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FIA creates Super Licence points system

– Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, has devised a feeder category points system as part of its impending clampdown over the relative ease at which drivers have been able to obtain Super Licences.From the 2016 season, drivers will be required to hold a valid driving licence, be 18 or over and have amassed sufficient experience and success in other championships.Other requirements are 300km of running in modern Formula 1 machinery, and knowledge of Formula 1's regulations, assessed through a question and answer session.The changes followed on from 17-year-old Max Verstappen being handed a Formula 1 drive with Toro Rosso, after finishing third in his sole European Formula 3...
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