Max Verstappen believes a key Red Bull weakness could dent his hopes of taking a third grand prix win of 2025 when Formula 1 races in Monaco this weekend

Monaco could be a crazy race this year due to drivers having to make a mandatory two stops, Red Bull's reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen said on Thursday.

Verstappen was classified 10th in Friday’s second practice session in Monaco as Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc topped the times. Max Verstappen in team radio rant after another

Charles Leclerc’s home weekend in Monaco got off to an imperfect start that still ended happily, with the 2024 Monte Carlo winner topping first practice in the principality.

Max Verstappen said there could have been a “big crash” in both FP1 and FP2 as F1 took to the narrow streets of Monaco. Although the Dutchman kept it out of the wall, he had a number of close encounters during a Friday of red flags in Monte Carlo.

The top three is all new, as Lando Norris goes quickest on the new C6 compound with a 1:12.290, Lewis Hamilton gains a few more places and now sits second - he's a medium runner - and Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, on the softs, goes third.

Max Verstappen admitted Red Bull “overdid it” with setup changes before FP2 at the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, saying

F1 and its governing body, the FIA, hope a rule change for Sunday’s race will change that. Drivers will be forced to change tires at least twice in the hope that more pit stop strategy could shake up an event where Saturday qualifying — and the resulting grid position — is often more important than race day.