I saw an article in either F1 Racing or Autosport a few months ago which used a scoring system to rate the performances of the new teams. They basically eliminated all the other cars from the classification of each race and gave the 6 perennial back markers the top 6 points positions – this gave a mini championship table. However, the problem with such a system is that it doesn’t take into account those races where the new boys have finished ahead of some of the existing teams (as Kovalainen did with Petrov in Canada). To compensate for this, I have put together a method of scoring every single position and made my own version of the aforementioned mini chapionship.
The scoring went as follows: 75, 60, 50, 42, 36, 32, 29, 26, 23, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Hamilton still leads Button at the top but I was interested in the new teams' positions:
Drivers: Teams:
19. Kovalainen 74 10. Lotus 134
20. Chandhok 72 11. Hispania 127
21. Di Grassi 61 12. Virgin 115
22. Trulli 60
23. Glock 54
24. Senna 50
25. Yamamoto 5
It is not a surprise to find Kovalainen and Lotus at the top of this mini table but what is interesting is that it is not his teammate Trulli in second. Instead, he is being hounded by Chandhok which reflects the way that the Indian has been doggedly dragging the Hispania to the end of races. What is more surprising though is how Di Grassi is sitting in third; news that would surely give a boost to the Virgin team and reflects how Glock and Trulli have seemed increasingly fed up with being at the back. It isn’t good reading for Senna either; he was bottom of the other publication’s table and he is bottom of this one too (it is unfair to judge Yamamoto after one race).
I will keep an eye on how these tables develop over the second half of the season so that the champion of the new teams can be crowned at the end. Not a serious point but interesting nonetheless.
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