Overview
- Friday practice runs at Marina Bay use an increased 80 km/h pit-lane limit after years at 60 km/h due to tight confines.
- The change targets reduced pit-stop loss and broader tactics, with analysis suggesting about six seconds saved over the ~400m lane.
- Safety oversight remains the priority as stewards monitor operations before any decision on keeping the higher limit for the weekend.
- Reports differ on whether the pit lane was physically widened by about one metre, a detail the weekend review is expected to clarify.
- Pirelli supplies C3–C4–C5 compounds, and drivers expect more flexible strategies even as overtaking difficulty could still favor one stops.