316 drivers, 43 countries: Complete 2016 F1 superlicence points breakdown

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Palmer scored the necessary 40 points
From this year any driver wishing to race in Formula One must have raced successfully in championships the FIA deems are suitable training grounds.

As the last of those championships concluded their 2015 seasons last weekend it is now possible to compile a complete list of who had accrued at least one of the 40 superlicence points they need to be eligible to race in F1.

Analysis by F1 Fanatic indicates 316 different drivers representing 43 countries scored one or more superlience points between 2013 and 2015, the period of eligibility for current racers.

Out of these 34 (10.9%) have already reached the 40 points mark. Among those are F1’s newest driver, Jolyon Palmer, who won the GP2 championship in 2014. A further 42 (13.3%) are at least halfway towards the required total.

Drivers can still obtain a superlicence to race in F1 this year if they have previously held one, leaving a door open for those who have not reached the required 40.

And while there are 43 different countries with drivers accumulating superlicence points more than one-third of those – 15 – have only one. They are Cyprus, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Thailand and the UAE. Azerbaijan, F1’s newest destination for 2016, has none.

See below for a full breakdown of how many points each driver scored, and which countries have the most drivers seeking a path to grand prix glory.

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Drivers with F1 superlicence points

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Driver Country Total Scores Scores counted from
Andre Lotterer Germany 140 6 P2 in WEC LMP1 2013
P2 in Super Formula 2013
P2 in WEC LMP1 2014
P3 in Super Formula 2014
P2 in WEC LMP1 2015
P3 in Super Formula 2015
Stoffel Vandoorne Belgium 105 3 P2 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
P2 in GP2 2014
P1 in GP2 2015
Scott Dixon New Zealand 100 3 P1 in IndyCar 2013
P3 in IndyCar 2014
P1 in IndyCar 2015
Benoit Treluyer France 90 3 P2 in WEC LMP1 2013
P2 in WEC LMP1 2014
P2 in WEC LMP1 2015
Marcel Fassler Switzerland 90 3 P2 in WEC LMP1 2013
P2 in WEC LMP1 2014
P2 in WEC LMP1 2015
Loic Duval France 79 5 P1 in WEC LMP1 2013
P3 in Super Formula 2013
P7 in WEC LMP1 2014
P4 in Super Formula 2014
P4 in WEC LMP1 2015
Esteban Ocon France 75 3 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2013
P1 in Euro F3 2014
P1 in GP3 2015
Felix Rosenqvist Sweden 73 3 P2 in Euro F3 2013
P8 in Euro F3 2014
P1 in Euro F3 2015
Will Power Australia 70 3 P4 in IndyCar 2013
P1 in IndyCar 2014
P3 in IndyCar 2015
Anthony Davidson Great Britain 68 3 P3 in WEC LMP1 2013
P1 in WEC LMP1 2014
P5 in WEC LMP1 2015
Helio Castroneves Brazil 68 3 P2 in IndyCar 2013
P2 in IndyCar 2014
P5 in IndyCar 2015
Sebastien Buemi Switzerland 68 3 P3 in WEC LMP1 2013
P1 in WEC LMP1 2014
P5 in WEC LMP1 2015
Kazuki Nakajima Japan 62 5 P4 in Super Formula 2013
P8 in WEC LMP1 2014
P1 in Super Formula 2014
P7 in WEC LMP1 2015
P2 in Super Formula 2015
Oliver Rowland Great Britain 60 4 P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2013
P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013
P4 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
P1 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Alex Lynn Great Britain 58 3 P3 in Euro F3 2013
P1 in GP3 2014
P6 in GP2 2015
Felipe Nasr Brazil 50 2 P4 in GP2 2013
P3 in GP2 2014
Raffaele Marciello Italy 50 3 P1 in Euro F3 2013
P8 in GP2 2014
P7 in GP2 2015
Tom Kristensen Denmark 50 2 P1 in WEC LMP1 2013
P4 in WEC LMP1 2014
Jolyon Palmer Great Britain 46 2 P7 in GP2 2013
P1 in GP2 2014
Alexander Rossi United States 43 2 P9 in GP2 2013
P2 in GP2 2015
Antonio Giovinazzi Italy 43 3 P2 in British F3 2013
P6 in Euro F3 2014
P2 in Euro F3 2015
Brendon Hartley New Zealand 42 2 P9 in WEC LMP1 2014
P1 in WEC LMP1 2015
Mark Webber Australia 42 2 P9 in WEC LMP1 2014
P1 in WEC LMP1 2015
Sergey Sirotkin Russia 42 3 P9 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
P5 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
P3 in GP2 2015
Timo Bernhard Germany 42 2 P9 in WEC LMP1 2014
P1 in WEC LMP1 2015
Nyck de Vries Netherlands 41 4 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2013
P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2014
P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2014
P3 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Allan McNish Great Britain 40 1 P1 in WEC LMP1 2013
Fabio Leimer Switzerland 40 1 P1 in GP2 2013
Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia 40 2 P4 in IndyCar 2014
P2 in IndyCar 2015
Marc Lieb Germany 40 2 P3 in WEC LMP1 2014
P3 in WEC LMP1 2015
Marvin Kirchhofer Germany 40 3 P1 in German F3 2013
P3 in GP3 2014
P3 in GP3 2015
Neel Jani Switzerland 40 2 P3 in WEC LMP1 2014
P3 in WEC LMP1 2015
Romain Dumas France 40 2 P3 in WEC LMP1 2014
P3 in WEC LMP1 2015
Sam Bird Great Britain 40 1 P2 in GP2 2013
Pierre Gasly France 39 3 P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2013
P2 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
P8 in GP2 2015
Yvan Muller France 39 3 P1 in WTCC 2013
P2 in WTCC 2014
P2 in WTCC 2015
Joao Paulo de Oliveira Brazil 37 3 P5 in Super Formula 2013
P2 in Super Formula 2014
P4 in Super Formula 2015
Carlos Sainz Jnr Spain 35 1 P1 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Kevin Magnussen Denmark 35 1 P1 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
Stephane Sarrazin France 34 3 P3 in WEC LMP1 2013
P5 in WEC LMP1 2014
P6 in WEC LMP1 2015
Tom Blomqvist Great Britain 34 2 P7 in Euro F3 2013
P2 in Euro F3 2014
Naoki Yamamoto Japan 33 3 P1 in Super Formula 2013
P9 in Super Formula 2014
P5 in Super Formula 2015
Hiroaki Ishiura Japan 32 2 P5 in Super Formula 2014
P1 in Super Formula 2015
Jack Harvey Great Britain 31 3 P5 in GP3 2013
P2 in Indy Lights 2014
P2 in Indy Lights 2015
Daniil Kvyat Russia 30 1 P1 in GP3 2013
James Calado Great Britain 30 1 P3 in GP2 2013
Jose Maria Lopez Argentina 30 2 P1 in WTCC 2014
P1 in WTCC 2015
Mitch Evans New Zealand 30 2 P4 in GP2 2014
P5 in GP2 2015
Matthieu Vaxiviere France 28 2 P8 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
P2 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Simon Pagenaud France 28 2 P3 in IndyCar 2013
P5 in IndyCar 2014
Dean Stoneman Great Britain 27 2 P2 in GP3 2014
P6 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Gabby Chaves Colombia 27 2 P2 in Indy Lights 2013
P1 in Indy Lights 2014
Jack Aitken Great Britain 27 3 P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013
P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2015
P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2015
Luca Ghiotto Italy 27 2 P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2013
P2 in GP3 2015
Max Verstappen Netherlands 27 3 P1 in CIK-FIA KZ 2013
P3 in CIK-FIA KF 2013
P3 in Euro F3 2014
Jake Dennis Great Britain 25 3 P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2013
P9 in Euro F3 2014
P3 in Euro F3 2015
Mike Rockenfeller Germany 25 2 P1 in DTM 2013
P3 in DTM 2014
Tio Ellinas Cyprus 25 2 P4 in GP3 2013
P4 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Alexander Wurz Austria 24 3 P4 in WEC LMP1 2013
P5 in WEC LMP1 2014
P6 in WEC LMP1 2015
Louis Deletraz Switzerland 24 3 P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014
P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2015
P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2015
Mattias Ekstrom Sweden 24 3 P7 in DTM 2013
P2 in DTM 2014
P3 in DTM 2015
Antonio Fuoco Italy 23 3 P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2013
P5 in Euro F3 2014
P6 in GP3 2015
Emil Bernstorff Great Britain 22 3 P3 in German F3 2013
P5 in GP3 2014
P4 in GP3 2015
Lucas di Grassi Brazil 22 3 P9 in WEC LMP1 2013
P4 in WEC LMP1 2014
P4 in WEC LMP1 2015
Will Stevens Great Britain 22 2 P4 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
P6 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Antonio Felix da Costa Portugal 20 1 P3 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
Charles Leclerc Monaco 20 3 P2 in CIK-FIA KZ 2013
P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2014
P4 in Euro F3 2015
Facu Regalia Argentina 20 1 P2 in GP3 2013
Gabriele Tarquini Italy 20 3 P2 in WTCC 2013
P6 in WTCC 2014
P5 in WTCC 2015
Jordan King Great Britain 20 3 P6 in Euro F3 2013
P1 in British F3 2013
P7 in Euro F3 2014
Lance Stroll Canada 20 2 P1 in Italian F4 2014
P5 in Euro F3 2015
Lucas Auer Austria 20 2 P4 in Euro F3 2013
P4 in Euro F3 2014
Pedro Piquet Brazil 20 2 P1 in Brazilian F3 2014
P1 in Brazilian F3 2015
Rio Haryanto Indonesia 20 1 P4 in GP2 2015
Roberto Merhi Spain 20 1 P3 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Sebastien Loeb France 20 2 P3 in WTCC 2014
P3 in WTCC 2015
Marco Wittmann Germany 19 3 P8 in DTM 2013
P1 in DTM 2014
P6 in DTM 2015
Stefano Coletti Monaco 18 2 P5 in GP2 2013
P6 in GP2 2014
Jimmy Eriksson Sweden 17 2 P4 in GP3 2014
P5 in GP3 2015
Lando Norris Great Britain 17 2 P1 in CIK-FIA KF 2014
P1 in MSA Formula 2015
Nicolas Lapierre France 16 2 P4 in WEC LMP1 2013
P6 in WEC LMP1 2014
Pascal Wehrlein Germany 16 2 P8 in DTM 2014
P1 in DTM 2015
Ryan Hunter-Reay United States 16 3 P7 in IndyCar 2013
P6 in IndyCar 2014
P6 in IndyCar 2015
Bruno Spengler Canada 15 2 P3 in DTM 2013
P5 in DTM 2015
Conor Daly United States 15 1 P3 in GP3 2013
Kevin Jorg Switzerland 15 3 P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2013
P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2015
P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2015
Sage Karam United States 15 1 P1 in Indy Lights 2013
Spencer Pigot United States 15 1 P1 in Indy Lights 2015
Christian Vietoris Germany 14 2 P4 in DTM 2013
P4 in DTM 2014
Kenta Yamashita Japan 14 2 P2 in Japanese F3 2014
P2 in Japanese F3 2015
Nobuharu Matsushita Japan 14 3 P5 in Japanese F3 2013
P1 in Japanese F3 2014
P9 in GP2 2015
Benjamin Barnicoat Great Britain 13 2 P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014
P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2015
Carlos Munoz Colombia 13 2 P3 in Indy Lights 2013
P8 in IndyCar 2014
Norbert Michelisz Hungary 13 3 P6 in WTCC 2013
P4 in WTCC 2014
P6 in WTCC 2015
Ricky Capo Australia 13 2 P4 in Australian F3 2014
P1 in Australian F3 2015
Augusto Farfus Brazil 12 1 P2 in DTM 2013
Bruno Baptista Brazil 12 1 P1 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
Dennis Olsen Norway 12 2 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013
P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2014
Edoardo Mortara Italy 12 2 P5 in DTM 2014
P4 in DTM 2015
Jamie Green Great Britain 12 1 P2 in DTM 2015
Jordan Lloyd Australia 12 1 P1 in Australian F4 2015
Julio Acosta Colombia 12 1 P1 in Chinese F4 2015
Marco Andretti United States 12 3 P5 in IndyCar 2013
P9 in IndyCar 2014
P9 in IndyCar 2015
Marvin Dienst Germany 12 1 P1 in German F4 2015
Matt Parry Great Britain 12 2 P1 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013
P8 in GP3 2015
Niko Kari Finland 12 1 P1 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Oliver Jarvis Great Britain 12 2 P9 in WEC LMP1 2013
P4 in WEC LMP1 2015
Pedro Cardoso Brazil 12 1 P1 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Ralf Aron Estonia 12 1 P1 in Italian F4 2015
Robert Schwartzman Russia 12 2 P3 in Italian F4 2015
P4 in German F4 2015
Sho Tsuboi Japan 12 1 P1 in Japanese F4 2015
Zach Veach United States 12 2 P7 in Indy Lights 2013
P3 in Indy Lights 2014
Egor Orudzhev Russia 11 2 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2013
P5 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Markus Pommer Germany 11 2 P1 in German F3 2014
P10 in Euro F3 2015
Ben Gersekowski Australia 10 2 P4 in Australian F3 2013
P2 in Australian F3 2014
Ed Jones UAE 10 1 P3 in Indy Lights 2015
Felipe Ortiz Brazil 10 1 P2 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
Graham Rahal United States 10 1 P4 in IndyCar 2015
Guan Yu Zhou China 10 1 P2 in Italian F4 2015
James Nash Great Britain 10 1 P3 in WTCC 2013
Joel Eriksson Sweden 10 1 P2 in German F4 2015
Johnny Cecotto Jnr Venezuela 10 1 P5 in GP2 2014
Martin Cao China 10 1 P1 in British F3 2014
Mattia Drudi Italy 10 1 P2 in Italian F4 2014
Mitsunori Takaboshi Japan 10 2 P3 in Japanese F3 2014
P3 in Japanese F3 2015
Nick Cassidy New Zealand 10 1 P1 in Japanese F3 2015
Nick Yelloly Great Britain 10 2 P6 in GP3 2013
P6 in GP3 2014
Nico Muller Switzerland 10 1 P5 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
Ricky Collard Great Britain 10 1 P2 in MSA Formula 2015
Rodrigo Pflucker Peru 10 1 P2 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Simon Hodge Australia 10 1 P1 in Australian F3 2014
Tadasuke Makino Japan 10 1 P2 in Japanese F4 2015
Takamoto Katsuta Japan 10 2 P2 in Japanese F3 2013
P4 in Japanese F3 2014
Tim Macrow Australia 10 1 P1 in Australian F3 2013
Tom Randle Australia 10 1 P2 in Australian F4 2015
Vladimir Atoev Russia 10 1 P2 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Wu Ruopeng China 10 1 P2 in Chinese F4 2015
Yuichi Nakayama Japan 10 1 P1 in Japanese F3 2013
Mathias Beche Switzerland 9 3 P5 in WEC LMP1 2013
P10 in WEC LMP1 2014
P10 in WEC LMP1 2015
Alexander Albon Thailand 9 2 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2014
P7 in Euro F3 2015
Arthur Pic France 9 2 P8 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
P7 in GP2 2014
George Russell Great Britain 9 2 P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2014
P6 in Euro F3 2015
David Beckmann Germany 8 2 P4 in Italian F4 2015
P5 in German F4 2015
Harry Tincknell Great Britain 8 1 P5 in Euro F3 2013
Juan Manuel Casella Uruguay 8 2 P7 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
P3 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Marcus Ericsson Sweden 8 1 P6 in GP2 2013
Matevos Isaakyan Russia 8 2 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2014
P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2015
Tiago Monteiro Portugal 8 3 P8 in WTCC 2013
P5 in WTCC 2014
P7 in WTCC 2015
Nicolas Prost France 7 3 P6 in WEC LMP1 2013
P10 in WEC LMP1 2014
P10 in WEC LMP1 2015
Agustin Lima Argentina 7 1 P3 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
Andrea Russo Italy 7 1 P3 in Italian F4 2014
Artem Markelov Russia 7 1 P2 in German F3 2013
Bruno Etman Argentina 7 1 P2 in Brazilian F3 2014
Colton Herta United States 7 1 P3 in MSA Formula 2015
Hiroki Ohtsu Japan 7 1 P3 in Japanese F4 2015
Jack Hawksworth Great Britain 7 1 P4 in Indy Lights 2013
Jake Hughes Great Britain 7 1 P2 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2015
Joey Mawson Australia 7 1 P3 in German F4 2015
John Magro Australia 7 1 P2 in Australian F3 2013
Jon Collins Australia 7 1 P2 in Australian F3 2015
Liu Kai China 7 1 P3 in Chinese F4 2015
Ma Qing Hua China 7 1 P4 in WTCC 2015
Matheus Iorio Brazil 7 1 P2 in Brazilian F3 2015
Matt Rao Great Britain 7 1 P2 in British F3 2014
Matthew Brabham United States 7 1 P4 in Indy Lights 2014
Nabil Jeffri Malaysia 7 1 P2 in German F3 2014
Nerses Isaakyan Russia 7 1 P3 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Nigel Melker Netherlands 7 1 P6 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
RC Enerson United States 7 1 P4 in Indy Lights 2015
Rob Huff Great Britain 7 1 P4 in WTCC 2013
Stephane Richelmi Monaco 7 2 P8 in GP2 2013
P9 in GP2 2014
Tom Dillmann France 7 2 P10 in GP2 2013
P7 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Tony Kanaan Brazil 7 2 P7 in IndyCar 2014
P8 in IndyCar 2015
Williams Brown Australia 7 1 P3 in Australian F4 2015
Bruno Bonifacio Brazil 6 2 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2013
P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2014
Justin Wilson Great Britain 6 1 P6 in IndyCar 2013
Karol Basz Poland 6 2 P4 in CIK-FIA KF 2013
P1 in CIK-FIA KF 2015
Mike Conway Great Britain 6 1 P6 in WEC LMP1 2015
Tom Chilton Great Britain 6 2 P5 in WTCC 2013
P8 in WTCC 2014
Tom Joyner Great Britain 6 2 P1 in CIK-FIA KF 2013
P4 in CIK-FIA KF 2015
Tomoki Nojiri Japan 6 2 P4 in Japanese F3 2013
P7 in Super Formula 2015
Aleksanteri Huovinen Finland 5 1 P4 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Camren Kaminsky United States 5 1 P3 in British F3 2014
Carlos Cunha Brazil 5 1 P3 in Brazilian F3 2015
Chris Anthony Australia 5 1 P3 in Australian F3 2014
Francisco Camarotta Uruguay 5 1 P4 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
Harry Hayek Australia 5 1 P4 in Australian F4 2015
Indy Dontje Netherlands 5 1 P3 in German F3 2014
James Rossiter Great Britain 5 1 P6 in Super Formula 2014
Jordon Lennox-Lamb Great Britain 5 2 P3 in CIK-FIA KZ 2013
P2 in CIK-FIA KF 2015
Jorrit Pex Netherlands 5 1 P1 in CIK-FIA KZ 2015
Kamui Kobayashi Japan 5 1 P6 in Super Formula 2015
Katsumasa Chiyo Japan 5 1 P3 in Japanese F3 2013
Leonardo Pulcini Italy 5 1 P4 in Italian F4 2014
Liu Wenlong China 5 1 P4 in Chinese F4 2015
Luiz Razia Brazil 5 1 P5 in Indy Lights 2014
Lukas Moraes Brazil 5 1 P3 in Brazilian F3 2014
Marco Ardrigo Italy 5 1 P1 in CIK-FIA KZ 2014
Marco Sorensen Denmark 5 1 P7 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
Max Chilton Great Britain 5 1 P5 in Indy Lights 2015
Nick Foster Australia 5 1 P3 in Australian F3 2013
Norman Nato France 5 1 P7 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Pedro Caland Brazil 5 1 P4 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Peter Dempsey Ireland 5 1 P5 in Indy Lights 2013
Robert Wickens Canada 5 1 P5 in DTM 2013
Seb Morris Great Britain 5 1 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014
Sennan Fielding Great Britain 5 1 P4 in MSA Formula 2015
Shinnosuke Yamada Japan 5 1 P4 in Japanese F4 2015
Thiago Vivacqua Brazil 5 1 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2015
Trent Shirvington Australia 5 1 P3 in Australian F3 2015
Tsugio Matsuda Japan 5 1 P6 in Super Formula 2013
Ukyo Sasahara Japan 5 1 P3 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2015
William Buller Great Britain 5 1 P3 in British F3 2013
Arthur Fortunato Brazil 4 2 P4 in Brazilian F3 2014
P5 in Brazilian F3 2015
Ben Hanley Great Britain 4 2 P4 in CIK-FIA KZ 2013
P2 in CIK-FIA KF 2013
Jazeman Jaafar Malaysia 4 2 P10 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
P8 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Josef Newgarden United States 4 1 P7 in IndyCar 2015
Juan Pablo Garcia Mexico 4 2 P8 in Indy Lights 2013
P6 in Indy Lights 2014
Maxime Martin Belgium 4 2 P7 in DTM 2014
P7 in DTM 2015
Nick Heidfeld Germany 4 2 P8 in WEC LMP1 2013
P10 in WEC LMP1 2014
Richie Stanaway New Zealand 4 2 P8 in GP3 2014
P10 in GP2 2015
Ryo Hirakawa Japan 4 2 P8 in Super Formula 2014
P8 in Super Formula 2015
Steijn Schothorst Netherlands 4 2 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2013
P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014
Yuji Kunimoto Japan 4 2 P7 in Super Formula 2014
P9 in Super Formula 2015
Alain Valente Switzerland 3 1 P5 in Italian F4 2014
Alexander Sims Great Britain 3 2 P10 in Euro F3 2013
P8 in GP3 2013
Alexey Korneev Russia 3 1 P5 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Andrea Pizzitola France 3 1 P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2014
Cui Yue China 3 1 P5 in Chinese F4 2015
Dino Zamparelli Great Britain 3 1 P7 in GP3 2014
Felipe Guimaraes Brazil 3 1 P4 in British F3 2013
Flavio Camponeschi Italy 3 1 P2 in CIK-FIA KZ 2014
Gary Paffett Great Britain 3 1 P6 in DTM 2013
Gustav Malja Sweden 3 2 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2014
P9 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Gustavo Menezes United States 3 1 P4 in German F3 2013
James Hinchcliffe Canada 3 1 P8 in IndyCar 2013
Jehan Daruvala India 3 2 P3 in CIK-FIA KF 2014
P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2015
Jimmy Vernon Australia 3 1 P5 in Australian F4 2015
Jorge Goncalvez Venezuela 3 1 P6 in Indy Lights 2013
Juan Piedrahita Colombia 3 2 P7 in Indy Lights 2014
P8 in Indy Lights 2015
Kevin Ceccon Italy 3 1 P7 in GP3 2015
Kevin Korjus Estonia 3 1 P7 in GP3 2013
Kyla Kaiser United States 3 1 P6 in Indy Lights 2015
Leandro Guedes Brazil 3 1 P5 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Luis Derani Brazil 3 1 P8 in Euro F3 2013
Marcos Siebert Argentina 3 1 P5 in Italian F4 2015
Martin Tomczyk Germany 3 1 P6 in DTM 2014
Matheus Leist Brazil 3 1 P5 in MSA Formula 2015
Max Defourny Belgium 3 1 P4 in Formula Renault 2.0 NEC 2015
Maximilian Gunther Germany 3 1 P8 in Euro F3 2015
Nicolas Muraglia Uruguay 3 1 P5 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
Nikita Mazepin Russia 3 1 P2 in CIK-FIA KF 2014
Nirei Fukuzumi Japan 3 1 P4 in Japanese F3 2015
Paolo de Conto Italy 3 1 P2 in CIK-FIA KZ 2015
Rodrigo Baptista Brazil 3 1 P4 in Brazilian F3 2015
Roland Legge Australia 3 1 P4 in Australian F3 2015
Sam MacLeod Great Britain 3 1 P4 in German F3 2014
Takashi Kogure Japan 3 1 P7 in Super Formula 2013
Takuya Izawa Japan 3 1 P7 in Super Formula 2013
Yuuya Hiraki Japan 3 1 P5 in Japanese F4 2015
Andrea Fontana Italy 2 1 P6 in Italian F4 2014
Arnaud Kozlinski France 2 1 P3 in CIK-FIA KZ 2015
Baltazar Leguizamon Argentina 2 1 P6 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Charlie Kimball United States 2 1 P9 in IndyCar 2013
Daniel Ticktum Great Britain 2 1 P6 in MSA Formula 2015
Diego Bertonelli Italy 2 1 P6 in Italian F4 2015
Diego Muraglia Uruguay 2 1 P6 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2014
Felix Serralles Puerto Rico 2 1 P7 in Indy Lights 2015
Jann Mardenborough Great Britain 2 2 P9 in GP3 2014
P9 in GP3 2015
Julian Leal Colombia 2 1 P10 in GP2 2014
Kazuto Kotaka Japan 2 1 P6 in Japanese F4 2015
Luis Leeds Australia 2 1 P6 in Australian F4 2015
Marc Gene Spain 2 1 P9 in WEC LMP1 2013
Marlon Stockinger Philippines 2 1 P9 in Formula Renault 3.5 2014
Michel Nykjaer Denmark 2 1 P7 in WTCC 2013
Mikkel Jensen Denmark 2 1 P9 in Euro F3 2015
Nicholas Latifi Canada 2 2 P5 in British F3 2013
P10 in Euro F3 2014
Nicklas Nielsen Denmark 2 1 P3 in CIK-FIA KF 2015
Nikita Troitskiy Russia 2 1 P6 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Rick Dreezen Belgium 2 1 P3 in CIK-FIA KZ 2014
Sebastien Bourdais France 2 2 P10 in IndyCar 2014
P10 in IndyCar 2015
Sven Muller Germany 2 1 P9 in Euro F3 2013
Tai Yi China 2 1 P6 in Chinese F4 2015
Tim Zimmermann Germany 2 1 P6 in German F4 2015
Tom Coronel Netherlands 2 1 P7 in WTCC 2014
Aaro Vainio Finland 1 1 P9 in GP3 2013
Andre Negrao Brazil 1 1 P10 in Formula Renault 3.5 2013
Anthoine Hubert France 1 1 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup 2015
Bar Baruch Israel 1 1 P7 in Italian F4 2015
Bruna Tomaselli Brazil 1 1 P7 in Formula 4 Sudamericana 2015
Callum Ilott Great Britain 1 1 P4 in CIK-FIA KF 2014
Daiki Sasaki Japan 1 1 P5 in Japanese F3 2014
Dario Franchitti Great Britain 1 1 P10 in IndyCar 2013
Janneau Esmeijer Netherlands 1 1 P7 in German F4 2015
Jeremy Iglesias France 1 1 P4 in CIK-FIA KZ 2015
Joao Vieira Brazil 1 1 P7 in Italian F4 2014
John Bryant-Meisner Sweden 1 1 P5 in German F3 2013
Jordan Oon Australia 1 1 P5 in Australian F3 2013
Kohei Hirate Japan 1 1 P9 in Super Formula 2013
Lucas Ordonez Spain 1 1 P5 in Japanese F3 2015
Mehdi Bennani Morocco 1 1 P8 in WTCC 2015
Mirko Torsellini Italy 1 1 P4 in CIK-FIA KZ 2014
Nick Rowe Australia 1 1 P7 in Australian F4 2015
Niclas Nylund Finland 1 1 P7 in F4 Northern European Zone 2015
Paul di Resta Great Britain 1 1 P8 in DTM 2015
Pietro Fantin Brazil 1 1 P10 in Formula Renault 3.5 2015
Raphael Raucci Brazil 1 1 P5 in Brazilian F3 2014
Sandy Mitchell Great Britain 1 1 P7 in MSA Formula 2015
Scott Anderson United States 1 1 P8 in Indy Lights 2014
Shane Ryding Australia 1 1 P5 in Australian F3 2015
Simon Gachet France 1 1 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2014
Stefan Riener Austria 1 1 P5 in Formula Renault 2.0 ALPS 2015
Weiron Tan Malaysia 1 1 P5 in German F3 2014
Xie Ruilin China 1 1 P7 in Chinese F4 2015
Yuki Nemoto Japan 1 1 P7 in Japanese F4 2015
Zhi Cong Li China 1 1 P5 in British F3 2014

*Wilson died following an IndyCar crash last year.

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33 comments on “316 drivers, 43 countries: Complete 2016 F1 superlicence points breakdown”

  1. Such a mammoth list! I was just wondering when something like this would appear :).

    @keithcollantine – did you see that in the rules for Spanish F4, on one of the back pages it casually mentioned that the FIA super-licence points now apply over the last 5 years? Talk about a possible irony..

      1. @fastiesty @zantkiller The most recent version of the rules (December 2015) says three years.

        1. @keithcollantine @zantkiller Classic FIA, doing their best Schroedinger’s cat impression. So, Vandoorne, Ocon, Rosenqvist, Rowland, Lynn, Marciello, Giovinazzi, Sirotkin, de Vries, Kirchhoefer in the junior levels. Gasly, Leclerc and Wehrlein miss out, despite being reserve drivers, but could still stand in this year if need be.

        2. Apex Assassin
          15th January 2016, 3:44

          Why isn’t Suzie Wolff having an initiative to get an African driver into F1?

  2. The map is a nice addition as well, interesting to see so many drivers from the UK, but also that Brazil is in second place.

  3. Quite a piece of work, well done. But you will forgive me if I question the ‘good taste’ of Justin Wilson being in the list.

    1. I would think because he does still have points on his super licence which are still valid. One of those 50/50 moral calls.

      1. @nickwyatt @ambroserpm Better, I thought, to mention him at the foot of the table rather than pretend he never existed.

        1. That to me is a very professional course of action.

      2. Is a dead person able to have a superlicence at all? let alone points? RIP justin.

    2. I think it was still worth putting him on the list. The likes of Dario Franchitti and Allan McNish are no longer racing (due to injury in the case of the former) either yet they still appear.

  4. Fernando Cruz
    14th January 2016, 13:23

    What about Nelson Piquet Jr? He was FE Champion and that gives Super Licence points…

    1. Formula E does not give points. However the champion is granted a super licence.

      1. That is just silly to me. The cars are far slower than a GP3 car, and they get a super license. Good promotion and accreditation of the series though.

  5. Where is Dušan Borković, the ETCC champion for 2015. from Serbia ?

  6. Does Roberto Mehrie not automatically qualify for a super license as he he had more than 5 grand prix starts last season ?

    1. As do Stevens & Verstappen! consistent!

    2. RaceProUK (@)
      14th January 2016, 16:56

      The list I believe is only for drivers who aren’t already in F1

  7. WEC is a great championship with great drivers.

    But is feels somewhat biased that 8 drivers in this list qualify for the Superlicense 40points by becoming 1st in the past 3 seasons!
    It is even more so biased/skewed as in WEC (also) it depends very much on team you are racing for, rather than purely how good you are (thinking about the poor guys with Toyota/Nissan contracts)

    Not sure if/how I would do it differently.

  8. Rio Haryanto is in the race for a seat at Manor, but how can he qualify for a super license when he does not have enough points and his previous super license was more than three years ago (in 2012)?

    1. @sasquatsch The superlicence doesn’t have to have been issued within the past three years, it can be earlier, providing the FIA think he’s good enough. See ‘How drivers can qualify for an F1 superlicence’ here:

      https://www.racefans.net/2015/12/07/revealed-which-drivers-have-enough-superlicence-points-to-race-in-f1/

  9. Why is justin wilson on is list……..

    1. You may wish to read the rest of the comments posted before you prior to jumping into the conversation Jason.

  10. So much effort all for nothing. Nobody is going to ever care about superlicense points, ever. It’s another FIA hotfix for a supposed problem and will be ignored whenever convenient. Appreciate the thought, but I fear you wasted your time on this, Keith. :)

  11. Dear Keith, (@keithcollantine)

    May I ask you what program you used to make that map?

    Thanks in advance!

    1. If you look at the page source then you will see it is Google GeoChart

  12. The fact Max and Carlos jnr haven’t got enough points make a mockery of the system.
    Introduce an age limit by all means and a strict test of ability – but this system is pointless……

  13. 2014 British f3 shouldn’t count, it was a joke!

  14. Aleksandar Glavas
    10th February 2016, 22:46

    You are missing Milos Pavlovic, Serbia. He earned super-license back in 2002 and was first ever driver from Eastern Europe with Formula One license.

    1. This isn’t a list of every driver with a superlicence it’s a list of every driver with superlicence points, and to the best of my knowledge Pavlovic doesn’t have any.

  15. Alberto Porras
    11th February 2016, 11:36

    Are there any women on the list? I can see most of the names are clearly male, but I can’t tell the gender of most of the “non-european” (Japanese etc.) names. If not then there’s little chance of a woman driver breaking into F1 any time soon and maybe that’s were Suzie Wolf should be focusing her efforts?

  16. It’s great to see Gabriele Tarquini in this list. He should take on Gutierrez drive at Haas.

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