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F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2025

FIA make major F1 change ahead of 2025 Singapore Grand Prix

The change will be in force throughout the upcoming Singapore Grand Prix weekend at Marina Bay.

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The FIA has elected to raise the pit-lane speed limit for the Singapore Grand Prix in an attempt to create more strategic variance.

Owing to the tight surroundings of the pit-lane at the Marina Bay circuit, the usual 100kph limit is reduced to 60kph to protect team members working in the pit-lane from being struck by a car or by flying debris in case of a collision. 

This means drivers spend longer in the pit-lane, with teams therefore reluctant to lose race time and track position with multiple stops at a circuit which is also tough to overtake on. 

The race has morphed into a one-stop when dry, but in a bid to combat this, the minimum pit-lane speed limit is to climb to 80kph (49.7mph) from the 60kph (37.2 mph) limit in force in previous years.

Raising the pit-lane speed limit was one factor discussed by F1 bosses in an attempt to enliven races strategically, following an increased number of one-stop grands prix, devoid of any major variance.

Pirelli has brought the C3-C4-C5 tyres to serve as the hard-medium-softs, with the new softest tyre in the range, the C6 not being used as it was last time out during the Azerbaijan GP, another street circuit. 

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