The FIA has elevated the pit lane velocity restrict for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix.
The velocity restrict for the Marina Bay road monitor was beforehand set on the decrease restrict of 60kph because of the restricted area obtainable within the pits. Nonetheless for this 12 months’s race the restrict has been elevated to 80kph.
The FIA confirmed it gave the go-ahead for the change after the circuit operators widened the pit lane by one metre. F1 automobiles are restricted to a most width of two metres.
The change ought to cut back the period of time drivers lose by making pit stops in Singapore. Underneath the decrease pit lane velocity restrict drivers misplaced round 25 seconds coming in to alter tyres. That made it some of the penalising circuits to make a pit cease on the F1 calendar.
As drivers will lose much less time making pit stops this 12 months, groups could also be keen to think about pitting greater than as soon as. Nonetheless the issue of overtaking on the Singapore circuit might imply they like to stay to one-stop methods.
That is the second race this 12 months at which the FIA has raised the pit lane velocity restrict. It was additionally elevated from 60kph to 80kph for the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.
The FIA additionally confirmed enhancements have been made to the pit lane floor for this 12 months’s race. The realm between the working lane and the quick lane has been repaired.
The race organisers have additionally resurfaced a number of areas of the monitor. They’ve laid new asphalt between turns two and three, six and 7, by means of flip 9, from turns 14 to 16 and 16 to 19. Minor patches have additionally been laid at turns 5, six, 13 and 14.
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