Speed bumps give drivers the hump.

Some of the revisions to the Autodromo Nazionale at Monza have not met with the same universal approval in the paddock as others.

While the new look pit complex and innovative podium construction have met with praise, the installation of 'speed bumps' at the first chicane has provoked a mixed reaction, particularly among the drivers.

"I think that it is quite useful," admitted Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello, "It was very difficult for us to know, last year, if the cars that went through [the chicane] gained or lost time. It is so easy to say 'okay, someone is going to overtake me and I go straight and lose time, then I close the door on the next corner and that's it'. But, right now, on the second chicane, you have the gravel trap and, on the first, you have the bumps, so you have to be really careful. I think it is really useful. It is going to make the race a lot more interesting because if a guy tries to out-brake himself there is no escape."

Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella agreed with his Brazilian rival, but fellow Italian Jarno Trulli was not so sure that the innovation was a good move.

"I am not really much in favour," the Renault pilot said, "We have made a report to ask if it is possible to remove these speed bumps, because they are pretty high and you can damage the car. But, on the other hand, as Rubens said, they could also be useful in the race because you don't try to cut the chicane any more. Tomorrow, we will talk better about it and see what our feelings are, because it is not only one driver that decides - it is the whole group."