Overview
- During the Monaco Grand Prix stewards issued two five‑second penalties to Pierre Gasly and one to Franco Colapinto for pit‑lane speeds just over the 60 km/h limit, which dropped Gasly from third to seventh and cut Alpine’s points haul.
- The FIA has published the measured speeds and explained that Monaco pit speeds are calculated by timing loops in the tarmac and a car transponder that divide a fixed axis distance by traversal time rather than by spot radar.
- Alpine has lodged two formal Right‑to‑Review requests arguing team telemetry shows no breach and that Monaco’s curved pit geometry and shorter driven lines may have raised the calculated average speed; the team will present its data at the hearing.
- Thursday’s virtual hearing will first assess whether Alpine has produced a ‘new significant element’ not available to commissioners at the race before any substantive re‑examination can take place, a threshold that reviews rarely meet.
- While a reversal is unlikely the outcome could affect race results, team standings and future pit‑lane measurement practice, and Alpine is simultaneously regrouping for the Barcelona weekend with upgrades and staffing adjustments.