The 2013 Final Results

Here are the current standings in the three championships that are operated here at Blog HQ as everyone involved and some that aren't, competed to join the growing list of blog champions as the series now enters it's third season. In 2011 Button claimed the very first bonus points championship, and in 2012 Massa stole the title from Raikkonen in the final race in Brazil and the competition is open for the 2013 campaign.

The Bonus Points Championship

This is the figurehead championship drivers, teams and roughly everything else in between is competing for, in 2012, 66 entries made it into the championship compared with the 61 in the inaugural season making it a highly contested series.

Position	Contender	Points Scored
1	Romain Grosjean	217
2	Sebastian Vettel	189
3	Kimi Raikkonen	169
4	Nico Hulkenberg	164
5	Paul Di Resta	160
6	Nico Rosberg	159
7	Fernando Alonso	157
8	Adrian Sutil	149
9	Felipe Massa	148.5
10	Mark Webber	144
11	Lewis Hamilton	135
12	One Stop Perez	131
13	Jenson Button	119
14	Daniel Ricciardo	80
15	Esteban Gutierrez	77
16	Jean-Eric Vergne	74
17	Valtteri Bottas	67
18	Giedo Van Der Garde	63
19	Jules Bianchi	60
=	Max Chilton	36
21	Charles Pic	28
22	Pastor Maldonado	27
23	Takuma Sato	20
24	Heikki Kovalainen	13
25	Red Bull	9
26	Jules Bianchi's Marussia	8
27	Williams	7
28	Toro Rosso Team	6
29	Dario Franchitti	5
30	John and Mary	4
31	Tom Dillman	4
32	Ferrari	2
=	Daniil Kyvat	2
=	Fabio Leimer	2
=	Lotus	2
36	Alan Van Der Merwe	1.5
37	James Hinchcliffe	1
=	Fabio Leimer	1
=	Suzie Perry	1
=	McLaren	1
=	Alexander Rossi	1
=	Scott McLaughlin	1
=	Tony Kanaan	1
=	Eddie Jordan	1
=	Wales	1
=	Rain	1
=	Ted Kravitz	1
=	The South Koreans	1
=	Chip Ganassi	1
=	Adderly Fong	1
=	The Stewards	1
=	David Croft	1
=	India	1

The Penalty Points Championship

The stewards and officials have the power to hand out all manner of penalties and fines but the monolithic rule book does not exactly cover everything - things like issuing questionable team orders, or not taking part in Q3 are technically legal. But here at Blog HQ we do not approve of such behaviour among a vast array of arbitrary offences - Ryan Hunter Reay the 2012 indycar champion got a penalty point last season for spinning Takuma Sato in Long Beach - so no one is truly safe from such matters. Points can be given for actual offences or for generally being annoying.

Position	Contender	Penalty Points
1	The Stewards	6
=	Rain	4
2	Camera director	4
3	Red Bull	4
=	Pastor Maldonado	3
=	Jenson Button	3
=	Sebastian Vettel	3
7	Pirelli	3
=	One Stop Perez	2
=	Fernando Alonso	2
=	Sky TV	2
=	Romain Grosjean	2
=	Kimi Raikkonen	2
=	Safety Car	2
13	Blue Flags	1
=	The FIA	1
=	The invitational class at the Grand Prix of Macau WTCC event	1
=	Health and Safety	1
=	McLaren	1
=	Force India	1
=	Jean Eric Vergne	1
=	Dario Franchitti	1
=	Mercedes	1
=	Nico Rosberg	1
=	Johnny Checotto	1
=	ITV Sport	1
=	Nico Hulkenberg	1
=	DRS	1
=	Jack Harvey	1
=	Will Buxton	1
=	Carlos Sainz Jr.	1
=	Stefano Colletti	1
=	Tod Kelly	1
=	Esteban Gutierrez	1
=	Lotus Team	1
=	Singapore's turn 10	1
=	Tarmac Run off areas	1
=	Fabio Leimer	1
=	Paul Di Resta	1
=	Daniel Ricciardo	1
=	Korean chief fire marshal	1
=	Korean trackside fire marshals	1
=	Porsche LMP1 Program	1
=	The general season of 2013	1

The Penalties Table

The final championship is a little less arbitrary, although given some of the decisions that have been made over the past few seasons, that is arguable at times. Here we document the penalties that have been issued for driving infringements, ignoring the raft of daft technical penalties that are inevitable over the course of the year - grid drops for gearbox and engine changes are not to be stored here. Instead focussing on drivers hitting each other and generally misbehaving and the penalties for such things.

Position	Contender	Penalties Given	Total	Fines Given
1	Esteban Gutierrez	Drive Though Penalty (x2) 10-Place Grid Drop(x1) 5-Place Grid Drop (x1) 3-Place Grid Drop (x1)	4	800 EUR
2	Nico Hulkenberg	10s Stop-Go Penalty (x1) Drive Through Penalty (x2)	3	1,000 EUR
3	Pastor Maldonado	Drive Through Penalty (x2) 10s Stop-Go Penalty (x1)	3	0
4	Max Chilton	Drive Through Penalty (x3)	3	300 EUR
5	Romain Grosjean	Drive Through Penalty (x1) 10-Place Grid Drop (x1) 20s Race Time Penalty (x1)	3	0
6	Geido Van Der Garde	10s Stop-Go Penalty (x1) Drive Through Penalty (x2) 5-Place Grid Drop (x1)	4	1,200 EUR
7	Adrian Sutil	Drive Through Penalty (x2) 3-Place Grid Penalty (x1)	3	0
8	Charles Pic	Drive Through Penalty (x2)	2	0
9	Felipe Massa	Drive Through Penalty (x2) 3-Place Grid Drop (x1)	3	1,400 EUR
11	Daniel Ricciardo	Drive Through Penalty (x1) 2-Place Grid Drop (x1)	2	0
10	Jules Bianchi	10 - Place Grid Drop (x1) 3 - Place Grid Drop (x1)	2	2,800 EUR
12	Mark Webber	10-Place Grid Drop (x1) 3-Place Grid Drop (x1)	2	0
13	Kimi Raikkonen	2-Place Grid Drop (x1) 3-Place Grid Drop (x1)	2	2,100 EUR
14	Sergio Perez	Drive Through Penalty (x1)	1	600 EUR
=	Nico Rosberg	Drive Through Penalty (x1)	0	600 EUR
=	Lewis Hamilton	Drive Through Penalty (x1)	0	0
15	Jenson Button	3-Place Grid Drop	0	0
16	Jean Eric Vergne	20s Race Time Penalty	0	0
17	Williams	None Yet	0	120,000 EUR
18	Red Bull Team	None Yet	0	35,000 EUR
19	Sebastian Vettel	None Yet	0	25,000 EUR
20	Caterham Team	None Yet	0	22,000 EUR
21	Sauber Team	None Yet	0	20,000 EUR
22	Ferrari Team	None Yet	0	15,000 EUR
23	Torro Rosso Team	None Yet	0	10,000 EUR
24	Valtteri Bottas	None Yet	0	5,900 EUR
25	Force India Team	None Yet	0	5,000 EUR
=	Marussia Team	None Yet	0	5,000 EUR
=	Lotus Team	None Yet	0	5,000 EUR
28	Paul Di Resta	None Yet	0	1,000 EUR
=	Fernando Alonso	None Yet	0	1,000 EUR