Derek Warwick – President of the BRDC (British Racing Drivers’ Club), former F1 driver, and occasional fourth steward – believes that the points system implemented by the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) this season is a resounding success, even though some improvements could be made.<\/p>\n
The system stipulates that if a driver reaches 12 penalty points over a 12-month period, they will be banned from the next Grand Prix. Currently, 5 drivers have been penalized, including Pastor Maldonado in Bahrain where Warwick was the driver steward. Although the Venezuelan said after the race that the threat of receiving a penalty could deter drivers from battling wheel-to-wheel, Warwick believes the system is positive.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I think it’s working. Maybe at the end of the year, we will have to review a few points. Perhaps the number of penalty points for certain incidents\u2014some may be too high, others too low. Charlie [Whiting, the race director, Ed.] is very good at analyzing this at the end of the season and maybe slightly changing things, \u00bb the Briton told Sky Sports News<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Warwick believes that the accumulation of penalty points should deter repeat offenders: \u00ab If someone has enough penalty points and is then forced to miss a Grand Prix, it’s because they have driven very poorly all year. So the system is good. \u00bb Besides Maldonado, four other drivers have been penalized, starting with Jules Bianchi, the “only repeat offender.”<\/p>\n
State of play of the points-based licenses for F1 drivers 2014<\/b><\/p>\n
4 points<\/u><\/p>\n
Jules Bianchi: 2 points for causing a collision with Maldonado in Malaysia and 2 points for causing a collision with Sutil in Bahrain<\/p>\n
3 points<\/u><\/p>\n
Pastor Maldonado: 3 points for causing a collision with Guti\u00e9rrez in Bahrain<\/p>\n
2 points<\/u><\/p>\n
Valtteri Bottas: 2 points for impeding a driver during qualifying in Malaysia<\/p>\n
Kevin Magnussen: 2 points for causing a collision with R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen in Malaysia<\/p>\n
Adrian Sutil: 2 penalty points for forcing Grosjean off track during qualifying in Bahrain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Derek Warwick, who participated in 146 Formula 1 Grand Prix, believes that the points-based license introduced by the FIA this year works well and deters repeat offenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":39652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[370,1338],"class_list":["post-15605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-fia","tag-reglement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n