ps..im sure this has been asked before
, but why are the points awarded so high for this championship?
The problem with high points for podiums is that you get an artificial standings situation where someone turns up for only 1 or 2 races gets a pody and then never shows up again, leaving us regular (non-alien) drivers languishing down the table. This season there are 4 guys in the top 10 who have only turned up for 1-2 races.
It also means if you bag a lucky result or there is a low turnout (like Nogaro) a driver gets such a massive points hike that it leaves others who would normally be in a tight champ fight with them trailing.
By my own admission ive not had a good season this time around with 'offs', house move and techie probs but even so, i should still be within a fighting chance for a decent top 10 finish but unless i score a lucky podium i am well out of the fight.
Isnt it a bit deflating for the majority of the drivers in the table knowing that your nowhere in the table unless you bag a pody?
Just throwing it out there as a suggestion, but wouldnt it be better to lower the points values to promote closer competition for the full length of the championship? Maybe its a factor for lowering attendance as the season progresses as people like to have goals to aim for, not find they are
hundred points behind their normal on track rivals.
maybe its just me thinks that?..if so, ignore my ramblings, im getting old