F1 – FORMULA One’s governing body yesterday reinstated Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar to third place at last June’s Monaco Grand Prix and demoted Alpine’s Pierre Gasly for the second time.
Gasly finished third on track on June 7 but was demoted to seventh when two five-second penalties for pit-lane speeding were applied post-race, with fellow Frenchman Hadjar promoted to third.
That decision was overturned after a right to review on June 12, stewards accepting Renault-owned Alpine’s evidence that there had been a timekeeping error. The FIA’s International Court of Appeal then met last month to hear a McLaren and Red Bull challenge, with the verdict issued ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Renault-owned Alpine said they were disappointed and frustrated with the outcome and felt they had been “unjustly punished”.
“While we disagree with the decision, and still fully maintain that Car 10 (Gasly) did not exceed the pit lane speed limit at any point during the race, the team acknowledges the decision of the judging panel,” they said in a statement.
The decision will also affect other teams and drivers with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri moving back up to fourth while New Zealand’s Liam Lawson, who was with Racing Bulls at the time, returning to fifth and teammate Arvid Lindblad sixth.
Red Bull-owned Racing Bulls and Alpine are in a tight battle for fifth place with the two separated by only three points in the constructors’ standings before the latest verdict.
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