Closest drivers' championship margin
- Value
- 0.5 points, 1984
- Held by
- Niki Lauda
How it is derived
First minus second in the final drivers' table of every decided season (v_standings_final), with dropped scores as the official table applied them. 1984: Niki Lauda 72, Alain Prost 71.5. Next: 1958 (1: Mike Hawthorn over Sir Stirling Moss), 1961 (1: Phil Hill over Wolfgang von Trips), 1964 (1: John Surtees over Graham Hill).
Where this comes from
- As of
- Confidence
- reference
- Category
- races
- Family
- Championships
- Comparable figure
- 0.5
- Unit
- points
- Key
closest-championship-margin