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The FIA has announced that from the 2025 Formula 1 season the extra point awarded to the driver who sets the fastest lap in the Sunday race will be abolished. What other changes has the World Council of Motorsport decided on?
At the meeting of the members of the Council the main change decided to the racing regulations of F1 in 2025 is the abolition of the extra point that the driver who sets the fastest lap of the race wins in the main GP.
This point was added to the scoring system in 2019, and at many of the GPs since then we’ve seen plenty of drivers with nothing to lose making a pit stop at the end to claim fastest lap on fresh soft rubber.
That’s exactly what Daniel Ricciardo did with RB at the last race, Singapore, depriving Lando Norris of the fastest lap mark and raising doubts about whether his move to interfere in Norris’ title fight was morally correct.
After the discussions that followed, the FIA reached the decision to abolish the fastest lap grade. Thus, in the race the maximum points that a driver will be able to score will be from 2025 only 25 of the victory.
In addition, the World Motorsport Council has decided to double the number of free practice sessions in GPs where teams will be required to participate with a first-time driver in the cockpit of one of their two cars.
Thus, from 2025, F1 teams will be obliged to have for each of their cars a rookie in two periods of free testing, instead of one that was in force until this year.
With this decision the FIA offset a decision to scrap plans for a rookie race immediately after the final GP of the year, in Abu Dhabi – something that could not be ruled out for the end of 2025.
In addition to next season, the Council also considered a number of amendments and improvements to the new 2026 technical regulations. As reported by the Federation, the chassis regulations “they provide for a higher performance of the cars, while maintaining the characteristics of the flowing air to contribute to close and exciting battles on the track.”
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