THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 1996.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Hill by 19 → Hill by 19

Podium

ActualDamon Hill · Jacques Villeneuve · Michael Schumacher

Scenario ↓Damon Hill · Jacques Villeneuve · Michael Schumacher

Biggest mover

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Change the rules 1996 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 · Brazilian Grand PrixR3 · Argentine Grand PrixR4 · European Grand PrixR5 · San Marino Grand PrixR6 · Monaco Grand PrixR7 · Spanish Grand PrixR8 · Canadian Grand PrixR9 · French Grand PrixR10 · British Grand PrixR11 · German Grand PrixR12 · Hungarian Grand PrixR13 · Belgian Grand PrixR14 · Italian Grand PrixR15 · Portuguese Grand PrixR16 · Japanese 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	Damon Hill	97	1	Damon Hill	97	—
2	Jacques Villeneuve	78	2	Jacques Villeneuve	78	—
3	Michael Schumacher	59	3	Michael Schumacher	59	—
4	Jean Alesi	47	4	Jean Alesi	47	—
5	Mika Häkkinen	31	5	Mika Häkkinen	31	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Williams	175	1	Williams	175	—
2	Ferrari	70	2	Ferrari	70	—
3	Benetton	68	3	Benetton	68	—
4	McLaren	49	4	McLaren	49	—
5	Jordan	22	5	Jordan	22	—

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 receiptDamon HillJacques VilleneuveMichael SchumacherJean AlesiMika HäkkinenGerhard BergerDavid CoulthardRubens BarrichelloOlivier PanisEddie IrvineMartin BrundleHeinz-Harald FrentzenMika SaloJohnny HerbertPedro DinizJos VerstappenUkyo KatayamaRicardo RossetGiancarlo FisichellaPedro LamyLuca BadoerGiovanni LavaggiAndrea MonterminiTarso Marques

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Australian Grand Prix	Damon Hill	1	10	10	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Jacques Villeneuve	2	6	6	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Gerhard Berger	4	3	3	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Mika Häkkinen	5	2	2	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	13	0	0	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Jean Alesi	18	0	0	Yes
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	Damon Hill	1	10	10	Yes
R2Brazilian Grand Prix	Jean Alesi	2	6	6	Yes

Constructor scores by round

Constructor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Total
Williams	16	10	16	13	10	0	4	16	16	10	14	16	8	0	16	10	175
Ferrari	4	4	2	6	9	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	10	10	6	6	70
Benetton	3	6	4	0	5	0	6	4	7	6	6	4	4	6	4	3	68
McLaren	2	3	0	4	0	7	2	5	3	6	2	3	4	4	0	4	49
Jordan	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	5	0	2	22
Ligier	0	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	15
Sauber	0	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
Tyrrell	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Footwork	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Minardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forti	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.