The ‘winner takes all’ scoring system may have been scrapped for 2009 but F1 supremo, Bernie Ecclestone says his concept will be introduced next year. This is despite widespread dislike for the new concept amongst drivers and teams alike.

FIA announced the immediate introduction of the system at its World Council meeting last week but subsequently had to back-paddle when the teams made clear they did not all support it. Even though the governing body’s own rules precluded such a late change for 2009, there is nothing stopping the FIA from putting the new scoring system back on the agenda for next year’s championship.

“It will be supported by the FIA and it will be in the regulations, so when the people enter the (2010) championship, that’s what the regulation will be,” Ecclestone told the BBC Radio 5 Live Sportsweek programme. The 78-year-old, the champion of the ‘medals’-style concept for F1, admitted he was disappointed it cannot be pushed through for 2009.