I am intrigued by the closeness for the 2010 F1 drivers championship. The usual type of chart just don’t show this.
So I have tried to chart the relative positions of the drivers.
Here is that chart. 
What is clear is that the lead in the championship has changed many times. So there may not be a lot of overtaking on the track, there is in the overall championship.
Another way to look at this in the relative points position.
In 2010 F1 adopted the same points system as most other motor sports. I was interested to see what difference it would make. After 13 races there were a few anomolies where racers are in different positions that if last year’s points system were used.
Here is the drivers table.
| Driver |
New |
Old |
Wins |
| Mark Webber |
187 |
60 |
4 |
| Lewis Hamilton |
182 |
59 |
3 |
| Fernando Alonso |
166 |
53 |
3 |
| Jenson Button |
165 |
49 |
2 |
| Sebastian Vettel |
163 |
48 |
2 |
| Felipe Massa |
124 |
30 |
|
| Nico Rosberg |
112 |
22 |
|
| Robert Kubica |
108 |
22 |
|
| Michael Schumacher |
46 |
7 |
|
| Adrian Sutil |
45 |
5 |
|
| Rubens Barrichello |
31 |
5 |
|
| Kamui Kobayashi |
21 |
1 |
|
| Vitaly Petrov |
19 |
2 |
|
| Nico Hulkenberg |
16 |
1 |
|
| Vitantonio Liuzzi |
12 |
|
|
| Sebastien Buemi |
7 |
|
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| Pedro de la Rosa |
6 |
|
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| Jaime Alguersuari |
4 |
|
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| Timo Glock |
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| Sakon Yamamoto |
|
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| Jarno Trulli |
|
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| Karun Chandhok |
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| Bruno Senna |
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| Heikki Kovalainen |
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| Lucas di Grassi |
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and here is the constructors table
| Team |
New |
Old |
| RBR-Renault |
330 |
104 |
| McLaren-Mercedes |
329 |
102 |
| Ferrari |
250 |
69 |
| Mercedes GP |
146 |
27 |
| Renault |
123 |
24 |
| Force India-Mercedes |
57 |
5 |
| Williams-Cosworth |
40 |
6 |
| BMW Sauber-Ferrari |
27 |
1 |
| STR-Ferrari |
11 |
|
| Virgin-Cosworth |
|
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| Lotus-Cosworth |
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| HRT-Cosworth |
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So has the new points system created any real changes in the tables? Not for any of the leaders at this stage!
THE McLAREN HERITAGE
Two true McLaren legends, Tyler Alexander and Gordon Coppuck, reunite to discuss their experience working with Bruce McLaren. Tyler was a founding member of Bruce McLaren Motor Racing until he retired in 2009. Gordon began his McLaren career in 1963 and was chief designer from 1971 to 1980.
via Heritage / Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.
