New F1 Champ rule: Fair or just exciting?
Most win is champ rule will se more risk taking, more overtaking and possibly more crashes.
But is it a fair rule?
I am quite sure that the rle was made for television, to pander to the audience of billions and no one can fault F1 bosses for putting it in place.
After all F1 is suppose to be a spectacle and a very predictable parade of very expensive cars is not reallythe sort of spectacle that audience pay good money to see.
People want to see big balls taking huge risk and risking all in a dicey overtaking manouvre that mere mortals would not even dare imagine.
Formula One is the gretest sporting spectacle because people like to think of F1 drivers as men who are much greater than thmeselves and they want to see them manhandle the beast that is their racing car around a race track, defying death and forcing the competitors into submission.
The most win is champ rule will certainly see top drivers take more risks for the win because in 2009, second place really is for the best among losers.
The points will still count towards the team championship but, let’s be honest, we don’t really care which team is best. It’s just not that sexy.
The number of exciting and risky moves will increase as the season progresses but even in the early stages, teams and drivers cannot allow any one driver to run away with the championship wins because it would make catching up a very difficult task.
While the race will be more exciting and the number of accidents will increase, will it be fair on the drivers?
I mean, the all-or-nothing rule does not award consistency, teams will focus on tracks where they are good to win and try to block or ruin the chances of others where they don’t usually do well.
There are 17 races this year, assuming that four top drivers, Hamilton, Raikonnen, Massa, Button and Vittel are in the running, they may all win just three or four out of the 17 races…. a four time winner out of 14 beign declared champ is nto really fair is it.
I think there ahas to be another pre-condition, like if the points gap is smaller than five then the more-win rule applies or something.
It is true that the most win is champ rule will open up the field to drivers in midfield teams because if the top drivers keep taking each other out, who knows, we may even see Toyota racking up some wins and having a chance at winning the driver championship.
The truth is, I am not complaining, just wondering if the rule will see more mavericks rather than team players dominating the F1 season.
