Double Points @ Final Race

[ChrisF1]

BBC Sport just tweeted this, what a load of rubbish. This is such a gimmick, makes a joke of the sport.

Thoughts?

Apologies if there is a thread already.

[FrukostScones]

• Points for the last race

Double drivers’ and constructors’ points will be awarded at the final race of the Formula One season in order to maximise focus on the Championship until the end of the campaign.

These changes are immediately applicable, given the mandate assigned to the FIA President at the last World Motor Sport Council meeting, held on 4 December in Paris.

FIA Formula One Press Office

are they f*cking serious!

[ChrisF1]

http://www.f1technical.net/news/19022

Can't believe the teams agreed to this. Looking back, it would have killed the 2008, 2010 and 2012 Championship battles.

[FrukostScones]

http://www.f1technical.net/news/19022

Can't believe the teams agreed to this. Looking back, it would have killed the 2008, 2010 and 2012 Championship battles.

this is the ultimate f*ck up

2014 so much uncertainty and now this shocker, what are they thinking....

This opens a lot possibilities, like MAL wins Abu Dhabi and is champion with one win!

[oT v1]

So they expect the field to be too polarised at the start? this just hurts teams that just get it right over the winter and favours the development powerhouses...

[antiuser]

This reeks of Bernie's stupid gimmick ideas like making the track artificially wet or awarding medals to the drivers instead of points... it's sad because, with all the mechanical, tech and aero changes for the cars, 2014 would've been a perfect year to sort of push the reset button on some of the regulations designed to create artificial competitiveness. Why not do away with the mandatory tyre changes? If a driver feels comfortable enough in their skills to nurse the same set of tyres until the end of the race, or if a team happens upon a setup that works better with only one compound, why not just let them do it? And with the extended KERS, why not do away with DRS? It seems the cars won't be so aero-heavy anyway that the turbulence at the rear should be reduced... but now I'm just getting into daydream territory anyway.

[SectorOne]

Silly idea to have double points.

[Shakeman]

How long before Bernie's "Short Cut" idea gets voted?

Maybe each driver should be given 100 gold tokens to decide on how their cars are upgraded during the season?

[Holm86]

This sounds retarded. Double points?? Why should a DNF in the last race be that expensive?

What will be the next?? Facebook polls on which driver should receive a 50 points bonus half way through season??

[Holm86]

How long before Bernie's "Short Cut" idea gets voted?

Maybe each driver should be given 100 gold tokens to decide on how their cars are upgraded during the season?

Or his idea of sprinklers popping up random places during a race.

[timbo]

Wow, and this thing was never even mentioned before!
And I don't like numbers per driver either.
Are they taking pages from NASCAR book? Do we get a "chase" sometime soon?
Ridiculous!

[Mika1]

This is ridiculous, our beautiful sport will become one big joke. What's next? A sprinkler system?

[Burgess]

This reeks of Bernie's stupid gimmick ideas like making the track artificially wet or awarding medals to the drivers instead of points... it's sad because, with all the mechanical, tech and aero changes for the cars, 2014 would've been a perfect year to sort of push the reset button on some of the regulations designed to create artificial competitiveness. Why not do away with the mandatory tyre changes? If a driver feels comfortable enough in their skills to nurse the same set of tyres until the end of the race, or if a team happens upon a setup that works better with only one compound, why not just let them do it? And with the extended KERS, why not do away with DRS? It seems the cars won't be so aero-heavy anyway that the turbulence at the rear should be reduced... but now I'm just getting into daydream territory anyway.

KERS next year isn't a button like it is now. Also a narrower front wing will make the cars less effective in turbulence (but there will be less so presumably it'll balance out)

[Sebp]

What an ish-load of bollocks is all I can say to this!!!

I hope this is a joke!
Can't we start some sort of fan petition here and now to stop this crap?
This is even worse than that idea of awarding medals to the top threee drivers.
I can't believe it...

[timbo]

Can't we start some sort of fan petition here and now to stop this crap?

A good idea!