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Juan Manuel Fangio was the oldest driver to set a fastest lap; he was 46 years old when he set the fastest lap at the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix. [19] No fastest lap was officially classified for the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix. [20] Since 2007, the driver with the most fastest laps in a season is awarded the DHL Fastest Lap Award. The inaugural ...
In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some racing series, like Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula E award championship points for a driver or team that set the fastest lap. In Grand Prix motorcycle racing no point is awarded for the fastest lap. Giacomo Agostini holds the current record for the most fastest laps ...
The drivers are issued a new set of soft tyres and have twelve minutes to set a qualifying time, which will determine the top ten positions on the grid. The driver who sets the fastest qualifying time is said to be on pole position, the grid position that offers the best physical position from which to start the race. [9]
The fastest lap point in Formula 1 is disappearing at the end of the 2024 season. The FIA announced Thursday that drivers would no longer get a bonus point for having the fastest lap starting in 2025.
The FIA is set to abolish the fastest lap point rule for the 2025 season onwards. [35] Unlike various other motor racing series, F1 has never awarded bonus points to drivers for leading the most laps (e.g., the IndyCar Series ) or qualifying on pole position (e.g., the F1 feeder series, such as Formula 2 and Formula 3 ).
The Ford Mustang GTD has set a 6:57.685 lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It's the fastest American production car ever at the track, and the 5th fastest sports car.
The World Championship of Drivers has been held since 1950.Driver records listed here include all rounds which formed part of the World Championship since 1950: this includes the Indianapolis 500 from 1950–1960 (although it was not run to Formula One rules), and the 1952 and 1953 World Championship Grands Prix (which were run to Formula Two rules).
F1 and Amazon Web Services used the AI system to calculate the fastest racer in a single qualifying lap — known as the purest indication of raw speed. They first collected data from every ...