FIA proposes 'pole trophy' for F1's 'top qualifier' from 2014 season

Formula One will award a pole position trophy next year to the driver who qualifies fastest the most times during the season, the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) announced on Thursday, according to reports.

According to Sport24, the 2014 sporting regulations, posted on the FIA website, said that in the event of a tie the holder of the most second places would win, with a further countback until a winner emerges.

Red Bull's quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel would have won the award in four of the last five seasons, the report said.

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, the report added.

Driver numbers, to be chosen by the competitors and kept for the duration of their Formula One careers, will have to be clearly visible on helmets and the front of cars, the report further said.