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Points for P20? Potentially...
As recently as 2009, drivers were only awarded 10 points for a race win and the points paying positions only extended to eighth place. Before that it was sixth place. But in 2010 that all changed, 25 points for a win and 10th being the lowest points scoring position. So dramatic was the change, that Jenson Button’s championship winning haul of 95 points would have seen him finish only ninth the next season. Therefore, one of the best comparison stats of all time was ruined. No longer could drivers be ranked on how many points were won in their career, as it is now unfairly in favour of modern drivers. And now there are rumours that the points paying positions could be extended all...
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