Part of the objection to double points in the case of this season is that it could punish a driver who has patently had his team-mate’s number for almost all the year. The statistics are emphatic: 10-4 in victories. Yet it would not be the first time a driver has won when many believed another deserved it more. Just look at Alonso in 2012 (incidentally, the Spaniard would have been crowned champion had double points been in place then).