Formula One groups will convene on Thursday to contemplate a proposal to broaden the points-scoring positions from tenth to twelfth place beginning subsequent season.
An FIA spokesperson confirmed that the proposal is on the agenda for the digital F1 fee assembly, which incorporates the governing FIA and the business rights holder.
Approval requires assist from six of the ten groups, and whereas additional dialogue is anticipated, some bigger groups have signaled they won’t oppose the proposal.
“It feels like there are two groups in Formula One at the moment. The teams from 6-10 are in as hard a fight as 1-5,” mentioned Christian Horner, the boss of champions Red Bull, after final weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.
“It’s one of those things where you’ve just got to run the numbers and look at the analytics to say what would it actually change? I’m impartial to it unless of course you’re paying points money.”
The present scoring system, in place since 2010, awards factors to the highest 10 solely in a 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 sequence. The proposal would change that to 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 sequence.
Until 2003, solely the highest six scored factors.
After 5 races this season, three groups have but to attain whereas Red Bull-owned RB have managed solely seven factors and Haas 5.
The high half are in a league of their very own, with dominant Red Bull on 195 already and even fifth-placed Aston Martin on 40.
If the factors have been handed out to eleventh and twelfth finishers, each workforce would have scored with Sauber and Renault-owned Alpine each on two and Williams on 5.
“I’m not against,” Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur, who was beforehand at Sauber when that outfit raced as Alfa Romeo, instructed reporters.
“I perfectly understand sometimes the frustration that you are doing a mega weekend but if there is no DNF (retirement) in front of you then you finish P11 and the reward is zero.”
Laurent Mekies, the RB workforce principal, instructed www.autosport.com that the present scenario was onerous to elucidate to sponsors.
“If you look at the level of competitiveness of the top five teams and the reliability level of the cars, it means that most of the race you’re battling theoretically for zero points, and we don’t think this is right,” he mentioned.
Haas’s Ayao Komatsu noticed no draw back. “Currently, we have three teams with zero points and I don’t think that’s good for the sport,” he mentioned.
Drivers have been divided on the matter, with some pointing to the particular feeling of ending within the high 10 and others searching for extra radical motion.
“Maybe give points to everyone,” mentioned Haas’s Kevin Magnussen. “50 points to P1 and then spread it out. It won’t change anything at the top, but would make the races more interesting for the bottom five.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
