Formula One's new points system has succeeded in handicapping 2002 world champion Michael Schumacher, an analysis has found.
Conducted by the Reuters news agency, it finds that the 34-year-old German would have taken the lead in the championship after his Austrian GP win under the old points format.
Schumacher would have moved two points clear of present leader Kimi Raikkonen, driving his McLaren, but instead stays two points adrift as the '03 system awards more points for second place.
Reuters found that the German was not the only 'loser' thanks to Max Mosley's F1 points reform.
McLaren's David Coulthard would have been fourth in the standings under the old system, but instead lies fifth.
Giancarlo Fisichella would be sixth, not eighth, but Aussie ace Mark Webber still wouldn't have opened his '03 account rather than having four points from two seventh places.
In 2003, the FIA opted to award mid-field teams with tangible returns by extending the points down to eighth place, rather than sixth.
Written: Wed, 21 May 2003 06:16:36
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