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F1 fastest lap point rule gets green light
Formula 1’s new rule to award one point for the driver who sets the fastest lap finishing inside the top 10 has been confirmed by both the FIA and F1’s management groups ahead of the 2019 season opener in Australia. Having already been approved by the FIA's world motor sport council (WMSC) last week, the move has also been ratified by the F1 Commission and the Strategy Group and is now part of the sporting regulations ahead of the opening race in Melbourne. It will be the first time since the early years of the world championship during the 1950s that F1 has awarded a point for fastest lap. While the initiative has been pushed through in a bid to add another element of intrigue to...
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