James Walls Monaco questions the GP rule that made him ‘the most uncomfortable ever’

Williams Team principal James Walls says he was surprised to hear Formula 1 will bring back two-stop strategies in Monaco After this year’s controversial experiment.

With the Monte Carlo’s roads too impossible, the FIA applied the compulsory use of three tire sets to force teams on a two-stop strategy this year and is expected unlock more strategic options and danger.

But this idea did not have the desired effect in front of the field, as the teams drove two cars together. Racing bulls And Williams were able to take advantage of the rule with a car, supporting the ground to create a pitstop window for the front car.

The strategy created at least one talkings point, but they also produced useless on drivers, which was forced to run four seconds per lap at a slow pace for their team to get an advantage.

Team Boss Walls of one of the squads included said that he was surprised to find a one-off rule on the card for 2026 by the Fia World Motor Sport Council.

Asked why it was brought back, he said: “Good question. It was not actually discussed in the F1 Commission,” he would ask the FIA’s single-seater director Nicholas Tombazis for more information before adding.

Walls said he was not a fan of the strategy that his team had taken advantage of scoring, as he felt that it had gone against the spirit of racing.

“For records, we were not the first to do it. We had to do it in the reaction of the area,” he said. “I didn’t like it. It’s the most uncomfortable I have felt. I like to go there and fight for the system instead of doing the system to get it to get marks on qualification.

“I think the arguments being given, whether it was a better show, even if it cannot answer that question. I think it is for fans to answer. My personal feeling is, I don’t like the lack of clean racing that resulted in it.”

Speaking to Motorsport.com, especially, Tombazis stated that the Monaco rule repeat was not yet set in the stone, and invited 10 teams to come up with more delicious solutions to make 10 teams more entertaining.

“First, we do not think that what we saw this year is necessary that it is a thing to repeat or for the goal. There is an issue that is an issue,” he explained.

“Currently 2026 rules still include two pitstops for Monaco, but we are in August and Monaco is in June next year.

“Clearly, requests for teams are to be creative and proposed. We are not yet sold on a particular solution in the FIA. If there are proposals that will improve it, we will definitely support them.

“This is one of the subjects that will be discussed with the Sporting Advisory Committee and the F1 commission in the next few meetings.”

Additional Reporting by Ronald Wording