NEWS // WRC TO USE F1 POINT SYSTEM FOR 2010

For the 2010 season, the World Rally Championship will adopt the same scoring system used by Formula One. Put into place immediately after a vote by the World Motor Sport Council and the WRC entrants, the new system will be used for the first event of the season, the Rally Sweden, which starts tomorrow... [read more]

The new WRC point system works like this: the top ten drivers of each rally will be awarded points using the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 method that F1 has switched to for 2010. The system wil also be used for each class within the WRC, i.e. Junior, Production and S2000.

The change to Formula One’s point system came after concerns that there was little incentive for teams to achieve a race win, with but a two-point difference between first and second place finishers.

Others voiced concern after the 2008 World Rally Championship, when Sebastien Loeb, who won 11 WRC rounds that year, was unable to clinch the title until the penultimate round, as Mikko Hirvonen remained in contention for the title although he had not collected as many stage wins.

Today’s announcement marks the WRC’s return to a top-ten scoring system, one they have not used since 1997, when the championship adopted F1’s top six method.

Photo: Nacho Teto
Editorial: Justin W. Coffey
Info: Autosport