The FIA introduced on Wednesday {that a} plan to extend the quantity of pit-stops on the this yr has been authorised.
The well-known race on the streets of the principality is for its lack of overtaking alternatives, with Crimson Bull’s labelling final yr’s race as “boring” – with the top-10 not altering order in any respect from the beginning of the race to the tip.
Consequently, after a gathering of the Fee final Tuesday morning in London, it was agreed that the variety of obligatory pit stops (one) per driver needs to be elevated.
The FIA, F1’s governing physique, confirmed the change on Wednesday after a gathering of the World Motorsport Council (WMSC), detailing that groups should cease a minimum of twice and use three totally different tyre units (although solely two totally different compounds if it’s a dry race).
This yr’s Monaco GP will happen on 23-25 Could. The by F1 pundits Bernie Collins, Jolyon Palmer and Ted Kravitz.
An FIA assertion final week learn: “With the purpose of selling higher racing on the , the fee mentioned proposals for Monaco-specific laws.
“The fee agreed to extend the numbers of obligatory pit stops within the Race. “
received his residence race final yr however attributable to an early pink flag – permitting all of the drivers to modify tyres and make their obligatory tyre swap – the order of the top-10 didn’t change.
With only one DRS zone on the principle straight, overtaking is near-impossible across the tight twists and turns of Monaco.
Verstappen, who completed sixth and couldn’t squeeze his Crimson Bull previous George Russell forward, mentioned over the radio: “F*** me, that is actually boring… I ought to’ve introduced my pillow”.
He added afterwards: “General the weekend is actually cool, simply the Sunday is a little bit bit boring sadly, however the surroundings continues to be nice,” Verstappen mentioned.
“If we are able to discover a technique to race a bit higher, why not? That will be my most well-liked answer.”
Lewis Hamilton additionally mentioned of final yr’s race: “It was non-eventful. Everybody drove so sluggish. So it did not matter what tyre you had been on. We had been driving seconds off the tempo.
“I do not know what it was like watching, however I’m positive individuals had been falling asleep.”
