28 cars - points scored down to 10th ?

Leave the points as they are. The chance of there actually being 28 cars on the grid is small. Firstly BMW or Sauber or whaterver-they'll-be-called have to be let in by the other teams (I thought there wasn't enough garage space for more than 12 teams and now we've got 14?).

Secondly, some of these new teams still sound dodgy. I'd be very surprised if they all make it to the grid, let alone through the entire season. Giving points down to 10th might sound OK with 28 cars but as the numbers dwindle back towards 20, and they will, it doesn't sound quite so good.

You also have to factor in that Renault are about to be bent over from behind by Pat Symmonds and may not survive Crashgate. One less team already and Toyota looking rather precarious.

Leave the points alone I say.

About the only change that I'd like to see to the current system would be to give a single point to the pole sitter and another point to any car that led the GP at the close of a lap at some point during the race.

Motor Racing is precisely about that isn't it? Racing? A point to any lap leader would mean that if someone pitted, there might be a mad dash to the front to collect an extra point throughout the whole race.

You know, I really hate the points system in F1. The guys racing from 9th back are racing just as hard, if not harder than the guys upfront... They are risking their lives just the same as the top 8, so why do they get ZERO points? I think it's really stupid. If it were up to me, last place would get 1 point. SOMETHING for crying out loud... Actually I would change a lot of rules in F1 if it were up to me. :P

Here would be my idea to spice things up:

I would change qualifying to a 1 and a half hour (1:30) session. Although I would like to see every driver's lap. So each driver gets 3 flying laps and then pits, then the next drivers turn, and do this for 1:30 so therefore each driver gets something like...9 flying qualy laps?. I don't like free for all sessions like we have now because we miss so much of the action because so many cars are on track. And I would award equal points for qualifying as the race. I'll get to my point scale in a moment. ;)

The reason I would award equal points for qualy as the race is... The race grid will be INVERTED! :D Now tell me THAT wouldn't spice up the race...

My point system =

1. 50 Points
2. 43
3. 38
4. 34
5. 31
6. 28
7. 26
8. 24
9. 22
10. 20
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12. 17
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15. 14
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18. 11
19. 10
20. 9
21. 8
22. 7
23. 6
24. 5
25. 4
26. 3
27. 2
28. 1

Also I would have no stupid rules about having to use different kinds of tires. Use whatever tires you please / work best for you!

As for constructors points, I don't really care about that at all. :P The team is only as good as the driver, after all.

Call me crazy? :P

To be honest, I do understand what is the main argument for extending the points scorers, namely the insane reliability that F1 cars have these days. 10 or 15 years ago, you could line up on the seventh or eighth row of the grid knowing that a strong run (relatively speaking) could bag you a point or two, provided you finished the race. Not anymore. I still think top eight is good as it is, except maybe make it 12-8-6 rather than 10-8-6.

Also the mention of there only being enough garage space for 12 teams (it's late and I'm too lazy to quote!), to be fair that was before spare cars were banned, and with teams downsizing in general, 14 teams will fit fine. If not then bring on pre-qualifying.

Kevincal: Yes I will call you crazy about that points system and reversed grid :P, but your comment about tyres is what I've been saying since the start of 2007, but the FIA don't really go for common sense (expanding the grid being the exception that proves the rule) these days.

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Originally Posted by DazzlaF1

I would be in favour of points down to 10 on a 12-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scale.

If you start giving out 15-20 points for a win, you may as well rip up the history books, Alain Prost's 798.5 on the old 9 points for a win scale would look like a second rate record within 10 years if that were to happen

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Recalculating AP's points on the new scale will keep it all in perspective. ;)

I stick with opinion that points reward is supposed to be rewarded to half of race participants, or at least to top ten finisher out of this year's participants. This will greatly motivate mediocre teams to score points, and more, this will give more probability to the weakest teams. They spent great deal amount of money to be there in F1, so the easier points system will favor them considerably. When it comes to give rewards to others, I just try to avoid myself from being stingy..

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Secondly, some of these new teams still sound dodgy.

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I don't think any of these teams sounds particularly dodgy, it's just the lack of information about their plans leads to a lot of speculation about their progress.

I still prefer the old top 6 points scoring system of old. Makes people fight harder for positions.