Overview

• World Motor Sport Council approved keeping the mandatory two-pitstop rule in FIA’s 2026 sporting regulations for the Monaco Grand Prix
• FIA’s Article 6.3.6 will again require each driver to use at least three tyre sets, enforcing a minimum of two stops on the Circuit de Monaco
• Racing Bulls, Williams and Mercedes exploited the rule in 2025 by using secondary cars to hold up rivals, drawing condemnation from Carlos Sainz and George Russell
• Williams team principal James Vowles plans to meet FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis to question why the rule was reinstated without F1 Commission discussion
• Teams and FIA officials have opened talks on potential penalties for slow-driving tactics to restore genuine wheel-to-wheel competition