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Yes it should decide the outcome of the championship. That is exactly the point of a championship! It is all about who has performed the best over the course of the championship. It's 100% fair if everyone has to adhere to the rules. That way you will 100% have the person that deserves the championship.

Well here is something to rock your world. When Jim Clark won the championship in 1965 he did so with 6 results out of the 10 races. He didn't even bother to compete in all of them.

So lets see, if some gets piled into by say (random example) MALDONADO in the last race after going head to head all year that shows the other driver is 100% deserving?

That's racing. Shit happens.

What if say that didn't happen. And instead hit the guy coming 2nd in the championship with many laps to go? You couldn't say that the other guy wouldn't catch and overtake, or even the guy coming first could have mechanical failure or even crash out.

You're dealing with absolutes, make every race count. It's the only way to get a better painted picture of the year.

That's racing. Shit happens.

What if say that didn't happen. And instead hit the guy coming 2nd in the championship with many laps to go? You couldn't say that the other guy wouldn't catch and overtake, or even the guy coming first could have mechanical failure or even crash out.

You're dealing with absolutes, make every race count. It's the only way to get a better painted picture of the year.

Yes shit does, in fact, happen. Which is why dropping a couple/three/four rounds from your results over the season is important as it allows the removal of random shit.

Another example which proves it doesn't always work out that way anyway. In 1988 McLaren won 15 of 16 races. Both drivers knew that HAD to win races, points finishes would not count. None the less a double DNF at Imola almost affected the outcome.

Prost scored more points over the season but Senna won the WDC on account of more wins and more points that counted. Both were doing all they could to win. Senna won 8, Prost 7. Fair result or should Prost have won on account of more second place finishes?

As for his race it was another peerless demonstration of his superiority in the W05. Bernie once suggested (yeah, another one of those great Bernie suggestions) that we should have gold, silver and bronze medals to decide the drivers' title. If that was the case then Lewis would have one hand on the trophy, with eight wins to Nico's four wins and four races to go.

I like the idea of dropping some results... It makes perfect sense when there's people like Maldonado out there, who are not even close to being in contention for a WDC, destroying the championship hopes of genuine contenders with stupid mistakes. Not racing incidents, just bad driving.

and double points at the last race goes the opposite way to giving it to the most deserving driver... Hamilton could be leading the championship by 49 points, get wiped out by Maldonado and have his team mate steal the title with 1 win counting as 2.

Firstly I am not apportioning any blame to Bianchi in this accident...but I am wondering with technology what it is today why dont they have detection lines at flag points and cars hit rev limits that will see the cars slow and need to downshift and maintain 120km/h until then clear the flag point where the next green is shown.

Seriously the drivers tendency to speed through double waved yellows in V8 Supercars is terrible and F1 not much better. Has long frustrated me that FIA dont police it more heavily and a joke that in quali sessions drivers only need to demonstrate a lift of a tenth or two as acknowledging the yellow

Well he apparently was aquaplaning and just a passenger so not much he could do at a slower speed. At that end of the race though I assume most stayed out on inters to avoid a pit stop when everyone knew wets were needed.

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