Charles Leclerc sounded a word of warning over the FIA’s plans to introduce extra particular guidelines for his residence race, the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Components 1 Fee has agreed to introduce a brand new regulation rising the variety of obligatory pit stops drivers should make within the race on the famed road circuit. The exact wording of the proposed rule is now underneath dialogue by the Sporting Advisory Committee.
The slim structure of the Monaco observe, and the broader vehicles F1 launched in 2017, means the grand prix tends to be processional. That was particularly so final 12 months when a first-lap pink flag allowed all drivers to finish their obligatory change of tyre compounds with out making a pit cease. Afterwards Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali vowed “we must not let that happen again.”
Monaco’s race is uncommon in that it’s already ruled by sure particular guidelines. The space of its grand prix is about at 260 kilometres, 45km lower than each different spherical of the world championship.
The FIA revealed two days in the past its plan to introduce one other particular rule for Monaco’s race, requiring drivers to alter tyres greater than as soon as, and due to this fact make extra pit stops. Leclerc stated rising the strategic choices for drivers might make the race extra attention-grabbing, however stated F1 ought to be ready to desert the rule if it doesn’t work as meant.
“As a result of technique will turn out to be a bit extra of the factor, I feel [that] is an effective factor. Monaco is super-exciting on a Saturday – for us drivers it’s unimaginable, it’s the perfect qualifying of the 12 months. Then on the Sunday it may possibly get a bit of bit… there’s not a lot taking place.
“So I feel it is a method to spice the issues up a bit extra. However then we’ve received to be open-minded. If it’s the course that we’re going right now, then we have to see if that truly makes a distinction or not and be open to alter again if that’s not the precise answer.”
One other rule which was launched with the intention of bettering the present, the bonus level for quickest lap, has been scrapped for this year.
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