F1 2013 Alternative Championships – Round 19/19: Brazil

SEBASTIAN VETTEL equalled Alberto Ascari’s absolute record of nine wins a row after victory in last season’s final Grand Prix in Brazil.

However, the first race of 2014 looks anything but a Vettel/Red Bull exhibition.

1935 European Drivers’ Champions Style Championship.

Position	Driver	Points
Champ.	Sebastian Vettel	33
2	Fernando Alonso	61
3	Mark Webber	67
4	Nico Rosberg	71
5   (1st, 2nd)	Kimi Räikkönen	72
6   (1st, 3rd)	Lewis Hamilton	72
7   (2nd)	Romain Grosjean	76
8   (4th)	Jenson Button	76
9   (5th)	Sergio Pérez	76
10   (14th)	Max Chilton	76
11	Valtteri Bottas	78
12   (7th)	Daniel Ricciardo	79
13   (10th)	Pastor Maldonado	79
14	Felipe Massa	80
15   (4th)	Nico Hülkenberg	81
16   (7th)	Esteban Gutiérrez	81
17	Jules Bianchi	82
18   (6th)	Jean-Éric Vergne	83
19   (14th)	Charles Pic	83
20	Paul di Resta	84
21	Giedo van der Garde	85
22	Adrian Sutil	86
23	Heikki Kovalainen	144

Sebastian Vettel won the 1935 points system championship.

Lotus’s Romain Grosjean, both McLaren drivers (Jenson Button and Sergio Pérez) and Marussia’s rookie Max Chilton were the only drivers to finish on par points (76). Chilton was the only one of these four to have completed all 19 races.

1957 F1 World Drivers’ Championship Style Championship.

Position	Driver	Points
Champ.	Sebastian Vettel	131
2	Fernando Alonso	68
3	Mark Webber	57
4	Kimi Räikkönen	54
5	Lewis Hamilton	44
6	Nico Rosberg	39
7	Romain Grosjean	29
8	Felipe Massa	15
9	Jenson Button	5
10	Nico Hülkenberg	5
11	Paul di Resta	3
12	Sergio Pérez	3
13	Adrian Sutil	2
14	Esteban Gutiérrez	1
15	Jean-Éric Vergne	0
16	Daniel Ricciardo	0
17	Valtteri Bottas	0
18	Pastor Maldonado	0
19	Jules Bianchi	0
20	Charles Pic	0
21	Heikki Kovalainen	0
22	Giedo van der Garde	0
23	Max Chilton	0

Sebastian Vettel won the 1957 points style championship.

Button and Hülkenberg both ended the season with one fourth-place and one fifth-place, but Button had three sixth-places compared to Hülkenberg’s two sixth-places and one eighth-place.

Di Resta’s best last season was fourth-place, while Perez’s was fifth.

Of the drivers without a point, their best results are as follows: Vergne (sixth), Ricciardo (seventh), Bottas (eighth), Maldonado (tenth), Bianchi (13^th), Pic (2×14^th, 15^th), Kovalainen (2×14^th), van der Garde (14^th, 15^th) and Chilton (14^th, 16^th).

Rookies’ Championship.

Position	Driver	Points
Champ.	Esteban Gutiérrez	385
2	Valtteri Bottas	359
3	Max Chilton	234
4	Jules Bianchi	232
5	Giedo van der Garde	208

Esteban Gutiérrez won the Rookies’ Championship.

Gutiérrez earned two bonus points for setting the fastest lap in Spain and six bonus points for his seventh place in Japan. Bottas received four bonus points for his eighth place in the U.S.

Engines’ Championship.

Position	Engine	Points
Champ.	Renault	440
2	Ferrari	332
3	Mercedes	330
4	Cosworth	228

Renault won the Engines’ Championship.

Nations’ Championship.

Position	Nation	Points
Champ.	Germany	429
2	Spain	254
3	England	228
4	Australia	221
5	Finland	215
6	France	183
7	Brazil	147
8	Mexico	106
9	Scotland	84
10	Venezuela	33
11	Netherlands	15

Germany won the Nations’ Championship.

The Next Grand Prix…

The 2014 F1 season gets under way this weekend with the 79^th Australian Grand Prix which will be held for the 19^th consecutive time at Albert Park in Melbourne.

Current drivers who have won the Australian Grand Prix:

• Jenson Button (3): 2009 (Brawn), 2010 & ’12 (McLaren).
• Kimi Räikkönen (2): 2007 (Ferrari) & ’13 (Lotus).
• Fernando Alonso: 2006 (Renault).
• Lewis Hamilton: 2008 (McLaren).
• Sebastian Vettel: 2011 (Red Bull).

Current constructors who have won the Australian Grand Prix:

• McLaren (12): 1970*, ’86, ’88, ’91, ’92, ’93, ’97, ’98, 2003, ’08, ’10 & ’12.
• Ferrari (10): 1957*, ‘58*, ‘69*, ‘87, ’99, 2000, ’01, ’02, ’04 & ’07.
• Williams (6): 1980*, ’85, ’89, ’94, ’95 & ’96.
• Red Bull: 2011.
• Lotus-Renault: 2013.

*Race not part of the F1 World Championship.