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GBR
Proposal title
Changes to Team scoring for Paramotor classes
Existing text
4.34.11 The team score shall be computed from the sum of the scores of the top three pilots of each country in each class in each task grouped together in:
- Classes AL1, AL2, WL1, and WL2
- Each valid Paramotor class which has a minimum of 8 pilots.
New text
4.34.11 The team score for Paramotor classes shall be computed from the sum of the scores of the top three aircraft of each country in each task grouped together in across all the classes (PF1, PF2, PL1, PL2) which have at least 20 competing aircraft.
- Pilots in valid Paramotor classes with less than 20 aircraft can compete for individual medals but cannot score for their Team.
- For a task to count towards the Team score, half or more of the qualifying Classes must have flown that task, with the same potential maximum score.
Reason
It is a bit silly to award Team medals for Classes that are undersubscribed, when often you know the results in advance, purely based on the number of aircraft some nations have entered.
Having only one Team score across all the Paramotor classes would be more meaningful, as long as only the Classes that are well subscribed do score towards it.
A similar proposal for Classic Classes has been put forward
Option B
Same proposed text as Option A but replacing “top three aircraft of each country" by “top five aircraft of each country”.