FIA bids to stop Monza chicane-cutting
The FIA has aimed to deter drivers from cutting Monza’s chicanes this year by introducing higher kerbs for this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix.
The sight of cars running across the high-speed circuit's famous Rettifilo and Roggia chicanes has become commonplace at Monza in recent years, usually as the result of drivers outbraking themselves or as a way of them avoiding potential contact with other cars on the first lap of the race.
But in a bid to combat the problem and ensure it is no longer an easy option for drivers to straight-line the corner, higher ‘combination’ kerbs have been installed on the apex of the opening two chicanes.
The same higher kerbs have already been used to good effect at the final chicane at the Nurburgring and the new chicane at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.
FIA bids to stop Monza chicane-cutting - F1 | ITV Sport
The sight of cars running across the high-speed circuit's famous Rettifilo and Roggia chicanes has become commonplace at Monza in recent years, usually as the result of drivers outbraking themselves or as a way of them avoiding potential contact with other cars on the first lap of the race.
But in a bid to combat the problem and ensure it is no longer an easy option for drivers to straight-line the corner, higher ‘combination’ kerbs have been installed on the apex of the opening two chicanes.
The same higher kerbs have already been used to good effect at the final chicane at the Nurburgring and the new chicane at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.
FIA bids to stop Monza chicane-cutting - F1 | ITV Sport
