Monaco Grand Prix: Pierre Gasly regains third place after Alpine successfully appeal against penalties
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Pierre Gasly was reinstated to third place in the Monaco Grand Prix after Alpine successfully appealed against his two five-second penalties for pit-lane speeding.
- The appeal revealed that officials had used an incorrect distance to calculate the speed limit, and data showed Gasly never exceeded the 60km/h limit.
- Five drivers, including George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Lewis Hamilton, and Franco Colapinto, were penalized for pit-lane speeding, an unusually high number during the race.
- Russell's drive-through penalty dropped him from third to 13th place, while Hamilton's penalty did not affect his second place due to strategic timing during a safety car period.
- The stewards acknowledged the error in distance measurement and concluded that most penalties involved marginal excesses, leading to Gasly's penalties being overturned.