new points system

imull · 4 Apr 2002, 11:34 (Ref:251715)

apparently (last weks motoring news) Dave Richards want to bring back the old system of points for 1st to 10th places. WHere it used to start at 20 points for a win.

He reckons that with 3 cars per team they should have points for more places. I dont know wheather he mean that all 3 cars can score.

If it does I cant see any change for the minor teams. 3 Ford, Pug, Citroen, and Scooby Lock out all the points. If they do this they have to keep 2 scoring cars as there are plently of privateers that are capable of scoring WRC points...

SJ Spode · 4 Apr 2002, 15:27 (Ref:251836)

Can't see much benefit of this at first glance. Also it will throw it out of line with the other FIA Championships, such as F1

Speedworx · 4 Apr 2002, 17:58 (Ref:251929)

As it wouldn't affect the Teams standings, I think it could be a good idea. Drivers who finish 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th drivers just as hard as the drivers who finish in the top 6. Some may driver slightly harder.

OVERSTEER · 4 Apr 2002, 18:09 (Ref:251948)

Quote:

Originally posted by SJ Spode
Can't see much benefit of this at first glance. Also it will throw it out of line with the other FIA Championships, such as F1

I think that the FIA needs to overhaul the points systems to award points to the top 10 finishes rather than just the Top six. I think Dave Richard's idea is a good one IMO because in the case of F1 it would allow a chance for teams such as Minardi and Arrows to score more points and in the case of Rallying allow teams like Hyundai and Skoda to score more points, and in all cases to make sometimes just finishing important so that keeping your car going even though you might have a problem with it to try and get to the finish to score maybe one or two points that may be crucial at the end of the season.

DAVID PATERSON · 5 Apr 2002, 08:55 (Ref:252529)

It seems ridiculous that rally should have the same pointscore as F1 when you consider that there might be 70 or 80 cars in a rally and just 22 in a GP. Of course the top ten should all get points.

**touringlegend** · 5 Apr 2002, 09:44 (Ref:252549)

Don't know if it applies to WRC, but in F1 those teams who score at least 1 point in the season get a sort of "travel allowance" from the FIA. Maybe the FIA's not rich enough to extend the points to 10th place.

StuiE · 5 Apr 2002, 15:06 (Ref:252751)

yeah go 4 it

it needs a change

Lee Janotta · 5 Apr 2002, 18:30 (Ref:252898)

There's no reason for F1 and WRC to share _any_ rules in common, and just finishing a rally is still an accomplishment. I say definitly change it, to give the guys in back some acknowledgement, and maybe make teams orders a little less of a factor.

Alpina · 6 Apr 2002, 10:10 (Ref:253285)

I'm for it. WRC is extrememly competitive and it can be very disheartening for teams to end the season with 0 points after investing lots of dosh.

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