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World Championship Points Permutations
17.8.01

If Michael Schumacher were to win this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix then the Drivers' World Championship will be his irrespective of where anyone else finishes. It is mathematically possible for Coulthard, R. Schumacher and Barrichello to still win the Championship if Michael were to finish lower than 1st. The table below gives the various permutations depending upon Schuey's finishing position:

Finishing position of M. Schumacher
Minimum Position needed:
Coulthard
R. Schumacher
Barrichello
1st
no chance
no chance
no chance
2nd
3rd
1st
no chance
3rd
5th
1st
1st
4th
6th
2nd
1st

If MS finishes lower than 4th then the Championship fight will go to the next round.


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