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#Welcome to the /r/formula1 Daily Discussion / Q&A thread.
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Everyone wants Newey, but what are Adrian's expectations?
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F1 | Tutti vogliono Newey, ma quali sono le aspettative di Adrian?
Il "genio" della squadra campione del mondo ha deciso di lasciare la Red Bull prima della scadenza del suo contratto: per il tecnico britannico si è scatenata una caccia di Aston Martin, Ferrari e, anche, Mercedes, ma a cosa ambisce l'ingegnere più vincente…
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On this day 50 years ago, Niki Lauda won the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuito del Jarama - the first of his 25 Grand Prix victories.
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Points System: It would eliminate the sensation of a lucky finish in a chaotic race, but wouldnt points for all finished cars be the most objective, fair solution?
EDIT: WOW! Thanks for the many responses with different views and positions
There is a reason why even the FIA cant figure out a "fair" system.
-ORIGINAL POST-
Opinion:
In the current points system, one lucky chaotic rain race where your team gets 6th place can send you up to p8 of the constructors.
The 9th position in a Constructors Championship should be awarded to the team, who has had the 2nd worst season, results wise.
1 Point shouldnt be a HUGE reward, it should simply state that you finished the race.
no team would save the car at a p17 , because then you loose the points.
While I fully agnowledge the appeal of sensation and "thats sports" mindeset behind such "freak results" having a big impact on the price money, it seems not fair considering a team could theoretically reach p12 and 14 every race and still finish dead last in the constructors, while team X are always p18 and 20, havind DNFs every second race and get one lucky P5 race.
P10 would still be a good result because from p10 onward the points get way bigger.
Every finisher should get points. DNF/DSQ -> 0 Points
Suggested Points table: (didnt put much energy into it)
its not easy to make a good result valuable without decrediting lower positions.
|P1|60|
|:-|:-|
|P2|50|
|P3|42|
|P4|35|
|P5|29|
|P6|24|
|P7|20|
|P8|17|
|P9|14|
|P10|12|
|P11|10|
|P12|9|
|P13|8|
|P14|7|
|P15|6|
|P16|5|
|P17|4|
|P18|3|
|P19|2|
|P20|1|
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EDIT: WOW! Thanks for the many responses with different views and positions
There is a reason why even the FIA cant figure out a "fair" system.
-ORIGINAL POST-
Opinion:
In the current points system, one lucky chaotic rain race where your team gets 6th place can send you up to p8 of the constructors.
The 9th position in a Constructors Championship should be awarded to the team, who has had the 2nd worst season, results wise.
1 Point shouldnt be a HUGE reward, it should simply state that you finished the race.
no team would save the car at a p17 , because then you loose the points.
While I fully agnowledge the appeal of sensation and "thats sports" mindeset behind such "freak results" having a big impact on the price money, it seems not fair considering a team could theoretically reach p12 and 14 every race and still finish dead last in the constructors, while team X are always p18 and 20, havind DNFs every second race and get one lucky P5 race.
P10 would still be a good result because from p10 onward the points get way bigger.
Every finisher should get points. DNF/DSQ -> 0 Points
Suggested Points table: (didnt put much energy into it)
its not easy to make a good result valuable without decrediting lower positions.
|P1|60|
|:-|:-|
|P2|50|
|P3|42|
|P4|35|
|P5|29|
|P6|24|
|P7|20|
|P8|17|
|P9|14|
|P10|12|
|P11|10|
|P12|9|
|P13|8|
|P14|7|
|P15|6|
|P16|5|
|P17|4|
|P18|3|
|P19|2|
|P20|1|
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