	17	15	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Vitaly Petrov	11	12	15	12	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	13
Nico Hulkenberg	11	12	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	15	13	14
Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	15
Sebastien Buemi	11	12	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Pedro de la Rosa	11	12	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Nick Heidfeld	11	12	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17
Jaime Alguersuari	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19

NB. Rank of points scored, does not include 'count back' results in the event of a tie.

Drivers' grid positions

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2010drivercolours.csv

	Bahrain	Australia	Malaysia	China	Spain	Monaco	Turkey	Canada	Europe	Britain	Germany	Hungary	Belgium	Italy	Singapore	Japan	Korea	Brazil	Abu Dhabi
Jenson Button	8	4	17	5	5	8	4	4	7	14	5	11	5	2	4	5	7	11	4
Lewis Hamilton	4	11	20	6	3	5	2	1	3	4	6	5	2	5	3	8	4	4	2
Michael Schumacher	7	7	8	9	6	7	5	13	15	10	11	14	21	12	9	10	9	8	8
Nico Rosberg	5	6	2	4	8	6	6	10	12	5	9	6	14	7	7	6	5	13	9
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	3	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	4	6	2	1	1	2	1
Mark Webber	6	2	1	2	1	1	1	7	2	2	4	2	1	4	5	2	2	3	5
Felipe Massa	2	5	21	7	9	4	8	6	5	7	3	4	6	3	24	12	6	9	6
Fernando Alonso	3	3	19	3	4	24	12	3	4	3	2	3	10	1	1	4	3	5	3
Rubens Barrichello	11	8	7	11	17	9	15	11	9	8	8	12	7	10	6	7	10	6	7
Nico Hulkenberg	13	15	5	16	13	11	17	12	8	13	10	10	9	8	17	9	11	1	15
Robert Kubica	9	9	6	8	7	2	7	8	6	6	7	8	3	9	8	3	8	7	11
Vitaly Petrov	17	18	11	14	19	14	9	14	10	15	13	7	23	20	12	13	20	10	10
Adrian Sutil	10	10	4	10	11	12	11	9	13	11	19	13	8	11	15	15	14	22	13
Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	13	10	18	16	10	18	5	14	20	21	16	12	19	16	17	17	16	16
Sebastien Buemi	15	12	13	13	14	13	14	15	11	16	16	15	16	14	13	18	16	20	18
Jaime Alguersuari	18	17	14	12	15	17	16	16	17	17	15	17	11	15	11	16	15	14	17
Jarno Trulli	20	20	18	20	18	19	19	20	19	21	17	20	15	17	21	19	18	18	19
Heikki Kovalainen	21	19	15	21	20	18	20	19	20	18	18	19	13	18	19	20	21	19	20
Karun Chandhok	24	24	22	24	24	23	24	24	23	23
Bruno Senna	23	23	23	23	21	22	22	22	24		20	22	18	22	23	23	24	24	23
Pedro de la Rosa	14	14	12	17	12	15	13	17	16	9	14	9	24	16
Kamui Kobayashi	16	16	9	15	10	16	10	18	18	12	12	23	17	13	10	14	12	12	12
Timo Glock	19	21	16	19	22	20	21	21	22	19	23	18	20	24	18	22	19	17	21
Lucas di Grassi	22	22	24	22	23	21	23	23	21	22	24	21	22	21	20	21	22	21	22
Christian Klien															22			23	24
Sakon Yamamoto										24	22	24	19	23		24	23
Nick Heidfeld															14	11	13	15	14

The new interactive charts above and below have been designed by Kareem Shaya (who wrote this excellent guest article last year) and I hope you agree they look very good.

You can select which drivers to view so you can quickly compare team mates and closely-matched rivals. You can also select all or none of the drivers with a single click.

You can compare all the race, starting grid and championship data for all the teams and drivers in the charts above and below.

Drivers' race results

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2010drivercolours.csv

	Bahrain	Australia	Malaysia	China	Spain	Monaco	Turkey	Canada	Europe	Britain	Germany	Hungary	Belgium	Italy	Singapore	Japan	Korea	Brazil	Abu Dhabi
Jenson Button	7	1	8	1	5		2	2	3	4	5	8		2	4	4	12	5	3
Lewis Hamilton	3	6	6	2	14	5	1	1	2	2	4		1			5	2	4	2
Michael Schumacher	6	10		10	4	12	4	11	15	9	9	11	7	9	13	6	4	7
Nico Rosberg	5	5	3	3	13	7	5	6	10	3	8		6	5	5	17		6	4
Sebastian Vettel	4		1	6	3	2		4	1	7	3	3	15	4	2	1		1	1
Mark Webber	8	9	2	8	1	1	3	5		1	6	1	2	6	3	2		2	8
Felipe Massa	2	3	7	9	6	4	7	15	11	15	2	4	4	3	8		3	15	10
Fernando Alonso	1	4	13	4	2	6	8	3	8	14	1	2		1	1	3	1	3	7
Rubens Barrichello	10	8	12	12	9		14	14	4	5	12	10		10	6	9	7	14	12
Nico Hulkenberg	14		10	15	16		17	13		10	13	6	14	7	10		10	8	16
Robert Kubica	11	2	4	5	8	3	6	7	5		7		3	8	7		5	9	5
Vitaly Petrov				7	11	13	15	17	14	13	10	5	9	13	11			16	6
Adrian Sutil	12		5	11	7	8	9	10	6	8	17		5	15	9			12	13
Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	7			15	9	13	9	16	11	16	13	10	12			6
Sebastien Buemi	16		11			10	16	8	9	12		12	12	11	14	10		13	15
Jaime Alguersuari	13	11	9	13	10	11	12	12	13		15		13	16	12	11	11	11	9
Jarno Trulli	17		17		17	15			21	16		15	19			13		19	21
Heikki Kovalainen	15	13		14				16		17		14	16	18	16	12	13	18	17
Karun Chandhok		14	15	17		14	20	18	18	19
Bruno Senna			16	16					20		19	17				15	14	21	19
Pedro de la Rosa		12					11		12		14	7	11	14
Kamui Kobayashi					12		10		7	6	11	9	8			7	8	10	14
Timo Glock					18		18		19	18	18	16	18	17		14		20
Lucas di Grassi			14		19		19	19	17			18	17	20	15				18
Sakon Yamamoto										20		19	20	19		16	15
Christian Klien																		22	20
Nick Heidfeld																8	9	17	11

Constructors' championship points

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/charts/2010teamcolours.csv

	Bahrain	Australia	Malaysia	China	Spain	Monaco	Turkey	Canada	Europe	Britain	Germany	Hungary	Belgium	Italy	Singapore	Japan	Korea	Brazil	Abu Dhabi
Red Bull	16	18	61	73	113	156	171	193	218	249	272	312	330	350	383	426	426	469	498
McLaren	21	54	66	109	119	129	172	215	248	278	300	304	329	347	359	381	399	421	454
Ferrari	43	70	76	90	116	136	146	161	165	165	208	238	250	290	319	334	374	389	396
Mercedes	18	29	44	60	72	78	100	108	109	126	132	132	146	158	168	176	188	202	214
Renault	0	18	30	46	50	65	73	79	89	89	96	106	123	127	133	133	143	145	163
Williams	1	5	6	6	8	8	8	8	20	31	31	40	40	47	56	58	65	69	69
Force India	2	8	18	18	24	30	32	35	43	47	47	47	58	58	60	60	68	68	68
Sauber	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	15	15	23	27	27	27	37	43	44	44
Toro Rosso	0	0	2	2	3	4	4	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13

Spotted anything interesting in the 2010 data? Which drivers make for interesting comparisons? Share your findings in the comments.

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