AS IT HAPPENED
After another classic Monaco Qualifying session topped by Norris, attention soon turned to Sunday’s 78-lap race around the Principality, and how the new, mandatory two pit stop rule might shake things up over the course of the afternoon.
In short, every driver would be required to use three different sets of tyres across the race, including two different slick tyre compounds, with F1 supplier Pirelli amusingly declaring that “anything can happen” in their usual pre-race strategy guide.
A couple of drivers looking to take full advantage of that new rule were Bearman and Stroll, who lined up at the back with respective 10-place and four-place grid penalties – earned for various red flag, impeding and…