Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone wants to extend his
controversial double-points scheme to the last three races of the season.
The new format, criticised by fans, teams and
drivers, has been introduced for the final grand prix of the season in Abu
Dhabi.
Now Ecclestone has written to the
teams saying he wants to extend it to the two preceding races, in the USA and
Brazil.
Thankfully Ecclestone needs
unanimous support to get the go ahead for this and judging by the uproar caused
when double points were introduced for just the last race, I’m hoping everybody
tells him no.
The whole point of this proposal is
to make sure the battle for the title lasts longer, but it seems that
Ecclestone has completely forgotten about the enormous regulatory changes for
the 2014 season that should be more than enough to make it interesting, and he doesn’t need to go
further and award double points for races, which by the way is a stupid idea.
In fact why did Ecclestone and co
change the points system in the first place, this is a self-created problem and
I really don’t think a man who can’t enter a court house through a revolving
door properly should be in charge of anything, let alone a multi-billion pound
sport.
Much like Blatter at FIFA, Ecclestone
is hindering the sport he governs and like Blatter at FIFA he should have
stepped down a long time ago and moved far, far away from F1.
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