Brits on Pole

For the second year running, IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti has beaten out the stars of Formula One to be the most successful UK driver of the season.

Last year he triumphed from Jenson Button, this year it was Lewis Hamilton who ran him closest with Button ending up third ahead of the Formula Two front-runners Dean Stoneman and Jolyon Palmer.

Points in the All-Star League are awarded for top-eight finishes, and are then modified to reflect length of season and strength of opposition.

End of season standings.

Pos		Driver	Stats	Points
1		DarioFranchitti IndyCar Series	Starts: 17 Wins: 3 Top 8s: 15 Best: 1st	987
2		LewisHamilton Formula One	Starts: 19 Wins: 3 Top 8s: 15 Best: 1st	948
3		JensonButton Formula One	Starts: 19 Wins: 2 Top 8s: 16 Best: 1st	824
4		DeanStoneman Formula Two	Starts: 20 Wins: 6 Top 8s: 14 Best: 1st	774
5		JolyonPalmer Formula Two	Starts: 18 Wins: 5 Top 8s: 15 Best: 1st	654
6		DuncanTappy Superleague, Auto GP	Starts: 22 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 14 Best: 2nd	554
7		CraigDolby Superleague Formula	Starts: 24 Wins: 2 Top 8s: 16 Best: 1st	508
8		MartinPlowman Indy Lights	Starts: 13 Wins: 1 Top 8s: 11 Best: 1st	475
9		AlexanderSims F3 Euro, British F3, Auto GP	Starts: 28 Wins: 2 Top 8s: 20 Best: 1st	463
10		JamesCalado British F3	Starts: 29 Wins: 5 Top 8s: 25 Best: 1st	453
11		OliWebb British F3	Starts: 30 Wins: 3 Top 8s: 24 Best: 1st	396
12		WillBratt Formula Two	Starts: 18 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 13 Best: 2nd	370
13		OliverTurvey GP2	Starts: 20 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 13 Best: 2nd	352
14		DanWheldon IndyCar Series	Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 5 Best: 2nd	308
15		SamBird GP2	Starts: 19 Wins: 1 Top 8s: 8 Best: 1st	287
16		JustinWilson IndyCar Series	Starts: 16 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 7 Best: 2nd	286
17		DanClarke Indy Lights	Starts: 12 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 6 Best: 2nd	284
18		PippaMann Indy Lights	Starts: 12 Wins: 1 Top 8s: 7 Best: 1st	265
19		StefanWilson Indy Lights	Starts: 11 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 8 Best: 3rd	246
20		JackClarke Formula Two	Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 6 Best: 2nd	219
21		RupertSvendsen-Cook British F3	Starts: 30 Wins: 1 Top 8s: 16 Best: 1st	198
22		DeanSmith GP3	Starts: 16 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 6 Best: 3rd	174
23		DanielMcKenzie British F3	Starts: 30 Wins: 2 Top 8s: 15 Best: 1st	171
24		JamesJakes GP3, GP2	Starts: 14 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 6 Best: 2nd	166
25		WilliamBuller British F3	Starts: 30 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 11 Best: 2nd	159
26		AdrianQuaife-Hobbs GP3, F3 Euro Series	Starts: 19 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 7 Best: 5th	129
27		BenHanley Superleague	Starts: 8 Wins: 1 Top 8s: 4 Best: 1st	110
28		JamesWalker Superleague Formula	Starts: 14 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 6 Best: 4th	105
29		JonLancaster Formula Renault 3.5	Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 6 Best: 3rd	96
30		TomGladdis Formula Two	Starts: 6 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 2 Best: 2nd	79
31		AlexLloyd IndyCar Series	Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 2 Best: 4th	64
32		GregMansell Formula Renault 3.5	Starts: 17 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 4 Best: 5th	63
33		JamesWinslow Indy Lights	Starts: 6 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 2 Best: 5th	55
34		JayBridger British F3	Starts: 30 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 5 Best: 4th	42
35		PaulRees Formula Two	Starts: 8 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 3 Best: 7th	33
36		MaxChilton GP2	Starts: 20 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 2 Best: 5th	30
37		HywelLloyd British F3, Superleague	Starts: 33 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 4 Best: 5th	23
38		MikeConway IndyCar Series	Starts: 6 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 1 Best: 8th	11
39		RichardKent Star Mazda	Starts: 2 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 1 Best: 8th	6
40		OliOakes GP3	Starts: 16 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 1 Best: 8th	6
41		AlexBrundle British F3	Starts: 30 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 1 Best: 8th	3
42		DillonBattistini Indy Lights	Starts: 2 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 0 Best: 9th	0
43		AdamCarroll IndyCar Series	Starts: 2 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 0 Best: 16th	0
44		WayneBoyd British F3	Starts: 3 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 0 Best: 13th	0
45		JayHoward IndyCar Series	Starts: 4 Wins: 0 Top 8s: 0 Best: 21st	0

Photos courtesy of McLaren, British F3, F3 Euro Series, Formula Two, GP2, GP3, Superleague, Renault, the IRL and its photographers, Alexander Sims and Russell Batchelor at xpb.cc who now holds the rights to the old A1GP photo archive.

Notes

This season we’re sticking with the same points system that worked well last year, and which was based on what Formula One did at the time – 10 for a win down to one for eighth. We multiply that by 10 for starters, and then start applying modifiers.

First, we amend it based on number of races in a season. There are 30 this year in British F3 but probably only 12 in Auto GP. Obviously, it’s not fair for both to be worth 100 points for a win.

So we’ve standardised everything as if each series ran 18 races. Championships with fewer earn more points per race, those with more earn less, but a driver who wins every race in their season should end up with about the same whichever series they’re in.

Then we’ve banded the series by strength. Beating the Star Mazda field is not quite the achievement that beating the F1 field is. F1 and IndyCars count for full points. F2, GP2, Superleague and Indy Lights count for two-thirds. Everything else counts half.

So if you’re in IndyCars (17-race season, strong opposition) you get a shed-load of points for finishing in the top eight, while if you’re in British F3 (lots of races, weaker opposition) you get very few.

This table shows the points available in each series, with their number of races, points co-efficient and weighting.