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[Pirleli]

After Mercedes took the front row today, and the subsequent majority of the F1 fans saying that they would immediately drop back out of contention in the race (like me ), I immediately reminded myself of a conversation a friend of mine had on a similar topic, this time when Rosberg took pole in Bahrain. He was complaining that everyone is so obsessed with pole position, considering that since the tires wear out so easily, he thought it was better to preserve tires and start the race on a fresh pair rather than cook the tires and start with used tires on pole position. Although we still haven't agreed on that front, he had a suggestion that, he claimed, would solve the problem entirely - 5 or so points for pole position. That way, he thought, more people would aim for the points and be more competitive, he thought. (He also suggested giving about 2 points for fastest lap to compensate those who end the race on fresh tires since their strategies backfired.) I'm still undecided on that front, but I think it raises a good question: Should there be points awarded for fastest lap and/or pole position?

[What's Burning?]

I think fast lap is all circumstantial and somewhat meaningless really. As long as it's only one point for pole, I'm okay with that and would certainly make Saturday and the last 3 minutes of Q3 more interesting.

[andrew]

No points for fastest laps and no points for pole. Both are far too circumstantial to warrant points.

But the way F1 is going, points for these can't be too far off.

[vaptin]

I say no to both, I like the final race positions being the main event, its a single standard to judge points on, everything else is designed to affect that outcome, I think that is the more interesting setup.

[LewEngBridewell]

Nah, I like the way things are now.

How points for pole would it be, just out of interest? It can't be just 1, that's hardly worth anything these days...

[spankyham]

No

[stonemonkey]

I've nothing against there being some form of recognition for it but not points.

[1Lemon]

I've nothing against there being some form of recognition for it but not points.

A special pole sitters Crown?

[andrew]

I've nothing against there being some form of recognition for it but not points.

A special pole sitters Crown?

The pole sitter gets a nudie grid girl.

[Hammer278]

Points for overtakes at NON-DRS zones. Now that'd liven things up a bit.

[Jabberwocky]

Points for overtakes at NON-DRS zones. Now that'd liven things up a bit.

that could be abused

[Jabberwocky]

How about the same number of points for a saturday and sunday?

[RyRy]

2 points for fastest lap if you're in the top 10 drivers. If you're out of the top ten then it doesn't count, goes to next fastest.
2 points for pole position, 5 for a front row lockout (2.5 each). Extra point if you're fastest in all three qualifying rounds, extra 3 points if you lockout front row in all three qualifying rounds.
2 points if you're fastest in all three practice sessions
Extra 15 points if you're fastest if every every single session of the weekend including all the qualifying rounds.

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[racechick]

Pole yes, fastest lap no. Fastest lap is just about who pits latest for the lat se new tyres these days.

[Hammer278]

2 points for fastest lap if you're in the top 10 drivers. If you're out of the top ten then it doesn't count, goes to next fastest.
2 points for pole position, 5 for a front row lockout (2.5 each). Extra point if you're fastest in all three qualifying rounds, extra 3 points if you lockout front row in all three qualifying rounds.
2 points if you're fastest in all three practice sessions
Extra 15 points if you're fastest if every every single session of the weekend including all the qualifying rounds.

Sent from my Nexus 10

We'd have to run a regression analysis on our excel spreadsheets to keep up with this.