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New pit straight surface made Monza trickier in wet
The resurfaced pit straight at Monza contributed to the difficulties that F1 drivers faced in the rain on Saturday as the new section is much smoother than the remainder of the circuit. Qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix was delayed for over two hours after it was red-flagged when Romain Grosjean lost control of his Haas on the straight. Pirelli assesses each venue by measuring the macro roughness of the surface, and its engineers calculated at the start of the weekend that pit straight is now half as rough as the rest of the Italian GP venue. "That's the worst place," said Daniel Ricciardo of the straight during the rain delay. "Around the chicane it's super wet as well,...
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