THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 1979.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Scheckter by 4 → Scheckter by 4

Podium

ActualJody Scheckter · Gilles Villeneuve · Alan Jones

Scenario ↓Jody Scheckter · Gilles Villeneuve · Alan Jones

Biggest mover

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Change the rules 1979 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 · Argentine Grand PrixR2 · Brazilian Grand PrixR3 · South African Grand PrixR4 · United States Grand Prix WestR5 · Spanish Grand PrixR6 · Belgian Grand PrixR7 · Monaco Grand PrixR8 · French Grand PrixR9 · British Grand PrixR10 · German Grand PrixR11 · Austrian Grand PrixR12 · Dutch Grand PrixR13 · Italian Grand PrixR14 · Canadian Grand PrixR15 · United States 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	Jody Scheckter	51	1	Jody Scheckter	51	—
2	Gilles Villeneuve	47	2	Gilles Villeneuve	47	—
3	Alan Jones	40	3	Alan Jones	40	—
4	Jacques Laffite	36	4	Jacques Laffite	36	—
5	Clay Regazzoni	29	5	Clay Regazzoni	29	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Ferrari	113	1	Ferrari	113	—
2	Williams	75	2	Williams	75	—
3	Ligier	61	3	Ligier	61	—
4	Team Lotus	39	4	Team Lotus	39	—
5	Tyrrell	28	5	Tyrrell	28	—

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 receiptJody ScheckterGilles VilleneuveAlan JonesJacques LaffiteClay RegazzoniPatrick DepaillerCarlos ReutemannRené ArnouxJohn WatsonDidier PironiJean-Pierre JarierMario AndrettiJean-Pierre JabouilleNiki LaudaElio de AngelisNelson PiquetJacky IckxJochen MassHans-Joachim StuckRiccardo PatreseEmerson FittipaldiHector RebaquePatrick TambayGeoff LeesRicardo ZuninoDerek DalyJames HuntJan LammersKeke RosbergVittorio BrambillaPatrick GaillardBruno GiacomelliArturo MerzarioMarc Surer

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Argentine Grand Prix	Jacques Laffite	1	9	9	Yes
R1Argentine Grand Prix	Patrick Depailler	4	3	3	Yes
R1Argentine Grand Prix	Alan Jones	9	0	0	Yes
R1Argentine Grand Prix	Clay Regazzoni	10	0	0	Yes
R1Argentine Grand Prix	Gilles Villeneuve	12	0	0	Yes
R1Argentine Grand Prix	Jody Scheckter	20	0	0	Dropped
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	Jacques Laffite	1	9	9	Yes
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	Patrick Depailler	2	6	6	Yes

Constructor scores by round

Constructor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	Total
Ferrari	0	3	15	15	3	9	9	6	2	3	9	6	15	9	9	113
Williams	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	4	9	15	11	9	4	13	0	75
Ligier	12	15	0	2	9	6	2	0	1	4	4	6	0	0	0	61
Team Lotus	8	4	5	3	10	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	39
Tyrrell	0	3	4	1	3	4	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	2	4	28
Renault	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	26
McLaren	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	15
Brabham-Alfa Romeo	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	7
Arrows	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5
Shadow	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
ATS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Fittipaldi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Brabham-Ford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wolf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ensign	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alfa Romeo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Merzario	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rebaque	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 {"splitRound":7,"countBestFirstHalf":4,"countBestSecondHalf":4}, constructors {"countBest":null}. Split rules retain the original round boundary when races are excluded.