Editing Formula One (section)

===Points system===
{{Main|List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems}}

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Various systems for awarding championship points have been used since 1950. The current system, in place since 2010,{{efn|From 2019 to 2024, an additional point was awarded to the car which set the fastest lap, if that car finished inside the top 10.}} awards the top ten cars points in the Drivers' and Constructors' Championships, with the winner receiving 25 points. All points won at each race are added up, and the driver and constructor with the most points at the end of the season are crowned World Champions. Regardless of whether a driver stays with the same team throughout the season, or switches teams, all points earned by them count for the Drivers' Championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting regulations: Points|url=http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/8681/|website=Formula1.com|access-date=12 January 2015|archive-date=3 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003050849/http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/8681/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A driver must be classified in order to receive points, {{As of|2022|lc=y}}, a driver must complete at least 90% of the race distance in order to receive points. Therefore, it is possible for a driver to receive points even if they retired before the end of the race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sporting regulations: Classification|url=http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/8682/|website=Formula1.com|access-date=12 January 2015|archive-date=18 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118032822/http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/8682/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From some time between the [[1977 Formula One season|1977]] and [[1980 Formula One season|1980]] seasons to the end of the [[2021 Formula One World Championship|2021 season]] if less than 75% of the race laps were completed by the winner, then only half of the points listed in the table were awarded to the drivers and constructors. This has happened on only five occasions in the history of the championship, and it had a notable influence on the final standing of the {{F1|1984}} season. The last occurrence was at the [[2021 Belgian Grand Prix]] when the race was called off after just three laps behind a safety car because of torrential rain.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Max Verstappen declared winner of aborted rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58377097|date=29 August 2021|archive-date=29 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829172106/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/58377097|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Adam |title=How a 40-year-old rule turned F1 on its head at Spa |url=https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-a-40-year-old-rule-turned-f1-on-its-head-at-spa/6658250/ |website=Autosport.com |date=1 September 2021 |publisher=Motorsport Network |access-date=1 September 2021 |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215115134/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-a-40-year-old-rule-turned-f1-on-its-head-at-spa/6658250/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The half points rule was replaced by a distance-dependent gradual scale system for [[2022 Formula One World Championship|2022]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=15 March 2022 |title=2022 Formula One sporting regulations |url=https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_formula_1_sporting_regulations_-_iss_5_-_2022-03-15.pdf |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=[[FIA]] |pages=4–5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316112413/https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_formula_1_sporting_regulations_-_iss_5_-_2022-03-15.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref>