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FOM Measurement Error Restores Gasly’s Monaco Podium as Rival Teams Lodge Appeals

The reversal exposes a gap in FIA rules because there is no way to erase penalties that teams already served and the result now rests with pending appeals.

Overview

  • Formula One Management admitted a 77cm pit‑lane distance error that caused the official speed calculations to be wrong.
  • Alpine used in‑car telemetry in a right of review and the stewards rescinded Pierre Gasly’s two pit‑lane speeding penalties, restoring his Monaco podium.
  • McLaren and Red Bull have filed appeals with the FIA International Court of Appeal and Mercedes has requested a right of review, so the official result is now under formal challenge.
  • The stewards said there is no rule to undo penalties that were served on track, creating unequal treatment for teams that accepted or served sanctions during the race.
  • Thursday’s developments could lead to timing fixes, clearer stewarding procedures and weeks of legal hearings that keep points and podiums unsettled.