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Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has revealed details of a new Super Licence points system, making it harder for drivers to become eligible for F1 competition.

From 2016, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period, with points allocation based on which other motorsport series they have participated in and the level of results they achieved.

Drivers will have also have to be at least 18-years old, have spent at least two years in junior single-seater categories, hold a valid road driver’s licence and pass a test on the Formula One sporting regulations. The existing requirement of completing 300 kilometres in a recent F1 car also remains.

2016 F1 Superlicence Points Table
Championship position|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th|10th
\Future FIA F2 C’ship|60|50|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3
\GP2 Series|50|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2
\FIA F3 European C’ship|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2|1
\FIA WEC (LMP1)|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2|1
\IndyCar|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2|1
\GP3 Series|30|20|15|10|7|5|3|2|1|0
\Formula Renault 3.5|30|20|15|10|7|5|3|2|1|0
\Japanese Super Formula|20|7|10|7|5|3|2|1|0|0
\National F4 (certified by FIA)|10|7|5|2|1|0|0|0|0|0
\National F3 c’ships|10|7|5|2|1|0|0|0|0|0
\Formula Renault (EuroCup, ALPS or NEC)|5|3|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0

If such a system had been in place ahead of 2015, new Toro Rosso signing Max Verstappen would be ineligible to race in F1 this year, since he is under 18 and having accrued just 20 points by finishing third in the 2014 FIA F3 European championship - the 17-year-old's only season of car racing to date.

It'll be interesting to see how the changes affect the junior formulae and I could see an end to pay drivers as a result of these changes. It'd be interesting to see how many of the current Formula 1 drivers would have qualified for a Super Licence when they entered F1 based on these conditions.

I have mentioned a few times that GP2 winners have seldom moved up to F1 and this system would seem to address that situation with both the winner and runner up accruing the required 40 points for a Super Licence.

The F2 Championship doesn't exist at the moment as the series hasn't been contested since 2012. (Maybe Bernie is going to get his way with the old F1 engine featuring in F2)
 
Sven said:
Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has revealed details of a new Super Licence points system, making it harder for drivers to become eligible for F1 competition.

From 2016, drivers must have accumulated 40 points over a three-year period, with points allocation based on which other motorsport series they have participated in and the level of results they achieved.

Drivers will have also have to be at least 18-years old, have spent at least two years in junior single-seater categories, hold a valid road driver’s licence and pass a test on the Formula One sporting regulations. The existing requirement of completing 300 kilometres in a recent F1 car also remains.

2016 F1 Superlicence Points Table
Championship position|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th|10th
\Future FIA F2 C’ship|60|50|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3
\GP2 Series|50|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2
\FIA F3 European C’ship|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2|1
\FIA WEC (LMP1)|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2|1
\IndyCar|40|30|20|10|8|6|4|3|2|1
\GP3 Series|30|20|15|10|7|5|3|2|1|0
\Formula Renault 3.5|30|20|15|10|7|5|3|2|1|0
\Japanese Super Formula|20|7|10|7|5|3|2|1|0|0
\National F4 (certified by FIA)|10|7|5|2|1|0|0|0|0|0
\National F3 c’ships|10|7|5|2|1|0|0|0|0|0
\Formula Renault (EuroCup, ALPS or NEC)|5|3|1|0|0|0|0|0|0|0

If such a system had been in place ahead of 2015, new Toro Rosso signing Max Verstappen would be ineligible to race in F1 this year, since he is under 18 and having accrued just 20 points by finishing third in the 2014 FIA F3 European championship - the 17-year-old's only season of car racing to date.

It'll be interesting to see how the changes affect the junior formulae and I could see an end to pay drivers as a result of these changes. It'd be interesting to see how many of the current Formula 1 drivers would have qualified for a Super Licence when they entered F1 based on these conditions.

I have mentioned a few times that GP2 winners have seldom moved up to F1 and this system would seem to address that situation with both the winner and runner up accruing the required 40 points for a Super Licence.

The F2 Championship doesn't exist at the moment as the series hasn't been contested since 2012. (Maybe Bernie is going to get his way with the old F1 engine featuring in F2)
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If this system had been in place then a couple of old timers wouldn't have been eligible either. Senna and Schumacher. Not sure how they turned out.
 
BTW - f1fanatic did the work for me on previous F1 drivers:

2014
Marcus Ericsson – Just 14 points with a best of sixth in GP2 in the previous three seasons.
Will Stevens – One-off Caterham driver has 15 points after three seasons in Formula Renault 3.5.
2013
Giedo van der Garde – Accumulates 24 points in his previous three years in GP2, peaking with fifth in 2011.
Max Chilton – Fourth in GP2 in 2012 for 20 points, but earns nothing from previous two seasons.
2012
Jean-Eric Vergne, Toro Rosso, Montreal, 2012Jean-Eric Vergne – In the previous three years he was British Formula Three champion, Formula Renault 2.0 runner-up and Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup runner-up, but that is only valued at 33 points.
Charles Pic – Highs of fourth in GP2 and third in Formula Renault 3.5 leave him on 37 points.
Paul di Resta – As DTM performances are not awarded points, Di Resta’s title win and runner-up placing are worth exactly nothing.
2011
Daniel Ricciardo – Whether he’d made his debut in 2011 with HRT, or waited until 2012 with Toro Rosso, Ricciardo would have fallen slightly short of the required 40 points, despite his strong Formula Renault 3.5 performances and British F3 crown.
Jerome D’Ambrosio – Just three points for his ninth place in GP2 in 2009.
2010
Karun Chandhok – Tenth in GP2 in 2008 gives him only two points.

The ones who only just made it
Kevin Magnussen, McLaren, Albert Park, 2014The most well-qualified driver to come into Formula One during that time, according to the FIA, was Nico Hulkenberg. His GP2 and European F3 title wins would have contributed to a haul of 110 points.
Others would have only made it in by the skin of their teeth. Kevin Magnussen’s Formula Renault 3.5 title, seventh place the year before and second place in British F3 would have given him exactly the 40 points he needed.

Daniil Kvyat would have counted points from five different championships to get on the grid last year. His GP3 crown is worth 30, but a handful of high-placed finishes in different Formula Renault 2.0 categories scrape him over the threshold.

However of the three drivers due to make their debuts this year Max Verstappen would be ineligible to compete having earned only 20 points from coming third in European Formula Three. Of course, he would also be excluded for failing to meet the new minimum age limit of 18.

Toro Rosso would need an entire new line-up as his team mate Carlos Sainz Jnr would also not have enough points, despite winning the Formula Renault 3.5 championship last year. A lack of success in the previous two years would hold him back.

Sauber’s Felipe Nasr is the only one of the three new drivers in the field this year to meet the criteria, having amassed 52 points in three years of GP2.

The new superlicence regulations also make life more difficult for drivers making comebacks following a spell out of the sport. In order to automatically qualify for a superlicence they must have started at least five F1 races in the previous year, or at least 15 races in the previous three years.

This would not have prevented Kimi Raikkonen’s return in 2012 as he competed in the 2009 championship. But other drivers who returned to F1 in the last five years would not have made the cut.
Among them is Michael Schumacher, who returned after a four-year break in 2010. The same year Sakon Yamamoto would not have been allowed to make his return as he had only started seven races as recently as 2007.

And Narain Karthikeyan’s 2011 return would also have been blocked as he had not raced an F1 car since 2005.

The constant changes to the many other formulae through which drivers pass to reach Formula One make it hard to quantify which of the most experienced drivers might have been unable to qualify to race under the present rules. But it’s striking how many of the most successful drivers did not have much of this kind of experience and success when they made their F1 debuts.

Jenson Button, for example, had placed third in British Formula Three (now worth five points) and won the British Formula Ford Championship when he got his Williams drive in 2000. And Raikkonen famously had very little experience when he arrived the following year having just won the British Formula Renault 2.0 title.

The potential for teams to take a punt on a promising young driver may therefore be diminished by these new regulations, and we could increasingly see them place these drivers in junior categories instead.

The rules therefore look like having far-reaching consequences. It is no longer sufficient for drivers merely to be present in lower formulae to get a chance to race in F1 – they need to be successful too. And pick the categories the FIA regards most highly.
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ManWithNoName said:
If this system had been in place then a couple of old timers wouldn't have been eligible either. Senna and Schumacher. Not sure how they turned out.
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Schumacher would have been ineligible to return to F1, and we all know how bad he looked when he tried to make his comeback. Recent racing experience obviously counts for something.
 
Sven said:
Schumacher would have been ineligible to return to F1, and we all know how bad he looked when he tried to make his comeback. Recent racing experience obviously counts for something.
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He hardly looked bad. He wasn't driving a quality car. And we've now seen that being beaten by Rosberg is hardly shameful.
 
I don't see how a Touring Car title isn't of sufficient value, particularly DTM. In some contexts, it's better than a F2/GP2 title. Obviously, the value of a domestic F3 title was worth a lot more back when Senna and Schumacher were racing. They would've got in, when they did.

It would be something that would be adjusted over time, to account for varying competitiveness of series. I wonder if there'll be value placed on big race wins, without a high placing in a series?
 
imadodgyumpire said:
I don't see how a Touring Car title isn't of sufficient value, particularly DTM. In some contexts, it's better than a F2/GP2 title. Obviously, the value of a domestic F3 title was worth a lot more back when Senna and Schumacher were racing. They would've got in, when they did.

It would be something that would be adjusted over time, to account for varying competitiveness of series. I wonder if there'll be value placed on big race wins, without a high placing in a series?
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The emphasis is on open wheel racing, the number of races in the Championship, and the power of the cars involved. Racing touring cars is completely different to open wheel racing, particularly the amount of contact that is acceptable.
 
Yea, I get the differences between the disciplines from a driving pov. But in Touring, Sports cars GTs and so forth. While they're not on the typical step ladder to F1. It normally means you've got a professional contract and sometimes manufacturer support. Those factors are a different kind of pressure and responsibility to deal with, compared to the lower level open wheelers. Those are in effect, amateur classes. Even though they may not conduct themselves as amateurs.
 
http://wtf1.co.uk/could-this-be-the-leaked-mclaren-honda-livery/


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ricardogp said:
Not convinced that the nose is legal, so not convinced that the livery is real.

I shall wait to be proven wrong...
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I think the nose is legal. AFAIK you have to have a certain minimum surface area at a certain height at the tip but everyone is just using the minimum area to get as much air as possible under the nose.
 
It's interesting to note that the Williams nose structure is much shorter than the Force India. The front wing on the Williams extends forward from the nose of the car, whereas the Force India nose extends in front of the wing.

These pictures are only PR pics at this time, and it'll be interesting to see what the cars look like in the first test in February.
 
The paint job on the Mclaren looks shithouse, but that nose looks superb! That's how these low noses should look!

The Force India paint job looks pretty great, are we sure that's the old car? I thought the old Force India had that massive nose on it?

That Williams looks shithouse as well though.
 
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