Monaco will proceed to host Components 1 races till no less than 2031 after a brand new six-year deal was agreed.
One of many sport’s most iconic and prestigious races, the Monaco Grand Prix has hosted races yearly since 1955, apart from through the Covid-affected 2020 season.
Lately, it had been under pressure to modernise, however after organisers bowed to stress from F1 over tv broadcast and on-track promoting, its place on the calendar was secured.
There stay questions concerning the the suitability of the principality’s slender streets for racing trendy F1 vehicles, and the shortage of overtaking, however no adjustments to the circuit are within the offing due to the problem of altering the structure.
As a part of the brand new deal, the race will transfer to the primary full weekend in June from 2026.
F1 has offered no rationalization for Monaco transferring from its conventional date on the final weekend in Could from 2026.
Nonetheless, the game has been pressuring the organisers of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal to maneuver its early June date in order that race could be twinned with the Miami occasion, which is held in early Could, for sustainability causes.
So Monaco’s date transferring might point out Canada transferring to Could from 2026, though there was no affirmation of that.
“I am delighted that Components 1 will proceed to race in Monaco till 2031,” stated Components 1 president and chief government Stefano Domenicali.
“The streets of Monte Carlo are distinctive and a well-known a part of Components 1, and the Monaco Grand Prix stays a race that each one drivers dream of profitable.”
