Record world champion Lewis Hamilton sees the implementation of his wishes in the regular revolution for the Formula 1 race in Monaco.
In this Formula 1 season there is an important change of control in the prestigious race in Monaco. From now on, the drivers have to stop at least twice in the Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton feels confirmed.
“I am pretty sure that it was my idea anyway. But if you look at the protocols of the past few years, I have mentioned the two stops for years,” the “Daily Express” quotes the record world champion after completing the test drives in Bahrain.
Hamilton: A stop was “never really good”
“I think Monaco has to be at least one two-stop race. I think that a stop was never really good. I think the Grand Prix [von Monaco] A great Grand Prix is, but the race … with more than one pit stop, the race might have more to offer. “
Background of the regular adjustment for the race on the Côte d’Azur is that the makers promise more excitement.
The FIA sports advisory board gave “Green Light for the two-stop rule” on Wednesday, which is intended to be “strategic realignment of the cult race”, according to a statement. At least three tire rates must be used by world champion Max Verstappen and Co. at the Grand Prix on May 25th.
Verstappen wanted to take pillows with them
Before that, the regulations had provided that at least two different slick tire sets were used in races under dry conditions – only a stop would have been necessary for this. In 2024, this meant a lot of boredom for the race in Monaco. The teams used a long interruption after an early crash to change the tire. After that, nothing happened on the track.
World champion Max Verstappen found the race so boring at the time that he regretted not taking his pillow into the car, as he sounded on the box radio. Such radio sayings could be over by introducing two compulsory boxing stops.
“It will not solve everything,” Hamilton restricted. “We will still see some of the problems that we don’t overtake and so on, but I think it will make it more exciting. So yes, I’m full of it.”