FittingMechanics wrote: ↑27 May 2024, 11:16
AnthonyG wrote: ↑27 May 2024, 11:01
Emag wrote: ↑27 May 2024, 09:54
I think its time for them to consider changes to the track. In terms of strategy, I agree, it was like Singapore, but you're not completely hopeless for an overtake in Singapore.
There's not that much room for changes, but something that would make a big difference is to remove the nouvelle chicane and making tabac slower. At least you get one big braking zone following a straight.
It's the cars, the cheapest and most effective way for F1 to increase overtaking is to reduce car size. A smaller car will increase overtaking on all tracks of the calender. Present day and future.
Yes but changing the cars is not a quick or easy fix.
For Monaco - they need to institute two stops minimum. That would be quickest way to improve it slightly.
Other thing is what emag said - that would make sense but with how close the walls are and the trees, it seems like it is not an easy thing to do and even then, who know how much it would help.
There was a mandatory pit stop, there was a red flag.
What if there are two red flags?
Should we then introduce three stops the following year?
There are things that just happen.
Monaco produces exciting chaos one year, boredom one year and perhaps boring chaos the next.
This year, the boredom after the crashes was extremely pleasant for me.
I'm also glad that it didn't come to the feared pit stop chaos during an SC phase.
It's horrible when a dozen or more cars pull into the pits and you have to wait ages until the slot is free to pull out.
Fortunately, we were spared this lottery.
Look at the F2 race. The different strategies and the mandatory pit stop created excitement there and in the end the VSC produced an unexpected winner.
A good race despite the few overtaking manoeuvres.
The F1 race could have been the same. But it wasn't. But that doesn't mean you have to rebuild the principality or downsize the cars.
Even if the latter is necessary in any case!