Formula 1 will not alter its points system for the 2019 season, Race Director Charlie Whiting has confirmed. Formula 1 chief Ross Brawn revealed earlier in the year that leading figures were mulling over whether to tweak the current system, as part of a series of regulation revisions. The championship currently awards 25 points for a win, 18 for second and 15 for third, with all of the top 10 receiving points. That system was introduced for 2010 and has only once been changed, when double points were awarded at the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. “It’s being discussed,” said Whiting. “It’s not like a 2021 rule, it’s something that if everyone had agreed to,...
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