Double Points in the Final Race

[FB]

This smacks of a similar over reaction to when rugby union increased the points for a try to 7 in an attempt to get teams to try and score more tries. It made **** all difference as the defending team defended even harder to make sure the attacking team couldn't score. SNAFU at the FIA, what a bunch of knobs.

9-6-4-3-2-1 please and share the prize money with every team who have the courage (and bottomless pit of cash) to manage a season in F1.

 

[Mezzer]

One thing has just hit me, I'm surprised that the teams were in favor of this as it means that they potentially need to keep on developing the car even at the end of the year. Perhaps that's not such a big deal if reg changes are going to be minimized over the next couple of years (?).

 

[Fenderman]

Lotus have some ideas on the rule changes. I haven't noticed this being posted already bit apologies if it has ...

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/11/lotus-suggests-rule-changes-f1/

 

[Mephistopheles]

That doughnut idea was put forward my my mate gethinceri I believe but his version used pork pies the plagiaristic bastards

 

[Mephistopheles]

I'm sorry but I just can't bring myself to spell doughnuts as donuts, you see the thing is they are made from "dough" hence the spelling "doughnuts" FFS unless Americans make theirs from "do".

 

[sushifiesta]

Well, I don't think anyone makes there's with nuts either. Doughnaughts maybe?

 

[gethinceri]

When I worked in a bakery one of my favourite jobs was jamming the doughnuts, it's not an euphemism.
I also made cock and boob loaves.
Those were the days!

 

[Mephistopheles]

Were they Bob Marley doughnuts.?

 

[gethinceri]

No, they went of their own accord.

 

[Mephistopheles]

 

[teabagyokel]

Sniff are, as usual, on the ball:

http://sniffpetrol.com/2013/12/11/those-rejected-f1-rule-changes-in-full-2/

 

[Brogan]

Almost as good as the Lotus team's rules...

 

[Blog Zbod]

Why stop at half-measures? In for a penny, in for a pound, that's what I always say. Make every win after the opener worth 2x as many points as the one before it. That would make a win in the final race of a 20-race season worth 13,107,200 points. That's quite an incentive, if you ask me,.

 

[GeoffP]

Ah 13,107,200 aka a "Bernie"

 

[Mephistopheles]

But then you would have some driver or other celebrating being the highest points scorer of all time and then his head wouldn't fit into his helmet...

 

[Greenlantern101]

I am now 100% behind the double points rule, Eddie Irvine has said he is having nothing to do with F1 because of it

http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/1...ouble-points-at-the-season-finale-as-insanity

 

[teabagyokel]

Greenlantern101 - Don't get too excited, Irvine having a New Year's Resolution not to spew forth at any given camera is like any other good January 6th NYR.

 

[gethinceri]

Sky gave him a programme in their "Legends" series.
he's not a legend, he's a ****ing ****.

 

[RasputinLives]

He's not a legend, he's a very naughty boy.

(I actually think he talked some sense in that interview though for like the first time ever)

 

[Bill Boddy]

Why is the idea limited to only one race in the year? Why not have a sliding scale so that the winner of the first race gets all three points available, then the next race the second gets some as well. This could then go through the whole season culminating in the grand finale which is one of the only two races you need to win.