Gasly stripped of Monaco GP podium as FIA appeal court reinstates pitlane penalties

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 are reinstated — dropping the Alpine driver from third to fifth in the final classification.

Gasly was among several drivers penalised for exceeding the pitlane speed limit during the Monaco race, but the penalties were initially overturned by FIA stewards on 12 June after it emerged that the pitlane timing equipment was inaccurate, with a 77cm discrepancy between the first two timing loops. That measurement error was cited as the reason for the unusually high number of penalties issued on race day.

Because Gasly’s two five-second penalties had been added to his race time rather than served on track, Alpine was able to request a right of review — and stewards duly rescinded the sanctions, restoring him to third. Other drivers were not so fortunate: Oscar Piastri and George Russell had already served their penalties during the race, meaning they had no equivalent avenue for review. Russell’s penalty was incorrectly served, resulting in Mercedes incurring an additional drive-through sanction.

With Gasly’s reinstatement leaving Piastri and Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar — who had finished third and fourth on the road — classified fourth and fifth, McLaren and Red Bull both lodged appeals with the ICA.

The court has now sided with the appellants. Gasly returns to fifth, while Hadjar — who celebrated a podium finish in the principality on race day — is officially confirmed in third. The ruling also affects the Constructors’ Championship points both Alpine and the appealing teams received from Monaco.

Further details of the ICA’s reasoning are expected to follow.