Fastest Lap: The strategy behind going for the extra point
This season the drivers have the potential to win an extra point for setting the fastest lap of the race. But what strategies are employed in a bid to seek the prize, and are the risks worth it? Will Buxton speaks to the men behind the wheel...
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