THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 2008.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Hamilton by 1 → Hamilton by 1

Podium

ActualLewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa · Kimi Räikkönen

Scenario ↓Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa · Kimi Räikkönen

Biggest mover

UpNone

DownNone

Change the rules 2008 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 · Spanish Grand PrixR5 · Turkish Grand PrixR6 · Monaco Grand PrixR7 · Canadian Grand PrixR8 · French Grand PrixR9 · British Grand PrixR10 · German Grand PrixR11 · Hungarian Grand PrixR12 · European Grand PrixR13 · Belgian Grand PrixR14 · Italian Grand PrixR15 · Singapore Grand PrixR16 · Japanese Grand PrixR17 · Chinese 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	Lewis Hamilton	98	1	Lewis Hamilton	98	—
2	Felipe Massa	97	2	Felipe Massa	97	—
3	Kimi Räikkönen	75	3	Kimi Räikkönen	75	—
4	Robert Kubica	75	4	Robert Kubica	75	—
5	Fernando Alonso	61	5	Fernando Alonso	61	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Ferrari	172	1	Ferrari	172	—
2	McLaren	151	2	McLaren	151	—
3	BMW Sauber	135	3	BMW Sauber	135	—
4	Renault	80	4	Renault	80	—
5	Toyota	56	5	Toyota	56	—

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 receiptLewis HamiltonFelipe MassaKimi RäikkönenRobert KubicaFernando AlonsoNick HeidfeldHeikki KovalainenSebastian VettelJarno TrulliTimo GlockMark WebberNelson Piquet Jr.Nico RosbergRubens BarrichelloKazuki NakajimaDavid CoulthardSébastien BourdaisJenson ButtonGiancarlo FisichellaAdrian SutilTakuma SatoAnthony Davidson

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	1	10	10	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Nick Heidfeld	2	8	8	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	4	5	5	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	8	1	1	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Robert Kubica	9	0	0	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	13	0	0	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	1	10	10	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Robert Kubica	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	1	10	18	18	16	6	4	18	5	9	6	10	10	3	0	8	14	16	172
McLaren	14	10	4	6	8	11	0	5	14	14	14	13	6	10	6	0	10	6	151
BMW Sauber	8	11	11	5	9	8	18	4	8	7	1	6	11	10	3	8	7	0	135
Renault	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	8	8	0	5	5	10	15	6	8	80
Toyota	0	5	3	1	0	0	8	6	2	0	10	6	0	0	5	4	2	4	56
Toro Rosso	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	6	10	4	3	0	5	39
Red Bull	0	2	2	4	2	5	6	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	29
Williams	9	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	26
Honda	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14
Force India	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Super Aguri	0	0	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.