Piastri sees a more difficult Monaco: 'Spanner in the works'

22:43, 22 May 2025

bySavannah Lenz

Oscar Piastri is expecting the Monaco Grand Prix to be much harder this year. He cites the new to pit stop rule as one of the reasons why.

Piastri started off by saying, "I still think 90 something percent of that Monaco is qualifying"

Two stop strategy makes everything more difficult

"I think it's very complicated now with these two stops. Also, just using three sets of tires because of red flags like we saw last year, it's not quite as simple as what it was."

"It's definitely going to throw a spanner in the works for everyone, but if you qualify on a pole, unless something goes dramatically wrong, it's going to be hard to be beaten."

"You can roll the dice a bit more, but there's a lot of strategic elements involved. Will it increase overtaking? No. But it will probably lead to a more complicated race."

When asked if he thought there would be less pace management going on, Piastri responded, "I don't know yet. It's hard to know. I think overall, probably yes."

"We won't see a race like we saw last year. But last year was effectively a no-stop race, so it will probably lead to a lot more pushing. How high that level is, we'll wait and see."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	72
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	63
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	49
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	41
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	25
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	21
7	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	17
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	15
9	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	12
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	10
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	4
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	4
13	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	2
15	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
16	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	1
17	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
18	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Piastri sees a more difficult Monaco: 'Spanner in the works'

bySavannah Lenz

Two stop strategy makes everything more difficult

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