Pierre Gasly regains Monaco podium after FIA review

Pierre Gasly has been reinstated to third place in the Monaco Grand Prix after Alpine convinced FIA stewards that the distance used to calculate his pit-lane speed was inaccurate and had overestimated the speed of Car 10.

The decision reverses the two five-second penalties that had dropped Gasly from third on the road to seventh after Monaco. Those offences had been recorded at 60.1 km/h and 60.4 km/h against the 60 km/h pit-lane limit.

Alpine’s case turned on evidence from Formula One Management, the championship’s official timekeeping supplier, which showed the distance used in calculating the F1 Official Timing was inaccurate. In the first stage of Thursday’s hearing, the stewards ruled that information alone was a significant, relevant and new element, clearing the way for the penalties to be reconsidered.

The team also submitted telemetry showing Gasly had activated his pit-lane limiter before the entry line, along with a statement from the driver. Alpine argued as well that the FIA and FOM had known before the race about an issue with the pit-lane timing loops, but FIA and FOM representatives strongly refuted that point.

The ruling restores a result Gasly had described as especially painful to lose. Speaking before the verdict, Pierre Gasly, Alpine driver, said it was “the hardest day I've ever had in F1, and in my sport career, sporting wise.” He also said Monaco had been “one of my strongest-ever performances” and added: “I think in terms of performance, we've executed everything perfectly with the team.”

Gasly’s return to the podium pushes Isack Hadjar back to fourth and Oscar Piastri to fifth, with Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad moved down to sixth and seventh.

The case also sharpens the focus on Monaco’s pit-lane speed enforcement, because other penalties in the race were served during the grand prix itself and cannot be unwound in the same way. Alpine’s review changed Gasly’s result because his penalties were added to his race time after the finish, allowing the stewards to revisit and remove them once the timing error had been established.