George Russell has called for a radical change to the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver was left frustrated after missing out on the points in Sunday’s race.
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Russell finished 11th in Monte Carlo as new rules failed to inspire an exciting race.
For the 82nd edition of the Monaco Grand Prix, drivers had been forced to pit twice during the race.
However, there remained limited overtakes as the change backfired.
Instead, several drivers backed up the pack for strategy reasons, with Russell stuck behind Alex Albon for several laps.
Following the race, the Brit called for F1 bosses to scrap the Monaco Grand Prix and instead hold two qualifying sessions at the circuit.
He told reporters: “We definitely need to have a real think about what the solution is here in Monaco.
“I appreciate trying something this year in the two-stop. Clearly, it did not work at all.
“For all of the drivers, qualifying is the most exhilarating moment of the weekend. Do we accept that? There should be no race, and it’s a qualifying race. You do one on Saturday, one on Sunday.
“The guy who qualifies on pole gets some points and gets a little trophy, and the one on Sunday gets some more points. That’s what we love most.
“I think that’s what you guys enjoy watching the most and 99 per cent of the other people in Monaco are here sipping champagne on the yacht, so they don’t really care.
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“Driving four seconds off the pace here is dead easy. You effectively can put an F2 car out there and they’ve got a chance of holding up an F1 car. I don’t know what the solution is.”
The Monaco Grand Prix was first held in 1929, predating the current composition of the F1 World Championship.
Despite Russell’s suggestion, the race is set to remain on the calendar for another six years.
The Circuit de Monaco’s contract currently runs through to the 2031 season.
Sunday’s race saw Lando Norris take the chequered flag ahead of Charles Leclerc and McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
It is the British driver’s second win of the season and McLaren’s sixth from eight races.
Norris now sits just three points behind Piastri at the top of the Drivers’ Championship.
Meanwhile, Russell remains fourth but is now 62 points adrift of the Australian ahead of this week’s Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona.
