News Details

'Vettel's dominance prompted points change'

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone admitted that Sebastian Vettel's dominant 2013 season was the reason behind the idea of awarding double points for the final race of the season. Vettel had wrapped up the Drivers' Championship last year with three races left on the calendar, which made the rest of the season "a non-championship," according to the 83-year-old Ecclestone. The decision to award double points for the last race of the 2014 season was made in December after a vote by the F1 Strategy Group - a body with several members each carrying equal voting power, including the sport's six leading teams, the FIA and the F1 Management. "The people that were against it were...
Full Story »
12y ago from PlanetF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ecclestone slams teams for double points criticism

At the end of last year the FIA dropped the bombshell that double points...
12y ago from Pitpass.com

New Jersey venue could change

Sutton Images Enlarge Bernie Ecclestone has revealed that the venue for...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Horner: Reliability is the number one challenge for...

Horner: Reliability is the number one challenge for 2014 season 2...
12y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Ferrari: Simulators are a ‘joke'

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo seems to be increasingly frustrated...
12y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Massimo Rivola: Aprilia has become the ‘benchmark’...

Massimo Rivola has admitted that Aprilia has become the current reference...

Jonathan Rea explains why ‘mental management’ will...

Jonathan Rea believes Toprak Razgatlioglu's chances of success in MotoGP...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanpera returns to WRC with Subaru

Double WRC Champion Kalle Rovanpera is set to return to the WRC next year...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Southampton social media brutally trolls Arsenal after...

Southampton’s social media team has added salt to the wounds of the...
46m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Alan Shearer makes bold Premier League title...

Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer believes that Arsenal will find it...
56m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mikel Arteta takes full responsibility for Arsenal's...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta attributed the team's 2-1 FA Cup quarter-final...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mikel Arteta makes 'not ideal' claim when asked about...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta sounded bleak about centre-back Gabriel...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

‘He’s up against it’: Brundle fears Sainz facing...

For Carlos Sainz, what was meant to be a strong... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Alpine issues fiery open letter on Colapinto - denies...

Alpine has turned to social media to address the... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

‘He’s up against it’: Brundle fears Sainz facing...

For Carlos Sainz, what was meant to be a strong... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.