Jerez, Spain - The new rules for deciding this season's Formula One drivers' title ratified by FIA earlier this week have been met with criticism by some of the sport's top names, including defending world champion Lewis Hamilton.
"I don't really like it," the McLaren-Mercedes driver was quoted by Thursday's Bild newspaper as saying while two-time world champion Fernando Alonso also expressed his unease at the new points system where the driver with the most wins takes the title.
London - There is a deep sense of unease among the larger Formula One teams following the proposal by motorsport's ruling body FIA to introduce a budget cap in 2010 and have a winner takes all points system for the drivers' championship this season.
At a meeting of its World Council in Paris Tuesday, FIA rejected the Formula One Team Association's (FOTA) recommendations to increase the number of points for a win from 10 to 12 and instead plumped for a system where the driver with the most wins takes the title.
London, Mar. 18 : British F1 sensation Lewis Hamilton would have lost his last year's championship to Felipe Massa, had the latest rules of the sport been implemented in 2008.
The drivers' crown will be decided on the number of races won. In a bid to boost risk-taking on the track, Motorsport chiefs have ditched the points system that has been in use since 1950, The Sun reports.
Hamilton, 24, was bringing his pre-season testing to an end in Spain when he heard the shock news.
Paris - The number of wins rather than the highest number of points will decide the Formula One title from the 2009 season onwards, world motorsport federation FIA decided Tuesday.
In the event of two or more drivers finishing with the same number of race wins, the title will go to the driver with the most points, FIA's Motorsport World Council ruled.
The rest of the standings will still be decided on the current scoring system.
Nicosia, Cyprus - World champion Sebastien Loeb of France achieved another milestone in his illustrious rally career on Sunday when he won his 50th event, at the Cyprus Rally.
The Citroen driver Loew, 35, held off Finnish title rival Mikko Hirvonen for his third win in as many season races.
"This is incredible ... 50 is a big number," he said. "But I am not finished yet, now I am going for 51."
Barcelona - The McLaren-Mercedes team of world champion Lewis Hamilton have a lot of work to do with less than three weeks to go until the start of the 2009 Formula One season, if this week's testing at Barcelona is any indication.
"We aren't yet where we want to be," admitted Mercedes motorsport director Norbert Haug to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
"We are far too slow at the moment but are going to work hard to get back to the front."
Jerez, Spain - The new rules for deciding this season's Formula One drivers' title ratified by FIA earlier this week have been met with criticism by some of the sport's top names, including defending world champion Lewis Hamilton.
London - There is a deep sense of unease among the larger Formula One teams following the proposal by motorsport's ruling body FIA to introduce a budget cap in 2010 and have a winner takes all points system for the drivers' championship this season.
London, Mar. 18 : British F1 sensation Lewis Hamilton would have lost his last year's championship to Felipe Massa, had the latest rules of the sport been implemented in 2008.
Paris - The number of wins rather than the highest number of points will decide the Formula One title from the 2009 season onwards, world motorsport federation FIA decided Tuesday.
Nicosia, Cyprus - World champion Sebastien Loeb of France achieved another milestone in his illustrious rally career on Sunday when he won his 50th event, at the Cyprus Rally.
Barcelona - The McLaren-Mercedes team of world champion Lewis Hamilton have a lot of work to do with less than three weeks to go until the start of the 2009 Formula One season, if this week's testing at Barcelona is any indication.
