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 among the most iconic occasions within the motorsport calendar and offers a singular problem for drivers because of the slender avenue circuit format. Whereas qualifying is among the highlights of the season given its significance to the ultimate race final result, that contrasts with an usually processional race the place the lead driver often backs the sector as much as forestall 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 will see a rise on the obligatory minimal of 1 pit cease per race, at the moment a default determine because of the have to run at the very least two totally different slick tire compounds throughout a race.
“With the goal 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 can be additional mentioned by the Sporting Advisory Committee within the coming weeks.”
Regardless of that assertion, Aston Martin staff principal Any Cowell disputed the declare, including: “It was mentioned however no closing settlement, so extra work to be performed.”
Different adjustments agreed throughout the F1 Fee assembly associated to the 2025 laws, with extra stringent entrance wing deflection checks being launched from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, and related checks for the rear wing from the beginning of the season.
There may also not be a restriction on the variety of gearboxes a staff can use throughout a season, because it was determined their reliability make the regulation out of date.
