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Martin Brundle picks out what two teams did during Monaco GP and claims it's 'not what F1 stands for'

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Updated 10:55 27 May 2025 GMT+1Published 10:33 27 May 2025 GMT+1

Martin Brundle picks out what two teams did during Monaco GP and claims it's 'not what F1 stands for'

The Sky Sports Formula One legend has had his say on the controversial race strategy.

Ben McCrum

Ben McCrum

Formula One legend Martin Brundle has called out two teams for their actions during the Monaco Grand Prix, claiming it isn't what the sport stands for.

Last weekend, the Formula One gird lined up for perhaps the most historic race on the calendar, the Monaco Grand Prix.

After claiming pole position in qualifying on Saturday, British star Lando Norris won the race ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri.

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However, despite promising an exciting race due to the implementation of a mandatory two-stop strategy, the race was a huge disappointment as several teams deployed a controversial strategy.

And now, Sky Sports F1 legend Brundle has offered his thoughts on the race, saying that the strategy used by two teams was not what Formula One stands for.

With several teammates starting the race alongside each other, it became clear that teams could use one car as a 'sacrificial lamb' by instructing them to drive slowly to create a 21-second gap for his teammate to take a free pit stop without losing position.

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Both Racing Bulls and Williams decided that this strategy would give them the best chance of securing a points finish for at least one of their drivers, and so decided to do just this, much to the frustration of other drivers.

Brundle clearly wasn't a fan of the strategy, as in his post-race piece for Sky Sports, he wrote: "Now of course it's highly usual for the leader to go slowly and in fact back up all 19 cars in the early stages here, so that nobody has a pit stop window, before gassing it at some point to create their own pitting opportunity.

"Instead, we saw selected cars four seconds off the pace with a frustrated queue behind them. Not pretty, or impressive, but effective for some. But hardly what F1 stands for.

"The two-stop experiment didn't work. We simply have to manage expectations for race day, do our best to slightly ease overtaking if possible, recognise that Monaco qualifying is one of the most special hours of the F1 or any sporting season, or not race there, which is not an option."

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George Russell was stuck behind Alex Albon for most the of the Monaco Grand Prix. (Image: Getty)
George Russell was stuck behind Alex Albon for most the of the Monaco Grand Prix. (Image: Getty)

Ultimately, Mercedes driver George Russell decided they had enough of Williams' Alex Albon intentionally driving slowly and decided to deliberately overtake him off the track, breaking race rules.

In response, the FIA awarded Russell a drive through penalty which costs 20 seconds, meaning he finished the race in 11th.

Featured Image Credit: Getty

Topics: Lando Norris, Formula 1

Ben McCrum
Ben McCrum

Ben is a sports journalist who specialises in football and MMA. He has written for publications such as Manchester Evening News, WiganToday, Manchester World and beIN Sports. Throughout his career he has interviewed top athletes in MMA including Tom Aspinall and Michael Bisping.

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