F1, Vettel, Red Bull

How's this for a solution?

From what I remember, in speedway, another team sport where each team has two entrants per race, although the team points are not affected participants finishing immediately behind their teammate are effectively awarded the same points towards their individual total which as I understand it counts towards bonuses, etc. (so-called "rider bonus points" - see http://www.speedway-faq.org/general.html). Could a similar system be introduced for F1? I know people would still want to win races, achieve podiums, etc. but at least it would largely take the world championship points out of the equation. It is a team sport, after all.

 

Not aiming at anyone in particular but just a couple of general points.

If you don't care for the sport or are not interested in it then that's fine but there's no need to come on here taking swipes at a sport you clearly don't understand. It's not necessarily about how many crashes or overtakes there are in a Grand Prix. True fans like myself love the sport for the spectacle, the noise, the cars and the immense bravery and skill the drivers exhibit competitively.

F1 is a TEAM sport, drivers are employed by a TEAM. The team don't care what order the driver's finish in, just that they finish as high as possible for the Constructors Championship. Obviously if this race had been towards the end of the season and Vettel had needed the points for the Drivers Championship, the team would probably have asked Mark to move over. This wasn't the case here, the RedBull TEAM had effectively won the Grand Prix already unless their tyres degraded dramatically (a problem they struggled with last race). As good a bit of racing as it was between the two RB drivers, this was incredibly risky for the team. Firstly, driving the cars to the maximum, as they were doing, puts much more strain on the tyres and the engines (which they only get 8 of per season). And secondly, they risk taking each other off and ending up with no points after a hard fought weekend with both cars in the top 2. I can't understand why people can't see that Vettel was wrong to do what he did - and he admitted as much.

This makes for interesting viewing. 2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkXYROv1RPs

In the instance in Malaysia, and the crucial point is, Red Bull decided to call the race off after the last pit stops to avoid this happening again. Now, team orders have and always will be a bit of a grey area in Formula1 - you only have to put yourselves in the driver's position to understand that. Certainly the on-track relationship between Vettel and Webber will be fascinating from now on.

 

okidoki no need to get shirty is there!!