Comments on: Places not points revisited http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/ 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/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-12752 Simon Stiel Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:19:15 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/#comment-12752 Sorry to keep badgering you but some drivers have not focussed on just winning. Alain Prost was named The Professor and Niki Lauda was likened to a computer for their consistency rather than just focussing on winning. Michael Schumacher's drive to second in Spain in 1994 despite being stuck in fifth gear has been described as brilliant as any of his victories. It's an interesting proposal and it should be discussed but I feel it would devalue efforts like Schumacher's in my opinion Thanks, and keep up the good work! Sorry to keep badgering you but some drivers have not focussed on just winning. Alain Prost was named The Professor and Niki Lauda was likened to a computer for their consistency rather than just focussing on winning. Michael Schumacher’s drive to second in Spain in 1994 despite being stuck in fifth gear has been described as brilliant as any of his victories. It’s an interesting proposal and it should be discussed but I feel it would devalue efforts like Schumacher’s in my opinion

Thanks, and keep up the good work!

]]> By: Simon Stiel http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-12749 Simon Stiel Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:17:28 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/#comment-12749 Would you be in favour in rewarding drivers a point for fastest lap? Nico Rosberg drove the fastest lap on his debut in Bahrain but wasn't rewarded for it and neither was Michael Schumacher in his final race. Would you be in favour in rewarding drivers a point for fastest lap? Nico Rosberg drove the fastest lap on his debut in Bahrain but wasn’t rewarded for it and neither was Michael Schumacher in his final race.

]]> By: Keith Collantine http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-11085 Keith Collantine Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:52:07 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/#comment-11085 My point of view is that it should be as simple as possible. Starting from scratch, if you're going to have 18 races to determine who is World Champion, what's the best way of doing it? I would say it is to see whoever does best in all of the races, i.e. whoever gets the 'most best finishes. The IRL is an interesting case - they give points for most laps led and other things. But at the end of the year that was all irrelevant - it came down to which driver won the most races. Raxing at its most fundamental is about winning: 'second place is the first loser'. Making championships about who does the most winnins makes perfect sense. My point of view is that it should be as simple as possible.

Starting from scratch, if you’re going to have 18 races to determine who is World Champion, what’s the best way of doing it? I would say it is to see whoever does best in all of the races, i.e. whoever gets the ‘most best finishes.

The IRL is an interesting case – they give points for most laps led and other things. But at the end of the year that was all irrelevant – it came down to which driver won the most races.

Raxing at its most fundamental is about winning: ‘second place is the first loser’. Making championships about who does the most winnins makes perfect sense.

]]> By: Simon Stiel http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-11068 Simon Stiel Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:52:48 +0000 http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2006/10/12/places-not-points-revisited/#comment-11068 Another point Keith. There have been some instances where drivers have inherited the win on the very last lap due to the leader suffering a problem no fault of their own. Damon Hill in Hungary 1997 and Mika Hakkinen in Spain 2001 spring into mind. Would you be in favour of awarding points for the most laps led as is the practice in IRL? This year it was a fight to the finish between Sam Hornish Jnr and Dan Wheldon. Another point Keith. There have been some instances where drivers have inherited the win on the very last lap due to the leader suffering a problem no fault of their own. Damon Hill in Hungary 1997 and Mika Hakkinen in Spain 2001 spring into mind. Would you be in favour of awarding points for the most laps led as is the practice in IRL? This year it was a fight to the finish between Sam Hornish Jnr and Dan Wheldon.

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