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‘Fastest lap point livened up the closing stages'

Ross Brawn believes the decision to award a point for the fastest lap of the race 'livened up' the closing stages of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix. This season Formula 1 is awarding a single point to the driver who clocks the fastest lap at each grand prix, however, they have to finish inside the top ten. Valtteri Bottas claimed the first point as he ignored team orders from Toto Wolff, determined to bag the maximum 26 points. He wasn't the only driver going for it with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen also in the hunt while commentators were wondering if Ferrari would give it a go given their gap to sixth place. F1 sporting boss Brawn told Motorsport.com: 'The return to awarding a point...
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