FORMULA 1 TAG HEUER GRAND PRIX DE MONACO.........Race......................▄▀▄▀▄▀ SPOILERS ▄▀▄▀▄▀

Superb weather for the Tyre Test GP today:
Sun 25 | Day
Sunny to partly cloudy. High 21C. Winds S at 10 to 15 km/h.

Strategy mix and minimal separation for the top 4 overall.
Have a good race day!
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I hope they have a calmer start than the F2 race just now!

 

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/how-f1s-mandatory-pitstop-rule-works-at-the-monaco-gp/10726427

How does the new Monaco rule work?
To avoid a repeat of that scenario, changes have been made. Layout tweaks are difficult in Monaco’s tight streets, so a different approach was needed. It resulted in a special Monaco rule, commonly referred to as a two-pitstop rule.

However, that wording is not entirely accurate. As confirmed by the FIA, the rule does not necessarily mean that teams are required to make two pitstops. It states that drivers must use three different sets of tyres, and that’s an important difference — especially if there’s another red flag like last year. During a regular race, teams can comply with the tyre regulations by switching compounds under red flag conditions, meaning they do not need to stop again. The same rule applies during a red flag in this year’s Monaco Grand Prix. So if teams switch compounds during the stoppage, it still counts as a free pitstop. In that case, only one regular stop would be required.

That’s a potential risk to the whole plan: if there’s an early red flag and all teams switch compounds, the rest of the race could turn into a typical Monaco one-stopper — making all the paddock talks about this new rule pointless. However, even in that case it would still prevent a repeat of last year, which was one of the primary goals behind the change.

It’s worth noting that the FIA has already closed several potential loopholes. Pitstops at the end of the formation lap don’t count for example, after some teams asked about that. A team cannot dive into the pits before the race officially starts in order to get one stop out of the way. The FIA has clarified that only the tyres a driver starts the race with (either from the grid or pitlane) will count as a first set for the race.

 

It will be interesting to see who figured out any other loopholes.

 

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"Hold my Moet", Porsche Supercup said.

 

I can’t find anywhere in the regulations how many laps you have to do on each set of tires so someone at the back could stop twice on the first two laps and try the track position game on hards?

 

Surreal that.............

 

Absolutely, but you can't pit at the end of the warm up lap. Only after lap one.

If there is no start incident, yellow or red like last year, the race could be very interesting with wild unpredictable strategies but if there is a lap one snafu then not so much.

 

Stuttgart piggies chaos

 

Luckily ABC is broadcasting it on my flight.
C’mon Chuck!

 

here we go!!! Starting grid

 

Forza Ferrari! LEts go Charles!

 

formation lap!

 

Does a red flag count as a pit stop?

 

pit banana lol

 

Saftey car

 

Bottle-o

 

No!

 

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Yuki Bearman Gasly pit

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Haas went full Scuderia on that pit stop