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December 13, 2009, Sunday
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A NEW points system for the expanded 13-team Formula One championship next season was approved on Friday, rewarding the top 10 drivers and handing the winner 25 points.
Under the previous system of 10 points for a win, Jenson Button would still have captured the 2009 championship but by a greater margin over Sebastian Vettel.
The change, which was proposed by the F1 Commission and ratified by the World Motor Sport Council, is to accommodate the three extra teams on the grid.
Second-place drivers will earn 20 points, then it will go 15, 10, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2 and 1. Since 1993, it went 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
"It's a great idea," Button told BBC Radio. "It's nice that you get five points over second for winning. That's important because we all love winning races. I won six races this year and I got just two more points (than the second-place driver)."
FIA also announced on Friday that the season will end in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on November 14 after switching the Yas Marina race with the Brazilian Grand Prix, which has been moved back to November 7.
South Korea will make its F1 debut on October 24 if the circuit currently being built in Yeongam passes an FIA inspection.
The British GP has been confirmed for July 11 after Silverstone negotiated a new 17-year deal with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
Meanwhile, the new Malaysian-backed Lotus team will make an announcement tomorrow about its 2010 drivers, principal Tony Fernandes said on Friday.
"Bringing home two drivers for the Lotus F1 team. Announcement Monday," the aviation entrepreneur said on his Twitter page after attending the governing FIA's gala awards ceremony in Monaco.
Italian Jarno Trulli, who drove for Toyota this year, has been strongly linked with the team and Fernandes confirmed that the veteran was on a four-man short list.
Under the previous system of 10 points for a win, Jenson Button would still have captured the 2009 championship but by a greater margin over Sebastian Vettel.
The change, which was proposed by the F1 Commission and ratified by the World Motor Sport Council, is to accommodate the three extra teams on the grid.
Second-place drivers will earn 20 points, then it will go 15, 10, 8, 6, 5, 3, 2 and 1. Since 1993, it went 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 and 1.
"It's a great idea," Button told BBC Radio. "It's nice that you get five points over second for winning. That's important because we all love winning races. I won six races this year and I got just two more points (than the second-place driver)."
FIA also announced on Friday that the season will end in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on November 14 after switching the Yas Marina race with the Brazilian Grand Prix, which has been moved back to November 7.
South Korea will make its F1 debut on October 24 if the circuit currently being built in Yeongam passes an FIA inspection.
The British GP has been confirmed for July 11 after Silverstone negotiated a new 17-year deal with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
Meanwhile, the new Malaysian-backed Lotus team will make an announcement tomorrow about its 2010 drivers, principal Tony Fernandes said on Friday.
"Bringing home two drivers for the Lotus F1 team. Announcement Monday," the aviation entrepreneur said on his Twitter page after attending the governing FIA's gala awards ceremony in Monaco.
Italian Jarno Trulli, who drove for Toyota this year, has been strongly linked with the team and Fernandes confirmed that the veteran was on a four-man short list.
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