Court restores Monaco GP podium after pit-lane penalty appeal
McLaren and Red Bull successfully appealed a decision that had restored Pierre Gasly to the Monaco Grand Prix podium after a pit-lane speeding controversy, so Gasly drops to seventh and Isack Hadjar is returned to third with Oscar Piastri fourth. The FIA international court of appeal ruled the distance parameter used to calculate average pit-lane speed could not be replaced retrospectively, despite a later finding that a 77 centimetre shorter route was possible. The verdict affects multiple drivers, leaves other penalty correctness questions open, saw Mercedes' George Russell lose points after a mis-served penalty, and may lead Alpine to consider a Court of Arbitration for Sport appeal.
Court ruled that measurement parameters cannot be changed retrospectively.
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Race stewards issued multiple pit-lane speeding penalties during the Monaco weekend. Alpine had earlier succeeded in overturning Gasly's penalties using a different measurement. The court ruling now blocks retrospective measurement changes…
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