Originally Posted by dee_eff:
“After all, although I find double points to be an offer akin to perpetual furniture discount sales, they are available to everyone.”
Agree completely.
And, at the risk of labouring the point, while a lot of people are giving it the whole "ZOMG! 50 points for the last race!!!" thing, it's important to remember that ALL the points are doubled so it's mostly academic. A win is still better than 2nd, which is better than 3rd etc.
My main objection to it is from the team's POV.
What we have this year is a great example of the problem.
At a track like Monaco, Hungary, Spain or Singapore the RBRs might've had a better chance of doing well but they'd only get regular points whereas, at a track like Abu Dhabi, Williams or Merc' have more of a chance AND they get twice the amount of points for that race.
It would've been a bit unfair if it'd been a close thing between, say, RBR and Williams and Williams ended up beating RBR because they happen to have a car that's a bit of a missile at a circuit where they get the double points.
Fortunately, of course, Williams (with Massa's help) did a good job of shooting themselves in the foot at the start of the season and, as a result, they can't beat RBR now regardless of the final race suiting their car.
Seems like, if you felt compelled to monkey around with the scoring but
also wanted to make it fair, you'd give each team some kind of "joker" to play, which'd give them double points at one race, of their own choosing, each season.
Personally, I just wouldn't bother with any of it.