FIA court strips Gasly of Monaco GP podium as pitlane penalties reinstated

Pierre Gasly has been stripped of his Monaco Grand Prix podium for the second time, after the FIA’s International Court of Appeal (ICA) ruled on Friday that his pitlane speeding penalties do stand, reversing a stewards’ decision from 12 June that had briefly restored the Alpine driver to third place.

Gasly was among several drivers penalised for exceeding the pitlane speed limit during the Monaco race, but the penalties were initially called into question when it emerged that the pitlane timing equipment was inaccurate — a 77cm discrepancy between the first two timing loops had produced an unusually high number of infractions. The anomaly gave Alpine grounds to request a right of review, and FIA stewards subsequently overturned Gasly’s two five-second time additions, reinstating him in third.

However, that reversal left Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri — who had both served their penalties during the race itself — without any equivalent remedy. Hadjar had dropped from third to fourth and Piastri from fourth to fifth as a result of their in-race sanctions. Both teams appealed to the ICA, arguing the stewards’ decision to reinstate Gasly created an inequitable outcome.

The court agreed. With the penalties now confirmed, Gasly falls back to fifth in the Monaco results, and Hadjar is elevated to third — the position the French-Algerian Red Bull driver had celebrated on the streets of the principality before the post-race classification reshuffled the order.

George Russell’s situation added further complexity to the original incident. The Mercedes driver also received a pitlane speeding penalty but served it incorrectly during the race, resulting in an additional drive-through sanction for the team.

The ruling draws a line under one of the more convoluted officiating episodes of the 2025 Formula 1 season, though it is likely to renew debate about the reliability of the FIA’s trackside timing infrastructure.