THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 2004.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Schumacher by 34 → Schumacher by 34

Podium

ActualMichael Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello · Jenson Button

Scenario ↓Michael Schumacher · Rubens Barrichello · Jenson Button

Biggest mover

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DownNone

Change the rules 2004 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 · Malaysian Grand PrixR3 · Bahrain Grand PrixR4 · San Marino Grand PrixR5 · Spanish Grand PrixR6 · Monaco Grand PrixR7 · European Grand PrixR8 · Canadian Grand PrixR9 · United States Grand PrixR10 · French Grand PrixR11 · British Grand PrixR12 · German Grand PrixR13 · Hungarian Grand PrixR14 · Belgian Grand PrixR15 · Italian Grand PrixR16 · Chinese Grand PrixR17 · Japanese Grand PrixR18 · Brazilian 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	Michael Schumacher	148	1	Michael Schumacher	148	—
2	Rubens Barrichello	114	2	Rubens Barrichello	114	—
3	Jenson Button	85	3	Jenson Button	85	—
4	Fernando Alonso	59	4	Fernando Alonso	59	—
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	58	5	Juan Pablo Montoya	58	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Ferrari	262	1	Ferrari	262	—
2	BAR	119	2	BAR	119	—
3	Renault	105	3	Renault	105	—
4	Williams	88	4	Williams	88	—
5	McLaren	69	5	McLaren	69	—

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 receiptMichael SchumacherRubens BarrichelloJenson ButtonFernando AlonsoJuan Pablo MontoyaJarno TrulliKimi RäikkönenTakuma SatoRalf SchumacherDavid CoulthardGiancarlo FisichellaFelipe MassaMark WebberOlivier PanisAntônio PizzoniaChristian KlienCristiano da MattaNick HeidfeldTimo GlockZsolt BaumgartnerJacques VilleneuveRicardo ZontaMarc GenéGiorgio PantanoGianmaria Bruni

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Australian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	1	10	10	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello	2	8	8	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	3	6	6	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	5	4	4	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button	6	3	3	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Jarno Trulli	7	2	2	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher	1	10	10	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Juan Pablo Montoya	2	8	8	Yes

Constructor scores by round

Constructor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	Total
Ferrari	18	15	18	13	18	6	18	18	18	16	16	10	18	14	18	10	10	8	262
BAR	3	6	10	8	5	8	6	6	6	4	5	9	7	0	11	11	11	3	119
Renault	8	6	8	9	11	10	9	0	5	13	0	6	6	0	0	5	4	5	105
Williams	9	8	2	8	3	5	1	0	0	1	4	6	7	0	6	4	10	14	88
McLaren	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	5	10	5	0	12	3	6	3	8	69
Sauber	0	1	0	0	2	4	3	5	0	0	3	0	1	9	1	3	1	1	34
Jaguar	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	10
Toyota	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9
Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Minardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

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.