F1 error: Gasly's Monaco GP podium spot reinstated
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly's rare third-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix has been reinstated after racing officials accepted an appeal by his team.
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly’s third-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix has been reinstated after racing officials accepted an appeal filed by the Formula 1 team.
Gasly finished the Monaco race third but was demoted to seventh place after race officials handed the Fremchman two five-second penalties for allegedly going too fast in the pitlane.
Alpine immediately appealed the ruling, and the FIA found that the timekeepers had erred in clocking his car’s speed.
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Already on Thursday, the FIA said that it was considering Alpine’s appeal because the timekeepers at the Monaco race had provided evidence that they had made a mistake. FIA said that the “distance used in calculating” car speeds was wrong and “overestimated the speed” of Gasly’s car.
The decision came five days after the Monaco race while teams were getting set to practice for the next race in Barcelona.
It meant that Alpine has its first podium finish since 2024.
Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar will drop from third to fourth place in the Monaco results.
Originally published on AP
