'We need to improve safety for the mechanics, because we forget that those people wearing suits and helmets during the pitstops are in the middle of cars going at 80km/h' 💬 F1 drivers have asked the FIA to look at widening out tight pitlanes ⬇️
The upcoming race in Singapore also features one of the tighter pitlanes of the season.
"Absolutely, I think it's something that is not talked about enough, that we go to pitlanes during the year that are definitely too tight,” he said. “And I feel Zandvoort's a great track, I want to go back there every year. And I want to keep racing at Zandvoort, Singapore, Budapest, but I'm talking about narrow pitlanes."We need to think about the mechanics and how tight everything is in there, because it's just too tight. And I think we need to improve the safety."
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