The Method 1 Fee has agreed to discover a proposal to extend the obligatory variety of pit stops on the Monaco Grand Prix to enhance the racing spectacle.
Monaco is without doubt one of the most iconic occasions within the motorsport calendar and offers a singular problem for drivers because of the slim avenue circuit format. Whereas qualifying is without doubt one of the highlights of the season given its significance to the ultimate race final result, that contrasts with an typically processional race the place the lead driver recurrently backs the sector as much as stop gaps opening for the chasing pack to make their pit stops.
Because the F1 Fee held its first assembly of the brand new yr in London on Tuesday morning, a proposal was accepted that may see a rise on the obligatory minimal of 1 pit cease per race, at the moment a default determine because of the must run at the very least two totally different slick tire compounds throughout a race.
“With the purpose of selling higher racing on the Monaco Grand Prix, the fee mentioned proposals for Monaco-specific laws,” an FIA assertion learn. “The fee agreed to extend the numbers of obligatory pit stops within the race. These proposals might be additional mentioned by the Sporting Advisory Committee within the coming weeks.”
Regardless of that assertion, Aston Martin crew principal Any Cowell disputed the declare, including: “It was mentioned however no closing settlement, so extra work to be accomplished.”
Different modifications agreed in the course of the F1 Fee assembly associated to the 2025 laws, with extra stringent entrance wing deflection exams being launched from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, and related exams for the rear wing from the beginning of the season.
There will even now not be a restriction on the variety of gearboxes a crew can use throughout a season, because it was determined their reliability make the regulation out of date.
