Formula 1 is moving closer to ditching the controversial double points rule for 2015, as concerns mount that it could mar this season's finale.The regulation, which caused a huge outcry from fans, was voted through at the end of last year in a bid to keep the world championship battle...

Formula 1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone has suggested that the double points regulation will likely be dropped for 2015 following the backlash it has caused this year.The new rule announced last winter left fans outraged, and many leading figures in F1 accepted that the move had been a mistake. Despite...

Formula 1's controversial double points rule should be revisited because of the widespread fan backlash, reckons Mercedes boss Toto Wolff.There has been an overwhelming negative response from fans, expressed in comments on websites like this one, to the regulation change that will award double points for the season finale in...

Red Bull boss Christian Horner reckons that Formula 1 should think carefully about sticking with the controversial double-points rule. F1 bosses prompted an angry backlash from fans over the winter after it was agreed that double points would be awarded for the final race of the campaign. Despite teams voting...

Formula 1 participants are guilty of being too negative in the event of the kind of dominance that Sebastian Vettel delivered last year, believes McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh. While Vettel's dominance proved a turn-off for many fans, and prompted teams to adopt the heavily criticized double points rule for 2014,...

Formula 1 commercial chief Bernie Ecclestone wants the final three races of the 2014 season to be worth double points, although he admits the current rule may be dropped next month.The FIA announced earlier this month that the 2014 season finale in Abu Dhabi would be worth double points, a...

World champion Sebastian Vettel has labelled the FIA's decision to introduce a rule that grants double points in Formula 1 finales as "absurd."The ruling body announced on Monday that both drivers and teams will get twice as many points in the season-finale in Abu Dhabi in order to "maximize focus...