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New Point-System in F1 Faces Scrappage?

Although many were enthused about the prospect of having a MotoGP-style point-scoring system in Formula One next season – as announced by the F1 Commission during the course of last week – it now seems that the new format might actually be scrapped prior to the beginning of the 2010 season.

Such a possibility was issued by the Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, whose reporters found out at least two reasons why the new point-scoring system might not make it to the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix grid.

The first one is that the F1 Commission cannot make any changes regarding the sporting regulations of the Formula One Championship unless the modifications had previously been discussed and approved by the teams' representatives, namely the Sporting and Technical Working Groups within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA).

"It is revealed, however, that the sporting group discussed the points system for only two minutes during its 4 December meeting, with only USF1's Peter Windsor pushing for a change," said a report from the GMM news agency, citing the German publication.

This situation has aroused previously, prior to the 2009 Formula One season, when the FIA initially ruled the switch of the point-scoring format into a medal-based one. The teams reacted quickly to that change and the system was immediately scrapped from the F1 rule book.

The second reason why the MotoGP-style format might disappear from the 2010 regulations is because it clearly refers to the situation in which 13 teams will make the grid in Bahrain. That means 10 drivers out of a maximum number of 26 would score points. If, however, one or more teams would quit the series until then, awarding points to almost half the grid would become non-sense and the new format would have to be scrapped.

Until now, neither of those two situations have appeared, as the FOTA is yet to issue a statement on the new point-scoring system. However, if the future situation would require it, the system might never see daylight in 2010.
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