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The 2010 Formula One season is just around the corner. Major changes have been made again as the sport continues trying to work out a way to be more exciting. For the first time in a very long time, the championship has a new scoring system that tries to emphasize winning.
After much gnashing of teeth, it appears as though the FIA and teams are about to agree to a final scoring system that is dramatically different than what we’ve had, but will meet everyone’s needs. The system will expand to give points to the top 10 finishers instead of the top eight. However, the difference between the points earned for a win, second and third place will be dramatic. The proposed scoring system from winner on down to tenth is 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. The seven point difference between first and second certainly creates motivation to move forward at the end of the race.

There is one aspect of this scoring system that many are not discussing. It heavily rewards reliability. If you did not finish a race during the 2009 season, the most points you could lose would be 10. Now, the 25 point loss is substantial and particularly so when a team gets off to a very slow start like Ferrari and McLaren did in 2009. If this scoring system had been in place in 2009, Jenson Button would have had something like 150 points by the end of the fifth race with nobody really within 100 points!