The FIA confirmed on Friday morning that Pierre Gasly’s third place at last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix has been reinstated after two five‑second pit‑lane speeding penalties were rescinded following Alpine’s successful Right of Review.
The stewards removed the two penalties that had demoted Gasly to seventh at the chequered flag; the decision restores the team’s podium and gives Gasly an extra nine points, moving him from 10th to eighth in the drivers’ championship.
Gasly had started ninth in Monaco, climbed to fourth during the race and gained a place when George Russell served a late drive‑through penalty. He was handed two separate five‑second penalties during the race for pit‑lane speeding, a duo of offences that initially dropped him down the order before Alpine lodged a review.
Alpine pursued the Right of Review on Thursday at the start of the Barcelona‑Catalunya Grand Prix weekend, presenting what the team described as new, significant and relevant evidence at an initial hearing; a subsequent hearing later that day specifically examined the penalties on Car #10. Alpine said: "We welcome the decision made by the FIA to deem our Right of Review as admissible following the final classification of last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix." The team added: "As a result, the Stewards have rescinded the two five‑second penalties imposed on Car #10, which reinstates the team’s third place finish." Alpine also said: "We would like to thank the FIA and Formula One Management for its transparency and co‑operation throughout the Right of Review process and for reaching this decision." The team concluded: "The team’s focus is now very much on this weekend’s Barcelona‑Catalunya Grand Prix and striving for the best possible result with both of its cars."
The technical friction in the case was narrow but decisive: Gasly’s penalties were issued for exceeding the pit‑lane limit by 0.1km/h, yet the stewards accepted Alpine’s argument — and its supporting material — that the car had not exceeded the 60km/h limit. The Monaco race produced an unusually high number of pit‑lane offences, with five of the six recorded breaches calculated at 0.1km/h over and the lone other offence 0.4km/h over.
The revised official classification affected multiple drivers. George Russell, who was handed the drive‑through and fell from third at the time to 13th at the finish, remains central to how the order shifted; Oscar Piastri lost three places serving his penalty, while Lewis Hamilton’s sanction did not alter his second place. The altered standings also change the finishing positions of Isack Hadjar, Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad under the updated results.
Monaco had been a chaotic race — two Safety Cars and a red flag contributed to the scramble around pit stops and the enforcement of the 60km/h limit — and Gasly was openly heartbroken by the demotion before the review succeeded. The FIA’s Friday confirmation closes the immediate chapter on the hardware and the points swing, but it leaves an outstanding detail central to how the decision was reached: officials have not disclosed the specific new evidence Alpine presented that persuaded the stewards to overturn two post‑race penalties.
The practical next step is simple and immediate: Alpine says its attention turns to Barcelona, while the reinstatement stands in the record books. The more consequential unanswered fact — exactly what the team produced to change the stewards’ view on a 0.1km/h calculation — remains undisclosed, and that omission is the clearest question left after the FIA’s ruling.
