GPDA director Alex Wurz has give you a three-step plan to revamp the Monaco road circuit and make System 1’s most iconic race extra entertaining for followers.
After the brand new two-pitstop rule launched for 2025 didn’t create new overtaking alternatives, former F1 driver and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Wurz has proposed three principal modifications to the tight and twisty road circuit in Monte Carlo.
The Austrian, whose firm WurzDesign can be engaged on the brand new Qiddiya race observe in Saudi Arabia, mentioned these tweaks are aimed toward bettering traceability whereas contemplating “city constraints of the town”.
Nouvelle chicane
As a part of the proposal, Wurz has prompt transferring the Nouvelle chicane additional up the highway, which ought to give the chasing driver a greater alternative to make a transfer within the left-right sequence.
Wurz described the present Nouvelle chicane as a “near-overtaking spot”, earlier than including: “I’m very satisfied, from my very own expertise watching the races and speaking to my fellow drivers, that transferring the chicane later, which bodily with the constraints any metropolis has, needs to be attainable,” he mentioned.
“It means the defending at this nook, which is kind of straightforward to do with the kink and the bumps, will turn out to be harder.”“You may put together the overtake and you may execute the overtake with a better likelihood if we’re transferring the chicane later.”This, after all, would require a substantial civil engineering effort, however Wurz is assured that constructing additional into the harbour is technically possible.
Additional, he’s conscious about any affect on Tabac, and nonetheless desires drivers to elevate off going into that nook.
Rascasse
Wurz desires to reprofile the well-known Rascasse nook by transferring the apex by two or three metres and widening the observe.
He famous that there’s a automobile park entry on the surface of the nook that can’t be moved however “we are able to squeeze all the things we’ve and when this apex comes additional out the entry line will certainly change.”
He added: “You’ll open the nook far more for a divebomb and that signifies that any driver forward will both need to defend or settle for he leaves the door open.
“If you’re defending you’ll come out a lot slower so you might be making a practice behind you and the stress on the entire drivers will merely enhance.”
In contrast to the proposed change at Nouvelle chicane, Wurz believes modifying Rascasse needs to be a lot simpler for organisers.
Hairpin
Wurz has prompt widening the circuit by as much as 2.4 metres on the entry to the well-known hairpin to present drivers extra alternatives to make a lunge.
He has additionally prompt eradicating the kerb on the exit of the nook and lengthening the asphalt proper till the outside partitions.
“The actual ultimate racing line is not going to change from what it’s,” he defined. It is not going to change the character of the nook.
“However it could allow an overtaking divebomb. If that’s failing, you continue to have what you might be gaining right here [on the corner exit] with the extra asphalt, additionally 2.5 metres.
“Once more it’ll simply result in a little bit bit extra defending. Subsequently this nook will provoke the overtaking into the brand new chicane and that collectively needs to be an enchancment for overtaking and traceability for the streets of Monaco.”
