The script itself:

set terminal svg enhanced size 750 350 fname "Arial" fsize 10
set object 1 rect from screen 0, 0, 0 to screen 1, 1, 0 behind
set object 1 rect fc  rgb "white"  fillstyle solid 1.0
set output "formula_one_points_2011.svg"
set title "Formula One Season Progress"
set datafile missing "-"
set xtics nomirror
set key outside
set grid y
set auto y
set style data linespoints

set style line 1  lt rgb "red" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 3  lt rgb "gold" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 4  lt rgb "violet" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 5  lt rgb "cyan" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 6  lt rgb "blue" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 7  lt rgb "green" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 8  lt rgb "orange" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 9  lt rgb "black" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 10 lt rgb "coral" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 11 lt rgb "skyblue" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 12 lt rgb "navy" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 13 lt rgb "olive" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 14 lt rgb "gray" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 15 lt rgb "purple" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 16 lt rgb "plum" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 17 lt rgb "magenta" lw 2 pt 7
set style line 18 lt rgb "navy" lw 2 pt 7

plot 'f1.dat' using 2:xtic(1) ls 1 title columnheader(2) , \
for [i=3:18] '' using i ls i title columnheader(i)

The data file:

Driver  "S. Vettel" "M. Webber" "L. Hamilton" "F. Alonso" "J. Button" "F. Massa" "N.Rosberg" "N. Heidfeld" "W. Petrow" "M. Schumacher" "K. Kobayashi" "A. Sutil" "S. Buemi" "J. Algesuari" "S. Perez" "P. di Resta" "R. Barichello"
""      0           0           0             0           0           0          0           0             0           0               0              0          0          0              0          0             0
AUS     25          10          18            12          8           6          0           0             15          0               0              2          4          0              0          1             0
MAL     50          22          22            20          26          16         0           15            15          2               6              2          4          0              0          2             0
CN      68          37          47            26          38          24         10          15            17          6               7              2          4          0              0          2             0
TUR     93          55          59            41          46          24         20          21            21          6               8              2          6          0              0          2             0
ESP     118         67          77            51          61          24         26          25            21          14              9              2          6          0              2          2             0
MO      143         79          85            69          76          24         26          29            21          14              19             8          7          0              2          2             2
CA      161         94          85            69          101         32         26          29            31          26              25             8          8          4              2          2             4
EUR     186         109         97            87          109         42         32          30            31          26              25             10         8          8              2          2             4
GB      204         124         109           112         109         52         40          34            31          28              25             10         8          9              8          2             4
GER     216         139         134           130         109         62         46          34            32          32              27             18         8          9              8          2             4
HUN     234         149         146           145         134         70         48          34            32          32              27             18         12         10             8          8             4
BEL     259         167         146           157         149         74         56          34            34          42              27             24         12         10             8          8             4
ITA     284         167         158           172         167         82         56          34            34          52              27             24         13         16             8          12            4
SIN     309         182         168           184         185         84         62          34            34          52              27             28         13         16             9          20            4
JAP     324         194         178           202         210         90         63          34            36          60              27             28         13         16             13         20            4
COR     349         209         196           212         222         98         67          34            36          60              27             28         15         22             13         21            4
IN      374         221         202           227         240         98         75          34            36          70              27             30         15         26             14         21            4
AD      374         233         227           245         255         108        83          34            36          76              28             34         15         26             14         23            4
BRA     392         258         227           257         270         118        89          34            37          76              30             42         15         26             14         27            4

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