The Monaco Grand Prix is set to undergo a big change in the future with plans to revamp the format of the race to improve the spectacle.
Monaco is one of the oldest circuits on the F1 calendar having been part of the original championship year in 1950, but now the cars have outgrown the circuit with overtaking pretty much impossible.
After a big crash involving Sergio Perez and both Haas drivers during last year’s race, a red flag was thrown. It permitted all teams to change their tyres and effectively killed the race, as there was no need for anyone to pit.
As a result there was only four overtakes in the entire Grand Prix, with questions being asked over how to improve the race given it is one of F1’s biggest races of the season.
Fernando Alonso dismissed one proposal put forward by teams and the FIA, however, Peter Windsor thinks there is a better solution that could be utilised when speaking on the Cameron CC podcast.
Peter Windsor suggests limiting the amount of entries for Monaco Grand Prix
F1 teams have proposed having two mandatory pit stops for the race, with the next steps currently underway for it to be implemented as early as this season.
Charles Leclerc is ‘hopeful’ the changes can lead to a more entertaining race in the future, while Windsor thinks another solution that harps back to the races roots would be better.
“There was quite a long time that they limited the number of cars that could start the race to 16. We have 20 starters now,” said Windsor.
“Maybe that’s one thing where they say for Monaco, special race only, we’re going to have only the top 16 go through into the race. That will never happen now, but that would be a more logical solution to lead to better racing on track.”
It would be a novel suggestion given it would leave scope for fewer cars needing to be overtaken, but as both Sauber and Haas qualified on the back row last year, they would have been forced to miss the race.
Could track changes be a better solution for Monaco Grand Prix?
Monaco is one of the tracks that receive a lot of support from F1 traditionalists, mainly because of the unique challenge it presents to drivers.
But as F1 has outgrown the track, there is a demand to make the racing more of a spectacle given its prime slot during the summer and it being billed alongside the Indy 500.
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Lance Stroll suggested making changes to the circuit to stop it from being dull, which could be possible as Monaco is reclaiming a lot of nearby land that could open up scope for a track change.
F1 cars will also be narrower as part of the big raft of changes coming in 2026, although they will still present a challenge to overtake at one of the smallest circuits.
