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Brawn hails excitement created by fastest lap point
Valtteri Bottas Formula 1 managing director of motorsport Ross Brawn believes that the return of a fastest lap bonus point proved its worth in the Rolex Australian Grand Prix. The practice of rewarding the fastest lap with an extra championship point, for driver and constructor, was a late addition to this year’s sporting regulations. At Albert Park, race winner Valtteri Bottas became the first driver since Maurice Trintignant in the 1959 United States Grand Prix, when the rule last applied, to collect a fastest lap point. In a somewhat uneventful season-opener, the battle for that point became the key point of intrigue as the race wore on. Bottas held the fastest lap for the majority of...
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