After another Monaco Grand Prix saw little variety between qualifying and race results, with McLaren’s Lando Norris winning from pole position, Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner is calling for drastic changes in the Principality.For this year’s race, F1 brought in a new mandatory two-pitstop rule that required all drivers to use three sets of tyres across two compounds over the …Keep reading
After last year’s Monaco “procession” – as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner called it – Formula 1 and the FIA felt the need to try ‘something’ for this year’s grand prix.‘Something’ turned out to be a rule change aimed at adding strategic intrigue to the race. The FIA mandated that each driver must use three sets of tyres, which – barring a red flag – would mean two …Keep reading
Sitting in the Monaco Grand Prix media centre towards the end of Sunday’s Formula 1 race, the press pack were trying to decide just how we each felt about the introduction of the mandatory two-stop rule and if it had worked or not.One of them hit the nail firmly on the head when he suggested that it worked for teams who played it smart with strategy and punished those who did not – and in Read more…
George Russell thinks a radical Monaco Grand Prix format change might be needed after a failed Formula 1 rules experiment.After years of suffering through Monaco processions, F1 and the FIA agreed to trial a rules experiment by mandating the use of three tyre sets, effectively turning the 78-lap race into a two-stopper.The idea was to create more strategic variance and jeopardy, but in the …Keep reading
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed a text exchange during the Monaco Grand Prix with Williams counterpart James Vowles who apologised for his drivers backing up George Russell and Andrea Kimi Antonelli.Wolff and Vowles are good friends, with the latter have worked under Wolff at Mercedes before taking the top job at Williams, where he has already started an overhaul of the …Keep reading
Carlos Sainz has criticised the mandatory two-pitstop rule that was implemented for the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, as he felt it was too easy for drivers manipulate it by slowing down to create a buffer for their team-mates to pit.Both Williams drivers worked together to hold up the midfield which meant they could pit and not lose positions, resulting in both Sainz and Alex Albon scoring …Keep reading
The mandatory two tyre changes at this year’s Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix was the talking point of the race – but did it work?Our writers give their take on the first use of F1’s rule to force each driver to make two changes of tyre sets, or the two-pitstop rule, which debuted at the Monaco GP that was won by polesitter Lando Norris for McLaren.Two pitstops stopped the race being …Keep reading
Max Verstappen says the mandatory two-pitstop rules turned Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix into “almost Mario Kart”, and reckons the experiment hasn’t worked.In an attempt to avoid the usual procession, after a 2024 race in which the top 10 drivers finished in the same order they started, F1 decided to impose a rule forcing cars to run three different sets of tyres, effectively turning the race …Keep reading
The FIA explained why Mercedes driver George Russell was handed a harsher than usual penalty for overtaking Alex Albon off-track at Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix.In the fight for the final points, Russell was frustrated by Williams driver Alex Albon, who had been driving slowly to create a gap for team-mate Carlos Sainz, who was ahead of him, to pit into.On lap 50, Russell cut the …Keep reading
Deep breath on the way out of the Rascasse; you won’t have another for the next 70 seconds.The spectacle of qualifying at Monaco is underrated. Pure, primal, tooth-clenching commitment meets surgical precision for a flurry of kerb-hopping, wall-scraping daredevilry that juxtaposes against the serenity of the yachts, tousled by the faintest waves in the harbour. Add a legitimate battle for pole …Keep reading