Originally Posted by shadowassassin:
“Can anyone explain if this new end of year points will actually make a difference? I still think even if there was quadruple points at the last race Vettel would have won it. Besides, if Vettel wins the last race, or if a non-descript wins it, it'll render the whole thing pointless.
If you really want other teams apart from Red Bull to win, they have to be better than Red Bull, the same goes for tennis or many other sports, you have to beat the best.”
Maybe I'm paranoid but it seems like whenever the scoring gets changed, it's as if somebody's thinking "ZOMG! We don't want another championship getting won the way Hamilton did it!" and is changing the rules with
that sort of scenario in mind.
So, with that in mind, I guess a change in the rules would have meant Massa would have won the championship in 2008 and Alonso would have won in 2012.
Obviously it's just a complete coincidence that these changes are things that would have helped Ferrari to a WDC.
Personally, the thing that bothers me most is that it is, effectively, giving an unfair advantage to a team which happens to have a car that's suited to the Brazil circuit.
We all know some cars are better on some tracks so why should a car that's suited to, say, Monaco or Spa get a smaller reward than a car that's suited to Brazil?
It might not have an effect on the championship but I can see smaller teams, who've been scraping odd points here and there throughout the season, getting shafted if a rival lucks into a decent finish at Brazil.