The Method 1 Fee has agreed to discover a proposal to extend the necessary 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 supplies a singular problem for drivers because of the slender road circuit structure. 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 might see a rise on the necessary minimal of 1 pit cease per race, at present a default determine because of the have to run at the very least two completely different slick tire compounds throughout a race.
“With the intention 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 necessary pit stops within the race. These proposals can 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 last settlement, so extra work to be executed.”
Different adjustments 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 may 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of gearboxes a crew can use throughout a season, because it was determined their reliability make the regulation out of date.
