Talk:McLaren Driver Development Programme: Difference between revisions

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:My view: Cups have winners who lift a physical cup they won, championships have title champions. That was adhered to historically and there is a difference between them which has now been lost even by the FIA across their own regulations after definitions have already been set. To no surprise, usage and definitions are argued across Motorsport Wikipedia. So, it appears acceptable to interchange a lot of these terms, because ''sources exist'', so that is the position I will support even though it's not my preferred outcome. [[User:Rally Wonk|Rally Wonk]] ([[User talk:Rally Wonk|talk]]) 19:01, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

::I will not attempt to define title because it's not up to me to do that. Governing bodies do that for us and we reflect the actual events. [[User:Tvx1|T]][[User Talk:Tvx1|v]][[Special:Contributions/Tvx1|x]]1 19:08, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

:::I don't know if FIA has this clear stated in their regulations, but sometimes competitions change their status from World Championship to World Cup and vice versa. It has to do with the number of continents where the competition is held (I think at least 3 to be World Championship) or the envolvement of factory teams vs private entries. It happened in WTTC/WTCR, in WEC there are World Championships for some categories and World Cups for anothers. The "gets a cup" argument, for me its not valid since you get a cup or a trophy by winning both a Championship and a Cup, and also a race, isn't useful to distinguish. [[User:Rpo.castro|Rpo.castro]] ([[User talk:Rpo.castro|talk]]) 19:25, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

::I'm not sure I see this precept that Championship wins are titles and Cup wins aren't. For instance, the headline karting competition, the [[FIA Karting World Championship]], is a stand-alone race. [[User:MSport1005|MSport1005]] ([[User talk:MSport1005|talk]]) 19:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC)