F1 drops fastest lap bonus point from 2025
Formula 1 is to drop the award of a bonus point for fastest lap from the 2025 season.
The decision, made by the world motorsports council of governing body the FIA, comes in the wake of a controversy over RB’s Daniel Ricciardo taking the point away from title contender Lando Norris in the last race in Singapore.
RB are the sister outfit of Red Bull, whose driver Max Verstappen is in a championship battle with McLaren's Norris.
Verstappen is facing an increasing threat from Briton Norris, who has cut the Dutchman's drivers' championship lead to 52 points.
The bonus point is only awarded to a driver who finishes in the top 10 so Ricciardo, who finished 18th in Singapore, did not get the extra point.
Speaking at the drivers' press conference before this weekend's United States Grand Prix, Norris said: "I don’t know why they’ve done it. I quite like how it is now, there is an opportunity to go for something else. You pay the price for risking it, if your pit stop goes wrong or something.
"If it’s something like Singapore, it’s the correct thing to do, but I don’t think people should change it just because of Singapore."
The FIA was not immediately able to provide the reason for the change being made to a rule that was introduced in 2019.
