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| Pos | Driver | Pts |
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | 25 |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | 18 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton | 15 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel | 12 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | 10 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | 8 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | 6 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | 4 |
| 9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 2 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | 1 |
| 11 | Jarno Trulli | 0 |
| 12 | Robert Kubica | 0 |
| 13 | Heikki Kovalainen | 0 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | 0 |
| 15 | Bruno Senna | 0 |
| 16 | Lucas Di Grassi | 0 |
| 17 | Karun Chandhok | 0 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | 0 |
| 19 | Nico Hulkenberg | 0 |
| 20 | Kamui Kobayashi | 0 |
| 21 | Sebastien Buemi | 0 |
| 22 | Adrian Sutil | 0 |
| 23 | Pedro de la Rosa | 0 |
| 24 | Timo Glock | 0 |
| Date | Grand Prix |
| 14 Mar '10 | Bahrain |
| 28 Mar '10 | Australia |
| 4 Apr '10 | Malaysia |
| 18 Apr '10 | China |
| 9 May '10 | Spain |
| 16 May '10 | Monaco |
| 30 May '10 | Turkey |
| 13 Jun '10 | Canada |
| 27 Jun '10 | Europe |
| 11 Jul '10 | Britain |
| 25 Jul '10 | Germany |
| 1 Aug '10 | Hungary |
| 29 Aug '10 | Belgium |
| 12 Sep '10 | Italy |
| 26 Sep '10 | Singapore |
| 10 Oct '10 | Japan |
| 24 Oct '10 | Korea |
| 7 Nov '10 | Brazil |
| 14 Nov '10 | United Arab Emirates |
| Pos | Team | Pts |
| 1 | Ferrari | 43 |
| 2 | McLaren | 21 |
| 3 | Mercedes GP | 18 |
| 4 | Red Bull | 16 |
| 5 | Force India | 2 |
| 6 | Williams | 1 |
| 7 | Toro Rosso | 0 |
| 8 | Sauber | 0 |
| 9 | Lotus F1 | 0 |
| 10 | Virgin Racing | 0 |
| 11 | Hispania Racing | 0 |
| 12 | Renault | 0 |

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Paul ScottF1 is finished as a spectator sport if changes are not made to make it more exciting , overtaking would be nice . Ecclestone out , younger fresher person to run the sport with the fans interest the no1 priority not making more money ...