F1 teams asked to revise cars after Monger crash


FILE PHOTO - Formula One - Monaco Grand Prix - Monaco - 28/5/16. Ferrari F1 driver Sebastian Vettel attends the third practice. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard

MONACO (Reuters) - Formula One teams have been told to change the rear jack points on their cars for safety reasons after a recent Formula Four accident that cost British teenager Billy Monger his legs.

International Automobile Federation (FIA) safety director Laurent Mekies wrote to the teams ahead of Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix seeking modifications to the points at which jacks are engaged to raise the back of cars at pitstops.

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