Drivers air their grievances
Points system and qualifying criticised

Michael Schumacher has renewed his call for 'another points system.'

The German is frustrated that, despite winning eighty-eight percent of the grands prix so far in '04, his championship advantage is comparatively small.

Jaguar's Mark Webber said the FIA changed the system after season '02.

''They put it there to keep it all alive because he buried [the title] early a few years ago,'' the Australian, who also dislikes the system, told Reuters.

Similarly, F1 drivers don't know if they like a new qualifying format.

Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello says deciding the grid with aggregate times might be 'confusing' while Webber reckons 'adding the times together is crazy.

''[And] no-one's going to run for the first ten minutes,'' he predicted.

Written: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 06:14:16

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