F1 has revealed why it will no longer reward the driver who sets the fastest lap inside the top 10 with a bonus point for the 2025 season.

  • ctkatz@lemmy.ml
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    8 days ago

    fastest lap outside the top 10 doesn’t bother me but what I think this does is eliminate the team orders of stopping someone (for example someone like oh I don’t know, perez) who’s on a heater stealing the point away from their teammate (like, dunno just pulling a name, verstappen) when the wdc is still being contested.

    it’s being killed because team orders rules everything in f1 and drivers can’t just drive hard (without wrecking the other car).

    • BowserBasher@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      Point for fastest lap for any driver in the race would have been the easiest solution. Gives drivers lower in the field a chance for a point and could make both ends of the table exciting come the end of the season.

    • Microw@lemm.ee
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      8 days ago

      Yeah. Could have simply made it a point for fastest lap period, no matter if you’re in the top 10 or outside of it.