THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 2010.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Vettel by 4 → Vettel by 4

Podium

ActualSebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso · Mark Webber

Scenario ↓Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso · Mark Webber

Biggest mover

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Change the rules 2010 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 · Bahrain Grand PrixR2 · Australian Grand PrixR3 · Malaysian Grand PrixR4 · Chinese Grand PrixR5 · Spanish Grand PrixR6 · Monaco Grand PrixR7 · Turkish Grand PrixR8 · Canadian Grand PrixR9 · European Grand PrixR10 · British Grand PrixR11 · German Grand PrixR12 · Hungarian Grand PrixR13 · Belgian Grand PrixR14 · Italian Grand PrixR15 · Singapore Grand PrixR16 · Japanese Grand PrixR17 · Korean Grand PrixR18 · Brazilian Grand PrixR19 · 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	Sebastian Vettel	256	1	Sebastian Vettel	256	—
2	Fernando Alonso	252	2	Fernando Alonso	252	—
3	Mark Webber	242	3	Mark Webber	242	—
4	Lewis Hamilton	240	4	Lewis Hamilton	240	—
5	Jenson Button	214	5	Jenson Button	214	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	498	1	Red Bull	498	—
2	McLaren	454	2	McLaren	454	—
3	Ferrari	396	3	Ferrari	396	—
4	Mercedes	214	4	Mercedes	214	—
5	Renault	163	5	Renault	163	—

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 receiptSebastian VettelFernando AlonsoMark WebberLewis HamiltonJenson ButtonFelipe MassaNico RosbergRobert KubicaMichael SchumacherRubens BarrichelloAdrian SutilKamui KobayashiVitaly PetrovNico HülkenbergVitantonio LiuzziSébastien BuemiPedro de la RosaNick HeidfeldJaime AlguersuariHeikki KovalainenJarno TrulliKarun ChandhokBruno SennaLucas di GrassiTimo GlockSakon YamamotoChristian Klien

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Bahrain Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	1	25	25	Yes
R1Bahrain Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	2	18	18	Yes
R1Bahrain Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	3	15	15	Yes
R1Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	4	12	12	Yes
R1Bahrain Grand Prix	Jenson Button	7	6	6	Yes
R1Bahrain Grand Prix	Mark Webber	8	4	4	Yes
R2Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	1	25	25	Yes
R2Australian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	3	15	15	Yes

Constructor scores by round

Constructor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	Total
Red Bull	16	2	43	12	40	43	15	22	25	31	23	40	18	20	33	43	0	43	29	498
McLaren	21	33	12	43	10	10	43	43	33	30	22	4	25	18	12	22	18	22	33	454
Ferrari	43	27	6	14	26	20	10	15	4	0	43	30	12	40	29	15	40	15	7	396
Mercedes	18	11	15	16	12	6	22	8	1	17	6	0	14	12	10	8	12	14	12	214
Renault	0	18	12	16	4	15	8	6	10	0	7	10	17	4	6	0	10	2	18	163
Williams	1	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	12	11	0	9	0	7	9	2	7	4	0	69
Force India	2	6	10	0	6	6	2	3	8	4	0	0	11	0	2	0	8	0	0	68
Sauber	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	8	0	8	4	0	0	10	6	1	0	44
Toro Rosso	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13
Lotus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HRT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Virgin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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.