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FIA Cancels Gasly’s Monaco Penalties and Restores His Podium

The ruling follows Formula One Management’s admission that an incorrect distance used for official timing overstated Gasly’s pit‑lane speed.

Pierre Gasly récupère finalement sa troisième place au Grand Prix de Monaco. [Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP]
Pierre Gasly, pilote français de l'écurie Alpine. [CLIVE ROSE / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / Getty Images via AFP]
Pierre Gasly peut retrouver le sourire dans le paddock du GP de Barcelone, qu’il doit disputer le week-end du 12 au 14 juin.
Alpine's French driver Pierre Gasly has been reinstated on appeal to the podium of the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix

Overview

  • The FIA annulled two five‑second penalties previously given to Pierre Gasly, reinstating his third place at the Monaco Grand Prix and returning nine World Championship points to him.
  • Formula One Management acknowledged that the distance used to compute official timing was inaccurate and caused Gasly’s speed to be overstated, evidence that underpinned the reversal.
  • Alpine filed a Right of Review contesting the penalties and the FIA found the team’s new timing evidence admissible, which led stewards to overturn the sanctions.
  • The original penalties were triggered by tiny pit‑lane speed overages of 0.1 km/h and 0.4 km/h, showing how small timing errors can materially change race results.
  • Gasly, who had said he was 'heartbroken' after the initial decision, recovers his sixth career podium while Isack Hadjar is moved back to fourth and teams head to Barcelona with updated classifications.