Monaco circuit layout to stay unchanged, ACM president says

Monaco’s circuit layout will remain unchanged, Automobile Club de Monaco president Michel Boeri said in an interview with Nice-Matin, even as the club plans to expand its Grand Prix facilities around Port Hercule.

Calls within Formula 1 for circuit changes have grown in recent years. The narrow street circuit offers few overtaking opportunities, and the race is often described as a procession.

Boeri said space is limited, the garages are too narrow and the pit lane may not remain viable much longer in its current form. A new platform and building around Port Hercule could let the club reconsider the paddock and starting-grid arrangements, he said; those plans still need to be worked out.

He said moving or removing elements of the circuit would trigger a fresh assessment and FIA homologation. Monaco currently holds a Grade 1 licence.

Boeri said the Grand Prix is secured through 2035. Alongside the proposed facilities, he raised a further contract extension as a possibility.