Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has revealed the new double points rule for the 2014 season finale at Abu Dhabi could be scrapped.
The FIA announced earlier this month that the final round of the 2014 Formula One season at the Yas Marina circuit would carry double points.
The initiative was proposed in a bid to ensure the world championship would not be decided until the final race.
The decision has been met by animosity by fans, drivers and officials.
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has been particularly vocal about the new rule, labelling the idea “absurd”.
However, now it appears F1 boss Ecclestone admitted the rule could be scrapped.
In an interview with British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, he declared a desire for the final three races of the season to carry double points or not at all.
The F1 Strategy Group are due to meet next month with the double points rule is on the agenda.
Ecclestone believes there is a possibility it could be abandoned altogether.
“Personally my preference would be for the final three races to be worth double points,” Ecclestone told the newspaper.
“But it may well be that the rule is cancelled altogether at the next [Strategy Group] meeting in January. I think it should be the final three races or nothing.
“The final three races would mean the championship is kept interesting for everyone – fans, press and television right until the end.”
If the double points rule had been introduced in the last 10 years, the outcome of the 2003, 2008 and 2012 championships would have changed.
