F1 Wins decide title
Mar 17, 2009 | 10:36 AM
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F1 Wins decide title
BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula 1 | F1 wins will decide world title
F1 wins will decide world title
Formula 1 has introduced a new points system that will see the driver with most wins crowned world champion.
The current points system will still operate to decide a tie if two drivers have the same wins and to define all other championship positions.
Had the new rules been in place in 2008, Lewis Hamilton would have lost the title to runner-up Felipe Massa.
From 2010, there will be an optional budget cap of £30m that will reduce some teams' spending by 90%.
The new rules were approved by the World Motor Sport Council of governing body the FIA at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday.
It rejected a proposal by the F1 Teams' Association to tweak the points system to 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1 from first to eighth places.
Instead, the current 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system will stay in place.
The budget cap is an attempt to make F1 more accessible to new teams.
Teams choosing to operate within the budget cap will be allowed more technical freedom.
Those teams will be allowed: a more aerodynamically efficient (but standard) underbody; movable wings; an engine which is not subject to a rev limit or a development freeze.
Teams can choose to spend what they like, but operate within more restrictive technical rules - and therefore have a theoretically slower car.
The FIA also announced it would publish the weights of the cars after qualifying for each Grand Prix.
That could give a clue to which teams are using the optional kinetic energy recovery system (Kers).
Kers, which allows drivers a boost of an extra 80bhp for 6.7 seconds each lap, weighs around 35kg and could tip some cars - complete with their drivers - over the minimum weight of 605kg.
To improve clarity, wet tyres have also been renamed "intermediates" and extreme weather tyres are now called "wet".
With in-season testing now banned, the FIA will only allow teams to carry out eight one-day aerodynamic tests on a straight piece of track.
Teams will also be allowed to carry out three one-day young driver training tests between the season-ending Grand Prix and the end of the calendar year.
F1 wins will decide world title
Formula 1 has introduced a new points system that will see the driver with most wins crowned world champion.
The current points system will still operate to decide a tie if two drivers have the same wins and to define all other championship positions.
Had the new rules been in place in 2008, Lewis Hamilton would have lost the title to runner-up Felipe Massa.
From 2010, there will be an optional budget cap of £30m that will reduce some teams' spending by 90%.
The new rules were approved by the World Motor Sport Council of governing body the FIA at a meeting in Paris on Tuesday.
It rejected a proposal by the F1 Teams' Association to tweak the points system to 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1 from first to eighth places.
Instead, the current 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system will stay in place.
The budget cap is an attempt to make F1 more accessible to new teams.
Teams choosing to operate within the budget cap will be allowed more technical freedom.
Those teams will be allowed: a more aerodynamically efficient (but standard) underbody; movable wings; an engine which is not subject to a rev limit or a development freeze.
Teams can choose to spend what they like, but operate within more restrictive technical rules - and therefore have a theoretically slower car.
The FIA also announced it would publish the weights of the cars after qualifying for each Grand Prix.
That could give a clue to which teams are using the optional kinetic energy recovery system (Kers).
Kers, which allows drivers a boost of an extra 80bhp for 6.7 seconds each lap, weighs around 35kg and could tip some cars - complete with their drivers - over the minimum weight of 605kg.
To improve clarity, wet tyres have also been renamed "intermediates" and extreme weather tyres are now called "wet".
With in-season testing now banned, the FIA will only allow teams to carry out eight one-day aerodynamic tests on a straight piece of track.
Teams will also be allowed to carry out three one-day young driver training tests between the season-ending Grand Prix and the end of the calendar year.
Mar 17, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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Great just to make things even more interesting this year. Wish they left the points system alone, but then again... drivers won't settle for that second spot and the points when a win will mean driver championship..... hmmmm
“The WMSC accepted the proposal from Formula One Management to award the drivers’ championship to the driver who has won the most races during the season. If two or more drivers finish the season with the same number of wins, the title will be awarded to the driver with the most points, the allocation of points being based on the current 10, 8, 6 etc. system.
The rest of the standings, from second to last place, will be decided by the current points system. There is no provision to award medals for first, second or third place. The Constructors’ Championship is unaffected.
The WMSC rejected the alternative proposal from the Formula One Teams’ Association to change the points awarded to drivers finishing in first, second and third place to 12, 9 and 7 points respectively. “
The rest of the standings, from second to last place, will be decided by the current points system. There is no provision to award medals for first, second or third place. The Constructors’ Championship is unaffected.
The WMSC rejected the alternative proposal from the Formula One Teams’ Association to change the points awarded to drivers finishing in first, second and third place to 12, 9 and 7 points respectively. “
Mar 17, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Huge F1 fan, but don't know if I can keep up with you guys!
I was just thrilled to beat ya'll to the punch in getting a couple news stories up!
Mar 17, 2009 | 01:08 PM
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Just read about this....what a shame. This whole thing is so flawed and I have been a fan of F1 for many years now. It almost makes it seem like there were way to many cry babies complaining about Hamilton, whether it was fair or not or people just didn't like him as a person (which could be race related or not). I just don't get it. I guess after this season we will see how it all turns out.
Mar 17, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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The new "most wins" rule is like the Schumi era where he would clinch on points half way through the season, and most people would lose interest. The good thing is that no one driver/constructor is as dominating from race to race as Schumi/Ferrari was, so it's harder to clinch early on. So I don't think this rule changes much given the current grid. For example, after the European GP last year, both Massa and Hamilton had 4 GP wins. There were six races left. That's plenty of race ambiguity to keep viewers and fans on the hook until the end, unless one of the two wins the next three races staight and clinch--which is unlikely. What is odd is that under the new rule, Massa wins 2008 because he came away with 5 GP wins to Hamilton's 4. Hmmmm--was Ferrari behind this rule change? Or did the FIA reach a concensus (sp??) that "most win" rule is the way it "should be" in sports? I don't see anyone clinching early on like Schumi used to do. The grid is too competitive right now, which is a good thing.
Mar 17, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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You should join up. See the sticky in this sub forum. It is free and really easy to play. We would love to have you in the league!