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Vettel slams double points plan

Red Bull driver unhappy with Formula One rule changes in 2014.

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“I value the old traditions in Formula One and I don’t understand this new rule,” says Vettel. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

BERLIN: Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has slammed approved Formula One rule changes for next season, which includes doubling the points awarded for the last race of the season.

“This is absurd and punishes those who have worked hard for a whole season,” the Red Bull driver told German magazine Sports Bild.

“I value the old traditions in Formula One and I don’t understand this new rule.”

Motorsports’ world governing-body, the International Automobile Federation, brought in a series of new reforms during a meeting of the Formula One Strategy Group and Formula One Commission in Paris on Monday.

They included doubling the number of points in the world drivers’ championships for the season’s final race, meaning the winner would get 50 points.

Vettel took the world drivers’ championships with a 145-point lead, with 25 points being awarded for a victory.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 12^th, 2013.

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