THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 2012.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Vettel by 3 → Vettel by 3

Podium

ActualSebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso · Kimi Räikkönen

Scenario ↓Sebastian Vettel · Fernando Alonso · Kimi Räikkönen

Biggest mover

UpNone

DownNone

Change the rules 2012 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 · Canadian Grand PrixR8 · European Grand PrixR9 · British Grand PrixR10 · German Grand PrixR11 · Hungarian Grand PrixR12 · Belgian Grand PrixR13 · Italian Grand PrixR14 · Singapore Grand PrixR15 · Japanese Grand PrixR16 · Korean Grand PrixR17 · Indian Grand PrixR18 · Abu Dhabi Grand PrixR19 · United States Grand PrixR20 · Brazilian 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	281	1	Sebastian Vettel	281	—
2	Fernando Alonso	278	2	Fernando Alonso	278	—
3	Kimi Räikkönen	207	3	Kimi Räikkönen	207	—
4	Lewis Hamilton	190	4	Lewis Hamilton	190	—
5	Jenson Button	188	5	Jenson Button	188	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Red Bull	460	1	Red Bull	460	—
2	Ferrari	400	2	Ferrari	400	—
3	McLaren	378	3	McLaren	378	—
4	Lotus F1	303	4	Lotus F1	303	—
5	Mercedes	142	5	Mercedes	142	—

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 AlonsoKimi RäikkönenLewis HamiltonJenson ButtonMark WebberFelipe MassaRomain GrosjeanNico RosbergSergio PérezNico HülkenbergKamui KobayashiMichael SchumacherPaul di RestaPastor MaldonadoBruno SennaJean-Éric VergneDaniel RicciardoVitaly PetrovTimo GlockCharles PicHeikki KovalainenJérôme d'AmbrosioNarain KarthikeyanPedro de la Rosa

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	1	25	25	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	2	18	18	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	3	15	15	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Mark Webber	4	12	12	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	5	10	10	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	7	6	6	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	1	25	25	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	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	R20	Total
Red Bull	30	12	22	37	8	37	18	12	40	14	16	26	0	25	27	43	40	15	18	20	460
Ferrari	10	25	2	8	18	23	11	25	30	25	12	10	27	19	18	27	26	24	27	33	400
McLaren	40	15	33	4	6	10	25	4	5	18	33	25	25	18	22	1	22	12	35	25	378
Lotus F1	6	10	8	33	27	2	22	18	18	15	33	15	10	14	8	16	8	25	14	1	303
Mercedes	0	1	25	11	6	18	8	23	6	7	1	6	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	6	142
Sauber	12	18	1	0	10	0	17	2	0	20	0	0	20	1	15	0	0	8	0	2	126
Force India	1	8	0	8	1	10	0	16	0	2	0	13	4	12	6	8	4	2	4	10	109
Williams	0	8	10	0	25	1	0	1	2	0	6	0	1	0	4	0	1	14	3	0	76
Toro Rosso	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	6	0	1	0	4	26
Caterham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Marussia	0	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	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.