Method 1 has revealed plans to extend the variety of necessary pit stops on the Monaco Grand Prix in a bid for “better racing”.
A scarcity of overtaking at F1’s most well-known race has led to largely processional racing in recent times as a result of tight nature of the circuit and the larger vehicles.
The 2024 Monaco Grand Prix noticed the highest 10 begin and end in the identical positions, with a pink flag on the opening lap taking out any strategic ingredient.
Since 2010, F1 guidelines state that a minimum of two dry tyre compounds have to be utilized in a Grand Prix if the situations are dry, subsequently every driver should full a pit cease, until there’s a pink flag which lets you change tyres.
F1 and the Monaco Grand Prix agreed a brand new deal final 12 months that may see the occasion stay on the calendar till a minimum of 2031.
“With the aim of promoting better racing at the Monaco Grand Prix, the commission discussed proposals for Monaco-specific regulations,” learn a press release from the FIA after an F1 Fee assembly on the Method One Administration workplaces in London forward of Tuesday night time’s F1 75 Launch occasion on the O2 Area.
“The commission agreed to increase the numbers of mandatory pit stops in the Race. These proposals will be further discussed by the Sporting Advisory Committee in the coming weeks.”
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Valtteri Bottas finds the hole and overtakes Logan Sargeant in Monaco final 12 months
What else was determined on the F1 Fee?
F1 and the FIA additionally confirmed new deflection assessments on entrance wings, after controversy about groups exploiting wing flexing final 12 months.
The brand new assessments on entrance wings might be launched from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, the ninth race of the 12 months in early June, with new assessments on rear wings starting from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
There are not limits on the variety of gearboxes which can be utilized and clarifications have been made round begin procedures, after Lando Norris and George Russell pulled away from the grid ultimately 12 months’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix when the “aborted start” message emerged.
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