Max Verstappen likened Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix to “Mario Kart racing” as he led criticism of the “two-pit stop” rule imposed for the race, dismissing the experiment as gimmicky and saying it “had not worked”.

The Monaco Grand Prix ended as it began with Lando Norris earning the checkered flag and Charles Leclerc finishing in second.

Max Verstappen has jokingly named the only way the Monaco Grand Prix could ever be changed after labelling the race as 'boring'.

By Alan Baldwin MONACO (Reuters) -Formula One champion Max Verstappen ladled out a serving of sarcasm on Sunday as he declared Monaco's mandatory two-stop experiment a flop. The decision to force drivers to use three sets of tyres was taken in a bid to liven up a race famed for being processional and lacking overtaking.

Max Verstappen finished in fourth place in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday. The reigning champion started the race in fourth place after Saturday’s qualifying session. Most of the positions throughout the race were unchanged compared to the qualifying spots,

The use of penalty points in F1 has become increasingly liberal this season, with more drivers getting closer to the race ban threshold.

Norris has doubled down (and eased the pressure) on himself. He won his dream F1 race, and put the 2025 title back in play

Despite Qualifying P4 for the Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton was forced to start in P7 following a three place grid drop. This, however, was not the sole factor that determined his lonely race. Hamilton was separated by Isack Hadjar and Fernando Alonso from the top 4,