Overview

• Teams’ switch to mandatory two-stop races in 2025 did not produce a significant increase in overtaking in Monaco.
• Ex-racer Alex Wurz has pitched three practical circuit tweaks focused on widening key corners and adjusting the harbourfront chicane to aid passing.
• While Carlos Sainz and Liam Lawson call for more radical changes, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris caution that small tweaks will have limited impact and warn against losing Monaco’s character.
• Drivers highlight that modern cars’ two-metre width exacerbates Monaco’s overtaking challenges and look to 2026’s slimmer 1.8 metre regulations for relief.
• Broader proposals under review range from manual DRS overrides through the tunnel to removing chicanes and reshaping braking zones in pursuit of genuine racing action.