Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali has told Italian newspaper La Stampa that the points system could be revised again, this time with pole position and fastest lap set to be awarded points. Domenicali said:
“We wait for the decisions of the Sporting Working Group (SWG) of the FIA, which will meet in January to approve new rules.
“Scores are likely to be revised: there is the proposal to reward the pole position and fastest lap in the race.”
There have already been drastic changes made to the F1 points system for next year, due to the increase in participating teams. The race winner will get 25 points instead of 10, with 20 for second and 15 for third. The remaining points have been allocated 10-8-6-5-3-2-1.
I hope this doesn’t happen. Most drivers win from poloe so isn’t starting at the front reward enough? If fastest laps are given points then if the championship leader only needs one point in the race he could just set the flap and that’s it, race over (it will be more difficult to do with new rule changes but could still happen).
Yeah, it’s like rewarding the big boys twice.