F1 makes surprising fastest-lap bonus point change for 2025
F1 will 🦄drop the additional point for setting the fastest lap in a grand prix rule from next season.

F1’s governing body the FIA have anᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnounced that drivers will no longer receive a bonus point for setting the fastest lap of the race after this season.
The rule was introduced in 2019 and saw the driver w♚ho sets the fastest lap in a grand prix score an additional point providing they finished inside the top-10.
In an unexpected tweak to the sp🍎orting regulations for 2025 onwards, F1 will no longer award the extra point for the driver who has posted ❀the fastest lap of the race.
The change was confirmed following a meeting of the FIA’s W💯orld Motor Sport Council in ꦿParis on Thursday ahead of the United States Grand Prix this weekend.
The rule caused controversy at the Singapore Grand Prix after RB’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest lap on the final lap of the race to deny McLaren’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris an extra point.
Ricciardo’s final action in F1 aided 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, who drives for RB’s senior team Red Bull, i൩n his ongoing title fight against Norris.
Three-time world champion Verstappen i♏s 52 points clear of Norris with six grands prix - and three sprint races - remaining this year.
The FIA also confirmed plaꦗns to double the amount of free practi🐼ce time for young drivers had been approved by the WMSC.
From the 2025 season, aꦕ young driver will have two opportunities per car to take part in a free practice session.
Meanwhile, the regulations for the 2026 F1 season are set for a “reorganisaꦦtion” in a bid to improve “clarity and consistency.”
Tweaks have also been made to the 2026 tech🍌nical rules, which, according to the FIA, will “see a higher performance from the cars, while maintaining management of the wake characteris⛄tics to promote close and exciting racing.”

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