Gasly regains Monaco podium five days late but admits 'it won't give me back what I lost'

Pierre Gasly has been officially awarded third place at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, five days after finishing the race in seventh following two penalties for speeding in the pitlane — penalties that FIA stewards overturned on Friday after Alpine exercised their right of review.

The stewards concluded that Gasly had not committed any offence, restoring him to the position he held on track at the end of the Monte Carlo race and removing Isack Hadjar from the podium in the process. It is the sixth podium of Gasly’s Formula 1 career and his first since winning the 2020 Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

Speaking in Barcelona ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, Gasly said the outcome was a relief after what he had described as the “hardest” day of his career. “I’m extremely happy for the whole team, very proud of the whole team, the way they have fought for all of us for that result,” he said. “Sunday night I felt very low. A lot of mixed emotions, proud of the performance, extremely sad about the whole decision, the whole situation. Some injustice in all that situation.”

Gasly was also generous in his praise of Formula 1 and the FIA for the way the review process was handled. “I’m very proud of F1, FIA for the transparency and everybody recognising their responsibilities in that situation. I think for today, it’s a massive step forward for our sport.”

Yet the Frenchman was candid about what the retrospective ruling could not restore — the experience of standing on the Monaco podium itself, one of the most celebrated moments in motorsport. “It won’t give me back what I lost,” he said. “I’ve accepted that already. As much as I would have liked to see how it looks, just stopping there, being on the podium with the prince, celebrating with the guys. These moments are what makes a career so special. It’s not going to happen, it didn’t happen, that’s how it is. We’ll have to do it another time.”

Despite the bittersweet nature of the news, Gasly acknowledged the significance of the result for Alpine, a team still rebuilding after a difficult 2025 campaign. “I’m just very proud of how the team handled the situation. How much they backed me up and brought our case forward and really fought for it. Very good news, a bit strange to celebrate on a Friday morning, but it is what it is and I’m just happy.”