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Originally Posted by ScotsBrutesFan
My point is that in order to have a simple apply and be told yes or no, there has to be some sort of criteria to judge who get a yes and who gets a no.
With the points system they have tried to introduce a level of competitiveness into the criteria - I'm not sure that it should be the only criteria or that the points awards are correct but at least there is something published.
It's not a brown envelope being handed over in an e-cigaratte vapour filled private club somewhere to assist an FIA delegate with the word yes, when one driver's application is looked at.
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The problem is the FIA have tried to create a "path" to F1 and all they have actually done is ended up looking small and manipulative.
For instance Jimmy Johnson's NASCARresults over the last 3 years would not have qualified for a super licence at the beginning of this year.
2014 11th
2015 10th
2016 1st
There are 50 chartered (works) drivers in the Nascar series who run about 36 races in a year. To say someone finishing 10th against the talent NASCAR contains is unfit to race in F1 is just a bad joke. To say someone who has participated in 36 NASCAR races is unfit for F1 is a joke.
To exclude Johnson who has participated in 571 races with 83 wins over 17 years and has won 7 titles is not qualified for F1 just shows the points system is utter rubbish!
A simple letter from any of the sanctioning bodies should be more than enough.