Gasly Loses Monaco Podium as McLaren Wins Appeal

Pierre Gasly has lost his Monaco Grand Prix podium after McLaren won their appeal over a pit-lane speeding controversy that has rumbled on since early June.

The Frenchman, who crossed the line third on the day and was later promoted to the podium after an Alpine appeal, drops back to seventh – the position he originally held in the official classification. Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar is restored to third place, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri moved back up to fourth for the race held on 7 June.

At the heart of the row sits a basic but costly error: Formula 1 had the pit-lane length wrong. With the distance miscalculated, the system used to judge average speeds painted an inaccurate picture, flagging several drivers as having exceeded the pit-lane limit when they had not. Multiple five-second penalties followed, reshaping the order in Monte Carlo and triggering a chain of protests and counter-appeals.

Alpine initially benefitted. Their challenge overturned two of Gasly’s five-second penalties, lifting him onto the podium and giving the team a rare high point in a difficult season. That celebration has now been wiped away.

McLaren pushed back, arguing that the entire penalty framework had been built on a flawed measurement and that the corrected data should restore the original running order. The latest ruling backs that stance and rewrites the top end of the results once again.

For Hadjar, it means a return to the rostrum he earned on the road. For Piastri and McLaren, it adds another solid result to a campaign already surging on track.

For Gasly and Alpine, it’s something else entirely: a podium gained in the courtroom, then lost the same way – and another reminder that in modern Formula 1, the chequered flag does not always settle the argument.