If Kimi win Brazil, and Hami finishes 6th or better, Hamilton will be crowned the F1 World Driver's Champion, although Kimi will have TWICE as many WINS as Hami & Alonso.
Sure, reliability is necessary, but isn't the reason to race simply to WIN the race?
F1 changed their scoring system a few years ago to try and level the field to the greatest ever: Schuey...but now that Schuey is gone, shouldn't the point system be changed back to the way it was?
How can Hami accept the WDC with only HALF the wins of another pilot??? I personally couldn't do it...guilt free. Any thoughts?
2007-10-17 08:34:58 · 14 answers · asked by RacerX 4 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Formula One
To Brad & Siml:
Great points, MY error. I had Kimi at 5 and Alonso & Hami at 3 each. Figured if Kimi wins again, he'd finish with 6 and leave Alonso & Hami w/ 3...thus double.
Anyway, I think the rest here got the jist of the question & have respectable contributions, for the most part. Thanks for getting me corrected!
Regards...
2007-10-18 06:06:44 · update #1
If Hamilton wins the race he has the same wins as Kimi. I think your whole argument falls down because you have got your facts wrong.
Race wins:
KR: 5
LH: 4
FA: 4
FM: 3
Under any points system used since 1980, LH would still lead the championship.
2007-10-17 16:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by Simlqd 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure he can. Hamilton has to keep the WDC as the big picture in this race. Don't do anything foolish, stay out of trouble, hope that the car makes it to the end of the race in 5th or better and you're world champion.
Hamilton, and all of the other drivers have to race with the current point system. You can't go back and compare previous points systems to the current one. Until this one is changed, they have to live with it.
Also how do you figure that Hamilton will only have half as many wins as another driver and Kimi will have twice as many wins as Alonso and Hamilton. Kimi has 5 right now and Alonso and Hamilton have 4 apeice. Kimi would have to have at least 8 to have twice as many as Hamilton and Alonso.
2007-10-17 13:57:31 · answer #2 · answered by Brad T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can understand where you're coming from but at the end of the day Lewis has had more consistency throughout the whole season. He has picked up a podium in the majority of his finishes.
That's what i like so much about F1, a few drivers can have a few really good races, but its seeing them "up there" all the time which counts just as much. I think you will see Lewis win a few more races next year. He was meant to have won at Monaco !!!!
As with the pointing system, I thought they should have changed it a lot sooner, as there is more of an aim for other drivers
2007-10-17 08:56:30 · answer #3 · answered by talktoomuch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hamilton must finish 5th or better, not 6th.
And for your question, yeah I read a question saying something about changing the point system back to the old days where the winner gets big credit for his race win.
Remember, Raikkonen in 2005 won the most races but was way back on Alonso in points. Why? Poor reliability and Alonso had more podium finishes. This is the same case here, only Raikkonen has a slim chance in Brazil.
That's why the FIA changed the scoring system, to give more credit to the top 3, and unfortunately for ferrari fans, Lewis has the most podium finishes. And as far as I know, the FIA favors Lewis, so I don't expect them to change the scoring system.
As far as racing is concerned, I truly believe Raikkonen should be ahead of the championship now, or if not, tied with Hamilton. If it weren't for poor reliability early in the season he may have a better chance in Brazil. Heck he might already have clinched the DWC before Brazil.
2007-10-17 08:56:11 · answer #4 · answered by blitz 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
i do no longer think of it makes plenty distinction. Keke Rosberg won the 1982 worldwide championship with in basic terms a million win in that season and a grand finished of 40 4 factors. the biggest style of wins from everyone driving force that season grew to become into 2 (5 diverse drivers each and every scored 2 wins) so consistency ought to be rewarded faster or later. I do agree that the recent factors device would not reward a win correct and that i could prefer to work out the hollow between first and 2nd place return to 4 factors. i do no longer think of any factors might desire to be rewarded for a quickest lap or qualifying on pole although. Qualifying on pole is in basic terms a fashion of gaining an benefit for the race and as such having pole place is reward adequate. As for the quickest lap, properly, what's the element? The quickest finished laps is what counts. the component to racing is to maintain concentration over a sustained era and the advantages for that's 10 factors once you bypass the ending line. while you're actually not quickly adequate to declare that reward then you definately relatively do no longer deserve any supplementary factors for having a million solid lap in the process the race distance.
2016-10-12 23:38:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right in saying that they changed the points system so Shumacher would not dominate the Championship and it worked. There should definitely be a bigger spread in points given between first and second place. I like someones suggestion of adding an extra point for first place so that the driver would get 11 points for a win. A Kimi win would force the FIA to take another look at there points system.
2007-10-17 13:19:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rockford 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hamilton is the winner of this year regardless of results. He's the most impressive rookie ever. He topped Villeneuve's and Reutemann's first seasons.
He has shown already how much he's worth.
I'm sure he deserves the championship. It's not about winning more races, he's getting more points than anyone else. Raikonnen won more races but didn't get to the podium most of the times. Hamilton rarely failed to show up.
2007-10-18 05:28:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All three drivers in contention for the title deserve to be where they are. None moreso than lewis, he has had all kinds of pressure on him since the start of the season and he has been able to deliver like a pro, and on top of that, more consistently than the rest of the pack. I don't know what your on about talking about wins, what matters for the championship this season is the points, and lewis certainly has earned all of his 107 so far.
2007-10-17 22:32:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think Lewis has to win the race. It's not necessary- as long as he wins the title, mission accomplished. He should focus on the bigger picture, which is clinching the title.
2007-10-17 16:12:41 · answer #9 · answered by , 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spelled Hami L T O N. & no thoughts
2007-10-17 10:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋