Mercedes Formula 1 star George Russell has suggested a complete overhaul to the way the Monaco Grand Prix is run following a controversial change at last weekend’s event.

F1 headed to the historic Monte Carlo track for the eighth round of the 2025 campaign where the FIA introduced a mandatory two-stop rule as a trial to make the race more entertaining.

Despite its rich history on the F1 calendar, it has long been suggested that the issue with Monaco is the fact that it has become a race won in qualifying thanks to the narrow streets making it nearly impossible to overtake on in a modern F1 car.

For this year’s grand prix, every driver was obliged to change tyres on two occasions – in essence being forced to pit twice as there were no red flags – a rule which saw reigning champion Max Verstappen forced to give up his race lead on the last lap, leading to a maiden Monaco victory for McLaren’s Lando Norris.

Does the Monaco Grand Prix need to change?

The FIA’s trial at making the Monaco GP a mandatory two-stopper was deemed a failure by the drivers themselves after the top three finishers in Sunday’s race still crossed the line in the same order they qualified in.