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Formula One to scrap double points rule

December 3, 2014

The controversial rule could have tarnished the final race in Abu Dhabi this year, if Hamilton had not won. But the FIA have acted swiftly and will scrap the law for next season.

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Formel 1 in Abu Dhabi (Siegerehrung)
Image: Reuters/A. Jadallah

Formula One's 'double points' rule for the final race of the season looks set to be scrapped for 2015, the sport's governing body, the Federation of International Automobiles (FIA) said.

Even with its controversy, the rule was implemented for the 2014 season. It was introduced to make the final-race a more enthralling spectacle after years of dominance by a handful of drivers. Sebastian Vettel won the drivers' championship comfortably in 2011 and 2013.

But it was widely ridiculed considering that Nico Rosberg was still able to win the drivers' championship in the final race, having won only five events compared to Lewis Hamilton's 10.

Meanwhile, the sport could also be set to make a return to South Korea, with the country's track provisionally added to the 2015 calendar.

Though not confirmed, a statement from the FIA revealed that 2015 could have the most races of any other year with 21. The South Korean race is scheduled for week four and the weekend of May 3, 2015.

Mexico, which has not hosted a Formula One event since 1992, is included in the calendar for a November race.

The season starts on March 15 in Australia and concludes on November 29 in Abu Dhabi.

rd/lw (dpa, AP)