Monaco GP farce should trigger rethink, or race risks irrelevance

It was Williams team principal James Vowles who summarised Formula One’s latest gimmick –

two mandatory pit stops in the Monaco Grand Prix

– most succinctly: “It’s not how I like going racing, but here is what the rules have created. We need to review the rules and regulations for Monaco, because racing like this feels wrong and I want us to be racing on performance and merit.”

Making two pits stops mandatory was supposed to spice up the usual dull processions for which the race round the streets of Monte Carlo is infamous for, to introduce greater strategic possibilities and create dynamic situations to enhance the racing.