pond.simba: Do you plan on saying a similar thing to­ the Timo Glock and Anthony Hamilton impersonators? Or­ is it ok for them and its just because it was a Ferrari­ post that you objected so much?

@#$% off the last post your just an idiotic mclaren fan­ your not fooling anyone. shall i make up a lewis­ hamilton profile on yahoo and write about how i lick­ ron dennis' rear end?

Congratulations to Lewis the rightful Champion of 2008,­ I tried my best but in the end my best wasn't good­ enough.
I'm sorry that my good friend Timo is­ telling such outrageous lies I think he feels more hurt­ than I do because he tried so hard to help me win by­ staying out on those worn dry tyres and it nearly paid­ off, but as the rain got heavier he couldn't keep­ it on the racing line.
We are having a bit of trouble­ with the Kers system on our car so I'm told, so­ alot of work has got to be done between now and March,­ but I will try and keep you all posted.
I think the­ medals system is a really stupid idea.
TTFN

i don't like people playing down the fun part of­ pitting, overtaking over pit stops is every part as­ exciting as overtaking on the track~ though scrapping­ that would no doubt leaves only one route for­ overtaking~ but that also makes the sport less­ mathematic, scientisfic and strategic as it is best­ known for. trashing pit stops will kill the identity of­ the sport~ so if anyone is suggest trashing the pit­ stop~ then maybe they should have a hard long thinking­ about it.

2008 Championship­ Results

Points...............................Medals­ (Gold,Silver,Bronze)......Moved
Lewis­ Hamilton.......98.........Felipe­ Massa..........6,2,2....+1
Felipe­ Massa...........97.........Lewis­ Hamilton........5,2,3....-1
Kimi­ Raikkonen.......75.........Kimi Raikkonen........2,2,5­
Robert Kubica..........75.........Fernando­ Alonso.......2,1,0....+1
Fernando­ Alonso......61.........Robert­ Kubica.........1,3,3....-1
Nick­ Heidfeld..........60.........Heikki­ Kovaleinen.....1,1,1....+1
Heikki­ Kovalainen....53.........Sebastian­ Vettel......1,0,0....+1
Sebastian­ Vettel.......35.........Nick­ Heidfeld.........0,4,0....-2
Jarno­ Trulli............31.........Nico­ Rosberg..........0,1,1....+4
Timo­ Glock..............25.........Timo­ Glock............0,1,0
Mark­ Webber..........21.........Nelson­ Piquet.........0,1,0....+1
Nelson­ Piquet...........19.........Jarno­ Trulli..........0,0,1....-3
Nico­ Rosberg............17.........Rubens­ Barrichello....0,0,1....+1
Rubens­ Barrichello...11.........David­ Coulthard.......0,0,1....+2
Kazuki­ Nakajima.......9.........Mark­ Webber...........0,0,0....-4
David­ Coulthard.......8.........Kazuki­ Nakajima.......0,0,0....-1
Sebastian­ Bourdais....4.........Sebastian­ Bourdais....0,0,0
Jenson­ Button..........3.........Jenson­ Button.........0,0,0
Adrian­ Sutil............0.........Adrian­ Sutil..........0,0,0
Giancarlo­ Fisichella..0.........Giancarlo­ Fisichella..0,0,0

Biggest winners under medal­ scheme:
Felipe Massa (takes WDC title)
Nico Rosberg­ (moves into top 10 drivers)

Biggest losers under medal­ scheme:
Lewis Hamilton (WDC goes to Ferrari­ driver)
Jarno Trulli (slips out of the top 10­ drivers)
F1 fans (Title ultimately decided by single­ stewards decision in Belgium)

hey hey, tygerzi,
how is your dog?
Marnio's donkey­ is ready for another ride...
and you, where you happy­ with your Audi's exhaust?

c.bannister508 thanks for your reply much appreciated­ and understood i can only apologise that its taking me­ so long to respond but unfortunatly i have been at­ work. Anyway i understand your point about the­ difference in time between points, however that is just­ tough luck if you finsh 100th of a second behind first­ place its just too bad really because on some races its­ hard to overtake the person in first (mansell vs senna­ monaco) just to give you an example. Surly you have to­ agree that the race winner isnt rewarded enough for a­ race win? i certainly wouldnt want the driver who­ finishes second every race of the season to become­ champion, that just wouldnt be right, however, i do­ agree with you that every driver that finishes the race­ should score points i couldnt agree with you more on­ that one. i would like to see the scoring system a bit­ like moto gp or touring cars what about yourself?

Better put your runaway wife in charge mr. dwarf, as­ she obviously has more brains than you.

I dont understand why the drivers arent pushing more­ for the wins anyway, this is what they have spent their­ whole lives building up to and yet they seem to lose­ interest when they cant get passed somebody.
In­ motorcycle racing points awarded to 15th place, 1st=25,­ 2nd=20 and im not sure about the rest of them. My point­ is that this year Valentino Rossi had won the­ championship by almost four whole races, and yet not at­ one point in the whole season did he think to himself­ 'Well, Ive qualified really badly, Ive won the­ championship, maybe I will just ride around for the­ afternoon'. That is what F1 needs, people who­ really want to be there to win races. Just like Lewis­ was in 2007, well for a little bit anyway.

To pond.simba
What it says about the Championship is­ that while a system exists sensible people with huge­ amounts of money at stake, people to pay etc will do­ what it takes to exploit that system. Nothing new there­ - it happens in all sports. My own view is that­ 'championships' can tend to spoil an individual­ event as most people consider a championship more­ important. Well, I think that's a fact of life and­ there's not much we can do about it other than make­ the scoring fairer. I've always thought that points­ should be awarded to all who finish a GP but should a­ driver who wins get four more points than the 2nd place­ driver who might have lost by only 100th of a second.­ If the 3rd place then gets only two points less than­ 2nd but was 35 secs behind how fair is that?
I­ don't have an answer but, while I understand what­ Bernie is trying to do here I can't agree with him­ on the medal business. I'm not anti-Bernie at all..­ I think he has and continues to do a fantastic job­ keeping F1 at the level it's reached. But a­ championship is about overall performance throughout a­ season and not just winning races, that's what you­ get a cup (or large replica of sponsors logo) for.

PS:­ Scrap all drive through chicanes and time penalties.­ The black flag worked well except on the last few laps,­ so we could see a bit more fun at the end.. something­ to wake us up or bring us in from the garden!

this medal system isnt done for entertain reasons, its­ done to make sure the right man (the best driver) wins­ the title, and that simply didnt happen this year. Last­ race of the season lewis was just trying to finish 5th,­ i mean come on what does that say about our champion­ and championship.

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could some one please just shoot Bernie and save us­ from this bone head.

Old Bernie has been altering a lot of good stuff in F1­ to @#$%. He really needs to have his brain surgically­ removed and get a fresh one. With the intelligence of­ his decisions, all of us F1 fans have to adopt a­ slightly modified motto of the new U.S­ President:
CHANGE WE DON'T NEED

I cannot believe what Ecclestone is trying to do here.­ Bear with me everyone. We have endured years of boring­ racing at the height of the Ferrari / Schumacher years,­ overtaking in the pit lane, processional races with­ Ruebens used as a mobile chicane, tactics at the start­ that Schumacher employed that had Lewis tried this year­ would not have been tolerated. Just what did Ecclestone­ do about that - yes the answer is nothing. Strangely­ enough for the first time in over a decade a McLaren­ driver wins the Championship, after 2 of the most­ exciting seasons going and what does this senile old­ fool do make changes.

Now look at it this way this­ medal system means that a) the championship could be­ over as a spectacle just after mid season, b) just why­ would the top teams have 2 top drivers when in effect­ having them compete with one another means they could­ be damaging their employers chances of winning a­ Championship, c) just what is in this for the mid table­ down teams and d) a driver A of a team wins 3 races and­ comes second in all the others, however another driver­ B wins 4 and doesn't finish any other races and­ what's more one of those victories was awarded to B­ by the stewards from A. Who do you think deserves to­ win the Championship. I don't care who driver A­ drives for it is him who deserves to win.

I'm very­ suspicious of the claims that he has the support of all­ the teams, as I said earlier just what is in this fo­ rthe likes of Red Bull and Force India. Tell you what­ though there's an awful lot in it for the FIA to be­ able to manipulate who they want to win the Drivers and­ Constructors Championships.

This is just the meddling­ of a complete idiot, let's face it this is the man­ who did not know his wife had a PR company, had moved­ out and wanted a divorce. Really got a grip on reality­ hasn't he.

No way. No way. This is an absolute OUTRAGE! I­ can't imagine this happening. Bernie you...[put­ offensive word here]!!!

A better points system is all­ we need. That's it.

Petra Ecclestone should take her father's job !!!

Good way to get some publicity bernie, it a rubbish­ idea bernie must be losing it no wonder his missis is­ divorcing him if he comes up with rubbish ideas like­ this one, talking of bernie that reminds me the smaller­ teams what would be the point under this new system,­ there are at best 4 teams who would finish in the top­ 3, whats the point of all the other teams showing up­ under this plan. It like replacing the airbag in your­ car with a bomb, if you crash your cars going to­ explode to give you an incentive to drive safer, its­ daft.

So Massa won 6 last year and Hamilton won 5, maybe they­ should stop giving Hamilton's wins to Massa then­ and there wouldn't be a problem. Massa can only win­ from the front row of the grid anyway.