THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 2009.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Button by 11 → Button by 16

Podium

ActualJenson Button · Sebastian Vettel · Rubens Barrichello

Scenario ↓Jenson Button · Sebastian Vettel · Rubens Barrichello

Biggest mover

UpNick Heidfeld: 13 → 11 (↑2)

DownHeikki Kovalainen: 12 → 13 (↓1)

Change the rules 2009 points · target era drops · no fastest lap · no sprints

POINTS SYSTEMDROPPED SCORESFASTEST-LAP BONUSSelect and apply a system with a bonus to enable it.SPRINT POINTS

Exclude races

R1 · Australian Grand PrixR2 · Malaysian Grand PrixR3 · Chinese Grand PrixR4 · Bahrain Grand PrixR5 · Spanish Grand PrixR6 · Monaco Grand PrixR7 · Turkish Grand PrixR8 · British Grand PrixR9 · German Grand PrixR10 · Hungarian Grand PrixR11 · European Grand PrixR12 · Belgian Grand PrixR13 · Italian Grand PrixR14 · Singapore Grand PrixR15 · Japanese Grand PrixR16 · Brazilian Grand PrixR17 · Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Actual standings retain the official season totals. Changes compare the selected scenario with those official positions.

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Driver	Points	Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jenson Button	95	1	Jenson Button	100	—
2	Sebastian Vettel	84	2	Sebastian Vettel	84	—
3	Rubens Barrichello	77	3	Rubens Barrichello	79	—
4	Mark Webber	69.5	4	Mark Webber	71	—
5	Lewis Hamilton	49	5	Lewis Hamilton	50	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Brawn	172	1	Brawn	179	—
2	Red Bull	153.5	2	Red Bull	155	—
3	McLaren	71	3	McLaren	72	—
4	Ferrari	70	4	Ferrari	70	—
5	Toyota	59.5	5	Toyota	65	—

Every point, race by race

The top six scenario drivers are selected initially. GP and bonus columns use the target system; Counted shows whether the weekend score survives its dropped-score rule.

Filter drivers · 6 selected

Include drivers in the receiptJenson ButtonSebastian VettelRubens BarrichelloMark WebberLewis HamiltonKimi RäikkönenJarno TrulliNico RosbergTimo GlockFernando AlonsoNick HeidfeldFelipe MassaHeikki KovalainenRobert KubicaGiancarlo FisichellaSébastien BuemiAdrian SutilKamui KobayashiSébastien BourdaisKazuki NakajimaNelson Piquet Jr.Vitantonio LiuzziRomain GrosjeanJaime AlguersuariLuca Badoer

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	1	10	10	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	2	8	8	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Mark Webber	12	0	0	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	13	0	0	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	15	0	0	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	20	0	0	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	1	10	10	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	5	4	4	Yes

Constructor scores by round

Constructor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	Total
Brawn	18	14	11	14	18	18	10	9	7	2	12	2	18	7	3	5	11	179
Red Bull	0	3	18	8	11	4	14	18	18	6	0	6	1	5	10	15	18	155
McLaren	0	2	7	5	0	0	0	0	1	14	13	3	3	12	6	6	0	72
Ferrari	0	0	0	3	3	11	3	6	6	8	6	10	6	0	5	3	0	70
Toyota	11	11	2	8	0	0	6	2	0	4	0	0	0	8	8	0	5	65
BMW Sauber	0	8	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	9	2	1	3	8	4	40
Williams	3	1	0	0	1	3	4	4	5	5	4	1	0	0	4	0	0	35
Renault	4	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	4	6	0	0	0	26
Force India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	0	0	13
Toro Rosso	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8

Counterfactual scores use official race finishes and Grand Prix countback; an unresolved countback tie stays labelled tied. Excluded weekends remove both race and sprint scores. Full target points apply to all retained races, including originally shortened or double-points races. Shared drives receive a full award per result entry because the DB cannot reliably reconstruct driving shares.

Dropped scores: target; drivers {"countBest":null}, constructors {"countBest":null}. Split rules retain the original round boundary when races are excluded.