EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsPierre Gasly's penalties from the Monaco Grand Prix have been reinstated 89 days on from the race, meaning he has lost the podium to Isack Hadjar for a second time.Gasly finished third on the grid during June's grand prix but was immediately demoted to seventh position when two 10-second time penalties issued to him for incidents in the race were applied.That elevated Hadjar to third and McLaren's Oscar Piastri up to fourth, with Racing Bulls pair Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad fifth and sixth, respectively -- that order has now been confirmed as the official outcome of the race.Friday's verdict gives Hadjar his second F1 grand prix podium and his first since joining Red Bull this year.Gasly was one of five drivers to have been given penalties for minor speeding infractions in the pit lane -- he had entered the pits 0.1 km/h and 0.4 km/h over the 60 km/h limit on two visits.Gasly's penalties immediately shuffled him down the order, losing him and Alpine the podium and nine championship points.Alpine was able to successfully protest the result a week later, with his penalties removed and his place on the podium reestablished ahead of the following week's Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.Alpine had put forward a case that the FIA's system used to measure speed on pit entry had been flawed, an argument that was accepted.However, Red Bull, McLaren and Racing Bulls then protested that decision. On Friday, the FIA's International Court of Appeal -- independent of the FIA's sporting and regulatory administration -- threw out the verdict of Alpine's appeal, which the FIA itself also defended.In a statement issued immediately after the FIA's 26-page verdict document was released on Friday, Alpine said: "The team expresses its disappointment and frustration with the outcome reached by the FIA International Court of Appeal relating to the result of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix."While we disagree with the decision, and still fully maintain that Car 10 did not exceed the Pit Lane speed limit at any point during the race, the team acknowledges the decision of the judging panel from the recent hearing in Paris."While the result is not what we had hoped for, as we feel that we have been unjustly punished, the team is firmly focused on continuing to improve its performance on track and remains in a close and very competitive Championship fight. This outcome will not deter the team's efforts and motivation in achieving its objectives by the end of the season."- Monza personifies the passion that enticed Leclerc to commit his future to Ferrari- Lando Norris says he would be 'proud' if he finished his F1 career with McLaren- Italian Grand Prix declared heat hazard; second race this seasonGasly had been "heartbroken" immediately after crossing the line as the realization dawned on him that he would lose the spot on the podium of F1's famous street race.The French driver and his team had been convinced there were issues with the measuring system used to judge entry speed at the tight right-hand pit lane before the final corner.After the race, Alpine was granted an appeal hearing after meeting the criteria for presenting the FIA with new, relevant and significant information not available to the stewards at the time, which is required under the rules to force a proper appeal process.In the follow-up hearing, the FIA deemed that Gasly did not exceed the 60 km/h speed limit. The stewards accepted new evidence -- including evidence provided by Formula One Management -- that the official measurement used for calculating the pit lane speed was incorrect.This evidence showed the distance used to calculate speeds in the first pit lane timing zone was longer than the shortest route actually available to drivers following changes to the curved pit entry layout.Monaco's official timing system used a distance of 26.92 meters between timing loops to judge speed, and Alpine pointed out that a shorter theoretical distance of 26.15 meters actually existed, which could skew speed measurements. The FIA supported Alpine's case in front of the FIA's International Court of Appeal, but the logic was dismissed on the grounds of sporting fairness.The court reasoned that Alpine's postrace evidence was not enough to prove Gasly was not speeding -- by the time measurements were taken, Monaco's circuit had already started being dismantled and the configuration could not be re-created exactly.Alpine had called its own measurements a "best estimate."Importantly, the International Court of Appeal did not state that Alpine's measurements had been incorrect, but rather that it could not be proved that it was completely accurate beyond any shadow of a doubt.It was also reasoned that rival teams had calibrated their own pit limiters and driven the weekend by the same benchmark, even if the measurement itself was flawed, and had stayed within the speed allowed.One of the other cars that had picked up penalties was Gasly's Alpine teammate, Franco Colapinto. The International Court of Appeal pointed out that "no other party petitioned for Right of Review within the allowable time frame."Mercedes had weighed up an appeal of its own as George Russell had been dropped out of the points with a time penalty for a pit lane speeding infraction.However, Russell and Mercedes' decision to serve the penalty in the race meant it could not be overturned anyway. On this, Friday's verdict stated of Russell's situation that "there will undoubtedly remain questions as to whether those breaches were genuine."Gasly and Alpine's initial appeal had been admissible because their penalty had been applied in the form of a time penalty at the conclusion of the race.The FIA's International Court of Appeal ordered the FIA and Alpine to split the costs of the process, rejecting the FIA's defense of the stewards' decision.
