The Formula 1 stars, even the Formula 1 stars, was too boring at the Monaco Grand Prix last year. After the Leclerc victory in the principality, it was clear to everyone that something had to change in order to ensure more excitement when running. Now the FIA has confirmed the introduction of a unique regulation.
Last year’s Monaco Grand Prix has inevitably led to a renewed debate about what Formula 1 has to do to increase the tension in the principality. Because with the larger and heavier racing cars there are even fewer bike-am-wheel duels in the narrow streets than before.
Already in the past week, the FIA had reported on the edge of the great launch event of Formula 1 in London to discuss the future of the race on the Mediterranean coast intensively. A message from the World Automobile Association showed that one would think about a “specific regulations”.
Formula 1: “Two-stop rule” for Monaco-GP decided
The confirmation followed on Wednesday: The FIA sports advisory board gave “the green light for the two-stop rule”, which is intended to “strategic realignment of the cult race”, according to a statement. At least three tire rates must be used by world champion Max Verstappen and Co. at the Grand Prix on May 25th.
Before that, the regulations had provided that at least two different slick tire sets were used in races under dry conditions – only a stop would have been necessary for this. In 2024, this meant a lot of boredom for the race in Monaco. The teams used a long interruption after an early crash to change the tire. After that, nothing happened on the track.
World champion Max Verstappen found the race so boring at the time that he regretted not taking his pillow into the car, as he sounded on the box radio. Such radio sayings could be over by introducing two compulsory boxing stops.