Give That Man A Medal

[barrow boy 119]

Bernie Ecclestone is trying to get the FIA to change the method of deciding which driver becomes the FI World Champion. He wants the driver with most GP wins to get it and it not be on points achieved. If this had been applied to the 2008 Speedway GP Circus. 3 riders, TG, JC & LA all would have gone into the last GP on 2 wins each and Tomaz Gollob would now be World Champion. Also NP, HA, GH & RH with 1 win each needed to win to join those on 2 each. Then the WC could have been decided by a 4 man race off or most 2nd & 3rd places etc could have been used to decide. As it turned out the series finishing order would have been:-

01-T.Gollob-3 wins

02-J.Crump-2 wins + 3 thirds

03-L.Adams-2 wins

04-N.Pedersen-1 win + 4 seconds

05-H.Andersen-1 win + 3 seconds

06-G.Hancock-1 win + 2 seconds

07-R.Holta-1 win

08-F.Lindgren-1 second +1 sixth

09-B.Pedersen-1 second

10-s.Nicholls-2 fourths

11-A.Jonsson-1 fourth

12-NK.Iversen-1 fifth

13-C.Harris-2 sixths

14-L.Dryml-1 sixth

15-K.Kasprzak-1 seventh

[Peter 0]

If the rule was applied in 2005, the GP series would have been over with three rounds to go.

[iris123 20,986]

Crap idea.And this years title would have been a real scandal if 2 GPs at Bydgo had decided the champ

[lucifer sam 3,953]

Crap idea.And this years title would have been a real scandal if 2 GPs at Bydgo had decided the champ

 

But Gollob won two OTHER GPs.

 

All the best

Rob

 

[iris123 20,986]

But Gollob won two OTHER GPs.

 

All the best

Rob

Yes,but the decider for the title would have been at Bydgoszcz.A track that already held a GP and obviously favours one particular rider.You think that wouldn't have been a scandal?

[Blazeaway 1,501]

Its all ifs and buts and bollox anyway. Nicki would have simply won a couple more GP's if necessary.

[Guest Steve Dixon]

Thought the idea of a GP format was to find the most consistant rider/driver over the series?

If you take Ecclestone's idea we may as well go back to the one off final.

Mark Loram would never have been World Champion under these rules!

 

[AndyM 1]

In fact why don't we just go back to the good old days of the one-off winner takes all world final while we're at it.

[Sandie 53]

Forget all of it - lest just toss a coin!!!!

[Silver Bee 57]

Forget all of it - lest just toss a coin!!!!

 

Krzstof kasprzak won a world title on the toss of a coin. It didn't go down too well....

Edited November 27, 2008 by Silver Bee

[Dietbowers 522]

Forget all of it - lest just toss a coin!!!!

So the best tosser wins?

 

[Blazeaway 1,501]

So the best tosser wins?

 

 

Only way the ginger whinger will win another one.

[Dietbowers 522]

Only way the ginger whinger will win another one.

I should have added on my post "like he did this year"

 

[Blazeaway 1,501]

I should have added on my post "like he did this year"

 

 

Too slow DB. All the stress of work must be getting to you!

[Dietbowers 522]

Too slow DB. All the stress of work must be getting to you!

Agreed