The F1 Losers League is so impressed at the steep banking at the Dutch grand prix circuit, the following report is being written on a wonky chair with a gradiant of 30 degrees. A hardback copy of 'Microwave Meals For One' under one chair leg. Feels just like turn three at Zandvoort.
Raikkonen missed the race because of Covid, so if you have Raikkonen on your team, you earned points with his replacement Kubica. You also picked up Raikkonen's Beige Flag points, so double bonus.
While everyone was obsessing about Russell's future, our eye was on the debate surrounding Giovinazzi's future. Doubts about his ability to retain his seat, along with a performance that crumbled from a decent qualifying place into oblivion, made him the biggest losing driver at the Dutch grand prix. This also had a big effect on this race's Losers Team scores.
The other big news was Williams. Russell's disastrous final few laps helped the team to their biggest score of the season so far, even beating Haas. Welcome back to the realms of loserdom, Williams.
Read on for all the race point drama in the Netherlands.
RACE POINTS IN NETHERLANDS: DRIVERS
Race Finish:
Schumacher 8 | Latifi 6 | Kubica/Raikkonen 5 | Giovinazzi 4 | Vettel 3 | Stroll 2 | Ricciardo 1
DNF:
Mazepin 10 | Russell 10 | Tsunoda 10
Earliest Exit:
Mazepin 5
Backwards Bonus:
Giovinazzi 5 (dropped 7 places)
Race Win:
Verstappen –25
Beige Flags:
Giovinazzi 10 (for his suddenly precarious future^ at Alfa Romeo)
Raikkonen 10 (for testing positive for Covid-19^ – get well soon, Kimi!)
In Summary:
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Giovinazzi |
19 |
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Mazepin |
15 |
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Raikkonen |
15 |
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Russell |
10 |
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Tsunoda |
10 |
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Schumacher |
8 |
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Latifi |
6 |
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Vettel |
3 |
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Stroll |
2 |
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Ricciardo |
1 |
|
Verstappen |
-25 |
See how this affected your Losers Team here.
RACE POINTS IN NETHERLANDS: CONSTRUCTORS
Race Finish:
Alfa Romeo 9 | Haas 8 | Williams 6 | Aston Martin 5 | McLaren 1
DNF:
AlphaTauri 10 | Haas 10 | Williams 10
Earliest Exit:
Haas 5
Backwards Bonus:
Alfa Romeo 5
Race Win:
Red Bull –25
Beige Flags:
Red Bull 10 (for a new engine making Perez start the race in the pitlane^)
Williams 10 (for the gearbox pickle that forced a pitlane start^ for Latifi)
In summary:
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Williams |
26 |
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Haas |
23 |
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Alfa Romeo |
14 |
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AlphaTauri |
10 |
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Aston Martin |
5 |
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McLaren |
1 |
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Red Bull |
-15 |
See how this affected your Losers Team here.
MORE POINTS
Here are the Losers Team scores for the Netherlands.
And here's how it's affected the Standings.
Access your personal team page here.
WHAT'S NEXT?
We go marching to Monza this coming weekend, where we'll see a new points element for worst Sprint result. This weekend, we will also freeze team actions for the DRS system, which will be replaced by Boost Buttons later this month. And then on September 15th, we'll launch a fourth Ejector Seat.
