- 17 Mar 09, 15:03#94798Source
http://www.itv.com/f1
The 2009 world championship will be won by the driver who scores the most wins after the FIA unexpectedly decided to adopt Bernie Ecclestone’s inspired scheme rather than the tweak to the existing points system favoured by the teams.
Following a meeting of its World Motor Sport Council on Tuesday, Formula 1’s governing body announced the system for deciding the world title would be changed with immediate effect – but that it had rejected the Formula One Teams’ Association's suggestion for how to give greater rewards to race winners.
Instead the world champion will be the driver who scores the most victories during the season, with any tie between two or more drivers to be decided by the existing 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 points system.
Should the new system have been in place last year, then Felipe Massa and not Lewis Hamilton would have won the title due to the Brazilian having scored one more win.
All other positions in the standings will continue to be determined by the current points arrangement, as will the constructors' championship.
“The WMSC accepted the proposal from Formula One Management to award the drivers’ championship to the driver who has won the most races during the season,” an FIA statement read.
“If two or more drivers finish the season with the same number of wins, the title will be awarded to the driver with the most points, the allocation of points being based on the current 10, 8, 6 etc. system.
“The rest of the standings, from second to last place, will be decided by the current points system.
“There is no provision to award medals for first, second or third place.
“The Constructors’ Championship is unaffected.
"The WMSC rejected the alternative proposal from the Formula One Teams’ Association to change the points awarded to drivers finishing in first, second and third place to 12, 9 and 7 points respectively."
FOTA announced earlier this month, as part of its blueprint for the future of the sport, that it wanted to see the points gap between the winner and second place increased by two to three points, with the current scoring system changed to 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1.
That idea, which the body said was devised following feedback from fans, had been expected to be pushed through on Tuesday, after Ecclestone’s earlier medal suggestion had received a lukewarm reaction.
However, while 'medals' will not be introduced as such the theory behind Ecclestone's proposal – that the driver with the most golds/wins should become world champion – has been adopted.
Ecclestone first floated a change to the points system after the end of last season, after Lewis Hamilton only had to race to a fifth place in Brazil to claim the title.
The medals idea had been discussed at the previous WMSC meeting in December, but the FIA put the plan on ice saying the proposals needed to be put to fans first.
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Posted it before i did lol, this seems to be better than the points system i believe, as it would show that if u came second all the time and won by that? that wouldn't be fair when there is a more talented driver that is winning by the amount of races won. Then by theory Lewis would not have been crowned?
lolol , good system or not?
-VB
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for example Spa.. Lewis could have just sat back and took 2nd but no he fought it out for the win with Kimi. on the other hand Massa sat back did nothing and ends up getting the win by default! oh but in this system Massa would be champion.... 
- By darwin dali