THE COUNTERFACTUAL

Rewrite 2015.

The same race results. A different way to count.

What changed

Champion

Hamilton by 59 → Hamilton by 59

Podium

ActualLewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel

Scenario ↓Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg · Sebastian Vettel

Biggest mover

UpNone

DownNone

Change the rules 2015 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 · Chinese Grand PrixR4 · Bahrain Grand PrixR5 · Spanish Grand PrixR6 · Monaco Grand PrixR7 · Canadian Grand PrixR8 · Austrian Grand PrixR9 · British Grand PrixR10 · Hungarian Grand PrixR11 · Belgian Grand PrixR12 · Italian Grand PrixR13 · Singapore Grand PrixR14 · Japanese Grand PrixR15 · Russian Grand PrixR16 · United States Grand PrixR17 · Mexican Grand PrixR18 · Brazilian Grand PrixR19 · Abu Dhabi 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	381	1	Lewis Hamilton	381	—
2	Nico Rosberg	322	2	Nico Rosberg	322	—
3	Sebastian Vettel	278	3	Sebastian Vettel	278	—
4	Kimi Räikkönen	150	4	Kimi Räikkönen	150	—
5	Valtteri Bottas	136	5	Valtteri Bottas	136	—

Constructor standings

Actual			Scenario
Pos	Constructor	Points	Pos	Constructor	Points	Change
1	Mercedes	703	1	Mercedes	703	—
2	Ferrari	428	2	Ferrari	428	—
3	Williams	257	3	Williams	257	—
4	Red Bull	187	4	Red Bull	187	—
5	Force India	136	5	Force India	136	—

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 HamiltonNico RosbergSebastian VettelKimi RäikkönenValtteri BottasFelipe MassaDaniil KvyatDaniel RicciardoSergio PérezNico HülkenbergRomain GrosjeanMax VerstappenFelipe NasrPastor MaldonadoCarlos SainzJenson ButtonFernando AlonsoMarcus EricssonRoberto MerhiAlexander RossiWill StevensKevin Magnussen

Race	Driver	Finish	GP	Total	Counted
R1Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	1	25	25	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg	2	18	18	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	3	15	15	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	4	12	12	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	12	0	0	Yes
R1Australian Grand Prix	Valtteri Bottas	18	0	0	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	1	25	25	Yes
R2Malaysian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	2	18	18	Yes

Constructor scores by round

Constructor	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	R17	R18	R19	Total
Mercedes	43	33	43	40	43	40	43	43	43	12	43	25	12	43	25	43	43	43	43	703
Ferrari	15	37	27	28	25	26	22	12	19	25	6	28	40	27	22	15	0	27	27	428
Williams	12	18	18	13	20	0	23	25	22	0	10	27	10	10	12	0	23	10	4	257
Red Bull	8	3	2	10	7	22	2	1	8	33	12	5	26	0	10	1	22	6	9	187
Force India	7	0	0	4	0	6	4	10	8	0	10	14	6	8	15	10	10	8	16	136
Lotus F1	0	0	6	6	4	0	7	6	0	6	15	0	0	10	6	4	1	5	2	78
Toro Rosso	2	10	0	0	2	1	0	4	0	12	4	0	6	3	1	18	2	2	0	67
Sauber	14	0	5	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	8	2	0	0	0	36
McLaren	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	27
Manor Marussia	0	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.