FIA Reopens Gasly's 2 Monaco Penalties as FOM Admits Pitlane Speed Error

Q: Will the Monaco GP results be rewritten for all drivers affected by the flawed speed system?

Not automatically. Pierre Gasly’s penalties have been overturned because FOM admitted the Monaco pitlane speed measurement system was inaccurate, but that ruling applies directly only to Alpine’s case unless other teams also seek and win their own reviews. The key change is that the FIA stewards accepted Alpine’s right of review after new evidence from FOM showed the system had overstated Gasly’s speed. That gives Gasly his lost result back and establishes that the original data could not be relied on. It also strengthens the position of other penalized drivers, including George Russell and potentially Lewis Hamilton, if their teams choose to challenge their sanctions. But the Monaco classification will not necessarily be rewritten across the board in one step. In FIA procedure, a successful review is usually case-specific. Other teams would normally need to present their own requests or the stewards would need to take separate action on each affected result. So the wider results could still change, but only if follow-up cases are brought and upheld. The Gasly decision opens the door; it does not by itself rewrite every affected driver’s Monaco GP result.

3 articles · Updated · Motorsport.com · Jun 11

Two five-second Monaco penalties against Pierre Gasly are under review after FIA stewards accepted Alpine's challenge and opened a full hearing.
FOM told the stewards its pitlane distance-measuring system was inaccurate and overstated Gasly's speed, evidence delivered Wednesday that was unavailable during the race.
Gasly had finished third on track but fell to seventh after the sanctions; Alpine says the faulty system may have cost him a podium.
Six drivers were penalized for pitlane speeding in Monaco, an unusually high total that raised broader doubts about the timing loops and could affect other cases, including George Russell's.