25/05/2025 19:45
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has suggested F1 should look to
introduce another rule change to next year's Monaco Grand Prix. For
the 2025 edition of the race, all drivers were mandated to carry
out two pit stops for the first time in a bid to shake up the
action at the historic venue, which is notoriously difficult to
overtake around. However, it resulted in the Racing Bulls and
Williams teams requesting one of their drivers to go deliberately
slowly to ensure the other competitor could pit into a safe gap
inside the points. Wolff has suggested F1 should look into managing
how much a driver can back off to prevent a similar scenario going
forward. "Even if this was a zero-stop race and we're doing auto
cross on a Sunday, it's still a mega venue," Wolff told media
including RacingNews365 . "It's the Saturday shootout that matters.
I think what we can look at is to create some Monaco-specific
regulations that there's only a maximum of back-off that you can
have. "You can't hold up a train. You can say you can't go slower
than x seconds from the leaders, that will probably create a little
bit more of a closer feel. "Does it improve the overtaking? I don't
think that's feasible." Wolff also floated the idea of altering the
layout of the track - but acknowledged the challenges created by
the nearby environment. "We need to talk with ACM (Automobile Club
de Monaco) here, is there anything we can change on the layout?"
Wolff said. "It's difficult in a city. We're limited by the
mountain and the sea. But I see the positives."
