F1’s governing body the FIA has announced the Monaco Grand Prix wil༒l become a mandatory two-stop race.

The chang🐲e will come into effect from this year’s grand prix and force drivers to make at le𒈔ast two stops, if its a dry race.

It comes as F1 tries to 🅷spice up the Monaco Grand Prix amid growing criticism in recent years.

The proposal was agreed upon by team bosses during a meeting of the F1 Commission last week but the changes have now been formally green-ꦛlit at the first World Motorsport Council of the year on Wednesday.

An FIA statement read: “The WMSC reviewed a proposal regarding the implementation of a mandatory 2-stop strategy (in both wet and dry conditions) for the Monaco GP, with the primary intent😼 of improving the sporting spectacle of this race.

“Following recent discussions in the F1 Commission, a specific requirement for the Monaco G𒈔P has been approved mandating the use of at least three sets of tyres in the race, with a minimum of two different tyre compounds to be used if it’s a dry race.”

At last year’s race, Max Verstappen, who finished sixth🌼 for Red Bull, complained over team ꦬradio: “F*** me, this is really boring... I should’ve brought my pillow”.

Verstappen later added: “Overall the weekend is really cool🗹, just the Sunday is a little bit boring unfortunately, but the scenery is still great.

"If we can🏅 find a way to race a bit𝓀 better, why not? That would be my preferred solution."

This year’s Monaco Gran൩d Prix takes place on 23-2♕5 May.