I was bored so I converted last year's F1 championship standings into the convoluted NASCAR points system.
I took the liberty of changing a minor thing. Inspired by Mr. V's Garage on YouTube, I decided to have the playoffs start with 4 rounds to go with only 8 drivers advancing instead of the usual 10 races and 16 drivers. This because the F1 grid is smaller and the championship consists of less races.
I also excluded the sprint races since the aren't really a thing in NASCAR.
The results for Stage 1 for each race were gathered from the race position at 25,1% of the race.
The results for Stage 2 for each race were gathered from the race position at 57,6% of the race.
The NASCAR system doesn't really tell us any new interesting things about last year's championship. It does however show that it's quite a strange system and after having delved into it deeply, I completely understand why so many NASCAR fans aren't fan of the playoffs. On the one hand it's a nice guaranteed way to keep the championship alive till the very last round, but, yes, it doesn't really crown the champion you'd normally expect.
Anyway, this was a lot of effort and I'm tired so I'm gonna take a nap now.
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