Method 1’s factors system will stay unchanged in 2025 in spite of everything F1 groups unanimously voted in opposition to it throughout Tuesday’s FIA F1 Fee assembly.
In April a number of midfield groups started a push to re-visit the series’ long-standing points system handing out factors to prime 10 finishers.
Firstly of the 2024 season, the grid was clearly cut up between a prime 5 and backside 5, which means that the underside 5 groups have been locked out of the factors until one thing occurred to the fifth-fastest Aston Martin crew or any of the frontrunners.
Some groups argued that extending the points-paying positions to the highest 12, prime 14 or going even additional down the grid would give the lower-end groups extra to combat for.
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The proposal was mentioned on the earlier F1 Fee assembly in April, however it was felt that more time was needed to nail down the precise factors construction and take into consideration any unexpected penalties, so the subject was deferred to the following assembly, with came about on Tuesday in London.
On the assembly, which was attended by all 10 groups, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis, it was agreed that the factors system would stay unchanged in spite of everything for 2025.
“It was unanimously agreed that there can be no adjustments to the distribution of championship factors following a current proposal to think about increasing the purpose allocation past tenth place in a Grand Prix,” an FIA assertion learn.
F1 2024’s preliminary cut up between the highest and backside 5 is not in place, with groups like RB and Haas usually outscoring a struggling Aston Martin crew.
To this point, solely Sauber has failed to attain factors this season, making the reasoning for increasing the factors system not legitimate.
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR24, Nico Hulkenberg, Haas VF-24, Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin AMR24
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The Fee additionally agreed to extend the minimal weight allocation for the drivers from 80kg to 82kg “within the pursuits of driver well-being”. Which means the minimal automotive weight will go up by 2kg too, and rise from 798kg to 800kg for 2025.
It was additionally agreed that any prices regarding maternity/paternity go away, sick go away, and crew leisure will stay excluded from F1’s value cap.
Amid plans to extend the present value cap to round $220m, however transfer many extra parts underneath it, one consideration was to deliver the aforementioned prices underneath the cap.
However transferring paternity/maternity go away underneath the fee cap faced backlash from teams, as it could have disproportionally affected feminine workers and will have discouraged groups from hiring ladies.
The assembly additionally discusses the 2026 laws, a top level view of which was introduced forward of June’s Canadian Grand Prix to combined reactions from the groups.
The FIA offered the groups with an replace on the timeline of finalising the 2026 chassis laws, which nonetheless should be finetuned to deal with the calls for of the closely revised energy models.
The FIA mentioned a rare F1 Fee assembly on the 2026 guidelines will happen on 2 October, in time for a gathering of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council two weeks later.
To present the groups extra time to shake down their all-new automobiles in 2026, it was agreed to carry 9 pre-season take a look at days divided over three three-day winter exams.
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