List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

Lewis Hamilton looking to the left to the camera is wearing a black baseball cap, a gold chain necklace and a black T-shirt with sponsors logos
Charles Leclerc driving a scarlet red Ferrari Formula One car at a test session in Spain in early 2020
Lewis Hamilton (left) holds the record for the highest number of World Drivers' Championship points scored, and Scuderia Ferrari (right) maintains the record for the highest number of points attained in the World Constructors' Championship. However, the amount of points awarded for identical results, as well as the number of races per season, have changed over the years, so comparison between drivers or teams cannot be done by points alone.

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing series administered by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body.[1] The "formula" in the name alludes to a series of rules set by the FIA to which all participants and vehicles are required to conform.[1][2] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix, usually held on purpose-built circuits, and in a few cases on closed city streets.[3] A points scoring system is used for each Grand Prix held over the course of the F1 season to determine the outcome of two annual championships, one for drivers (World Drivers' Championship) since 1950, and one for constructors (World Constructors' Championship) since 1958.[1][4] Each driver accumulates championship points individually in the World Drivers' Championship and collectively for the team they compete for in the World Constructors' Championship.[4] Both championships are formally awarded at the end-of-season FIA Prize Giving Ceremony to the driver and team with the most points.[4][5][6]

As of the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, 352 drivers have scored Drivers' Championship points,[7][8] and 70 out of 170 teams have scored Constructors' Championship points,[9][10] in 1,111 World Championship races.[11] Lewis Hamilton has the highest Drivers' Championship points total with 4709.5, Sebastian Vettel is second with 3098 and Max Verstappen is third with 2805.5.[7][12] Scuderia Ferrari holds the record for the highest Constructors' Championship points total with 9942, Red Bull Racing is second with 7578, and Mercedes is third with 7373.5.[9][12] Drivers received an equal points distribution share if they shared a car with another or set the same fastest lap as another between 1950 and 1957. Second drivers of teams who officially entered only one car were ineligible for points on two occasions involving three drivers.[13][14]

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  3. ^ Hughes & Tremayne 2002, pp. 82–83
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  6. ^ Morlidge, Matt (7 December 2019). "Lewis Hamilton officially crowned 2019 F1 champion at FIA gala". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Statistics Drivers – Points by number". StatsF1. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ^ "F1 Stats Zone – Results by Driver". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Statistics Constructors – Points – By number". StatsF1. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  10. ^ "F1 Stats Zone – Results by Team". Sky Sports. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  11. ^ "All-Time Calendar". ChicaneF1. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  12. ^ a b Diepraam, Mattijs; Fisher, Alun (28 March 2021). "Total World Championship points". 8W. Forix. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hayhoe1989P8 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hayhoe1989P165 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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