Overview
- The stewards rescinded Gasly’s two five‑second pit‑lane speeding penalties on Friday after Alpine’s right of review showed the distance used to calculate pit‑lane speed was incorrect.
- Formula One Management admitted the measurement error between pit‑lane timing loops overestimated speeds, a discrepancy traced to recent barrier and layout changes that let drivers take a shorter trajectory.
- The revised classification restores Gasly to third in Monaco and shifts championship points, with Alpine gaining additional points and Isack Hadjar, Oscar Piastri and Racing Bulls drivers each moving down one place.
- McLaren and Red Bull have formally notified the FIA of their intent to appeal the stewards’ decision and Mercedes is exploring options for George Russell, who lost places after serving an in‑race penalty that stewards said they cannot reverse.
- The episode has prompted an immediate technical and procedural review of pit‑lane timing hardware and stewarding practice and raises the prospect teams will choose post‑race reviews over serving disputed in‑race penalties in future.