I recently compared the last years F1 results with some old point systems and I was quit surprised by the outcome. In some cases the championship would have been decided quite early in Hamiltons favour and in some cases Rosberg would have been going into the final race as the championship leader. Furthermore some championship battles would have had an different outcome with the current or an other point system.
Until 1959 in F1 also the fastest lap was awarded with an extra point. This is stil the case in some racing series. As well as for pole positions. And in the Indy Car series and Nascar the driver with the most leading laps is getting extra points and even leading one lap is awarded with an extra point. But in IndyCar and Nascar the leading is also often changing I have to admit.
Until 1990 we had in F1 dropped result which causes for example that Senna won his first championship 1988 without having scored the most points in that season. But this is no longer an real issue because of the great reliability these days. Eventhought in some feeder formula series it was until some years ago stil the case.
The 24 hour of Le Mans and the Indy 500 are awarded with double points because of their status and because the race is longer than a usual race. The F1 season final 2014 had also double points.
Currently we have in F1 and in many other series the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 or an slightly different point system which caused that the current generation is not comparable anymore to the past because until 2009 not more than 10 points were awarded for the victory.
This leads into the question which point scoring system, whether a current one, one of the past or a completely different is the best point scoring system? Should just the pure race result be awarded with points? And if not: what should also be taking into consideration regarding the championship points?
Edited by Marklar, 14 July 2015 - 11:29.