1996 and 1997 Race Car Formula One Point Standings
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Official Top 10 Formula One World Championship point leaders for 1996 and unofficial Top 10 point leaders for 1997 (through Oct. 11). Points awarded for places 1 through 6 only (i.e., 10-6-4-3-2-1). Listed are starts (Sts), Top 6 finishes, poles won (PW) and points (Pts).
Note: Formula One does not keep Money Leader standings.
1996 SEASON
| Sts | Finishes 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
PW | Pts | ||
| 1 | Damon Hill | 16 | 8-2-0-1-1-0 | 9 | 97 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | 16 | 4-5-2-0-0-0 | 3 | 78 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | 16 | 3-3-2-1-0-0 | 4 | 59 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi | 16 | 0-4-4-2-0-1 | 0 | 47 |
| 5 | Mika Hakkinen | 16 | 0-0-4-2-4-1 | 0 | 31 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 16 | 0-1-1-3-0-2 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | 16 | 0-1-1-0-2-1 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | 16 | 0-0-0-2-3-2 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Olivier Panis | 16 | 1-0-0-0-1-1 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | 16 | 0-0-1-1-2-0 | 0 | 11 |
1997 SEASON
| Sts | Finishes 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
PW | Pts | ||
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | 17 | 7-0-1-1-2-1 | 10 | 81 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher* | 17 | 5-3-0-2-1-3 | 3 | 78 |
| 3 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | 17 | 1-2-3-2-0-1 | 1 | 42 |
| 4 | David Coulthard | 17 | 2-2-0-1-0-1 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | 17 | 0-4-1-0-2-3 | 1 | 36 |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | 16 | 1-1-0-3-0-1 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | Mika Hakkinen | 16 | 1-0-3-2-1-1 | 0 | 27 |
| 8 | Eddie Irvine | 17 | 0-1-4-0-1-0 | 0 | 24 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | 17 | 0-1-1-3-0-1 | 0 | 20 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | 10 | 0-1-1-1-1-2 | 0 | 16 |
*Officially, Schumacher was stripped of his points and second-place finish in the standings following the season-ending European GP. F1 officials decided that his collision with eventual points champion Jacques Villeneuve was deliberate and they even considered banning Schumacher for 1998 before deciding against it.
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