Monaco GP: Mercedes requests right to review race results after Pierre Gasly podium reinstatement | F1 News

Mercedes requested the right to review the Monaco Grand Prix results from the FIA ​​after Alpine won their appeal case which saw Pierre Gasly reinstated on the podium.

Gasly was one of five drivers – Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, McLaren’s Oscar Piastre, Alpine’s Franco Colapinto and Mercedes’ Jorge Russell – who received a five-second speed penalty in the pit lane.

In Russell’s case, he failed to properly serve his five-second penalty at a pit stop, so a drive-through penalty was handed out that saw him drop to 12th while he was in for a potential podium.

But, like the other drivers, Gasly did not pay his two five-second penalties for speeding at a pit stop and 10 seconds were added to his finishing time, essentially dropping him from third to seventh.

Alpine appealed the penalty and provided evidence that the distance to Monaco’s pit lane was incorrect, thus also measuring the drivers’ speed incorrectly.

The stewards considered this evidence to be “significant and relevant new material” so Gasly’s penalty was overturned.

As for Russell, he and Mercedes have lost 15 points in their championship battle and the Silver Arrows believe that the distance to the pit lane, and Gasly’s penalties being overturned, is new evidence that could change the classification of the race. However, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff described the effort as a “long shot”.

“We also wrote to the FIA ​​for the right of review. To be honest, I’m not sure if that’s a realistic outcome because you’ve opened a can of worms,” ​​he added. Sky Sports F1.

“Usually if you have a drive-through penalty and you don’t do it, it’s 20 seconds (added after the race) and that 20 seconds puts George back in P4.

“But what about all the other consequences? I don’t think it will sit with the judges but we have to do it for George’s benefit.”

McLaren and Red Bull intend to appeal

As a result of the successful Alpine appeal, Red Bull’s Isaac Hajjar and McLaren’s Piastre finished fourth and fifth, while Racing Bulls pair Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad dropped to sixth and seventh.

Sky Sports News McLaren and Red Bull have indicated their intention to appeal Gasly’s reinstatement and have until Tuesday afternoon to confirm an official appeal.

“It’s very difficult to know which one is right,” Piastre said Sky Sports F1 After Sunday’s Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.

“I can see that they have recognized that there was something wrong with the pit lane but when you have five or six cars penalized, because I wasn’t too fast, and you change one penalty and you don’t change another one, it creates a difficult situation for everyone.

“For me, it’s not about the points, I don’t think that’s how we should look at things and it sets a very awkward precedent because now it encourages you to finish where you want, without taking a penalty, instead of arguing about it later, the result of the race when we shouldn’t.”

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mackies said his outfit was “a bit confused” about Alpine’s successful appeal.

“You’re running around cars that are getting non-appealable penalties and you adapt your racing to that. Some cars have actually served their penalties,” he said. Sky Sports F1.

“Regardless of what we think as a team – and we are protecting our competitive position – it is very important for the fans that we have, going forward, accurate clarity about the outcome of the race at the end of the race.”

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