Ferrari team principal said it would have been an unnecessary risk to pit Charles Leclerc in an attempt to hunt the fastest lap bonus point at the Australian Grand Prix, while... read more »

Mattia Binotto explains Ferrari's decision not to bring Charles Leclerc in for a free pit stop late on so he could try and set the fastest lap of the race. read more »

Valtteri Bottas labelled his Australian Grand Prix victory as the greatest race of his career, having started his 2019 campaign with an utterly dominant win in Melbourne.... read more »

Valtteri Bottas took maximum points from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix to take top spot in the drivers' standings for the first time in his F1 career. Not only... read more »

Valtteri Bottas opens his 2019 Formula 1 account with victory and the fastest lap point in the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Valtteri Bottas enjoyed an impeccable race at Melbourne, starting his season with 26 points after also recording the fastest lap of the race. Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen... read more »

In the final practice ahead of qualifying, Lewis Hamilton continued to be the fastest man, making it a clean sweep and a solid start of his season. Sebastian Vettel seems to... read more »

Hamilton completes a hat-trick of P1 finishes in practice for the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park, edging Sebastian Vettel by two-tenths of a second. read more »

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton was fastest as the new Formula One cars headed out for the first competitive running of the season. The World Champion ended up just a tiny bit... read more »

Lewis Hamilton enjoyed the perfect start to his F1 2019 season by topping both of the Australian GP's opening practice sessions, with Mercedes opening up a significant... read more »

Lewis Hamilton ends Free Practice 1 fastest for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton starts the new Formula 1 season with fastest time in the first practice session at the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in the opening practice session for Formula 1's season-opening Australian Grand Prix, but both Ferrari drivers were within a tenth of... read more »

Drivers strike differing views on F1's fastest lap rule read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes someone who holds a big advantage over the driver behind will be tempted to pit and take risks to earn Formula 1's revived fastest lap bonus point read more »

Formula 1's decision to award a point for the fastest lap could "unlock some strange scenarios", but according to Robert Kubica they won't affect Williams -... read more »

There are 21 extra points up for grabs in Formula 1 this year - but will it make any difference? read more »

The addition of a bonus point for the fastest lap in every Formula 1 race has been approved by the FIA, and will be in practice for the Australian Grand Prix. read more »

Formula 1 has brought back an old rule from the first decade of the world championship, and it will offer a bonus point to whichever driver sets fastest lap in each race -... read more »

Ross Brawn insists that awarding a point for the fastest race lap will be "a concrete motivation" for drivers in the final stages of races. read more »

Formula One will award a point to the driver who sets the fastest race lap, starting from this weekend's season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, providing he... read more »

Why F1's fastest lap point isn't such a bad idea? read more »

Formula 1's new rule to award one point for the driver who sets the fastest lap finishing inside the top 10 has been confirmed read more »

Formula 1 is set to change its scoring system this year by giving a point to the driver who sets the fastest lap in a grand prix. read more »

Formula 1 will award a world championship point to the driver setting the fastest lap of a grand prix from 2019 after a proposal was met with unanimous approval read more »