Why no points system change...???

[Tomi]

]I agree, victory should be something special and properly rewarded. Thinking about it as bad because it makes Loeb's life easyier is biased. It's not a question of Loeb but a question of making victory worth fighting.

agree, if someone is good, he should be allowed to be, not to try to make other look better artificial way.

[MikeD]

]I agree, victory should be something special and properly rewarded. Thinking about it as bad because it makes Loeb's life easyier is biased. It's not a question of Loeb but a question of making victory worth fighting.

+1

[AndyRAC]

As far as I'm concerned 2008 was rather silly - Loeb won 10-11 Rallies, more than double the amount Mikko won, yet he only won the Title on the penultimate round. This clearly is ridiculous - and artificially keeps the series alive. There should be a 5 point difference between 1st and 2nd.

[Motorsportfun]

The FIA invited today by fax heads of teams involved in the World Rally Championship, to advise on a possible change in the grading system in the WRC, which may become effective since the opening race of the competition, the Rally of Sweden, which As we know, goes Thursday to the road. As has been done to Formula 1 the 'proposal' is a score until the tenth ranked, with the same system agreed for the World of F1 2010.

Officials from several teams now have their say until 17:00 tomorrow, Tuesday, and the final decision will be announced on Wednesday. How can you calculate, for the rule becomes effective, all competitors must unanimously agree on the amendment. The proposals relate to all competitions in the FIA World Rally: WRC, PWRC, SWRC and JWRC.

Lol, that looks like Eurovision! Televoting from all the parts... make a call or send an sms!

Wasnt so difficult to discuss it at the Motor Sport Council?

[Comal]

As far as I'm concerned 2008 was rather silly - Loeb won 10-11 Rallies, more than double the amount Mikko won, yet he only won the Title on the penultimate round. This clearly is ridiculous - and artificially keeps the series alive. There should be a 5 point difference between 1st and 2nd.

110% agree.

[Hartusvuori]

Any news or hearsays how this turned out? It's comfirmed tomorrow, but deadline was today, right?

[Langdale Forest]

i think a points system should aim at pushing drivers to win events and benefiting winners rather than sick kids in order to keep it close.

Everyone who wins a WRC event is worthy IMO.
Loeb wins almost all the events despite Hirvonen pushing hard.

Richard Burns and Carlos Sainz always used to go for points rather than wins but I think that no WRC driver does that now.

I think the top 16 drivers should score points.

[bennizw]

New point system after all:

http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101...s%20allocation

[pettersolberg29]

That is huge, huge news for me. That means Loeb will run away with the title as he will win so many rounds. It also (sadly) puts an end to any lingering hope I had of Petter winning - there is no chance a driver who only wins 1 or 2 events could win the title in this format.

For better or worse - it's hard to say.

[bluuford]

New point system after all:

http://wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101...s%20allocation

Yeah, bit funny system.
this system gives slightly bigger advantage to winner and much bigger advantage to drivers who finish below 6th place. If you look last year results then 9 points difference between Hirvonen and Loeb was halfly thanks to Loebs 7th place superally finish in Poland. So, dont count anyone down.
1. 10*2.5=25
2. 8*2.25=18
3. 6*2.5=15
4. 5*2.4=12
5. 4*2.5=10
6. 3*2.67=8
7. 2*3=6
8. 1*4=4

So, nearly no change at the top but big changes on the lower places.