Rejection of my medal system pisses me off - Ecclestone
Despite getting a lot of negative reactions to his 'gold medal'-idea, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has not given up on his campaign to restore the primacy of race wins in order to win the World Championship title.
Ecclestone said to the British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph': "The rejection of my medal system pisses me off. It is not fair that the winner scores only two points more than second place. We changed the points distribution because Eddie Jordan was complaining that it looked bad for sponsors to see a team without points. He never considered how bad it might look for his team to have four points and the championship winners 128.
"Forget medals. It is about a system that rewards winning, makes it worth a driver's while to win and not settle for second place. Why would you risk going into a wall for two lousy points? You might if there was more to gain. They say cars don't overtake any more. That is down to the drivers. They don't always have to win to become a champion. Crazy."
