Monaco Rules! (2025 Monaco Grand Prix recap)

This week on Fresh Rubber, we dive into the high-stakes, low-overtake streets of Monte Carlo. The 2025 Monaco Grand Prix gave us tension, tactics, and a few well-timed tantrums. From rule experiments to team shenanigans, there’s more than enough to unpack.

 

🔧 In this episode:

• Two-stop rule: innovation or illusion? Did the FIA’s attempt to spice up strategy actually work — or just confuse everyone?

• Still no overtakes? A breakdown of why even with strategic variance, cars just couldn’t pass.

• Team orders & pack blocking How drivers like Albon and Sainz helped their teammates — and frustrated the rest.

• Russell’s rogue move George Russell cuts the chicane and triggers debate over penalties and passion.

• Norris wins Monaco Lando holds off Piastri and Leclerc to take an emotional victory — and a momentum shift in the title race.

• Ferrari’s surprising pace Leclerc and Hamilton land in the top 5 — but can Ferrari repeat that in Spain?

• Hadjar keeps climbing Isaac Hadjar quietly edges ahead in the standings. Is a Red Bull seat on the horizon?

• Alonso watch Will he score at home in Barcelona — or match one of the worst starts of his career?

• Fixing Monaco? We pitch joker laps, split qualifying, and radical alternatives to spice up the grid.

🎤 Next up: We head to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix — will the F1 gods finally smile on Alonso on home turf? Will Ferrari’s form hold? Can Antonelli bounce back?