Points Make Prizes… Or Superlicences In This Instance!
The FIA has announced a new set of conditions for gaining a superlicence. This is to clampdown on
young inexperienced drivers getting to F1 and making it all seem a little too easy! This is part knee-jerk reaction to Max Verstappens signing and part a little bit of sense, as should you really be allowed to drive an F1 car before you can drive a road car in most countries?
From next year, drivers will need to be at least 18 years old, have passed a test on sporting regulations, and completed at least two years in junior single-seater categories to qualify. They must also gain 40 points from the below table over those three years:
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | |
Future FIA F2 Championship | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
GP2 Series | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
FIA F3 European Championship | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
FIA WEC (LMP1 only) | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
IndyCar | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
GP3 Series | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Formula Renault 3.5 | 30 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Japanese Super Formula | 20 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
National F4 championships | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
National F3 championships | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Formula Renault (EuroCup, ALPS, NEC) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |