The contrast between F1 and NASCAR continues in 2025, now with the fastest lap rule. While F1 has abolished the system of giving a bonus point to the driver setting the fastest lap of the Grand Prix, ...

NASCAR, in a way, is taking notes from F1's old playbook. The American stock car series recently renewed its long-standing partnership with Comcast (but will cease its title sponsorship of the Xfinity ...

But how much strategy, if any, can be used to earn the fastest lap? When F1 awarded a bonus point for the fastest lap from 2019 to 2024, a team in the top 10 that was in no danger of losing ...

NASCAR competition officials announced Monday that drivers who record the fastest lap in every points-paying race — the Xfinity Fastest Lap — will earn one additional bonus point in both the ...

NASCAR’s Fastest Lap Point Inspired by F1’s Past System Although inspired by Formula 1’s discontinued fastest lap point system, NASCAR’s approach introduces unique features that distinguish it from ...

Had it been implemented in the 2024 season, NASCAR's recent Fastest Lap rule would have significantly changed the sport's ...

Cup, Xfinity, and Truck Series races will all award a driver for the fastest lap. That has Dale Earnhardt Jr. excited. In the past, NASCAR has awarded drivers for leading the most laps.