First of all Happy Easter to everyone visiting today! Another cracking race, that was worth getting up at 6.15am for. The BNW’s had a good weekend, and the McLarens didn’t have a good one, since they got dropped down the grid for various penalties.
Now let me get one thing clear on improvement points for any who has Kazuki Nakajima (Williams) Heikki Kovalainen (McLaren) and Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) Their starting position is the position they qualified in before the FIA penalised them and moved them down the grid. So if you got less improvement points than you think you have, that’s probably why.
On a slightly related topic, Dropback points for wan to lose teams has been changed for the rest of the season. The points awarded for Round 1 will stand, but for round 2 the rule is as follows.
You get one extra point for each position you team or driver moves down the grid. So if your car starts 2nd and finishes 5th, you get a extra 3 points. But if you go up the grid, (ie if you start in 5th and finish 2nd) you don’t get any points, and you do not loose any.
For the 2009 season, I shall be looking at the want to lose team rules again with a clean piece of paper design.
Next race is in 2 weeks time in Bahrain, see you then!