Yesterday the FIA announced that at this year’s Monaco Grand Prix it will be mandated that all teams must make a minimum of 2 pit stops during the race.
The surprising move comes after the idea was submitted by the World Motorsport Council for consideration by the FIA.
It’s a positive move and one that recognises that the Monaco GP can be a bit of a dud. In my opinion this mandate should extend to all races, it would remove to some extent these boring races where they try to save tyres as much as they can, so they only have to stop once.
Do I think it will spice up the Monaco GP? In short, no. The modern F1 cars are too large for the layout and there are almost zero overtaking opportunities. It has long been my opinion, that if it didn’t draw in the rich and famous, the race would not feature on the calendar. I wonder if there is scope to change and extend the track layout to further down the harbour and remove the tight hair pin section.
Do you think it will improve the race? Let me know below.
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