Comments on: Prizes for places, not points http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/07/prizes-for-places-not-points/ F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog with F1 news, pictures, video, comment and analysis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon Stiel http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/07/prizes-for-places-not-points/comment-page-1/#comment-10989 Simon Stiel Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/07/prizes-for-places-not-points/#comment-10989 Keith You have an excellent idea to replace the current points system. Would it make it better to have a point for fastest lap as what was done until 1960? Nico Rosberg set fastest lap in Bahrain but wasn't rewarded. Also earlier this year, Max Mosley alluded to a promotion scheme were F1 teams that perform under-par are relegated to GP2 while GP2 teams are promoted. With low-costs being promoted that seems a feasible idea. What do you think? Keith

You have an excellent idea to replace the current points system. Would it make it better to have a point for fastest lap as what was done until 1960? Nico Rosberg set fastest lap in Bahrain but wasn’t rewarded. Also earlier this year, Max Mosley alluded to a promotion scheme were F1 teams that perform under-par are relegated to GP2 while GP2 teams are promoted. With low-costs being promoted that seems a feasible idea. What do you think?

]]> By: jtm http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/07/prizes-for-places-not-points/comment-page-1/#comment-9040 jtm Mon, 09 Oct 2006 01:05:47 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/07/prizes-for-places-not-points/#comment-9040 Such a scoring system wouldn't punish an unreliable car enough. Alonso and Kimi each had 7 wins in '05, but were nowhere close in points because the McLaren wasn't reliable (Alonso would win on 2nd place finishes 5-3, however). I'm a Kimi fan, but there is no way the championship should have been that close last year. It's a team sport, and one way to measure that is by how well the team can put together a car. Such a scoring system wouldn’t punish an unreliable car enough. Alonso and Kimi each had 7 wins in ’05, but were nowhere close in points because the McLaren wasn’t reliable (Alonso would win on 2nd place finishes 5-3, however). I’m a Kimi fan, but there is no way the championship should have been that close last year. It’s a team sport, and one way to measure that is by how well the team can put together a car.

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