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[EwanM]

I prefer the FOTA system.

I agre with that. As you rightly pointed out, 88-91 wasn't the only time drop scores was used, but at least the title battles were kept alive then.
Now... well god knows how it'll pan out.

[darwin dali]

Now... well god knows how it'll pan out.

Sorry to disappoint - I don't know either...

[EwanM]

Maybe you should run for FIA president DD?

[darwin dali]

Maybe you should run for FIA president DD?

Would they allow trysexuals? On second thought - they have that hooker spanked scandal ridden dud, I'd be a vast improvement

[texasmr2]

I am all for this decision.

[Monzilla]

I think the is a lot of over reaction here! Drivers will still be racing to win. The midfield will still be racing for points and the back field will be racing to get a point or two. Points mean prizes! (What do points mean?)
The situation where a driver wins the WDC by one point will not occur. Some teams will not be able to contest every point awarded in order to skew the WDC in their favour because straight wins are needed. Being sent to the back of the grid for being naughty will mean more. Lets celebrate the fact we have twenty cars on the grid, Slicks are back with a less downforce orientated car. ( Still not sure about that massive front wing though!)

[FerrariFan63]

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On a final note, I would really like to find out who were the participants of the FIA’s market research. Surely they haven’t been watching the same Formula One as we have?

Here they are:

[Jamie]

This may bring some clean driving? some rage will be brought to the track.
Also more disputes? but it will kick certain drivers into gear....

-VB

[emma]

What. The. f***.
I don't like the fact that there will only be a couple of drivers who have a realistic chance of winning the championship. I really don't like the idea that the championship could be decided not much more than halfway through the season...

Let's hope that this is just one big publicity stunt to get people talking about F1 in the run-up to the first race *finger crossed*.

[Jamie]

There trying to improve the sport....
Bottoms up....

-VB

[Martin]

What do you reckon about the new rule that the driver with the most race wins wins the WDC even if he does not have the most points?

don't like it personally, and is it just a coincidence that, if this had been the rule last year then Massa / Ferrari would have won. Of course, it could work against Ferrari, or any team / driver this year, but it does seem too much of a coincidence to me. Will it make for better racing? - I don't think so, every driver is there to win if he can and if the FIA will let them. So what is it for Bernie?

[Frosty]

There trying to improve the sport....
Bottoms up....

-VB

More like destroy it!

[irons_4_ever]

were everyone getting this idea from, that the drivers well pick there own number

[zurich_allan]

Obviously I'm going against the grain here, but I genuinely don't see the problem the more I think about it. I have to admit that my first reaction was similar to most here (i.e. that it was a ridiculous idea), but think about it.

A lot are saying; 'The title could be decided by just over half way through the season'.... well, no it couldn't, unless one team utterly dominates a la McLaren 1988 or Ferrari 2004. And even if one team DID dominate like that, it wouldn't make ANY difference if the championship was decided purely on points (as previously) or on race wins (as the new system) - the result WOULD STILL BE THE SAME!! That dominant team would STILL be the only one that would win the title unless there was the biggest turnaround of a team in the sports' history.

If the field is fairly even between two or three teams then potentially there could be two or three drivers still in the title hunt late in the season so long as each of them has won at least two or maybe three races. In fact, potentially there could be MORE people in the hunt than there are at present. Think about it - last season Alonso managed to get back to back wins at a stage in the season where Hamilton and Massa only had around 4 / 5 wins each. with only a few races left in the season, under the new system a driver could potentially catapult themselves into contention with a late surge, or with good development of the car through the season. That couldn't happen under the present system, so upper mid-grid teams such as BMW, Red Bull and Renault may have MORE incentive in the middle of a season to keep working on their present cars rather than giving up and moving onto 2010... Oh, and to say that lower constructors have nothing to fight for doesn't make any sense either, as by that argument, they don't have anything to fight for at present either. Once again - IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE!

I could go on, but I'm sure people wouldn't be bothered reading much lengthier than what I've just written. I just wish people would stop spouting out kneejerk reactions; it's called resistance to change, and it doesn't really make any sense...

[shani182]

The FIA is ruining formula one.

This is absolute bull s h i t

I hate all these new rules.