Formula One will award a pole position trophy next year to the driver who qualifies fastest the most times during the season.
The 2014 sporting regulations published on Thursday by the governing International Automobile Federation, stipulate that in the event of a tie the holder of the most second places would win, with a further countback until a winner emerges.
“If this procedure fails to produce a result, the FIA will nominate the winner according to such criteria as it thinks fit,” the regulations state.
Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel would have won the award in four of the past five seasons.
The FIA also wrote a penalty points system into the regulations, which will see drivers handed a race ban if they accumulate 12 points in a year.
“Penalty points will remain on a driver's Super Licence for a period of 12 months after which they will be respectively removed on the 12-month anniversary of their imposition,” it said.
Driver numbers, to be chosen by the competitors and kept for the duration of their Formula One career, will have to be clearly visible on helmets and the front of cars. - Reuters