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> Eldred
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> No, they only gave points for the first six places, but they only gave 9 points
> for first instead of the 10 they do today.

> > Ok, where in the GPL manual does it show the points earned during a
> > championship season?  I know what it is *today*, but didn't they give points
> > for more than 6 spots in 1967?

> > Eldred
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>No, they only gave points for the first six places, but they only gave 9
>points
>for first instead of the 10 they do today.

>> Nope, still only six places, but only 9 for first. They also dropped the
>> drivers worst result from the two halves of the season, so only 9 of the
>11
>> races scored points.

>It's all explained in the "Four Wheel Drift" Strategy Guide.  See page 89,
>"The World Drivers Championship".

>Dave Ewing

>> Ok, where in the GPL manual does it show the points earned during a
>> championship season?  I know what it is *today*, but didn't they give
>points
>> for more than 6 spots in 1967?

>> Eldred
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>> Never argue with an idiot.  He brings you down to his level, then beats
>you
>> with experience...
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>Also drivers don't score points if they finish a certain percentage of
>laps down, even if in the top 6.  Not sure what the exact percentage is
>though.  So if you came 6th in a 15 lap race, but were 3 laps down you
>probably wouldn't get that 1 point.

> >>Nope, still only six places, but only 9 for first. They also dropped the
> >>drivers worst result from the two halves of the season, so only 9 of the 11
> >>races scored points.

> >Also drivers don't score points if they finish a certain percentage of
> >laps down, even if in the top 6.  Not sure what the exact percentage is
> >though.  So if you came 6th in a 15 lap race, but were 3 laps down you
> >probably wouldn't get that 1 point.

> Well, that SUCKS.  Why penalize someone just because they're several laps down?

>Actually, that rule still exists in modern F1. One has to have driven at
>least 90% of the race distance in order to get qualified. On the one hand
>this means that one doesn't get points is he has driven less laps,
>even if he comes home anong the first six. On the other had, this means
>that if less than six cars reach the chequered flag, the last car(s) that
>dropped out will get the remaining points if they have driven 90% of the
>race distance. This happened in Monaco in 1996 (the race that was won by
>Panis; only three cars finished the race)

> >> Well, that SUCKS.  Why penalize someone just because they're several laps
> >down?

> >Actually, that rule still exists in modern F1. One has to have driven at
> >least 90% of the race distance in order to get qualified. On the one hand
> >this means that one doesn't get points is he has driven less laps,
> >even if he comes home anong the first six. On the other had, this means
> >that if less than six cars reach the chequered flag, the last car(s) that
> >dropped out will get the remaining points if they have driven 90% of the
> >race distance. This happened in Monaco in 1996 (the race that was won by
> >Panis; only three cars finished the race)

> So in that instance, the third place driver got 10 points? 1st - 10, 2nd - 6,
> 3rd - 10(4+3+2+1)  Must be nice to score as many as the winner...
> Strange.