Gasly Regains Monaco GP Podium After Alpine Overturns 2 Penalties
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Gasly Regains Monaco GP Podium After Alpine Overturns 2 Penalties
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Summary
Nine extra points from Monaco lifted Pierre Gasly from 10th to eighth in the drivers' standings after stewards restored his third place on Alpine's appeal.
A right-of-review hearing found the pit-lane distance used in speed calculations was 77 centimetres too long, and Alpine's data showed Gasly never breached the 60km/h limit.
The ruling reversed two five-second penalties that had dropped Gasly to seventh and reshuffled the result again, pushing Oscar Piastri down to fifth.
Five drivers were penalised for pit-lane speeding in Monaco, with five of the six offences measured at just 0.1km/h over the limit, prompting stewards to question the data during the race.
The decision also sharpens scrutiny on George Russell's drive-through penalty, which dropped the Mercedes driver from third at the time to 13th, though his team did not challenge it.