Ever since the ruling body decided to change the system, there have been pros and cons regarding the new format. Based on the MotoGP point-scoring system, the one to debut in F1 next year puts more emphasis on the win (and the podium finishers) than before. The winner will score 25 points, while the second and third overall are awarded 20 and 15 points respectively.
Aside from that, the novelty consists of the fact that not only 8 drivers will get to score points in the series, but the top 10. The measure was taken because of the increasing number of teams in the series (from 10 to 13).
“The points system is not changing too much. If you look at the last three or four years, the old system and the new system would have always given the same world champion,” said Vettel, talking to Austria's Servus TV.
Earlier this year, Mercedes Benz' motorsport director Norbert Haug also opinionated that the new point-scoring system is not so different from the one before, considering the fact that the Top 3 finishers will earn as many points – in terms of proportions – as they did until 2009.
“As before, second place receives 80 per cent of the points of the winner, and third place gets 60 per cent (of the winner's points),” added the German official.
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