Now you get points for just turning up…
Another rule change in F1 for 2010 is the points system, there will now be more points available to drivers for winning and there will be points down to tenth place. This rule is very dumb in my opinion, not only will teams get points for essentially “turning up” but all the record books will now be invalid.
Take a driver like Giancarlo Fisichella, a veteran of 14 F1 seasons, he has a total of 275 points to his name. Now Jenson Button last year would have scored 244 pts using the new system, in what was essentially not a dominant year. I don’t really understand what the problem was with 10-6-4-3-2-1. I don’t see the point in rewarding teams that haven’t performed well. The rookies will all have a good chance at scoring points this year too. We’ve had races in the past where less than 10 cars finish so the last points really could go to someone for just driving around for 2 hours, is that fair on all the other drivers who had to wait years for their first points? I don’t hear Alonso moaning that he was at Minardi for year with no hope of scoring.
If they were going to make this rule change surely they should have changed the gap between first and second to make winning more important? This new system – in mind anyway – rewards consistency and appearance more than daring and skill. Perhaps this is why Michael Schumacher is coming back – to give him a chance to defend his points records.
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