F1 Scoring Revamp To Start In 2010

Despite the teams voting to scrap plans to introduce a new scoring system for the upcoming season, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed that the proposals will definitely be implemented in 2010.

Plans to use the system, in which the driver with most wins becomes champion, from 2009 were scrapped at the weekend after the teams expressed their reservations about the proposals.

Ecclestone stated: ‘It will be supported by the FIA and it will be in the regulations, so when the people enter the championship, that’s what the regulation will be.’

Asked if he was disappointed by the decision to ditch the system for this year, he added: ‘Absolutely. If you go to the athletics and look at the 100m you’re not looking at the guy that’s second, you’re looking at the winner.

‘To make any changes when the entries have closed, you have to get a unanimous agreement between all the people that have entered, and it would appear that some of the teams didn’t like the idea.

‘The whole idea is nothing to do with winning the world championship, the idea was to make sure people raced in every race to win, not to be second or third and collect points.’