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[McLaren Fan]

It's interesting how Ecclestone is taking about what's good for the fans now. Our views weren't too important when he was axing off the calendar good circuits.

[8-ball]

Bernie Eccelstone's opinion is worthless.

[Gaz]

It's interesting how Ecclestone is taking about what's good for the fans now. Our views weren't too important when he was axing off the calendar good circuits.

just an excuse to get it though the guy is all about sponsors and the coperate side.

he needs to realise the fan's make F1 not the sponsors

[prozac26]

That tottaly sucks! how are the lower teams supposed to achieve anything! bull if anything they should change it so the top 10 places get points..

I agree, but points for 10 drivers seems too much to be.

The teams with most money will finish on podium all the time, and no one else will ever get points. This point system is good.

[7UpJordan]

It's interesting how Ecclestone is taking about what's good for the fans now. Our views weren't too important when he was axing off the calendar good circuits.

just an excuse to get it though the guy is all about sponsors and the coperate side.

he needs to realise the fan's make F1 not the sponsors

Yeah, its just unfathomable as to why he can't see this blatantly obvious fact. I wonder if it's anything to do with his glasses? Maybe he should have gone to Specsavers.

[cap-dude]

It also means drivers get no reward for driving back through the feild. I mean, can you honestly say Massa's silverstone drive last year didn't deserve anything. Would sutil have not deserved something for 4th in monaco, would Sato not have deserved something for 6th in Canada.
Its blatant stupid idea. The current points system works in the majority of racing series. Don't fix whats clearly not broken.

[formula1man]

This is what it would look like if we kept the old points system.
Hamilton................78
Massa...................73
Kubica..................50
Raikkonen..............52
Heidfeld................38
Alonso..................37
Kovalainen.............34

So as you can see Massa would only be 5 points behind and a one-two for ferrari would secure the title.

As for the medals idea. its stupid.

[FerrariFan63]

Bernie's scheme would have had the two drivers fighting for the win this year. But if it was put into action, then there'd surely be years where we had two races left, but one drive has three more "golds" than another. In other words, it would be a remarkably short sighted scheme.

If they want to artificially increase the excitement, and guarantee to have close championship races near the end of the year, what they can do is this:

Take a leaf out of qualifying's book. Basically, divide the year up into three sections. The season progresses up to the end of the first third as per normal. Then at the end of the first third, the top 13 drivers are kept in the championship, and the remaining drivers are knocked out, and for the rest of the year compete among themselves for the lower positions. The top 13 drivers continue competing for the championship, but all points are reset to zero. Then after the next third, another 7 drivers are knocked out, and all points for the top 13 drivers are reset to zero. With three races to go, only the top 4 are allowed to stay in the championship, and three more are ejected to fight among themselves. So, with three races to go, you have four drivers tied for the championship.

There would be excitement throughout the year, as with a scores equalised with three races to go, there'd be a fair chance of a tie, requiring a count-back of wins, 2nd places, etc., to decide the winner. So even if Hamilton and Massa would be fairly safe to cruise through the first "weeding out" of drivers, they need to build up a collection of wins in case of this eventuality. You'd also have desperate battles and desperate moves further down the field as drivers try to avoid being weeded out.

I post this with the intention of satirising Ecclestone, not as something I'd like to see happen.

[McLaren Fan]

I post this with the intention of satirising Ecclestone, not as something I'd like to see happen.

Just as bloody well. You scared the s*** out of me!

[Gaz]

It's interesting how Ecclestone is taking about what's good for the fans now. Our views weren't too important when he was axing off the calendar good circuits.

just an excuse to get it though the guy is all about sponsors and the coperate side.

he needs to realise the fan's make F1 not the sponsors

Yeah, its just unfathomable as to why he can't see this blatantly obvious fact. I wonder if it's anything to do with his glasses? Maybe he should have gone to Specsavers.

To be fair if he wants to see more racing and make F1 more exciting then he needs to stop the FIA taking wins away from Hamilton because lets say that occours again hamilton's not going to over take after the chicane so we'll get to watch him follow kimi around for abit drivers will just take less risks for fear of being punished.

[McLaren Fan]

Well, not just Hamilton. At the minute, Formula One is over-regulated, a lot of poor precedents have been set, rulings are inconsistent, there are too many grey areas in the regulations and there is room for political maneuvering. All of these are not good for teams, drivers and fans, and are getting the sport a very bad name.

[big ron]

I think Bernie's memory is fading fast. The reason we came awau from the old points system is because there wasn't enough of a spread throughout the field and the title was decided early in the season. This would just amplify the problem. BE/MM want to be able to change the rule as they go along so they can have the big money decider in the last race.

It's hardly a secret that the easiest way to help the small independant teams financially is to cut the FIA/FOM profits. We don't need a standard engine, just standard rules and profit sharing.

[McLaren Fan]

I think Bernie's memory is fading fast. The reason we came awau from the old points system is because there wasn't enough of a spread throughout the field and the title was decided early in the season. This would just amplify the problem. BE/MM want to be able to change the rule as they go along so they can have the big money decider in the last race.

It's hardly a secret that the easiest way to help the small independant teams financially is to cut the FIA/FOM profits. We don't need a standard engine, just standard rules and profit sharing.

The FIA claims to be non-profit, but I can't help but feel that some of their costs are just too high. The FOM has always been a joke, not just for teams, but for the tracks as well. So, I agree with you. There are a number of ways smaller teams can be helped without resorting to standard engines.

[lcplcombat]

It would mean that if driver A finished 2nd in every race and driver B only drove in one race and won it then Driver B would finish ahead of driver A in the WDC.

[dant]

This idea is totally shocking, if it ever comes into play it would only be for one season because the teams would kick up a right fuss.