Formula 1 drivers are not overly happy with the last-minute changes to the Monza circuit ahead of the Italian Grand Prix.
The changes, which included a comprehensive track resurfacing and modifications to the kerbing, particularly around the famed Ascari chicane, have drawn mixed reactions from the drivers.
“But kerbs and things like this…they make a circuit unique and when you just kind of put some flat kerbs and stuff, like second chicane, so turn five, you get over the kerb and then there was like a thin concrete strip and then gravel. “We’ll see. Obviously, I am going to enjoy driving here but it feels like it’s lost a little bit of that ‘old schoolness’ that it had.
George Russell, serving as the Director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association, also voiced concerns, specifically pointing out the lack of driver involvement in decision-making regarding such modifications. “I honestly don’t know who makes these decisions. I don’t think it’s the FIA, I think it’s the circuits themselves. I guess we have to appreciate the circuits designed for a whole season and all sorts of different categories.
“The kerbs as well. They have been pretty much the same for definitely over 20 years, I would imagine. So it is a big, big change.
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