The FIA World Motor Sport Council has accepted the proposal put forward by Formula One Management to award the Drivers’ World 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 Formula One Teams’ Association's proposal to change the points awarded to drivers finishing in first, second and third place to 12, 9 and 7 points respectively.
Should the new format have been in place last year, then Felipe Massa and not Lewis Hamilton would have won the title by virtue of the Brazilian having scored six wins to his rival's five.
My take... is that wouldn't this allocation neglect the reliability of car along with driver's consistency?
I just have to wonder out loud here, if Massa is the champ last year having won 6 races but DNF the rest of the 12 races, will he be considered 'worthy' ?
Not saying Hamilton is worthy and Massa not... but will we see top teams
pulling their cars in once they feel they are out of the reckoning for race win?
All in all, just hope this will get us more exciting races
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