Following the confusion that marred last year's Japanese GP, the FIA intends to change the rules regarding points awarded for shortened F1 races.
being handed a five-second penalty for having cut the chicane and gaining an advantage on the final lap.
As a result of changes made following the washout at the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix, new rules had been put in place stipulating distance requirements for the distribution of points. For races that ran beyond 25% but not 50%, the winner would get 13 points, and for races that ran for 50% but not 75%, then it would be 19 points. Anything more than 75% was full points.
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