I don’t entirely agree with Bernie Ecclestone’s decision on the medal count for the podium.  He wants a medal system where first place gets a gold medal, second place gets a silver medal and third place gets a bronze medal.  This would replace the current point system.  The philosophy behind this is to keep competition tight throughout the entire year.  However, it’s not a bad idea, but not one for the current problem they are trying to resolve; which is to keep the racing interesting to the end.  Either way you look at it, running the events forward, backward or mixed up, at the end of the season championship title would not be at tight as the beginning of the season.
 
The way to fix this potential problem is to have a smaller points difference in the current points setting.  This is a double edged sword though because payouts from sponsors are huge even for lesser points acquired.  Having points being too far apart and if someone wins one race they could have a true running for the championship.  The problem is that there are not any good variables to make the racing more interesting.  Such variances would be things like getting points for qualifying in the top three; bonus points for fastest laps or what about incorporating laps finished?  It’s these variables that will make for tighter racing… other than lady luck.