In 2003, when the motors roar for the first time in Australia, the new rules described on each page in this section, will be in force: a brand new qualifying procedure, a new points system, new rules for the supplying and choice of tires, a stern posture regarding team-orders, a renewed calendar including just 16 GP's, mandatory use of the HANS, and possibly new rules governing development tests, as well (these pending on the number of teams taking up a new option offered).
Rarely do we, fans, witness so many changes all in one go. Notwithstanding their number and depth, are they sufficient or adequate to help make the sport more popular and help protect the smaller teams from economic failure? What do you think?
Should the driver making the fastest lap during a race have been granted an extra point, as it has in fact been the case in earlier F1 Championships and is standart procedure in the American CART and IRL Series? This extra point could perhaps have made the championship more interesting (to see whether or not you would be in favor or this extra point for the best lap, why don't you check the fasted laps in 2002, on the page Season Statistics, and see as well F1-2001 Statistics and F1-2000 Statistics on-line, in MieNet's AutoRacing Section?).
Top open-wheel racing in the U.S. also grants one point to the driver conquering pole position. Should the new F1 rules have included a similar routine, however, this one point could end up a rather controversial issue, in view of the new procedures to be in force, when qualifying is green-flagged in Australia, in 2003.
Do you welcome the new rules as more adequate and fair than the ones used from 1991 to 2002? The Pages in the current section allow a glimpse into a number of related details. Additionally, the section Season Statistics, and in special All Points Systems and What if 2002..., provide interesting data which may likewise help you derive your own conclusions regarding the changes that take effect from the 2003 Season on.
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The 2002 Season F1fan-eBook 
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