Mario Isola: This time the race was not boring

      The increase in the number of mandatory pit stops did not make the Monaco race any more spectacular, but Pirelli racing director Mario Isola believes it was worth a try.

      Mario Isola: "It's not easy to draw conclusions from the results of the race that just ended, but I think it was worth trying something in this unique Grand Prix.

      The amendments to the regulations, introduced specifically for this stage, forced people to talk about the possible course of the race. It's true that the top four finished in the same order as they started, but it's also true that we saw five lead changes involving three different riders, and there were a lot of events behind them, definitely more than last year.

      I think that the spectators on the track and those who watched the race on TV, even if they did not enjoy it much, they certainly did not miss it, which sometimes happened in this Grand Prix without the intervention of external factors – rain or a safety car. After all, this is Monaco, it's a fantastic qualifying event, and it's a race where it's impossible to overtake. Only after a thorough analysis of the race will all participants be able to make an accurate verdict on this experiment.

      As for the tires, as expected, the most popular compounds turned out to be Medium and Hard – they both made it possible to cover almost the entire race distance without the need for a pit stop. The Medium tires might have had to be monitored more closely in such a situation, but overall the degradation level was more than acceptable.

      This weekend, the C6 line-up not only performed well in qualifying, but also played a tactical role, pushing the teams to make more active use of Medium tires, which were used as Soft tires last year. That was our goal, and now we're looking forward to seeing how she performs in Montreal, on a different type of track."