Formula One boss Ross Brawn admitted that he wants to redraw the Monaco Grand Prix circuit to stop a procession at the world’s most glamorous race.
After Max Verstappen’s win from the front row on Sunday, Brawn said: ‘It is Monaco and we have had a cursory look at it with nothing obvious, but we will keep trying.
‘It is a brilliant event with massive history, massive atmosphere and it is a race that everyone wants to win, but we all know the limitations of the track.
People often say why don’t you change the tyre strategy, or things like that, but the teams adapt.
‘We saw it in Singapore a few years ago when the tyres were very soft, the guys just drove very slowly so the pack was close and nobody could pit. The teams find tactics to overcome it.
‘You need to avoid that sort of trickery — where in some racing series you have to divert and go through an overtaking area. I don’t think we should do any of that but we will certainly look at the track. It will not be the first time that someone has tried to make changes and nobody has got anywhere so far, but we do have tools now, our simulation tool for example, and our people will certainly see if there is something we can do.’
These plans are at an early stage and require approval from the Automobile Club de Monaco — a notoriously conservative organisation.
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