Pierre Gasly has been sensationally restored to the Monaco Grand Prix podium after Alpine successfully overturned the penalties that stripped him of a third-place finish in the Principality…
The French driver crossed the line having delivered one of the standout performances of the race, climbing from ninth on the grid to finish on the road in fourth before inheriting third when George Russell served a late drive-through penalty. However, two separate five-second penalties for alleged pit-lane speeding offences dropped Gasly to seventh in the final classification, leaving the Alpine driver devastated.
Alpine immediately launched a Right of Review with the FIA, arguing that new and significant evidence had emerged. Following hearings during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend, the FIA accepted the team’s submission and rescinded both penalties, dramatically rewriting the Monaco result.
The decision restores Gasly to third place, handing Alpine its first podium of the season and one of its most significant results in recent years. It also reshuffles the final standings, with Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar losing his podium finish and dropping to fourth.
The reversal is a remarkable twist to a race weekend that had appeared settled and underlines the increasingly important role of post-race legal and technical challenges in modern Formula 1.
For Gasly, the decision transforms heartbreak into celebration. Days after believing a career-defining Monaco podium had slipped through his fingers, the Frenchman officially joins race winner Kimi Antonelli and second-placed Charles Leclerc on the final podium classification of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix.
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