The V8 Supercars Points System - The Supercars Collective

Jamie Whincup tops the points to win his fifth V8 Supercars Championship title
The V8 Supercars drivers’ and teams’ titles are decided through a simple system of point scoring at each race. Here’s how it works over the season…

Drivers Championship

The current V8 Supercars points system was introduced in 2008. The scoring was amended after V8 Supercars Australia felt the previous system, which only awarded points down to 15th place, prevented too many competitors from getting points on the board.

The emphasis is on rewarding race victories, but points are extended to the last place, if, a driver (or drivers) has completed 75% of the race distance and is running at the completion of the final lap; and, provided a car has a final lap time within 200% of the race winner’s fastest lap time for that race. Non-finishers will not be awarded points for that race.

If a race is stopped after more than half the scheduled race distance/duration has been completed by the leading car and cannot be restarted, full race points will be awarded. If a race is stopped before half the scheduled race distance/duration has been completed by the leading car and cannot be restarted, no points will be awarded.

In the event of two (or more) drivers scoring equal points at the end of the season, the driver with the greater number of first places will be deemed the winner. If this should fail to produce a result, then the driver with the greater number of second places will assume the higher place in the series order and so on until the tie is broken.

Different points scales are assigned to rounds having one, two, three or four races, ensuring a maximum 300 points for a driver winning all races at any one event.

In 2014, V8 Supercars revised its race formats with just three types of events making up the season’s calendar – the SuperSprint, the SuperStreet and the Enduro Cup formats – a structure that remains in place in 2016 with the addition of two International SuperSprint events. This simplified structure brought with it a variation in how the points are awarded.

SuperStreet:

Clipsal 500 Adelaide
The season-opening Clipsal 500 Adelaide consists of three races over two days – two 125km races on Saturday and a 250km race on Sunday. For each of the two 125km races there are 75 points for the taking. This then decreases by six to 69 for second place, by five to 64 for third place and by four to 60 for fourth place. Fifth place decreases by five to 55 and sixth place by four to 51. The graduation then decreases three points per place to 11th, two points to 12th and one point to 13th. After that the points allocation decreases in alternating values – a two point decrease for 14th place, one point decrease for 15th, a further two point decrease for 16th and another one point for 17th, and so on down to 26th (the number of drivers on the grid in 2016).

For the 250km race a race winner gets 150 points, 12 points more than second place, then equal graduations of nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 26th.

Townsville, Sydney
The 2016 Townsville 400 and Sydney 500 rounds comprise of two races with a maximum 150 points on offer in each. For each race 150 points are available to the winner, 12 points over second place, then the graduation is nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 26th.

SuperSprint:

Tasmania, Phillip Island, Perth, Winton, Darwin, Ipswich, Sydney Motorsport Park
The SuperSprint format which for 2016 comprises of one 120km race and one 200km race (with the exception of the KL Grand Prix and Auckland SuperSprint) nets the race winner 150 points, 12 points over second place, then the graduation is nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 26th.

International SuperSprint:

Kuala Lumpur, Auckland
Both the KL City Grand Prix and the Auckland SuperSprint feature four 100km races. Each 100km race awards 75 points to the winner. This then decreases by six to 69 for second place, by five to 64 for third place and by four to 60 for fourth place. Fifth place decreases by five to 55 and sixth place by four to 51. The graduation then decreases three points per place to 11th, two points to 12th and one point to 13th. After that the points allocation decreases in alternating values – a two point decrease for 14th place, one point decrease for 15th, a further two point decrease for 16th and another one point for 17th, and so on down to 26th.

Enduro Cup:

Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000
The Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 points system gives the single-race round winner 300 points, a 24 points advantage over second place. The points are then graduated down the list 18 points between second and sixth, 12 points from seventh to 11th, and then six points from 12th onwards down to 26th.

Gold Coast 600
Each of the two 300km races offer the winner 150 points, 12 points more than second place, then equal graduations of nine points per place to sixth, six points down to 11th and three points thereafter down to 26th.

2016 Points Score System

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	Sector	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th
Clipsal 500	125km 125km 250km	75 75 150	69 69 138	64 64 129	60 60 120	55 55 111	51 51 102	48 48 96	45 45 90	42 42 84	39 39 78	36 36 72	34 34 69	33 33 66	31 31 63	30 30 60	28 28 57	27 27 54	25 25 51	24 24 48	22 22 45	21 21 42	19 19 39	18 18 36	16 16 33	15 15 30	13 13 27	12 12 24	10 10 21
Tasmania SuperSprint	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Phillip Island SuperSprint	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Perth SuperSprint	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Winton SuperSprint	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
SkyCity Triple Crown	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Townsville 400	200km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Ipswich SuperSprint	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
KL City Grand Prix	100km 100km 100km 100km	75 75 75 75	69 69 69 69	64 64 64 64	60 60 60 60	55 55 55 55	51 51 51 51	48 48 48 48	45 45 45 45	42 42 42 42	39 39 39 39	36 36 36 36	34 34 34 34	33 33 33 33	31 31 31 31	30 30 30 30	28 28 28 28	27 27 27 27	25 25 25 25	24 24 24 24	22 22 22 22	21 21 21 21	19 19 19 19	18 18 18 18	16 16 16 16	15 15 15 15	13 13 13 13	12 12 12 12	10 10 10 10
SMP SuperSprint	120km 200km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Sandown 500	500km	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42
Bathurst 1000	1000km	300	276	258	240	222	204	192	180	168	156	144	138	132	126	120	114	108	102	96	90	84	78	72	66	60	54	48	42
Gold Coast 600	300km 300km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21
Auckland SuperSprint	100km 100km 100km 100km	75 75 75 75	69 69 69 69	64 64 64 64	60 60 60 60	55 55 55 55	51 51 51 51	48 48 48 48	45 45 45 45	42 42 42 42	39 39 39 39	36 36 36 36	34 34 34 34	33 33 33 33	31 31 31 31	30 30 30 30	28 28 28 28	27 27 27 27	25 25 25 25	24 24 24 24	22 22 22 22	21 21 21 21	19 19 19 19	18 18 18 18	16 16 16 16	15 15 15 15	13 13 13 13	12 12 12 12	10 10 10 10
Sydney 500	250km 250km	150 150	138 138	129 129	120 120	111 111	102 102	96 96	90 90	84 84	78 78	72 72	69 69	66 66	63 63	60 60	57 57	54 54	51 51	48 48	45 45	42 42	39 39	36 36	33 33	30 30	27 27	24 24	21 21

Teams Championship

Teams also compete for the Teams Championship. Created in 2005, the Teams Championship is decided in the same manner as the Drivers Championship, by simply adding together the points of the team’s drivers.

The two-car teams with the highest combined point score from both its cars at the end of the season will be determined the Champion Team.

For scoring purposes, teams with four cars are split and treated as two separate two-car teams. Teams must nominate which cars will be paired together to be counted towards the Team Championship prior to race one.

Three-car teams must nominate which two cars will be counted towards the Team Championship prior to race one. The third car will then be eligible for the Single Car Teams Championship.

In the event of two or more teams tying for the championship at the end of the season, the team with the greatest number of first places will be deemed to be the winner. If this should fail to produce a result, then the team with the greater number of second places will assume the higher place in the series and so on until the tie is broken.