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F1 scraps double points finale for 2015

Formula One is scrapping its rule to award double points to the winner of the final race of the season with the decision ratified Wednesday at a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council. F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone introduced double points for the season-ending race to attract big television audiences through to the final Grand Prix and prolong the suspense in the drivers' championship. However, it was widely criticized by drivers. F1 champion Lewis Hamilton could have lost the championship because of the double-points rule if Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg had won at the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP last month and if Hamilton had finished third. 'Points for both titles will no longer be...
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