Ferrari F1 team boss Stefano Domenicali has claimed that there could still be further changes to the F1 points scoring system for next season, with a plan for points to be awarded for pole position and fastest laps apparently being considered.
The FIA recently pushed through a proposal from the teams to radically alter the points system for the 2010 system, with the old, 10 points for a win, top eight system replaced by a new scheme that rewards 25 points for a race win and grants the top ten finishers with some amount of points or other.
And Domenicali admitted in an interview with Italian rag La Stampa that the changes to the points may not be over just yet, even with the new season now just over two months away.
"Yes. The scoring is likely to be revised," he claimed when asked if there were changes planned, "There is a proposal to reward the pole position and the fastest lap of the race."
He also lamented the current testing ban situation, with teams unable to begin testing their new 2010 cars until February, and even then at four brief test sessions that all appear to be taking part in Spain.
When asked if the current testing situation is long enough to allow the teams to properly prepare, Domenical replied that: "It has to be.
"The conditions are the same for us all. Then we wait for the decisions of the Sporting Working Group (SWG) of the FIA, which will meet in January to approve new rules."
He also had strong words for two former F1 'stars' that had been linked to returns in recent days. He slammed former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr, who was linked with a Campos drive recently in what turned out to be a joke news piece on a Spanish website, saying that he "should not be allowed to return" after his part in the Fixgate scandal.
He also dismissed the possibility of Ralf Schumacher following his brother back into the sport, saying that he didn't think that F1 should become a "world of nostalgia".
"I prefer to look ahead, for new talent," he grimaced on the Ralf issue, hiding the birth certificates of long-time Ferrari test pairing Luca Badoer and Marc Gene as he did so, "F1 should not be reduced to a world of nostalgia."
Domenicali also had positive news about Felipe Massa's ongoing efforts to return to the sport for 2010, after his life-threatening accident in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix last year.
"In late January he will submit to the inspection of the Federation's doctors," Domenicali said of Massa, making it sound a little bit kinky.
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