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Valtteri Bottas ignored Wolff order to get fastest lap at Australian Grand Prix

Australian Grand Prix winner Valtteri Bottas went against a pre-race order from Mercedes boss Toto Wolff not to go for the new point on offer for the fastest lap of the race.

Bottas put an exclamation point on his perfect Sunday on the penultimate lap by beating Max Verstappen's previous best time. That meant he scored a full 26 points -- ahead of the season, F1 agreed on a rule change allowing an extra point to anyone finishing inside the top ten.