Pre-match outlook for F1 Monaco Station: Can mandatory secondary pits add variables?

The Monaco Street Track, which is known as one of the three major racing competitions in the world and has the lowest allowable error rate, is known as one of the three major racing competitions in the world. The Monaco Station will be hosted by the Monaco Raceway in the northeast of the city. The competition will use a lap length of 3.337 kilometers, a total of 19 curves and a seventh edition Grand Prix track route with a straight line set to the DRS area only at the starting line. The final schedule will be 78 laps on May 25 at 15:00 [21:00]. In addition to the obvious difference in height because the city is built on the mountain, the narrow and curved route makes this track the lowest average speed and turnover allowance rate in the season and the most important defense, giving the qualifying results a very high chance to react to the finals.

Competition Outlook: Can a mandatory second pit stop add variables to the final?

Tire wear can almost be ignored in Monaco's track, and in order to avoid the disguised unstoppable durability race caused by the Red Flag accident last year, this week, in addition to the tire suppliers will use the C4 hard tire [white label, 2 sets]/C5 neutral tire [yellow label, 3 sets]/C6 soft tire [red label, 8 sets] supply mode this week, in a recent regular meeting, the F1 committee also decided that at least the second pitfall would be unconditionally implemented for the final, and all kinds of bald tires must be used in dry ground environments.

Fans who have only started watching the event in recent years still remember Qatar in 2023: Because the curb design of the Rosel Raceway has adverse effects on the tire wall, the FIA ​​adopted a mandatory regulation that each set of tires can only use up to 18 laps in the final after various data evaluations, so that all drivers must enter the station three times in the 57 lap schedule by following the chart.

Although the mandatory plunge has the advantages of riders not having to worry about the use of tires, in Monaco, the tracks that attach great importance to defense, the team's plunge strategies are becoming more consistent, and the drivers may retain the offensive by avoiding racing damage, whether this measure can change the status quo where the qualifying results are almost equivalent to the finals will be the most important observation point this week.