Remember when first place used to be 9 points? 9, 6 ,4 ,3 ,2 ,1?
Then it went to 10 ,6 ,4, 3 ,2, 1?

Now they award points all the way down to 8th? 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

I think they need to award maybe 11 for a win or even 12. Make a win worth it again.

It's getting to be like NASCAR, where everyone gets points for everything, and you can circle around every race in 13th place and still win the championship.

I thought the 10-6-4-3-2-1 was the best system.

I like seeing more points awarded down the field, it allows for smaller teams to earn some money, but I would like to see a greater bonus for winning a race over second place.

Whatever the point system is, it should be set up so that a driver who has an early lead can sandbag the rest of the year and still win the championship.
Right now you would not find a lot of people who would argue that Kimi has been the quickest driver, yet Fernando has a good lead. If there were a greater disparity between first and second, then the drivers would continually try to achieve a win. In listening to Fernando he is just worried about protecting his lead, which is not the way a championship should be won, in my opinion.

The problem with a bigger disparrity in the points would be: you would have drivers have the championship locked up earlier in the season. SO after 13 or 14 races there would be no more race for the championship. I think it is better when things are closer to the end of the season. Imagine last year Michael might have won the championship less than half way into the season. I think they should award points for sitting on the pole.

Yes they should go back to the old system . A win should mean a lot more than just 2 points over second place. The changed it when Ferrari started walking over everyone early making it impossible for anyone to catch up. Doesn't matter anyway Mclaren is cursed and Alonso is destined to win the Championship.

Point desparity can certainly work both ways. Alonso has been very consistent during the second half of the season, and has scored five second places, but he has not been winning. Kimi has been working his ass off winning three of the last four races and is still 25 championship points behind Alonso. This is due to the close points between a win and second place.
Fernando is an excellent driver and deserves plenty of credit for his accomplishments, but I would rather see Flavio and Renault being pushed. What's the difference between a Ferrari runaway and watching Renualt continually racing in the shadows to wrap up the championship. Either way you know its a huge longshot for anyone else to catch up, and watching the races and subsequent championship presentation is all but a formality. The broadcasters are trying to place the championship up, but who are they or anyone else kidding?
When Damon and Schumi raced for the title neither team held anything back. They couldn't. Every race counted. That's what, in my opinion, makes racing great.

I agree that the spread between first and second should be greater than two points. Three, at a minimum. I have no issue with awarding points through 8th place.

I think that a point should be awarded for clinching pole position during qualifying.

I think that a point should be awarded for clinching pole position during qualifying.

This would bring some different strategies in...we might see mid-pack teams run very light and pit in the first few laps to get that point. It would make things a bit more interesting.

I think that a point should be awarded for clinching pole position during qualifying.

Interesting idea, although a lot of people would probably pull what toyota did at the US gp; run a car so damn light it can barely make it through one more lap just to get on pole.

Interesting idea, although a lot of people would probably pull what toyota did at the US gp; run a car so damn light it can barely make it through one more lap just to get on pole.

But that is the thing about F1 that is so much better than IndyCar and NASCAR. Strategy and secrecy.

This would bring some different strategies in...we might see mid-pack teams run very light and pit in the first few laps to get that point. It would make things a bit more interesting.

Agreed, but think how a mid pack runner would slow down the front runners and make them run in a tighter group for the first ten laps or so. That would be much more exciting than watching the front three or four cars pull away after the first lap.

Agreed, but think how a mid pack runner would slow down the front runners and make them run in a tighter group for the first ten laps or so. That would be much more exciting than watching the front three or four cars pull away after the first lap.

Right...that's what I was trying to say :)

I'm sold on the idea someone propostion the FIA.

I'm sold on the idea someone propostion the FIA.

FIA is the first 3 letters of FIAsco. Bernie's lap dog :mad