Formula 1’s scoring system is to be overhauled to award points to the top 10 finishers in each grand prix from next season.
The change – prompted by the expanded grid of 13 teams that will participate in the 2010 world championship – was agreed at Thursday’s meeting of the Formula 1 Commission, a body which comprises key stakeholders from F1 teams, promoters, suppliers and sponsors, and subsequently ratified at a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Monaco on Friday.
The new scoring system will award 25 points to the winner of a GP, 20 points to the second place finisher, 15 for third, 10 for fourth, 8 for fifth, 6 for sixth, 5 for seventh, 3 for eighth, 2 for ninth and a single point for 10th place.
Although Bernie Ecclestone and others have argued that there needs to be a greater reward for winning in F1, the revised points system maintains the existing relative differential between the top three finishers (25-20-15 being equivalent to 10-8-6), while increasing the gap between third and the non-podium places.
The shake-up of the points system is the first since the 2003 season when, in the wake of Michael Schumacher clinching the world title in record time the previous year, the points gap between first and second place was decreased from four to two and points given to the top eight finishers in a race. The Commission also gave a “strong mandate” to the Sporting Working Group to develop detailed proposals to improve the F1 show, to take effect from next season. It also proposed a number of other amendments to the sporting and technical regulations, as yet unspecified, which were put to the WMSC on Friday.

source[www.itv-f1.com]

 

This looks like its going to suck just as bad as the curent system. I do agree with bernie(first time for everything), there needs to be a greater reward for winning the GP.

 

The old system 10-6-4 was much better - it made a win so much more valuable.

 

I'm actually pretty cool with this.