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Only top 10 eligible for fastest lap point

Mar.11 Only the top ten finishers will be eligible for F1's new point-for-fastest-lap system. We reported last week that Liberty Media is introducing a system whereby the driver with the fastest lap of the race also gets a point. "They think it will increase the tension to the end of the race," said Roger Benoit, the veteran correspondent for Blick newspaper. The move has now proceeded through the World Motor Sport Council. Bild newspaper reports: "If the F1 Commission agrees, the change could apply from the season opener in Melbourne." However, there is a caveat. "Only drivers within the first 10 places would receive the point," said the newspaper. The...
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