Does it really, with points going much further down you'd think over the course of a year the current system gives a better reflection. Do Sauber and Force India really deserve to be level on points with the old system? You can even argue, HRT got one 13th at Canada otherwise always get beat by Virgin, yet they will most likely beat Virgin again for 11th in the WCC. Is that indicative of the performance over the year? If points went all the way down to 24th, HRT wouldn't be beating Virgin. There's upsides and downsides to everything.
But the goal should not be to finish 14th or 15th, the goal should be to win championship points. They should be something special that allows the midfield and backmarker teams and there fans to celebrate championship points like a win.
It would also mean they would have to race harder, take more risks etc. The new points system removed the emotion about winning championship points. Now they dont represent something that special anymore, giving even more points would mean winning a championship point is a even more of a formality.
Massa did not archieve alot this season, and the old points format represented that much clearer then the new one, by the numerology of it, just for example. If you follow F1 since a longer time you see Vettel's 130 Championship Points, and it only then really dawns to you what he was archieved in the historical sense. 370 or 380 championship points doesnt really say anything to your general F1 Fan. Its also not possible to quickly know current championship standings during a race on the fly.
Edited by Kucki, 19 November 2011 - 22:27.