List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

Formula One , abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheeled auto racing series administered by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. [ 1 ] The "formula" in the name alludes to a series of rules set by the FIA to which all participants and vehicles are required to conform. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The F1 World Championship season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix , usually held on purpose-built circuits , and in a few cases on close...

As of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix , [update] 355 drivers have scored Drivers' Championship points, [ 7 ] and 70 out of 170 teams have scored Constructors' Championship points, [ 8 ] in 1,139 World Championship races. [ 9 ] Lewis Hamilton has the highest Drivers' Championship points total with 4971.5, Max Verstappen is second with 3210.5 and Sebastian Vettel is third with 3098. [ 7 ] Scuderia Ferrari holds the record for the highest Constructors' Championship points total with 10584, Red Bull R...

Records and achievements

Jim Clark is the most dominant Drivers' Champion in terms of points scored, with a maximum of 54 points (7 and 6 wins, respectively) in both 1963 and 1965 . More recently, Michael Schumacher finished on the podium in every race in the 2002 season, earning 144 of a possible 170 points. [ 12 ] The most dominant Constructors' Champion in recent times was McLaren in 1988 , scoring 199 of a maximum 240 points and finishing 134 points ahead of its nearest rival. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] In 2002, Ferrari scored 2...

Robert Kubica has the longest time between two successive points-scoring results: 8 years and 256 days (between the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2019 German Grand Prix ). [ 16 ] Fernando Alonso has the longest time between his first and last points-scoring results: he scored his first points in the 2003 Australian Grand Prix and his most recent at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix , a span of 22 years, 4 months, and 25 days. [ 17 ] Hamilton holds the record for most consecutive points-scoring r...

History

Half points were awarded for six Grands Prix that were red-flagged before a certain threshold in a race progression was reached (at different times being either 60% or 75% of the scheduled race distance); [ 24 ] [ 25 ] starting from around 1977 to 1980 until the end of the 2021 season, [ 24 ] no points were able to be accumulated should a race conclude early with the leader having completed two or fewer laps. [ 26 ] Following the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix in which half points were awarded to the f...

Sprint qualifying was introduced in 2021 to set the starting order at three Grands Prix that season and the top three finishers of each of these mini-races received points. [ 31 ] The first eight drivers were awarded points in three sprint races in 2022, [ 32 ] and in six sprint races in 2023. [ 33 ]

The fastest lap bonus point was re-introduced in 2019 , however only drivers and constructors who finished in the top ten are eligible to score the point. [ 34 ] From 2022, the fastest lap point is only awarded if 50% or more of the scheduled race distance is completed. [ 28 ] The FIA abolished the fastest lap point rule for the 2025 season onwards. [ 35 ] Unlike various other motor racing series, F1 has never awarded bonus points to drivers for leading the most laps (e.g., the IndyCar Series ) ...

Sprint races

Since 2021, select events have held an additional sprint race, which has awarded points as follows:

Table 1

Seasons	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1950–1953	8	6	4	3	2
1954	8	6	4	3	2
1955	8	6	4	3	2
1956–1957	8	6	4	3	2
1958	8	6	4	3	2
1959	8	6	4	3	2
1960	8	6	4	3	2
1961	9 (D)	6	4	3	2
1961	8 (C)	6	4	3	2
1962	9	6	4	3	2

Table 2

Seasons	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
2021	3	2	1	–	–
2022–present	8	7	6	5	4

Table 3

Seasons	Race length completed	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
1975–1976	Less than 30%	–	–	–	–
1975–1976	Between 30% and 60%	Half	Half	Half	Half
1975–1976	60% – 100%	Full	Full	Full	Full
1980–2021	Less than two laps	–	–	–	–
1980–2021	Between two laps and less than 75%	Half	Half	Half	Half
1980–2021	75% – 100%	Full	Full	Full	Full
2022–2025	Less than two full racing laps	–	–	–	–
2022–2025	Between two racing laps and less than 25%	6	4	3	2
2022–2025	Between 25% and 50%	13	10	8	6
2022–2025	Between 50% and 75%	19	14	12	10

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Charles Leclerc driving a scarlet red Ferrari Formula One car at a test session in Spain in early 2020

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