Formula One Point Standings

Official Top 10 Formula One World Championship point leaders for 1997 and unofficial Top 10 point leaders for 1998.. 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.

FINAL 1997

		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
	Jean Alesi	17	0-4-1-0-2-3	1	36
6	Gerhard Berger	14	1-1-0-3-0-1	1	27
	Mika Hakkinen	16	1-0-3-2-1-1	1	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.

FINAL 1998

		Sts	Finishes 1-2-3-4-5-6	PW	Pts
1	Mika Hakkinen	14	8-2-1-1-0-1	9	100
2	Michael Schumacher	16	6-2-3-0-1-0	3	86
3	David Coulthard	16	1-6-2-0-0-2	3	56
4	Eddie Irvine	16	0-3-5-3-0-0	0	47
5	Jacques Villeneuve	16	0-0-2-2-2-2	0	21
6	Damon Hill	15	1-0-0-3-0-1	0	20
7	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	16	0-0-1-1-5-0	0	17
	Alexander Wurz	15	0-0-0-5-1-0	0	17
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	16	0-2-0-0-1-2	1	16
10	Ralf Schumacher	14	0-1-1-0-1-2	0	14

1998 Race Locations

Formula One Results

Top 5 + Pole Finishing Order

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