Formula 1: Gasly's Monaco podium reinstated after 77cm measurement error

Pierre Gasly can celebrate his sixth career podium finish after his Formula 1 team, Alpine, successfully appealed his Monaco Grand Prix penalty. Gasly was initially awarded third place but received a five-second penalty for allegedly speeding in the pit lane. This penalty dropped him to seventh, but Alpine's protest led to a review.

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The two five-second penalties imposed on Gasly in the principality for allegedly driving too fast in the pit lane were withdrawn after a hearing and due to a miscalculation of just 77 centimeters.

The review revealed a critical measurement error by the FIA, which had calculated the official pit lane speed limit zone 77 centimeters too long. When corrected, Gasly's speeds of 58.7 km/h and 58.8 km/h were found to be within the legal limit of 60 km/h.

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The team was able to prove that Gasly had not exceeded the speed limit.

As a result of the overturned penalty, Isack Hadjar, who had been promoted to third, is now relegated to fourth place. McLaren's Oscar Piastri also saw his position adjusted to fifth. Other teams, including McLaren and Red Bull, reportedly have 96 hours to decide whether to appeal this new classification.

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If this distance is applied to Gasly's two disputed cases, he was always within the permissible range at 58.7 km/h and 58.8 km/h.