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F1 needs radical points change to stop limp endings

OPINION: For a third year in a row, the F1 title has been decided earlier. That's only going to happen more often as the calendar grows, so something needs to change

Lewis Hamilton won the 2019 title with two races to spare, extending Formula 1's last-round decider drought to a third year. The series would be justified in tweaking its points system to help matters.

First things first - no, this isn't about Lewis Hamilton or Mercedes, although they definitely played a major part in the championship lacking intrigue down the stretch in the past few years.

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Author Oleg Karpov

After attempting to study engineering, Oleg was thrown out of his Moscow university for spending more time at the racetrack as a junior press officer for the national Lada racing series than attending lectures. His first job as a journalist was at the Soviet Sport newspaper, and in 2011 he moved to Berlin to pursue a freelance career in Formula 1. He joined Motorsport.com in 2015 and became a contributor to GP Racing magazine in 2021. When it's not race week, he plays squash every Wednesday and Sunday and likes to procrastinate by playing chess, with his Elo peaking at 2099 on one of the biggest online chess platforms.