If points were given for qualifying...

[jens]

During the winter break we have now enough time to make all kinds of explorations.

If points were also given for qualifying performances, then the Qualification WDC standings would look like that (didn't have willing to compute more results than those from the last six seasons).

2001
1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 136
2 R. Schumacher Williams 72
3 J. Montoya Williams 54
4 D. Coulthard McLaren 50
5 M. Häkkinen McLaren 50
6 R. Barrichello Ferrari 47
7 J. Trulli Jordan 19
8 H. Frentzen Jordan/Prost 8
9 N. Heidfeld Sauber 2
10 E. Irvine Jaguar 1
11 O. Panis BAR 1
12 J. Villeneuve BAR 1
13 G. Fisichella Benetton 1

2002
1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 122
2 J. Montoya Williams 98
3 R. Barrichello Ferrari 88
4 R. Schumacher Williams 63
5 K. Räikkönen McLaren 33
6 D. Coulthard McLaren 27
7 G. Fisichella Jordan 4
8 N. Heidfeld Sauber 2
9 J. Trulli Renault 2
10 E. Irvine Jaguar 2
11 J. Button Renault 1

2003
1 R. Barrichello (!!) Ferrari 95
2 M. Schumacher Ferrari 92
3 J. Montoya Williams 83
4 R. Schumacher Williams 74
5 K. Räikkönen McLaren 69
6 J. Trulli Renault 51
7 F. Alonso Renault 45
8 D. Coulthard McLaren 25
9 O. Panis Toyota 24
10 M. Webber Jaguar 22
11 N. Heidfeld Sauber 10
12 J. Button BAR 9
13 C. Da Matta Toyota 9
14 H. Frentzen Sauber 5
15 J. Villeneuve BAR 5
16 M. Gene Williams 4
17 G. Fisichella Jordan 1
18 A. Pizzonia Jaguar 1

2004
1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 131
2 R. Barrichello Ferrari 97
3 J. Button BAR 83
4 J. Montoya Williams 71
5 F. Alonso Renault 54
6 J. Trulli Renault/Toyota 53
7 R. Schumacher Williams 50
8 T. Sato BAR 49
9 K. Räikkönen McLaren 46
10 M. Webber Jaguar 20
11 D. Coulthard McLaren 18
12 F. Massa Sauber 11
13 G. Fisichella Sauber 9
14 O. Panis Toyota 5
15 A. Pizzonia Williams 4
16 M. Gene Williams 1

2005
1 F. Alonso Renault 119
2 K. Räikkönen McLaren 118
3 J. Trulli Toyota 80
4 G. Fisichella Renault 77
5 J. Button BAR 62
6 J. Montoya McLaren 58
7 M. Schumacher Ferrari 50
8 M. Webber Williams 47
9 R. Schumacher Toyota 30
10 N. Heidfeld Williams 25
11 T. Sato BAR 21
12 C. Klien RBR 15
13 R. Barrichello Ferrari 14
14 D. Coulthard RBR 12
15 J. Villeneuve Sauber 7
16 F. Massa Sauber 3
17 A. Wurz McLaren 2
18 P. De la Rosa McLaren 1

2006
1 M. Schumacher Ferrari 104
2 F. Alonso Renault 103
3 F. Massa Ferrari 94
4 K. Räikkönen McLaren 78
5 G. Fisichella Renault 70
6 J. Button Honda 62
7 R. Barrichello Honda 51
8 R. Schumacher Toyota 31
9 J. Trulli Toyota 28
10 J. Montoya McLaren 22
11 M. Webber Williams 19
12 N. Heidfeld BMW 12
13 N. Rosberg Williams 10
14 P. de la Rosa McLaren 9
15 J. Villeneuve BMW 3
16 R. Kubica BMW 3
17 D. Coulthard RBR 2
18 C. Klien RBR 1

Who wants to make some conclusions, then it's your turn.

[Valve Bounce]

jens, are you on Christmas holidays and havn't anything to occupy yourself with? :

[harsha]

qualifying is important but it means nothing if you don't finish the race... :,

[Dazz9908]

Interesting Thanks jens,
But I 'm a strong believer in no points for Qualifiing.
Fastest lap maybe,

[Rollo]

Starting at the from the front is already a massive advantage and especially at somewhere like Monaco or Hungaroring where passing is difficult at the best of times.

Maybe qualifying should be used as the next statistic after no. of race wins in the event of equal points?

[Ranger]

Maybe qualifying should be used as the next statistic after no. of race wins in the event of equal points?

That would be a good idea, if it weren't for the qualifying fuel load issues which plays a huge part.

What is the current statistic used after race wins? # of laps led?

[555-04Q2]

Fastest lap maybe,

I'm all for that

[Viv]

Me too

[F1boat]

they can make a separate qualy standings for fun. They have one in F1 Powerboat series, I think.

[555-04Q2]

they can make a separate qualy standings for fun. They have one in F1 Powerboat series, I think.

Qualifying means nothing. With variable fuel loads and race strategies, quali times are just another statistic that dont really matter.