Formula One Point Standings

Official Top 10 Formula One World Championship point leaders for 1996 and unofficial Top 10 point leaders for 1997 (through Oct. 11). Points awarded for places 1 through 6 only (i.e., 10-6-4-3-2-1). Listed are starts (Sts), Top 6 finishes, poles won (PW) and points (Pts).

Note: Formula One does not keep Money Leader standings.

1996 SEASON

		Sts	Finishes 1-2-3-4-5-6	PW	Pts
1	Damon Hill	16	8-2-0-1-1-0	9	97
2	Jacques Villeneuve	16	4-5-2-0-0-0	3	78
3	Michael Schumacher	16	3-3-2-1-0-0	4	59
4	Jean Alesi	16	0-4-4-2-0-1	0	47
5	Mika Hakkinen	16	0-0-4-2-4-1	0	31
6	Gerhard Berger	16	0-1-1-3-0-2	0	21
7	David Coulthard	16	0-1-1-0-2-1	0	18
8	Rubens Barrichello	16	0-0-0-2-3-2	0	14
9	Olivier Panis	16	1-0-0-0-1-1	0	13
10	Eddie Irvine	16	0-0-1-1-2-0	0	11

1997 SEASON

		Sts	Finishes 1-2-3-4-5-6	PW	Pts
1	Jacques Villeneuve	17	7-0-1-1-2-1	10	81
2	Michael Schumacher*	17	5-3-0-2-1-3	3	78
3	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	17	1-2-3-2-0-1	1	42
4	David Coulthard	17	2-2-0-1-0-1	0	36
5	Jean Alesi	17	0-4-1-0-2-3	1	36
6	Gerhard Berger	16	1-1-0-3-0-1	1	27
7	Mika Hakkinen	16	1-0-3-2-1-1	0	27
8	Eddie Irvine	17	0-1-4-0-1-0	0	24
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	17	0-1-1-3-0-1	0	20
10	Olivier Panis	10	0-1-1-1-1-2	0	16

*Officially, Schumacher was stripped of his points and second-place finish in the standings following the season-ending European GP. F1 officials decided that his collision with eventual points champion Jacques Villeneuve was deliberate and they even considered banning Schumacher for 1998 before deciding against it.

1997 Race Locations

Formula One Results

Top 5 + Pole Finishing Order

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