Overview
- The FIA stewards rescinded the two five‑second pit‑lane speeding penalties against Pierre Gasly on Friday, reinstating him to third place in the Monaco Grand Prix and amending the official classification.
- Formula One Management told the stewards that the distance used between the pit‑lane timing loops was wrong, with post‑race checks showing a 77 centimetre discrepancy that caused recorded average speeds to be overreported.
- The corrected speeds put Gasly below the 60 km/h limit, giving Alpine and Gasly nine additional championship points and demoting Isack Hadjar from third to fourth, which shifted constructors’ points tallies.
- Drivers who served penalties during the race — including Lewis Hamilton, Oscar Piastri and George Russell — keep their results because the regulations do not allow served penalties to be undone, and McLaren has signalled an intention to appeal.
- The case highlights flaws in pit‑lane timing for Monaco’s revised layout, shows how a successful Right of Review can overturn post‑race sanctions when new evidence is supplied, and may prompt FOM and the FIA to change measurement and stewarding procedures.