F1 makes significant change to points system for 2025

F1 is to drop the bonus point awarded for the fastest lap in the 2025 season after a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council. 

The extra point was re-introduced in 2019 for those drivers who took the fastest lap and finished inside the top 10, but after five seasons, it is to be dropped from next season. 

It comes after discussions earlier this season about overhauling the points system to award drivers from 1st-12th in the classification with points, up from the current top 10. 

This was eventually dismissed after discussions with the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 system introduced in 2010 being retained. 

Elsewhere, the FIA has restructured the sporting, technical and financial rules, simplifying them ahead of the 2026 revamp.

A restructuring of the regulations has been an oft-called-for necessity, with a "reorganisation of the way the regulations are laid out being divided into thematic sections for clarity and consistency."

The sporting regulations are Section B, the sporting rules are Section C and the financial rules that cover the cost cap come under Section D. 

It is expected further elements will be submitted for WMSC approval in the coming months.

The next WMSC meeting is on December 11th after the F1 season-finale in Abu Dhabi.

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