The controversial double points rule in F1 has been officially scrapped. The decision was confirmed after the FIA World Motor Sport Council had its post-season shindig during the week.
A number of headline grabbing items were signed off, including a 21-race calendar, the introduction of a Virtual Safety Car, revisions to power unit penalties, tightening of Super Licence requirements for 2016 and more.
But it is these words that restored a smile to fans and competitors alike: “Points for both titles will no longer be doubled for the final Event of the Championship.”
The Virtual Safety Car will impose a speed limit for drivers to adhere to during incidents that aren’t serious enough to warrant a Safety Car on circuit. It’s not, as the name might suggest, a means of automatically limiting a car’s speed by controlling its onboard computer.
[Source: FIA]
2 replies on “FIA scraps controversial double points rule”
VSC sounds like a bit of a bodge job.
What would be so hard about simply adopting the Slow Zone rule that has worked so well in the WEC this year? Maybe what they say about single-seat drivers being dumber is true?
Gee didn’t see that coming, lol. There will have to be another idea to get viewers to watch F!. Maybe they could start letting it be a race series instead of a commercial enterprise.