1996 and 1997 Race Car Formula One Point Standings

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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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