FIA introduces new WRC points allocation

[Dangerous]

FIA introduces new WRC points allocation
Motorsport's governing body, the FIA, has modified the championship points system used in the World Rally Championship, so that more finishers in a rally are awarded points.

Under the new system, which will come into force this week in Sweden, points will be allocated to the top 10 finishers (rather than the previous system's eight) according to the following scale:

1st: 25 points
2nd: 18 points
3rd: 15 points
4th: 12 points
5th: 10 points
6th: 8 points
7th: 6 points
8th: 4 points
9th: 2 points
10th: 1 point

The decision to adopt the system was taken on 9 February, after the FIA put the matter to a fax vote of competitors. It was also approved by the members of the World Motor Sport Council.

Even though more points are available under the new system, with 25 awarded for first place rather than 10, it would not have altered the 2009 drivers' championship classification had it been introduced last year.

Here's how the 2009 season would have looked with the 2010 system points shown in brackets.

1. Loeb 93 (229)
2. Hirvonen 92 (220)
3. Sordo 64 (151)
4. Latvala 41 (104)
5. P Solberg 35 (86)
6. H Solberg 33 (86)
7. Wilson 28 (76)
8. Ogier 24 (61)
9. Villagra 16 (44)
10. Rautenbach 9 (36)

http://www.wrc.com/jsp/index.jsp?lnk=101&id=6843&desc=FIA+introduces+new+WRC+points+allocation

 

[SilverTongue]

The only difference I can see it making is the champion winning by a bigger margin as shown by the 2009 result with Loeb originally winning by 1 point but instead would have been 9 points.

Not sure I'm keen on it tbh

 

[Malt_Vinegar]

applying new points systems to old seasons is pointless (haha!)

Had the system been in place, people would have raced differently when in certain positions due to the points on offer.

I think shaking up points systems to make wins and higher positions more valuable can often be a decent way of changing the dynamic of a sport.

In this instance, it also increased the value of the positions 9-10.. So more points to race for lower down the order.

 

[englishpremier]

Is WRC televised this year?

I used to love watching highlights of the stages

 

[GeX]

it's been televised for years ?

 

[MagicBoy]

Is WRC televised this year?

I used to love watching highlights of the stages

Yes, on Dave. Problem is it's the stock coverage from ISC which is utterly terrible with a bloke from Dave presenting. It's not a patch on the coverage that Channel 4 did a few years back, or even the stock coverage from the local broadcasters in the late 80s.

 

[englishpremier]

Doh.

When i used to watch rally, it had the likes of Subaru, Mitsubishi, Ford, Toyota, Fiat, Renault etc.. in.

Just read up on wiki it seems completely different now. Only 5 teams, and most seem like privateers.