Formula One motor-racing teams have agreed to change the World Championship’s scoring system for the second time in the last two months, aiming to reward the winners and encourage pilots to try more passing maneuvers.

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) indicated last month that the scoring system will be extended to the first ten classified pilots, instead of the eight, with 25 points for the winner of the race, and not ten as previously.

In any case, some of the team principals confirmed to ‘Reuters’ agency that a new readjustment has been made, which is pending official approval.  Hence, from 25-20-15-10-8-6-5-3-2-1 it will change to 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1.

Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren sporting director and team principal stated he was not quite convinced with the change, but that he would not vote against it.  ”We have to take this to the World Motor Sport Council meeting next Monday and see what the result is,” he warned.

“Personally, I think that changing the point system will not make a radical difference.  The original idea was that if the incentive to overtake the other pilots was raised, they would try harder to do so, but the young men I see in Formula One without any doubt already try hard, so I’m not absolutely convinced,” Whitmarsh added, while he declared that he did approve of the ban to fill up, so to encourage pilots overtaking the other cars.

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