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F1 crosses Mason-Dixon line with double points in final race

Hot off the presses from another FIA meeting this week comes the new Sporting Regulation changes for Formula 1 in 2014. If you were looking for inspiration to 'spice up the show' then adopting a NASCAR-style double-points finish is the best way to do it. NASCAR's points system is littered with bonus points and a manually seeded points system that gives any calculator a workout in the race for the cup. While NASCAR hasn't adopted a double-points system such as this, it does have wacky bonus points making today's announcement very NASCAR-esque. Why not go south and adopt the Lucky Dog rule (oh, they already have) and while you're at it, can we get Martin Brundle to say 'boogity, boogity,...
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