Autumn of summer 2008 is the boss at the time Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone, for the first time thinking aloud that they could be eliminated altogether scoring system. His idea was to eliminate points, which are received by racers and would be awarded to them instead gold, silver and bronze medals. The champion, however, would become the racer who would have the most gold medals. So just like that on Olympic Games. This idea has been seriously considered for the season 2009, and in the end it was not realized. Nevertheless, it kept reappearing in the following years - understandably from the outside Bernie.
If I could decide for myself, I would Formula 1 still operated today according to the system of medals. “I never wanted this scoring system. I preferred medals,”Is in a recent interview for colleagues from car engine and sport said the Briton. Kar ga most disturbing and in doing so, referring to the last few years, is the fact that to someone to the dominant racer, kot je Lewis Hamilton, there is no need to drive in the last third of the championship to victory, but he only has to look at his own point advantage. Therefore ecclestone menu: “Whoever wins the most gold medals is the world champion. This forces you to drive to victories until the end of the championship."
Argumentto win medals according to his system only the top three teams, and the rest would - after the baron Pierre de Coubertin "It's important to cooperate and not to win" - just play extras, ecclestone rejects: "Where is the motivation to participate just because of ten percent of all points? We will never have a level field. Some people always do their job better than others."It simply came to our notice then six racers win.
If that his idea flipping into this year’s season, we get the following: on the scale of medals won I would lead Lewis Hamilton (8 gold medals for eight wins) and would be ranked behind him Valtteri Bottas, Charles Leclerc in Max Verstappen with two gold medals each. In other words: If you would Lewis Hamilton won the race this Sunday Singapore, would have already become the ninth gold medalist world champion.
