Formula 1 season finale to be worth double points from 2014

[Ranger]

If they wanted to stop the same driver winning so much, they should equip every driver with one of these.



It would be much less contrived.

[Mark]

Agreed; holding the race at a good track would be best idea. Abu Dhabi is one of the worst on the calendar, presumably has the season ending position because it paid for it.

Yes having the championship go down to the final race is good; but it's also nice having one or two 'non-championship' races at the end of the season. Just not like this year where the championship was over by the end of April.

[jens]

Good lord, what on earth is this. I literally feel sick. The same knee-jerk reaction that FIA had in 2002 after Schumi's domination. Domination is a natural part of a sport, which happens from time-to-time. You can take a look at any sport to see this is the case. You can't erase someone naturally rising above competition from time-to-time with artificial gimmicks.

[journeyman racer]

I wonder what prompted this? It wouldn't have made a difference this year. It may be a sign of things to come, there may be more ludicrous decisions made in the following few years, if the same people are making the decisions.

You know what they cold do? Offer 18 points for first, 25 for second! 15 for third. How do you think that'll turn out?

[Mark]

They should all do a race, then after the race pick numbers out of a hat to decide what points they're getting.

[odykas]

Exactly. There must be two races in the last weekend in order to allocate double points.

[truefan72]

madness, double points?
just reading this now. and I must say its a terrible idea.
It could basically nullify an entire season's hard work and make the WCC a lottery in the last race.

There was no need to mess with the points system at all.
So you could be 40 points behind the WDC leader and still win the championship in the final race?
FIA is losing the plot

[Firstgear]

The concept of double points for a race is not a bad one. They've just chosen the wrong place to apply this.

If they chose, say.......India for double points next year, I think we could all live with it.
The year after that, say Nigeria or Iceland for triple points. There are many places where this could work - it just has to be somewhere that's not on the F1 calendar.

[steveaki13]

Time to add my voice to this madness.


WTF are they thinking? This is Bull**** absolute crap. Why when F1 fans don't want any of this do they think this is a good idea.

For the first time I have to seriously consider sending an abusive letter to the FIA just to make myself feel better and then consider whether I actually want to follow F1 anymore.

Another in a long line of crap that is turning F1 from a top level motorsport to a freak sideshow.

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr so Angry right now.

[AndyL]

This is such a daft idea it might almost be a smokescreen to distract attention from some other bit of lunacy they're planning to announce tomorrow. If they backtrack on it in a couple of weeks, check what other rules they've changed in the meantime!