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Changing the points does one very important thing - it gives more money to the lower teams. One basic problem in F1, partially addressed. If Minardi get seven points instead of four they get fourteen million dollars instead of eight (or whatever the reward is) - that might not be very exciting to the casual observer, but it's life or death for a team like Minardi, and it coud mean the difference between being able to test or not (Minardi currently cannot afford to test).
Qualifying changes also will address another issue - predictability. With each runner allotted a slot (and indeed with the sequence reversed on Saturday) the qualifying session will be far more of a lottery and will definately result in some surprise grids. Which, naturally, will lead to much more overtaking in the opening stages. I'd go so far as to suggest that the resultant increase in overtaking will be greater than the potential increase if aerodynamics were altered - because under this rule the overtaking will come about through cars being in the "wrong" place on the track (due to bad luck in the qualifying draw) rather than the impossible situation of a slower car not being able to get on terms with the quicker car in front, as we have now.
So - it seems limp-wristed but there might be more to it than you think.
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