Formula 1 racing weekends in Monaco have started on Thursdays since 1929. However, this special feature will no longer exist as of the coming season. From now on, Monaco will also be driven on three consecutive days.
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Now the Monegasque cat is out of the bag and an almost 100 year old tradition will soon be history. In the future, Formula 1 will no longer drive through Monte Carlo on Thursdays, but, as with the other races, also from Friday. The confirmed Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali on CNN.
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“Monaco takes place on three days without interruption,” said the F1 CEO in an interview. “So Friday, Saturday and Sunday instead of Thursday, a gap, then Saturday and Sunday. Yes, we will introduce this change next year.”
The Automobile Club de Monaco will hold events for frame series on Thursday, but F1 will only run from Friday. So the tradition that has existed since 1929 is over.
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Because since 1929, the year of the first race in the Principality, Monaco has been hosting training on Thursdays. The reasons for this: The Thursday before the race used to be on Ascension Day and thus a public holiday. This allowed the organizers to maintain the Monegasque traffic in the narrow principality on Friday. There were many parties and events for the many celebrities and tourists on the day off. The tradition remained (even if the GP now usually does not take place on the Ascension weekend) and has been continued to this day or will end in 2022.
Domenicali also commented on the racing calendar for the coming year. “We are planning on 23 races,” said the Italian. Never before have there been so many grands prix in one season. The racing program is to be presented on October 15th. “We want to end the season earlier than this year,” said the Formula 1 boss. The season is rumored to start on March 20th in Bahrain and end on November 20th in Abu Dhabi.
He is one of the most famous and popular Formula 1 drivers of all time. Especially in the 2000s, Michael Schumacher was extremely successful and won a total of seven world championships.
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