Drivers were left apologising after the new rule at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix was criticised for backfiring.

Formula 1 inꩵtroduced a new 🌃regulations mandating each car into a two-stop strategy, forcing them to change tactics from the norm around the tight and twisty street circuit.

But the desired effect of more exciting racing did not c🤪ome into fruition, as polesitter Lando Norris won the grand prix.

• 2025 F1 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results

There was awkwardness waiting for the second round of pi🍌tstops to potentially inject some jeopardy, while midfield teammates wor꧑ked together to strategically thwart rivals.

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Williams were guilty of backing up the following Mercedes but it worked - 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon was ninth, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz 10th.

“A terrible day for racing, in general,” Sainz muttered on the team ra🌟dio as he finished.

Team boss James Vowles said: “This wa🌜sn’t particularly enjoyable for any of us today.”

Sainz was downbeat as he explained their strategy: “It is definitely something I don’t like to do.🌊 Liam Lawson did it first, to us. It put us into panic mode.

“The only way to get both cars into the points was to d🐼o it to𒁏 the rest of the field ourselves.

“I am disappointed with the whole race, the lap times all꧙ weekend.

“It shows the two-stop change is nothing around Monaco. People are still going to do what we did, manipulate the final result with t🐈heir driving.

“We eit🌸her come up with a solution, to not manipulate the race, ไor it will always be like this in Monaco.

“In the midfi✅eld, it ba🍒ckfired. It made things even more manipulated.

“I am happy for F1 to tr𝓡y things. I am a massive fan of trying things. We tried it, it didn’t work, at least not in the midfield.

“It’s not the way I like to race, not the way♕ Iꦺ dream of racing around Monaco.

“When I was a k🃏id, I didn’t see this manipulation. But it’s becoming a trend over the past five yꦇears.”

Albon apologised:ཧ “N💮ot how we want to go racing. We put on a bad show for everyone, and made a few drivers angry behind us.

“It’s taking advantage of the track, and the size ♉of the cars.

“The two-stop made us do it twice rather than once. Apologies to🅷 everyone who watched tha🐟t.

“Being h🤪onest, we didn’t want to do it, or plan to do it.

“When we knew on Thursday it was a thing, and the Racing Bulls started it…🔥 if they didn’t start it, we wouldn’t have done it. Sorry.

“I was getting ready to bring my pillow out.”

New rule at F1 Monaco Grand Prix ‘needs tweaking’

Jenson Button agreed that the experꦺiment did not work and fur🀅ther tweaks are needed.

He told Sky Sports: “When teams were using one 🎀driver ꦬto help another, and holding back cars, and going six seconds per lap slower… it looks a bit silly, doesn’t it?

♉“George Rꦛussell tried to jump Alex Albon through the chicane so he’s in front and can push on six seconds before he can get his penalty. Again, it makes a mockery of it.

“It’s a sham⭕e that it hasn’t wo♒rked. I love that we tried it, because it needed something.

“But we need to work out a way that w𒈔e can tweak it.”

Naomi Schiff added: “Last year was not💮 what we wanted to see on track. “Obviously it was great to see Charles Leclerc win in his hometown.

“But everyone changing their tyres during a red flag phase made the race reall﷽y boring.

“So I don’t know if the issue is 📖the red flag regulations or the teams being allowed to change tyres onto a new set. That could be something which needs to be revised.

“The problem? They didn’t have 𒐪e♊nough racing or overtaking last year.

“Things were more chaotic today.

“But ✃you also saw people’s races ruined by this. You play a strategic game because that’s what the regulation demands.

“But we want🅰 to see the person who deserves ꧙it win the race.”

Button also noted: “But did 🐬you 🌄see an empty seat? I didn’t…”

It was suggested that keepin𝔉g the two-stop rule, but mandating each car t𓆉o pit within a certain timeframe, could be the required tweak for 2026.

“I think so,” Button replied. “It would mix it up. You wouldn’t hav🌄e the yo-yo effect of drivers helping their teammates.”