Bernie Ecclestone continues to insist that the medal system should be implemented in Formula One, with the reward for finishing lower than third becoming nonexistent and the top three finishers receiving gold silver and bronze medals like those handed out in the Olympics, and the one finishing the year with the most gold medals will win the title.

"It's going to happen. All the teams are happy,” he said, claiming that the approval for the switch will come at next month’s meeting at the FIA. “The whole reason for this was that I was fed up with people talking about no overtaking. The reason there's no overtaking is nothing to do with the circuit or the people involved, it's to do with the drivers not needing to overtake.”

“If you are in the lead and I'm second, I'm not going to take a chance and risk falling off the road or doing something silly to get two more points. If I need to do it to win a gold medal, because the most medals win the world championship, then I'm going to do that. I will overtake you."

Contrary to his statement that the teams are in agreement with Ecclestone’s proposal, it appears that they are not happy with the suggestion at all, especially the smaller teams, as it won’t leave any incentive for those lower than fourth to try and overtake for the minor placings.