Ecclestone defends his system

Bernie Ecclestone is a tenacious man and, at 78 years old, he continues to put his weight behind the regulation of Formula 1. The representative of the Formula 1 rights holders notably continues to defend a system which almost saw the light of day at the start of the season, that of the designation of the F1 world champion by the number of victories.

If this system had been in place, the suspense would have already been killed since Jenson Button would have been crowned world champion the day after the Singapore Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone doesn't see things that way. According to him, Jenson Button's domination would not have been the same. “ With my system, he would not have won all these races. »

« Brawn took advantage of his superiority in the first half of the season, continues ?Mister E?. But if you needed to win races to become world champion, the other teams would have woken up earlier. »

Currently, the system for designating the world champion is still based on the greatest number of points, a system which will continue next season. “ You know I don't like the current points system, comments Bernie. With my system or the one currently used, Button is world champion (in the points classification, he is not yet, editor's note). But with my system, the second driver would never say that he wants to secure his place because the difference is only two points. »