Double points ‘will create much better finale’ – Perez

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In the round-up: Sergio Perez becomes the second driver to speak up on the controversial double points plan – but unlike Sebastian Vettel he’s in favour of the change.

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Perez backs F1 double points plan (Reuters)

“For some it will be right and for some it will be wrong, but I see the positive. I think it will create a much better final race where things can completely change for everyone.”

Mallya explains Di Resta axing (Sky)

“I like him, he’s a great friend and hopefully he’ll remain a great friend. But every team needs to move on. We gave Paul a good stint with us, it wasn’t just a one-year stint. So we gave him the opportunity, he delivered for us.”

Mallya admits Perez opens up ‘a whole new opportunity’ for team (ESPN)

“We will certainly target sponsors from Mexico and other Latin American countries, so it’s a new opportunity being opened up.”

F1’s Ecclestone faces inquiry call (BBC)

Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry: “We cannot just walk away from this case. It does seem to me that we have a duty to investigate this. What is the Serious Fraud Office for if not for investigating cases like this?”

F1 bosses vote Vettel as best driver (Autosport)

“As much as getting the respect and appreciation from outside people, it is very nice to get the same from people on the inside.”

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Ron Howard’s Rush has been nominated for Best Motions Picture, Drama.

Double points a formula for farce (The Telegraph)

“The ambition to invigorate Formula One with a few extra permutations is a sensible one, yet in its Solomonic wisdom the FIA has merely compounded the problems, making a farce of the 2014 contest from the very start.”

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@KeeleyObsessed likes the look of next year’s driver line-ups so far:

Red Bull now have two drivers from their Young Driver Programme in the team, and Vettel gets his first chance to prove himself against another driver since he’s come to form.

Ferrari have two World champions in Alonso and Raikkonen, and they couldn’t be more different out of the car.

Lotus have Grosjean and Maldonado. This time last year that could have been considered the nightmare team, but Grosjean has come good and there’s some hope that the team may be able to control Maldonado. Time will tell.

Mercedes have Hamilton and Rosberg, who were close last year and look to be close again, hopefully fighting for the championship.

McLaren have Button and Magnussen, two completely different ends of the spectrum, one driver who has just about done it all and had all the ups and downs, and new blood with Magnussen as he tries to make an impact. Williams have a similar situation though not as extreme in Massa and Bottas.

Toro Rosso have given Kvyat a chance to jump GP2/Formula Renault 3.5 and get straight into F1, lets hope he can get to grips with it.

And now we’ve got Perez and Hulkenberg in Force India, a line-up of drivers that can be incredibly good on their day and have proven that at several points. My money would be on Hulkenberg to edge Perez next season, but it’s certainly going to be an exciting line-up.

So even if the 2014 cars are so different to each other in terms of performance, the intra-team battles should easily keep us interested!
@KeeleyObsessed

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106 comments on “Double points ‘will create much better finale’ – Perez”

  1. You’re wrong, Perez.

    1. No kidding. I just removed him from the drivers I support on this site…

      1. @us_peter Always interesting to know what makes people support/not support different drivers. You’re not the only person this has swung it for – see @omarr-pepper‘s comment below.

      2. You’d stop supporting a driver just because he has an opinion you don’t like? That’s a bit of an overreaction don’t you think?

        1. @claran, no I don’t. He’s taken a position supporting a gimmick that I think is a very negative one. Why would I continue to support a driver who’s in favor of eroding the sport?

          Vettel however has earned new respect from me for not pandering to the governing body and calling this ridiculous rule out for what it is… absurd.

      3. Followed your lead. Removed satis

    2. I hope all this drivers and teams that support double points being bitten in the last race, losing his championship position…

      1. OmarR-Pepper (@)
        13th December 2013, 0:48

        @celeste Yep, that would change their minds. The problem is that when someone loses it’s because somebody else wins, so it will be bitter for some (I hope Perez being the first) and sweet for others (imagine Maldonado beating Perez? **)

      2. @celeste
        I have to say this time i’m 1000% agree with you on this which in other way just proves how serious the situation is

    3. Surprisingly, Perez is in favour despite being fully aware of what is wrong with the rule which he puts forward as arguments for the rule, but 9 out of 10 F1fanatics see as the main arguments against the rule.

    4. Indeed.

      I think drivers should look beyond the “double points” idea. I mean, F1, with all the technology and stuff, they think of ways to improve the performance of a car under a set of rules, yet it has to take confort from such a simplstic way of failing to adress a problem.

      It’s very, very wrong. They came up with the DRS and Pirelli tyres, which are fair tries, but this is just blatant incapability to fix anything. If this was the next step, then it means they really lost it and there’s no way to go back.

      If they had to resort to double points, it means that what teams and fans have been hoping for (a competitive field, wheel to wheel racing…) will never, ever, happen again.

    5. I find very interesting to see how Pérez has a very different mentality from Vettel, he’s used to be chasing just a couple of points for higher positions in the championship all the time, whereas Sebastian has more to loose, he’s been fighting for the title for the past 5 seasons, so it’s only logical that Sergio would think like that.

      I reckon most of the young “midfield drivers” will have a similar opinion and the experienced ones in the top teams will be against it.

    6. Fans don’t like tie and they are an important part of the sport. It’s a shame people don’t hear us.

      In my own standings, I know it is not official, I will not give anybody double points for the last race, my champion will be the one with more points from the old system.

    7. I’m not surprised, it seems like Perez likes these show-gimmicks, I remember when he was asked by f1.com what he’d change with the rules if he could (I think it was in 2011), he said he’d introduce some kind of reversed grid, GP2 style.

    8. If this is true – that Räikkönen earns 50,000 € per point scored. Then, he is the second driver, who would really be into this. Winning the last race, instead earning a 1,25 million bonus, he would get 2,5.
      “Shut up, I know my math, stupid.”

    9. Perez likes wresting so what, he also believes he is a great driver.

  2. Daniel (@collettdumbletonhall)
    13th December 2013, 0:10

    I feel a bit like Peter Griffin right now. Shut up Perez.

      1. @dennis Seeing as all new devices end up getting outlawed by the FIA it’s probably a good thing. I couldn’t write a headline that said “Keith to be banned”…

        1. @keithcollantine
          You’re witty enough to turn this into something more magnificent.

          “FIA scared. Keith proves to be too hot for F1.”

          or

          “91% of f1fanatic users want Keith back.”

          or…

          “Adrian Newey sad: Keith is among the most ingenious features in the history of the sport.”

      2. LOL! Love it!!

        Makes about as much sense as double points. And that has wiped the smile off my face…

      3. thats awesome, going straight on my facebook wall, lol

  3. He’s 15th in line to get his choice based on his 2013 position.

    Well Webber and probably either di Resta or Sutil is out from the people who finished ahead so Vergne’s up a few places, right?

    1. So Vergne wants 25 (no idea why), Rosberg wants 6 (as it was the number his dad used when he won the 1982 title), and Perez wants 11 (as he used it in karting and GP2).

      1. Vergne’s birthday is 25 April, I think that’s why he wants 25.

  4. We should listen to Perez, he is good at predicting things .. after all he is the current world champion, right?!

    Maybe that was too mean, but while I’m at it, I hope some numbers of the past will only go to special drivers, not guys who use the F1 revolving door. So while I’m saying this Maldonado is probably already going for 27 or 28 .. ugh I just don’t really like the permanent numbers even if I’m the only one.

    Now something more positive: the Audi looks good, should keep the paint job for at least one car.

    1. I’m with you on permanent numbers. I don’t like it at all. Seems like a bad marketing gimmick. I think they should’ve assigned permanent numbers to the teams rather than drivers. That would’ve given incentive to the teams to actually work the numbers into the livery and feature them once again rather than trying to hide them.

      1. @us_peter, Jee Peter , the FIA is trying its hardest to make F1 as American as apple pie, you should be grateful that you will now be able to understand and appreciate F1.

        1. @hohum exactly, and the more “American” it becomes, the less appealing it is to me. I don’t follow any American sports and I’d like to keep it that way.

          1. @us-peter, please forgive me, I do hope you realised my tongue was firmly planted in my cheek when I castigated you, as an Australian with no interest in Cricket or any form of Football I understand where you are coming from only too well.

        2. Todd (@braketurnaccelerate)
          13th December 2013, 3:18

          Not really. American motorsports assigns numbers to the cars/teams, not individual drivers for the most part.

      2. @us_peter Yeah, I would’ve preferred if they kept the number system the same, this new one seems very complicated, when is a number retired? every test driver has to pick his number too? integrated in the helmet, who’s going to see it there? and last but not least, number 0 is not possible anymore :(

        Before it was simple, one car one number for the whole year, the higher the number the better the team (but a shame they didn’t let them use 13)

      3. @us_peter

        Formula 1 is becoming the Apple of sports. From the leading innovator to just copying others and giving it a slight fine tune. This numbers idea is taken from Moto GP, the #46 of Valentino Rossi must be appealing for the folks now running the show and, IMHO, will not add anything to F1 but kill an old tradition of giving the champion the #1.

        I think they’ve hired people from WWF to run F1 and it’s becoming a joke. I’m really hoping for the best but expecting the worst. Never in my life I’ve ever felt so pessimistic about F1’s future, I’ve just decided to cancel my trip to Austria to see F1 on my b’day weekend next year, I’m heading to Brazil instead for the World Cup…

        F1s recent run of new rules are not making the sport any bit more appealing to occasional viewers and is destroying existing fan base. How long will they realize DRS is bad? I was in favor of it when it was introduced but I’ve changed my mind after one season because like John Maynard Keynes: “when facts change, I change my mind”. Plus, über fragile tyres, potential outstanding fuel saving measures for 2014, double points…

        1. @jcost the regs say that the incumbent WDC may choose to run #1 or his assigned number.

          1. @optimaximal indeed, but he can skip it and probably will. Actually the #1 potentially will lose its appeal if drivers decide to “sell” their number in lieu of a non-permanent number.

    2. You aren’t the only one. I just always liked the idea of teams earning the lower numbers.

  5. Does anyone know anything about Kobayashi’s future? Is he targeting an F1 seat, will he stay with AF Corse, or try something else? I remember reading in the summer that he’ll plan to use the money donated to him to get a seat back in F1 for 2014, or else he’ll return it. I remember reading a few guys here donated him, did you get your money back already?

    I would love to welcome him back, but having heard barely anything this season about him makes me think he doesn’t really want to, I hope which is not the case.

    1. @hunocsi I’ve been wondering the same thing. No mention to all in any news. Another driver left out in the cold?
      I hope he can build a connection with Honda and make a comeback since I doubt Ferrari would have much use for him in F1 b

    2. Yep, some news anybody?

  6. Headline translation: Perez now fan’s least favorite driver

    1. OmarR-Pepper (@)
      13th December 2013, 0:53

      @f1ferrarifan1 deleted from my “who do you support” list. Before he opened his mouth to release that sh….., I was about to become a full-time Force India fan, now it’s just Nico.

      1. ShaneB457 (@shaneb12345678910)
        13th December 2013, 1:03

        Bit extreme don’t you think? Or are you being sarcastic? After all Perez just expressed his opinion!

        1. I’m sure it’s the opinion of team team as well and Perez is merely the mouthpiece.

        2. Yes it was sarcasm. I actually like Perez a lot, I just think it’s unfortunate he (or any other driver/team) spoke out in support of this absurd rule.

    2. Headline translation: Perez now fan’s least favorite driver

      He has been for a long time, ever since he crashed into the fan’s favourite in Monaco.

      1. I actually supported him for that @kingshark as I think Kimi didn’t conduct himself very well after the event that transpired, sounding a bit like he had rights above normal racing drivers.

  7. I wonder if Perez would say that is he was still at Mclaren ? I’d guess not. One would expect Mclaren to build a stromger package than FI and had he been kept by Mclaren he could well be a championship contender given the right car of course. I guess unless we have a brawn situation its easier to rule out FI than Mclaren for the championship. So I guess hes thinking of his personal gain from double points as he would be unlikly to lose a chamionship because of it wheras Vettel is thinking of personal loss knowing how 50 points could affect the championship.

    1. at McLaren more than any other team drivers say what they are told to say and 2x points for last race is now official policy for all but the most independent drivers and teams.

  8. The audi E-tron, the future of Formula 1!

  9. Checo you are not gaining fans supporting that…

  10. Since Perez has finally been announced, can we expect Telmex et al to appear on both Force India and Sauber cars if Gutierrez stays? Perhaps a slight change of livery for Force India is in order! Orange, green and blue?

    1. @deej92 – I doubt it. Most of the sponsorship from the Slims has been through Claro. And it hasn’t been worked into the livery, either; for the most part, it’s been a large logo. I hope it continues – I’m red/green colour-blind, so it would be hell on my eyes unless they dropped the green.

      1. It’s actually been mostly Claro on McLaren and Telmex on Sauber.

        1. @optimaxial – I might be colour-blind, but I’m not *that* colour-blind. Telmex appears on the front wing endplates and next to the cockpit of the Sauber. Claro has the big red circle on the engine cowling. There might be more Telmex logos, but the Claro ones are much, much bigger.

  11. whatever He want to say, I can’t wait too see Him VS Nico Hulkenberg duel on the same car At least that can proof which one better as both are highly rated driver that many said deserve top seats.

  12. You can see why they have gone for Perez. Probably about the same standard of driver as Paul but for an extra ~£15m sponsorship money the Mexican brings it’s an easy choice.

    I’ll take solace in that fact di Resta hasn’t been punted for a driver who has money but is also way off the pace!

  13. I do not agree with the new double-points rule, but I expected and respect Perez position. I mean, what did you wanted him to say? To bash a decision taken by the FIA world council? He is a professional F1 driver and he is showing nothing but professionalism, he is given a rule and has to adapt and abide by it, so he better try to embrace the positive side if it (if any…) and WORK with it, it’s his job.

    I do not agree with the people in this forum bashing Sergio and being disrespectful (what has he done to all of you saying you hate him…), kudos for him! I wish him nothing but the best with Force India, hoping he delivers great racing to all of us F1 fans.

    1. Very true!

      I dislike the rule, myself… But I cannot disagree with anything that Checo said.
      Good on him for speaking his mind, I say :)

    2. +1

      As much as I think that the double points rule is very strange, I can’t blame Perez for giving his opinion. :D

  14. Chris (@tophercheese21)
    13th December 2013, 2:13

    Personally I don’t believe that Perez is speaking his mind. I think he’s just happy that he’s found a seat for next year, and didn’t want to start saying negative things.

    I don’t support this double points rule at all, but it’s no reason to withdraw your support from Sergio, or to say some of the pretty disrespectful comments that have been left above.

    1. @tophercheese21 I’m with you, I’m a Di Resta fan and I don’t like the double points rule but you have to admit that Perez is still one of the 22 best single-seater drivers in the world and that the fact he “likes” Abu Double (be it the first reaction, PR or a genuine opinion) doesn’t make me think less of him. After all, drivers are there to race cars, not to be populists, who say what fans want to hear them say.

  15. Double points may well make for a more exciting finale as it will be safe to expect teams to push exceptionally hard to gain a little extra ground. I still object on the grounds that it is a gimmick and will decrease the value of other races.
    With new engines of unknown reliability making their way in, part of me fears that at COTA and Interlagos, we might see some teams deliberately underperforming to preserve their engines and gearboxes for the sake of having an advantage at the finale.
    Putting aside the sheer stupidity of the double points, what in the world possessed them to think that trying to draw more attention to such a wretched grand prix would boost viewership? If anything, casual/first time viewers will turn on the tele, see a bunch of cars following each around a parking lot in the desert and never bother to watch again. It’s like drawing the attention of an attractive women to your most hideous wart.

  16. @KeithCollantine After Webber’s announcement and move to the World Endurance Championships, I am starting to follow the WEC now. Request if you can follow/cover WEC like F1. It would be very nice.

    Maybe we can call F1 fanatic as Racing Fanatic !!!!

    1. Would be great if Keith could give WEC the same sort of support as he gives Indycar, possibly a seperate blog WEC Fanatic could be run in parallel and attract more readers and more revenue giving Keith the full-time career he deserves.

    2. @tmax, follow the link for more pics of the Audi, there is already a WEC group @F1fanatic, who’da thunk it.

      1. @tmax @hohum And there’s always a live feed shown on the website with the F1 fanatic live.

  17. I hate the new double points rule as much as the next guy, but I’ve never seen someone receive so much flak for trying to look at the bright side… what a miserable bunch you all are!

  18. Vettel has managed to do what Schumacher did in early 2000s. Through his domination, he has managed to make the FIA change rules. Just so that, the fans don’t get bored of F1.

    I think these rule-changes are an ultimate tribute to a driver who brings them about.

    1. I just don’t agree on what you said, with this new rule Vettel to Alonso would have lost the WDC unfairly in 2012, there is no indication of performance for the 2014 season to suggest that Vettel will dominate again, in fact some of Red Bull main strength has been banned like the use of the exhaust gases for aerodynamic purposes, less aero with the reduction of the front wing size and more importance to the powertrain …. The fact is that the Abu Dhabi petro-dollar has come into play this time, they pushed for hosting the final round of the season and you know Bernie could arrange anything in exchange for cash but the problem is that all their efforts could have been useless if the WDC is decided before the final race so Bernie & the FIA should fix that by passing this stupid rule throughout the F1 strategy group which is represented by the FIA,FOM and the F1 teams : Ferrari,Mclaren,Red Bull,Mercedes,Williams(historic reasons) and Lotus (the best outside of the top 4)
      So teams have also their shares of responsibility, i don’t know if Red Bull agreed or not on this rule but it is very clear to me that the main reason behind this rule is money and nothing but money

  19. Shut up Perez. Not least because your’re assuming that absolutely no championship positions (drivers or constructors) could be decided before the final race regardless of it being worth super-duper-last-race-bonus-double-points.

  20. I wouldn’t stand it if Vernge got 27. He’s nothing special and I only want one of the big 4 getting the historic numbers. At first I thought no one would attempt to pick it and I kinda hoped that (I want drivers to create new number legacies) but now I’m praying Seb, Kimi or Lewis pick it. I heard Alonso was going to pick 14.

    1. @theo-hrp – Consider the context here: Vergne named his numbers in order of preference as 25, 21 and 27. So evidently the 25 and 21 are more meaningful or more important to Vergne than the 27. Which begs the question: is he choosing 27 as one of his preferences because of its historical value, or for some other reason? His preference for the number 25 suggests that he wants 27 for some other reason. And if he were to get it for some other reason, is it really such an aberration?

  21. A F1 driver
    were I to be the number
    π would be for me

      1. @bullmello or how about the number e? The FIA never said these numbers had to be WHOLE numbers, or rational numbers!

        1. Does it have to be a real number? How about i?

          1. i doesn’t work as it is not between 2 and 99. However,
            π or e should work as should sqrt([5-9800])

          2. David not Coulthard (@)
            14th December 2013, 16:29

            @mike-dee

            i doesn’t work as it is not between 2 and 99.

            You had me laughing there!

            will log 10 10 do?

    1. the number has to be an integer

  22. looks like FIA is trying to copy the F1 racestars game with all these rule changes ie double points. maybe they should call it F1 cart and put special crates on the tracks too. that would really spice things up.

  23. I am equal parts shocked and amazed by the number if people who have turned against Perez simply because he expressed an opinion about a completely arbitrary rule change that conflicted with their own. It’s one thing to disagree with a driver, but it’s another thing entirely to boycott support of him entirely.

  24. Poor old Paul di Resta. He was critical of McLaren for taking Perez instead of him last year (apparently under the mistaken impression that McLaren valued a driver’s nationality more than their money or talent), and now he’s being replaced by Perez.

    1. @prisoner-monkeys It really couldn’t have gone worse for him.

      1. @bosley – It could have. He could have actually been in contention for the McLaren seat in the first place. I am not convinced that the team ever seriously considered him, and I suspect that most of the rumours about di Resta going to McLaren were coming from di Resta himself (or at least his people). It’s pretty obvious that they were considering both Perez and Hulkenberg for the seat, so how di Resta expected to compete with that is beyond me. And his criticism of McLaren for taking Perez was unjustified, because they amounted to “you had two British drivers and then lost one, but instead of taking an available British driver, you took the money” when no team – least of all McLaren – has ever prioritised a driver’s nationality in deciding on a seat.

    2. @prisoner-monkeys He also indicated that they took Perez partly because he had some “good backing”. If he thinks McLaren took Perez because they needed one measly sponsor through Claro’s video-on-demand arm, then he is living on a different planet. I’ll be interested to hear if he spouts anymore bitter nonsense about Force India’s decision to take Perez.

  25. Perez has provided one bit of continuity with Force India’s driver traditions: Making comments which everyone else rolls their eyes at.

  26. Ecclestone article on the BBC

    Shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry told BBC Newsnight that UK authorities had a duty to investigate.
    The Labour MP said: “We cannot just walk away from this case. It does seem to me that we have a duty to investigate this. What is the Serious Fraud Office for if not for investigating cases like this?”

    The clouds seem to be gathering for Bernie, although I do think that Ms Thornberry is jumping on the bandwagon more than a a bit. Point being that Bernie could be dealing with incoming fire on multiple fronts soon. I wonder when CVC will have to have a chat with him about formally stepping down.

  27. There’s a big opportunity for teams like Force India with double points, so I’m not surprised Perez is in favour.
    With 24 points for 4th place, 20 for 5th, 12 for 7th and so on, they could easily make a giant, profitable leap in the Constructors’ Championship in the final round. One or two teams and drivers ahead of them will have given up on the season by then – we’ve just seen Grosjean take full advantage of that.

  28. So I didn’t like Perez before and now I dislike him more.

    Also, in what order will the rookies get to choose their numbers? Do they pick straws or something? Because they all weren’t there last season…

  29. First, I am not the Mexican Sergio Perez. Just a small disclaimer.
    What I had to say about this I said in the other opinion thread. I find the “numbers” thing a lot more alarming. First I would like to clear something : So, for example, if Vettel Picks 1 as his career number, even if he wins no more championships, it will be his? He is the first one to pick, right? Or is number one reserved still for the championship winner?

    My number predictions:

    Vettel- 7
    Alonso- 4
    Kimi- (what was Hunt’s number?)
    Lewis- 12 (Senna fanboy)
    Rosberg (6)
    Button 2 (Prost fan?)

    Fought after numbers: 3, 5 (Mansel?), 99, 10, 11, 77 and someone will even go for the awkward “other sports branding” 23.

  30. What I’m curious about is that Perez was part of the Ferrari young driver academy prior to signing with McLaren, right? Then when he signed for McLaren he (obviously) terminated that contract.
    Was that permanent or just because he was joining a big team that’s a rival to Ferrari and should he leave, they’d help him out again?

  31. Looking at the votes for Vettel in the Autosport article I think his score of 248 can only be achieved with 8×25 points, 2x 18 points and 1×12 points.

    I’m wondering which team principal only ranks him as fourth best this year (presumably behind Alonso, Raikkonen and Hamilton). Ferrari are obvious candidates for voting up their own drivers for next year and perhaps (unsuccessfully) trying to deflate Vettel’s image a little despite the fact that they seem the most likely team to take him away from Red Bull in the future!

    1. and perhaps (unsuccessfully) trying to deflate Vettel’s image

      Same goes for Red Bull last year when they were at least 2 team principles that didn’t vote Alonso as the best driver (Red Bull & Torro Rosso)

  32. There’s nothing with Perez (or any other driver) voicing his opinion if he’s in support of this rule.

  33. I think it’s definitely a change of the rules that will have a big impact on how you finish the season – for some it will be right, for some it will be wrong. But I look on the positives – I think it will create a better final race when things can change completely in the constructors’ and drivers’ championships. Obviously one race will matter a lot more on your final result, but it can go both ways for anyone. I’m ok with the rule, I would say.

    I think he try to explain entire scenario and looks at the positive of it. As we can’t change this now. I wonder if this rule has to be applied, all the teams should agree to it, is’t it?

  34. I’m disappointing in perez’s comments, not surprised though. he’d have a different answer if he was fighting for first or second in the championship.

  35. Maybe we can halfe the ammount of available points just for Sergio – so it’s more exiting for him to win the WDC.

  36. Anyone else find that ‘not supporting’ a driver on the site anymore is about the equivalent of saying you won’t share your toys anymore – with someone who doesn’t know you exist?

  37. Guys it wasn’t Perez who left without seat Di Resta, was Hulk, Sutil was dropped AFTER Di Resta, so Perez took Sutil’s seat. Now re think your position, Hulk better than Di Resta, Perez better than Sutil, line up fixed.
    Now is also bitter sweet Force India has stronger lineup than Mclaren, Perez was better qualifier than Button and Hulk also not bad, given same engine for both teams and aero not so important it does feel like Force India has the upper hand, but is obvious some may feel that Perez all of sudden is against British but he is not, he didn’t bring any millions to Mclaren so let’s see if he does to FI, Vijay say was not important at all for him and to be truth has never been.
    All of this is Whitmarsh fault not Perez, if you need to hate someone.

    1. Since when did force india get honda engines for 2014? And force india do not have a W.champion in there driver line up! Mclarens driver line up will be complemented by the car they will be racing.
      Force India are a midpack team no front runners by any stretch of the imagination.

  38. Ok, ill be the first one.

    While everyone is rolling their eyes on Perez, I don’t completely agree with the rule, but I don’t disagree with it either. The rule is equal for everyone I guess, but at least it will make the leaders think twice before they become too comfortable with their championship lead or the teams for the constructors lead/points. It’s the last race of they year and so why not go out with the bang. Usually by this time/race majority of the teams are winding down because everyone knows the outcome, and some teams have even stopped developing their cars. But I think this needs to change, or forced to be changed. This is one way to do it.

    To me personally the current point system is boring. But I’ve always thought that, so this brings in a bit of a mix and I think it is exciting.

  39. I fail to see the impact of double points?
    The cream of the crop always rises to the top&im sure 13wins in a season (as seb done) would still win u a world championship regardless of the points system.
    WTCC used to do double bubble for Macau (last race)& there were some spirited attempts at the championship from mathematical contenders.
    Wot is everybody moaning for?

  40. Mark in Florida
    14th December 2013, 15:06

    What a gimmick! Come on F1 get your schiz together. Your starting to sound like a bunch of pot head’s that have smoked their selves stupid. The point difference in the championship isn’t always so huge as it was this year. How would you like to be leading the championship at the last race and have a mechanical problem and be forced to start from way down in the field in qualifying. Passing is so hard nowadays that you may not be able to make up the points to overcome the double points being handed out. This totally negates rewarding driver consistency over the course of a season. Everyone can have bad luck, it shouldn’t destroy all of your hard work. If they want to reward effort and hard work they could give points for pole position, fastest lap,most laps led,quickest pit stop etc. At least these are points for a real accomplishment and not a manufactured outcome. Come on F1 get back to the racing and stop the gimmicks. Even though I don’t really like Checo he is entitled to his opinion however wrong it may be.

  41. More than 90% of the people on this site are against the double points rule. The interesting thing is that probably a similar percentage (on this and other sites together with some high-profile drivers) were complaining that the last season was boring (due to Vettel’s dominance) and they would stop watching if that doesn’t change.
    You got what you asked for.

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