The World Motor Sport Council met in Monaco on December 11 2009. The following some decisions taken in regards to the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
The new points system, which was surprisingly proposed by the F1 Commssion Thursday, will be used in F1 in 2010.
The statement from the FIA says: “Due to the expanded grid of 13 teams, and further to the recommendation of the F1 Commission, a new points system will be in place for the 2010 season.”
The new system extends the points down to tenth place without changing the relative value of finishing first, second or third. In essence, it is just to make the smaller teams more likely to score and to give them something to fight for.
The new system will award points in the following order: 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1.
2010 FIA Formula One World Championship
14/3 BHR Bahrain
28/3 AUS Australia
4/4 MYS Malaysia
18/4 CHN China
9/5 ESP Spain
16/5 MCO Monaco
30/5 TUR Turkey
13/6 CAN Canada
27/6 ESP Europe (Valencia)
11/7 GBR Great Britain
25/7 DEU Germany
1/8 HUN Hungary
29/8 BEL Belgium
12/9 ITA Italy
26/9 SGP Singapore
10/10 JPN Japan
24/10 KOR Korea*
7/11 BRA Brazil
14/11 ARE Abu Dhabi
*Subject to the homologation of the circuit.
Note: The races in Australia and Abu Dhabi will start at 1700 local time, in Malaysia at 1600 local time, in Canada at 1200 local time, in Singapore at 2000 local time, and in Japan at 1500 local time.
photo: Bridgestone Motorsport
The new points system, which was surprisingly proposed by the F1 Commssion Thursday, will be used in F1 in 2010.
The statement from the FIA says: “Due to the expanded grid of 13 teams, and further to the recommendation of the F1 Commission, a new points system will be in place for the 2010 season.”
The new system extends the points down to tenth place without changing the relative value of finishing first, second or third. In essence, it is just to make the smaller teams more likely to score and to give them something to fight for.
The new system will award points in the following order: 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1.
2010 FIA Formula One World Championship
14/3 BHR Bahrain
28/3 AUS Australia
4/4 MYS Malaysia
18/4 CHN China
9/5 ESP Spain
16/5 MCO Monaco
30/5 TUR Turkey
13/6 CAN Canada
27/6 ESP Europe (Valencia)
11/7 GBR Great Britain
25/7 DEU Germany
1/8 HUN Hungary
29/8 BEL Belgium
12/9 ITA Italy
26/9 SGP Singapore
10/10 JPN Japan
24/10 KOR Korea*
7/11 BRA Brazil
14/11 ARE Abu Dhabi
*Subject to the homologation of the circuit.
Note: The races in Australia and Abu Dhabi will start at 1700 local time, in Malaysia at 1600 local time, in Canada at 1200 local time, in Singapore at 2000 local time, and in Japan at 1500 local time.
photo: Bridgestone Motorsport