There may be a new points system for 2010

[FrankJH]

There used to be 26 cars on the track and only 6 points positions.
That was down to 26 from mid 30's in pre-qualifying at times.

even with budget cuts I would still suggest its more expensive now adays compared to when you are thinking about (and F1 prize fund is much greater) - so therefore more percentage of the grid deserve to get a cut (otherwise stronger teams just get stronger and smaller teams disappear after a few years - where is the incentive to even try and enter F1?)

edit - I like the new scoring system - certainly should push more to try and get 1st instead of 2nd - but as pointed out above the tail end has to be sorted out, as the gaps between the points doesnt really make sense

 

[FrankJH]

For 2009:

pos    actual name                   points actual

1      1      Jenson Button          243    95
2      2      Sebastian Vettel       203    84
3      3      Rubens Barrichello     194    77
4      4      Mark Webber            184    69.5
5      6      Kimi Räikkönen         150    48
6      5      Lewis Hamilton         138    49
7      7      Nico Rosberg           118    34.5
8      9      Fernando Alonso        100    26
9      10     Timo Glock             88     24
10     8      Jarno Trulli           84     32.5
11     13     Nick Heidfeld          79     19
12     11     Felipe Massa           69     22
13     19     Sébastien Bourdais     67     2
14     12     Heikki Kovalainen      49     22
15     16     Sébastien Buemi        45     6
16     14     Robert Kubica          44     17
17     17     Adrian Sutil           41     5
18     15     Giancarlo Fisichella   29     8
19     21     Nelson Piquet, Jr.     26     0
20     18     Kamui Kobayashi        23     3
21     20     Kazuki Nakajima        5      0
22     22     Vitantonio Liuzzi      0      0
23     23     Romain Grosjean        0      0  
24     24     Jaime Alguersuari      0      0
25     25     Luca Badoer            0      0

If anyone wants to do any other years:

=IF(C1=1,25,(IF(C1=2,20,(IF(C1=3,15,(IF(C1=4,10,(IF(C1=5,8,(IF(C1=6,6,(IF(C1=7,5,(IF(C1=8,3,(IF(C1=9,2,(IF(C1=10,1,0)))))))))))))))))))

did you forget the 1/2 points for Malaysia , your projected totals look a little off

 

[Smit]

Sounds good to have big gaps between the 1st 4 places

 

[rpstewart]

Sounds good to have big gaps between the 1st 4 places

But the gaps are no bigger than they are now, the numbers are just bigger. Second will still give 80% of a win and third 60%.

 

[Alex UK]

Been confirmed...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80531

 

[utajoker]

someone want to do 2008 and 2007 since they finished with only 1 point difference?

 

[Duke]

someone want to do 2008 and 2007 since they finished with only 1 point difference?

Why? Never understood what the point in looking back at is. If the points were different before, you never know what a driver may have done extra (or not done - Hamilton last lap crash springs to mind) for the points.

 

[Skeeter]

In effect, this makes no real difference. All they have done is taken the current points, multiplied them all by 2.5 (ish) and freed up a couple more spaces for points at the bottom. The proportional differences are the same, so there is no real difference from current setup. Although I agree, the random 2 point gap in the middle is odd.

 

[rpstewart]

   	2009	%age  	2010	%age
1st     10      100%    25      100%
2nd     8       80%     20      80%
3rd     6       60%     15      60%
4th     5       50%     10      40%
5th     4       40%     8       32%
6th     3       30%     6       24%
7th     2       20%     5       20%
8th     1       10%     3       12%
9th                     2       8%
10th                    1       4%

There's more of an incentive to have a go for third rather than settling for 4th but other than that it's pretty much as you were. They should have taken the opportunity to increase the reward for a win.

 

[Stormrider]

someone want to do 2008 and 2007 since they finished with only 1 point difference?

Taken from:
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80532

2008
Lewis Hamilton 240
Felipe Massa 239

2007
Kimi Raikkonen 271
Lewis Hamilton 270
Fernando Alonso 268

The close finish of 2003 would also have produced the same result, with Michael Schumacher beating Raikkonen 225 to 221.

I might have to check that, I find it hard to believe theres still only a point in it

2008:

	aus	mal	bah	spa	tur	mon	can	fra	gb	ger	hun	eur	bel	ita	sin	jap	chi	bra	tot
Ham	10	4	0	6	8	10	0	0	10	10	4	8	6	2	6	0	10	4	98
	25	8	0	15	20	25	0	1	25	25	8	20	15	5	15		25	8	240
Massa	0	0	10	8	10	6	4	10	0	6	0	10	10	3	0	2	8	10	97
	0	0	25	20	25	15	8	25	0	15	0	25	25	6	0	5	20	25	239

Hamilton gets 1 extra point for 10th in France, and wins by a point

2007:

	aus	mal	bah	spa	mon	can	usa	fra	gb	eur	hun	tur	ita	bel	jap	chi	bra	tot
Kimi	10	6	6	0	1	4	5	10	10	0	8	8	6	10	6	10	10	110
	25	15	15	0	3	8	10	25	25	0	20	20	15	25	15	25	25	271
Ham	6	8	8	8	8	10	10	6	6	0	10	4	8	5	10	0	2	109
	15	20	20	20	20	25	25	15	15	2	25	8	20	10	25	0	5	270
Alonso	8	10	4	6	10	2	8	2	8	10	5	6	10	6	0	8	6	109
	20	25	8	15	25	5	20	5	20	25	10	15	25	15	0	20	15	268

Hamilton gets 2pts for 9th in Europe, Kimi still wins by a point

 

[Lopéz]

Why? Never understood what the point in looking back at is. If the points were different before, you never know what a driver may have done extra (or not done - Hamilton last lap crash springs to mind) for the points.

Exactly - there is no point looking back because those drivers weren't racing under these conditions.

 

[BigglesPiP]

did you forget the 1/2 points for Malaysia , your projected totals look a little off

Probably did, don't really care though.

Exactly - there is no point looking back because those drivers weren't racing under these conditions.

Was thinking this looking back at results, it makes sod all difference. But will it make a difference if they try harder for big points? Or would trying harder have got them the championship on the old points system too?

 

[utajoker]

Why? Never understood what the point in looking back at is. If the points were different before, you never know what a driver may have done extra (or not done - Hamilton last lap crash springs to mind) for the points.

am I not allowed to be curious to see if it would have still been as close?

 

[Duke]

Of course you can if you really want to

 

[Glaucus]

top 3 places should get increasingly bigger gap points.

 

[FrankJH]

top 3 places should get increasingly bigger gap points.

30 - 20 - 15 ....(and then as preposed)?

(from a historical point of view to have the new gap between 1st and 2nd as big as what you would get for a race win in total in previous years looks silly to start with but could work)

Otherwise if you start at 25, 2nd has to be 17/18 and then where do you place 3rd without the gap being too small to be worth the risk /too large to make 7 remaining points finishes all one or two points each (which then makes it hard to race - for risk involved - for the next place in line)

 

[Glaucus]

yeah that would work. Means winning becomes much more essential and that there is big points to be had for overtaking.

 

[Flibster]

BoooiIInnG!
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All change again...

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

It's a little better.

 

[SoliD]

BoooiIInnG!
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All change again...

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

It's a little better.

Definitely better than the one suggested last time! But think the points between 2nd and 3rd needs to be increased by 1.

 

[Witor]

Anyone heard of the top 10 qualifiers having to start on their qualifying tyres too? Not sure if it's approved yet or not.