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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown thinks the Monaco Grand Prix’s purpose to add glamour is fading, so it needs to offer something more to stay in F1.
The Monaco GP is one of the most iconic stops on the Formula 1 calendar. In fact, since the first staging in 1955, it has missed only one year since, that being 2020 when the global pandemic forced the race’s cancellation that season.
But while the setting itself provides a spectacle, Monaco has offered very little in terms of racing excitement for many years now.
As the Formula 1 challengers have grown heavier and wider, overtaking has become almost non-existent around the streets of Monte Carlo.
And while Monaco is seen as the lavish, glamorous stop on the Formula 1 calendar, Brown believes other venues now offer the same.
He named the upcoming Miami Grand Prix, which will debut during the 2022 season, along with the returning Singapore Grand Prix and the Las Vegas Grand Prix, which will feature on the F1 calendar for the first time in 2023.
Formula 1 president Stefano Domenicali said recently “pedigree” is no longer enough for traditional venues to stay on the calendar and Brown believes Monaco needs to do more to prove it still has a place in the series.
In an interview with Reuters,