Point system revisited.

[billy bigtime]

I know it's been done to death but we must keep the pressure on.

Some rounds comprise 1,2 or 3 races, so all points must be able to be devided by all 3. Therefore points must be in multiples of 6. My suggestion would be this
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You'll notice the difference in points between 1,2,3&4th to give the leaders something to fight for.

[Boxy]

Too much of a spread, and too many points I reckon.

I still think something along the lines of MOTO GP is the go...

That, and a point for pole and fastest lap. Please..

[billy bigtime]

Originally Posted by Boxy

Too much of a spread, and too many points I reckon.

I still think something along the lines of MOTO GP is the go...

That, and a point for pole and fastest lap. Please..

Nice idea but they don't have 2 & 3 race round where the points have to be divided.

[D.R.T.]

Just give them the Moto GP points per race. Eg. Superbikes have two races a day and pay 25 per race for the win.

[Boxy]

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

Nice idea but they don't have 2 & 3 race round where the points have to be divided.

Just give them points for where they finish in the last race. If they really have to use the three race format (which IMO should go), then use the first few races as qualifers.. Ideally for me, I quite like the A1GP format. Sprint race first (maybe give half points), followed by the 'Feature'.
Whatever they do, they must set-up a points structure where drivers will be rewarded for passing and making the podium...

[Chatters]

1st = 50
2nd = 48
3rd = 46
4th = 44
5th = 42
6th = 40

And so on down to until 2 points.

Top Ten Qualifiers = 1 Point each.
Pole Position = 2 Points.
Fastest Lap = 1 Point.

[peckstar]

good system billy bigtime, one of the best ive seen so far

like your bonus point idea chatters.

but your points dont have gaps that allow for fighting for position, which is what is needed i the v8's might as well stay woth the current sytem if that was the case

[racer69]

Bonus points (like for pole position, leading laps etc) just make the whole thing harder to follow. Is it right that a championship could be decided by whether a driver can score pole on the Saturday or not?


Lets give points to those who deserve it....those finishing 17th don't deserve any.

[pete55]

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

I know it's been done to death but we must keep the pressure on.

Some rounds comprise 1,2 or 3 races, so all points must be able to be devided by all 3.

They don't have to be divided by 3 at all. All they have to do is have a decent points system for each race and then when they add them all up at the end of the day use a new points structure for the overall placegetters on the day. I don't think they need to award placegetters below 15th anyway so the points system should be structured that way.

[peckstar]

it already is decided but who does well in qualifying, you do well you get to start at the front, the cars struggle to pass so you tend to stay at or near the front.

If you do well in race one, you get points and you get to start at the front, so why not apply the same rule to qualifying or the shoot out

[peckstar]

pete, we agree on something, well the first part anyone.

i dont mind that point go all the way down, but really i dont care if they do or not.

but i would think the best point systen for our series is to award points for the day, so that someone walks away with the maximum points every round (whatever those points are)

[Chatters]

You definately need incentive to go for the win.. But I thought the glory of winning would be enough.

Is three hundred andsomething points too much? Yes. Why do we need so many points, it's not as if it's going to make the drivers more motivated...

"I scored 1000 points this season."
"Yeah, well I scored 2000 points this season."

Then you look back at 10 years ago...

"I tried really hard, won say 6 out of 8 rounds and scored 90 points."

WTF?!?!?!?!?!

[mjt57]

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

I know it's been done to death

An understatement if I've ever heard one...

Some rounds comprise 1,2 or 3 races, so all points must be able to be devided by all 3.

Why?

[racer69]

I still say Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to the top 3 placegetters.

At the end of the year count up the most Gold and you have your champion.

[browney]

The FIM one is good (25,20,16,13,11,10......).
Even the FIA (10,8,6.....).

What ever they use, the only thing that is really important is that there is a decent gap between positions. I also think that one or two retirements shouldn't stuff your season, it should be all about finishing 1,2,3 and going hard to do so!

[pete55]

Originally Posted by browney

The FIM one is good (25,20,16,13,11,10......).
Even the FIA (10,8,6.....).

it should be all about finishing 1,2,3 and going hard to do so!

That is what it should be all about.

[D.R.T.]

I think the current F1 and WRC points score is really poor. The Moto GP and Superbike system is a winner by an extreme margin.

[]-[ITMAN]

1 point given for a win. (that's it) and make sure there's an odd number of rounds in the series... Then you'll see some racing for the win.

[FPV GTHO]

Just do the MotoGP system - its already known by some, and by most accounts it works.

Even if its tripled to 75 points for a perfect 3 race weekend, then fine.

[billy bigtime]

Originally Posted by FPV GTHO

Just do the MotoGP system - its already known by some, and by most accounts it works.

Even if its tripled to 75 points for a perfect 3 race weekend, then fine.

But it doesn't work for a 2 race weekend.

[pete55]

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

But it doesn't work for a 2 race weekend.

It does if you add up the 3 race points and then award those points at the end of the day to the highest overall placegetters.

[FPV GTHO]

....so then times it by 6

Max points would end up being under half what it currently is at 150pts

Better yer, IMO they should have a seperate points system for Adelaide, Sandown and Bathurst if they plan on keeping the rest of the range as 3 races.

[billy bigtime]

Re:New Points
A similar subject is running on most of the forums and the common denominator is that most people like the MotoGP system. So I've taken their system and adjusted it for 1,2 and 3 race formats for V8SC. See what you think.
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No points for 16th or below.

[pete55]

Originally Posted by billy bigtime

Re:New Points
A similar subject is running on most of the forums and the common denominator is that most people like the MotoGP system. So I've taken their system and adjusted it for 1,2 and 3 race formats for V8SC. See what you think.
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No points for 16th or below.

Your best so far billy. Still don't know why they don't award the championship points at the end of the day to the 15 highest finishers, no matter how many races are on the card for that round.

[peckstar]

were motorsport fans not maths teachers (ok im an accountant) but a good points sytems has to have easy to calculate points and easy to remember differences

when my drivers finishes 5th, i want to be able to work out easily that my driver is still in front of the other drivers, this years point system has sacked for that, last years while still big numbers was simple gaps either 2 3 or 4