How to Encourage Racing All the Way Down Through the Field

I reckon you could give points all the way down through the field to make it mean something for underperforming cars. Why not? It's something I drove an underperforming car in Formula One and I had some fantastic 15th position finishes and 16th position finishes. You can have the race of your life and walk away from it with absolutely nothing to show for it. If you want to encourage them to treat it properly, seriously, competitively then why not give a few more points just for that one race at least for their championship sake?