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It may take 5 years for us to have a situation that exposes the flaws in this system, but the fact is this change has introduced flaws with little benefit. I believe the outcomes will be the same as the previous system 90% of the time, but the way those outcomes unfold will be very different. Instances of championships coming down to the last race can only be more rare with this system, and WDCs on average will be settled earlier. Do the math and there's no arguing that.

Lets not forget that Keke Rosberg won the 1982 Championship having scored only 1 win.

That was when the points syetem was 9/6/4/3/2/1 & only the best 11 finishes counted towards the championship.

There has always been an element of the F1 points system requiring consistency in order to win the championship. You can look at cases like Rosberg in 1982, Frentzen in 1999, Raikkonen in 2003 & Kubica last year. In each case a driver was able to take there championship challenge to the end of the year by consistency.

My biggest problem with the new rules are that there is now virtually no point to been consistent, you could only win 1 race yet finish on the podium in every race (Which would be a big acchievement) yet end up nowhere near been in championship contention.

One of the things that made last year so exciting was that up untill very late into the year we had 4 drivers that could have won the championship (Hamilton, Massa, Kubica & Raikkonen), under this years rules last years championship would have been down to 2 drivers by Mid-Season which I feel would have made the final half of the year less intresting.

Schumacher shocked by late changes

Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher has explained how he is 'astonished' at the various rule changes to Formula 1 to come into affect for the next two years, and is shocked that the governing body made several moderations less than two weeks before the start of the new season.

Schumacher, who has attended pre-season tests in both Jerez and Barcelona over the last few weeks, first expressed his worries over the new KERS system which came into affect for 2009: "You have to say that KERS is a risk for all the teams using it, with the new restricted testing regulations. There are, as always, certain question marks before the first races but that's what makes the whole thing so attractive isn't it?"

The German struggled, however, to see the positive side to those rules imposed by the FIA this week: "I doubt the same goes for the new rules given out at such late notice prior to the start of the season," he continued. "It's something which is to me really, well, astonishing, as in previous years when the majority of teams wanted a rule change for a good reason, the FIA always said that it would not be possible in the short-term, or so late before the start of a season."

The new regulations, particularly those surrounding how the championship will be decided, have been met with mixed views by both those in and around Formula 1. "I cannot imagine those changes will help F1, especially regarding the new system to find the champion," Schumacher said on his website. "I cannot see how it makes sense to eventually have a World Champion who could have less points than the runner-up, although I also think it is a good move to try to strengthen the winner's position. Generally we should also make sure that F1 remains the top series of motorsport, also by displaying the competition with the highest levels of technology."

Michael went on to share his views following his spectating at tests: "I have been at tests to get an overview of the situation and can confidently say - let the season begin! I say this as a fan of both motorsports and of Ferrari; the last impressions were that we look pretty good and should be in the position to fight for the World Championship titles.

"The picture to me at the moment is that there are several teams able to be at the front; besides us there are Renault, Toyota, BMW and Williams as well - on the other hand, after Barcelona you clearly have to say that Ross' team was outstanding. They were one second in front, and if they can take that performance into the season they are strong too, even if the big teams will cut that advantage away with time, which is likely. McLaren, at the moment, looks pretty bad." Michael's comments did come, however, before Wednesday's running in Jerez this week which saw Heikki Kovalainen set the third fastest time of anybody there so far this winter.

Are there actually any drivers who like this system?

Alonso's panned it, so has Jenson, Webber says it'll make races more exciting but as a driver he doesn't like it. Schumacher's also gone 'wtf?' at it...do any of them actually like it?

Hamilton dislikes new F1 title rules


World champion Lewis Hamilton said he is not a fan of the new rules which will see the Formula One title awarded to the driver with the most race wins rather than points.

If the rules had been in operation in 2008, McLaren driver Hamilton would have finished runner-up to Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

"I don't like it really," the 24-year-old Briton told German tabloid Bild. "We want to be consistent, whether we come first or third.

"It should happen that a team and their drivers are rewarded for their performance over the whole year, not who won the most races."

In the end, if 2 drivers are tied in wins, the points will make a difference. So unless a driver really needs that win he could still settle for 2nd because those 8 points could still be the decider in the end.

The F1 fans do not like this system, F1 driver do not like the system, what on earth are they doing?