The tradition that makes it possible for the first practice sessions of the Monaco Grand Prix to be held on Thursday has lost the battle and, from 2022, these will be held on Fridays, as in the rest of the events.
Stefano Domenicali has announced that in 2022 the Monaco Grand Prix will abandon the tradition of contesting its first day of Formula 1 practice on Thursdays to be held on Fridays, as in the rest of the calendar events.
This ends a tradition initially fostered by the Ascension Day, a festival of the Principality that allowed citizens to attend the event more easily and that avoided a greater impact on life and traffic in the city.
However, in recent years the support races of the Formula 1 They have also filled the schedule for Friday, so the circuit actually had four days of action on the track.
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That is over, the president of Formula 1 has confirmed. «Monaco will become three days, immediately. Friday, Saturday and Sunday instead of Thursday, rest and then Saturday and Sunday. Yes, that is the change we are going to introduce next year.
Stefano Domenicali has also confirmed what the leaked provisional calendar anticipated, that the 2022 season will have 23 Grands Prix if the pandemic allows it. «The plan is to have 23 races. We will announce the schedule at the World Council on October 15. The idea is to finish before what we finished this year, “he revealed.