The Formulation 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 gives a novel problem for drivers as a result of slim avenue circuit structure. Whereas qualifying is among the highlights of the season given its significance to the ultimate race end result, that contrasts with an typically processional race the place the lead driver frequently backs the sphere 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 obligatory minimal of 1 pit cease per race, at present a default determine as a result of have to run no less than two totally 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 rules,” 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 group principal Any Cowell disputed the declare, including: “It was mentioned however no last settlement, so extra work to be carried out.”
Different modifications agreed in the course of the F1 Fee assembly associated to the 2025 rules, with extra stringent entrance wing deflection assessments being launched from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards, and comparable assessments for the rear wing from the beginning of the season.
There may also not be a restriction on the variety of gearboxes a group can use throughout a season, because it was determined their reliability make the regulation out of date.
