Monte Carlo’s iconic road circuit is nearing its one hundredth birthday in 2029 and amid annual complaints about its cramped services and anachronistic nature, the observe itself remains to be a drivers’ favorite.
Saturday’s all-deciding qualifying session is held within the highest regard, as a defining driving expertise not discovered elsewhere on the congested 24-race calendar.
However with overtaking just about unattainable and strategic choices minimal, it has led to drivers considering out loud about methods to enhance the present on Sunday.
“Monaco continues to be Monaco, it is not likely modified a lot,” Lewis Hamilton replied, when requested by Autosport about what he would change to assist safeguard the occasion’s future relevance on the calendar.
“The vehicles are getting greater and you’ll’t actually overtake down the pits with out an enormous danger of colliding.
“I want we had greater roads and the observe could possibly be wider, however I do not assume that is ever going to be the case in Monaco as a result of it is only a small place.”
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The Mercedes driver, twice a winner round Monaco, steered: “Perhaps having particular tyres for this race so you may have extra pitstops would create extra variability.
“They will undoubtedly provide you with a selected weekend, you’ve got bought the dash weekend that they’ve added, however this explicit weekend I feel they need to provide you with some new system for it quite than it simply be the identical.
“Do you guys not go to sleep on Sunday watching the race? Yeah, so create one thing else in some way, I do not understand how you try this.”
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz stated “nobody will ever beat Monaco” as an occasion, however acknowledged the necessity to boost race day.
“I wish to push a bit, within the sense of if there’s a possibility to create an overtaking spot round Monaco, take a look on the metropolis, take a look on the structure, and make an effort to make that occur,” the Spaniard stated.
“It will make Monaco an excellent higher observe, so it’s going to depart us all nonetheless ready for Sunday, quite than realizing that nothing occurs on Sunday.
“Understanding that Monaco is the very best and can at all times be the very best in that sense, within the glamour aspect of issues, I would not underestimate modifications that Imola, Monaco, these type of circuits can do for the longer term.”
Extra reporting by Jonathan Noble