Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone is confident his proposal for the world drivers' championship to be decided by gold medals awarded to race winners will be implemented next season.
Ecclestone said on Wednesday he was moved to act by Lewis Hamilton's triumph, when he clinched this year's title by finishing fifth at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
Under the proposed system, which Ecclestone said should be approved by motorsport world governing body FIA next month, Felipe Massa would have won the title because he beat Hamilton 6-5 on race wins.
"It's going to happen," Ecclestone said. "All the teams are happy. The reason this happens is that I get fed up with people talking about no overtaking.
"It's just not on that someone can win the world championship without trying to win the race."
Under the current system, the winner of each grand prix race earns 10 points in the championship standings, with second place worth eight points and third place worth six. Each of the top 10 drivers in every race earn points.
Although the new system is designed to add to the drama of F1, Hamilton's title win was already hugely dramatic.
Hamilton lost the fifth place he needed for the title when he was passed by Sebastien Vettel with two laps to go in the season-ending Brazilian GP, but managed to overtake Timo Glock on the last corner of the last lap to become F1's youngest ever world champion.
The 23-year-old Briton beat race-winner Massa by a single point in the overall standings.
Ecclestone was asked if it didn't seem unfair that, under his new system, someone could finish second in every race over the season and lose the title to a rival who got lucky and won a single GP.
"You'll have to try harder next year," Ecclestone said.
