Felipe Massa

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher says he sees little sense in the new scoring system introduced by the FIA earlier this week.

The governing body announced that the world championship will go to the driver who scores the most wins, instead of the one with the most points scored.

The move has generally not been well received, and Schumacher has joined two-time champion Fernando Alonso in condemning the changes.

Schumacher believes the new method is not helping Formula 1, especially because of its late introduction, and the German admitted he was “astonished” by the rule.

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Formula 1′s world champion in 2009 will be the driver with the most wins during the season, the FIA said on Tuesday.

The governing body also announced that it had rejected a proposal by the Formula One Teams’ Association to change the current system. The proposal had been sent by FOTA to the FIA earlier this year.

The FIA announced the current 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 system will stay in place, but confirmed the world champion will be the driver who wins the most races in a season.

The points system will be used for the remaining championship positions and in case two or more drivers win the same amount of races during a year.

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McLaren:
1) Lewis Hamilton
2) Heikki Kovalainen

Ferrari:
3) Kimi Raikkonen
4) Felipe Massa

BMW Sauber:
5) Robert Kubica
6) Nick Heidfeld
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The FIA has confirmed that Formula One’s safety car regulations are to be changed for the 2009 season following successful tests of new software throughout last year.

F1 teams and drivers worked hard in 2008 to try and come up with a solution that would eradicate the need for the pit lane to be closed during the early stages of a safety car period.

It was agreed that such a rule change could only be implemented if there was an effective way of preventing drivers rushing back to the pits – which could potentially result in them driving at high speed through an accident zone.

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The FIA is confident that measures it has implemented with the teams will ensure that the new-for-2009 Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) will be safe for use at races.

The introduction of KERS in Formula One this season has prompted widespread safety fears, especially after a BMW Sauber mechanic suffered an electric shock during testing at Jerez in Spain last year.

But FIA race director Charlie Whiting believes that work done by the governing body, as well as efforts by teams, should minimise the risk of dangers to drivers, team personnel and track safety workers.

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