F1 News
Date: 9/December/2014
The F1 World Championship is to
award double points for the final race of the season, it has been announced.
The change, one of number of rule
amendments announced on Monday by the FIA, is designed to “maximise focus on
the Championship until the end of the campaign.”
It means that the winner of the
next year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will receive 50 points instead of 25, with all
other points positions (down to tenth place) also doubled.
The change applies to both the
Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championships and means there is a far higher chance
of titles going down to the wire.
Other amendments for 2014 onwards
include the use of permanent driver numbers.
“Drivers will be asked to choose
their race number, between 2 and 99, for the duration of their career in the
FIA Formula One World Championship,” said the FIA statement. “Number 1 will be
reserved for the current World Champion, should he choose to use it.”
The “principle of a global cost
cap” was also agreed, along with a new five-second penalty for “minor
infringements”.
