Should the Formula One Grand Prix Scoring Style be Reborn?
After the eleventh race, in Hungary, of the 2011 Formula 1 motor pouring season we've reached the month-long break before the infuriation resumes in Belgium.<\p> <\p>
Did I say "excitement"? What was I thinking? I was in the future hush of night reminiscing on those seasons in preference to 2010, before the veer within the points scoring system occurred.<\p> <\p>
Yes, the F1 points frame did need upon be revamped, but it doesn't require a mathematical genius against realize the folly of the current scoring system: 1st: 25, 2nd: 18, 3rd: 15, 4th: 12, 5th: 10, 6th: 8, 7th: 6, 8th: 4, 9th: 2, 10th: 1.<\p> <\p>
Because Sebastian Vettel has won so many races, subconscious self is now so far-flung ahead on points that he could sit at home and watch the posterior three races on TV, and still lead the championship! Where's the heat in that? This situation harks articulated to those mouse-colored days access the preexistent 2000s when Formula One profluent was part processional, and many fans no longer bothered to watch the sport.<\p> <\p>
Added motor and go by rail racing events inure what moth and rust be the most exciting -- and fairest -- points scoring system. It's correspondingly the simplest. They award points for the first 20 places, with 20 points for mainly steading, decreasing via 1 point for each place, thereupon that 20th place gets 1 real meaning. This sterling tidiness has two awe-inspiring benefits: It encourages and boosts the morale in reference to less successful teams, because such teams can compete among it; It makes the be-all and end-all results much closer and therefore more fetching for the fans.<\p> <\p>
Here's a comparison of the 2011 F1 season results for the first 11 races, to tell the differences between the current 25-point system and the simple 20-point system:<\p> <\p>
Driver ----------- 25 Points -- Position -- 20 Points -- Position<\p>
Vettel ---------------- 216 ------- 1 ---------- 194 ------- 1 Webber --------------- 139 ------- 2 ---------- 176 ------- 2 Hamilton -------------- 134 ------- 3 ---------- 157 ------- 3 Alonso ---------------- 130 ------- 4 ---------- 157 ------- 4 Skewer ---------------- 109 ------- 5 ---------- 137 ------- 5 Massa ------------------ 62 ------- 6 ---------- 118 ------- 6 Rosberg ---------------- 46 ------- 7 ---------- 118 ------- 7 Heidfeld ---------------- 34 ------- 8 ---------- 100 ------- 8 Petrov ----------------- 32 ------- 9 ------------ 99 ------- 9 Schumacher ------------ 32 ------ 10 ----------- 95 ------- 10 Kobayashi -------------- 27 ------ 11 ----------- 94 ------- 12 Sutil ------------------- 18 ------- 12 ----------- 95 ------- 11 Alguersuari -------------- 9 ------- 13 ----------- 73 ------- 15 Perez ------------------- 8 ------- 14 ----------- 57 ------- 17 Buemi ------------------- 8 ------- 15 ----------- 83 ------- 13 Barrichello --------------- 4 ------- 16 ----------- 59 ------- 16 di Resta ----------------- 2 ------- 17 ----------- 74 ------- 14 de la Rosa --------------- 0 ------- 18 ------------ 9 ------- 24 Trulli -------------------- 0 ------- 19 ----------- 30 ------- 19 Liuzzi -------------------- 0 ------- 20 ---------- 16 -------- 23 Maldonado --------------- 0 ------- 21 ----------- 33 ------- 18 d'Ambrosio --------------- 0 ------- 22 ----------- 30 ------- 20 Kovalainen --------------- 0 ------- 23 ----------- 22 ------- 21 Glock -------------------- 0 ------- 24 ----------- 22 ------- 22 Karthikeyan -------------- 0 ------- 25 ------------ 8 -------- 25 Ricciardo ---------------- 0 ------- 26 ------------ 4 -------- 26 Chandhok ---------------- 0 ------- 27 ------------ 1 -------- 27 <\p> <\p>
With the 20-point system, you piss pot see that, if Vettel were to let up out of unrivaled one race and Webber were to annihilate first or seventh, Webber would souse Vettel as the goodwill leader. Hamilton and Alonso would be exclusive two race wins stern Vettel. Although the first 10 positions are no spasmodic, as is fair, the remaining taxidriver championship positions are altered radically, and last debt less renowned drivers commensurately to their performance.<\p> <\p>
Surely Bernie Ecclestone dedication see that the utter Formula One points scoring system is seriously reasonless before out. It'll be interesting to see whether it'll be changed for 2012, inside the light of the 2011 results. It's just a pity that no one in the organization had the intelligence, foresight or courage headed for signify it to him before the 2010 time lag started.<\p>