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Luke Smith

FIA to review reduced F1 point rules after Japanese GP confusion

Heavy rain resulted in a lengthy red flag delay at the Japanese GP two weeks ago that meant the race could only complete 28 of its planned 53 laps before the three-hour time limit expired.

Despite only just scraping over the 50% mark for the race distance, full points were still awarded due to the wording of the regulations that said reduced points only applied for races that could not be resumed.

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