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MJT, Not against your suggestion at all, but the only reason points are allocated down to last place is because of the agreement that if a franchise finshes in the bottom two positions in the championship in 2 (3?) consecutive years then the franchise can be revoked...Only giving points down to say P15 doesn't allow you to differentiate the four teams that would finish the season on zero...
Additionally, the winner of each ROUND (not race) takes home a maximum of 192. The 6 point drop between final positions in each round allows for 1, 2 or 3 races down to 32nd. The 4 point drop between positions at the two endurance races was originally implemented to take into account the larger grid sizes...sort of irrelevant this year...especially when points still get cut of at 32...
Just a general comment about this thread...you can not meaningfully recalculate a season using a different point structure. Many drivers have said that they will not attempt a pass near the end of a race and risk a DNF due to the small potential point gain. Given a different point system, the drivers strategy also changes...
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