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F1 finally admits reason for scrapping bonus point
Feb.14 Formula 1 axed the bonus point for fastest lap for the 2025 season because it was 'controversial'. Last October, the FIA's World Motor Sport Council ratified the removal of the extra point for a top-10 finisher – but did not explain why. Many suspected it was directly related to a highly controversial incident involving McLaren's Lando Norris in Singapore. In that race, Daniel Ricciardo's late pitstop for new tyres in the Red Bull-owned Racing Bulls car, and subsequent fastest lap, deprived Norris of a much-needed point in his title fight with Max Verstappen. 'You know, it was Daniel's last race but it was also something to take away from me,' Norris said at the time. 'If it...
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