Gasly Reinstated into Third at 2026 Monaco Grand Prix

Pierre Gasly’s third-placed finish at the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix has been reinstated after Alpine won a right of review appeal.

Gasly finished third on the road in Monaco but a pair of five-second time penalties dropped him to seventh and promoted his fellow Frenchman, Isack Hadjar to the podium.

Alpine however opted to launch a right of review appeal which saw them demonstrate a ‘significant and relevant new element’ in relation to four matters:

• FIA and FOM but not Race Stewards were aware in advance of the race that there was an issue with the timing loops in the pit lane.
• Alpine’s data demonstrated that Gasly had activated his pit lane speed limiter in advance of entering the pits without exceeding the speed limit.
• Gasly submitted a witness statement stating that he had taken caution on entering the pits following warning from his engineers.
• FOM provided evidence that the distance used in calculation of the F1 Official Timing was inaccurate and overestimated Gasly’s speed.

FIA and FOM attempted to refute the “significance” aspect of the element in terms of advance awareness of the timing loops issue, but stewards noted that they had became aware of the issue after a third alleged speeding breach was reported by the Official Timekeeper.

Race Control were also asked if they knew of any issues or irregularity with the system and replied that they had had clarification from the Official Timekeeper that there weren’t any issues.

Alpine also argued that the new element was relevant as it ‘directly related to the speed’ of Gasly in the pit lane, which was backed up by FOM’s evidence concerning inaccurate distance measurements on Wednesday 10 June, thereby meeting the “new” definition as the stewards didn’t have the information during the race.

Stewards consequently agreed that the Right of Review appeal had met the necessary requirements, which led to a hearing that culminated in the rescinding of both penalties and saw Gasly reinstated into third ahead of Hadjar, Oscar Piastri, Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad.