Ross Brawn Believes in New Points System

Filed in archive F1 Racing on February 4, 2010

Ross Brawn has predicted that drivers will fight for 1st place with more vigour and determination in the coming Formula One season, making it one of the most unpredictable championship campaigns yet.

We already expected that, thanks to the new partnership between Button and Hamilton at McLaren, we could see some infighting and less team-loyalty this year. With the new points system which sees 1st to 10th, as opposed to 1st to 8th, awarded a sequence of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, we can expect that all racers will want as high a finish as possible, and will have added incentive to chase first-place thanks to the new 7-point gap.

Other news include the hint that MotoGP racer Valentino Rossi, who had revealed that his future lay in rallying, may extend his career as far as 2012, or at least make a return then, when the sport brings back the huge and "more fun" 1000cc engines.