Not a lot to choose between them
The mid table teams can yo-yo around quite a lot, and I’ve heard many F1 drivers in retirement rue various decisions made to switch teams. Last year Force India finished the season on 69 points and Sauber with just over half as many points on 44. Here is the final table for 2011 and where we are in 2012 right now.
| Final Table 2011 | 3 races to go 2012 | |||
| 1 Red Bull | 650 | 1 Red Bull | 407 | |
| 2 McLaren | 497 | 2 Ferrari | 316 | |
| 3 Ferrari | 3 75 |
3 McLaren | 306 | |
| 4 Mercedes | 165 | 4 Lotus | 263 | |
| 5 Lotus | 73 | 5 Mercedes | 136 | |
| 6 Force India | 69 | 6 Sauber | 116 | |
| 7 Sauber | 44 | 7 Force India | 93 | |
| 8 Torro Rosso | 41 | 8 Williams | 59 | |
| 9 Williams | 5 | 9 Torro Rosso | 21 | |
Quite an interesting read. Although the season is not yet finished there could be a switch between McLaren and Ferrari, but based on the past several races it’s unlikely the others will change. Having said that Mercedes are not developing the car at all and given a couple of very strong results from Sauber they could yet overtake them.
