It does so with the Monaco GP, which returns to June after 23 years: in 2003, however, the race was held on the first of the month, while this is the first time the race in the Principality will take place after June 3, a date that hosted the GPs of 1962, 1973, and 1984.

According to the engineers of the Brembo group who work closely with all Formula 1 drivers, the 3.337-meter-long Circuit de Monaco falls into the category of circuits that are not very demanding on brakes. On a scale from 1 to 5, it earned a difficulty index of 2 because the current single-seaters perform only 9 braking actions per lap for about 16.3 seconds, equivalent to 23 percent of the race: 2 braking actions are in the High category, 3 are Medium, and 4 are Light. 

According to simulations, the toughest corner of the Circuit de Monaco for the Formula 1 braking system is the first one after the finish line, known as Sainte Devote: the cars go from 276 km/h to 132 km/h in 1.67 seconds, covering 91 meters in the process. The effort required from the drivers in that moment is significant but not excessive: the maximum deceleration they experience is 4 g, and they need to apply a force of 114 kg on the brake pedal. The braking power is 1,463 kW.

Compared to the Monaco GP 2025, due to the characteristics of the 2026 single-seaters, braking distances and times have increased. At the entrance to the chicane, after the tunnel, the speed reduction is practically the same as last year, from 190 to 195 km/h; however, the braking distance has increased from 91 to 136 meters and the braking time from 2.06 seconds to 2.87 seconds. Not surprisingly, the maximum deceleration experienced by drivers at that point has dropped from 4.5 g to 3 g, while the pedal load has plummeted from 145 kg to 86 kg.