FOM to refine pitlane speed timing
F1’s timekeeping operator FOM has said it will make “any improvements or refinements” needed after a pitlane speed measurement discrepancy at the Monaco Grand Prix led to several drivers being wrongly penalised for speeding. The issue came to light after stewards reinstated Pierre Gasly’s podium, ruling that a moved pit entry barrier shortened the measured distance into the first timing loop by up to 77cm, which overestimated cars’ average speed. In a statement given to Motorsport.com, FOM said the process had “identified a measurement discrepancy”.
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Lando Norris says he expects to have to take grid penalties for using extra power-unit parts after reliability problems at the Monaco Grand Prix left him “towards the end” of his allocations as he tries to defend his world title. Norris said: "I have no idea about the future. I'm towards the end of some of my allocations, but look, I can't do anything about that now. As a team, we can't really do anything about that. We can re-maximise what we have. I'm sure at some point I'll start running into having to take penalties and take parts that ideally I wouldn't be having to, but that's just the situation we're in."
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says the team is speaking to its lawyers about possible remedies for George Russell's Monaco Grand Prix result after Russell was given a drive-through penalty when a five-second pit-lane speeding penalty was not served correctly. Wolff said: "I just left when we were on the phone with our lawyers to look at what we can do for George. A drive-through, if it didn't happen at the end, is equivalent of 20 seconds race time. What would 20 seconds of race time have meant for his result? Do we think that we realistically have a chance of reverting the result? I don't think so. But we definitely have to give it a go if we see that there is a millimetre of chance to do so."
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Nielsen on Alpine's successful Gasly Monaco penalty review
Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen says the team wanted “clarity” and “justice” after submitting a successful right of review over Pierre Gasly’s Monaco Grand Prix pit-lane speeding penalties, which the FIA stewards later rescinded. Nielsen said: "All I can say is we wanted clarity, we've got it. And we wanted justice, and we feel we've got it. And we're happy with that."
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Nielsen on Russell after Gasly Monaco penalty reversal
Alpine boss Steve Nielsen said he would be “upset” if he were George Russell after Alpine’s Right of Review overturned Pierre Gasly’s Monaco penalties, with stewards finding a pit-lane measurement error that led to several speeding offences. Nielsen said: "I feel for [the other penalised drivers], we'll never know, I guess, whether their pit lane speeding was real or not, so it is just really unfortunate situations. Because it was all added after the race, but with theirs, George Russell, for example, we will never really know, and I don't know how you would begin to unpick that. Pit lane speeding is not appealable, which is why we use the Right of Review, and, I feel for them, and if I were in that position, I'd be upset."
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McLaren and Red Bull challenge FIA decision over Gasly penalties
McLaren and Red Bull have both lodged notices of intention to appeal the FIA’s decision to rescind Pierre Gasly’s Monaco Grand Prix pitlane speeding penalties. The FIA overturned the penalties after Alpine’s right of review, saying a Formula One Management measurement error meant there was “a significant delta in the distance used to calculate the speed” versus what “could be driven”. The change restored Gasly to the podium, dropping Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar to fourth and moving McLaren’s Oscar Piastri from fourth back to fifth. Both teams now have 96 hours to proceed or withdraw.
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Gasly on Alpine's handling of Monaco podium appeal
Pierre Gasly said he is “very, very proud” of how Alpine handled his Monaco Grand Prix podium case after stewards rescinded his post-race penalties and restored him to third place following the team’s Right of Review hearing in Barcelona. Gasly said: "We'll have to do it another time, but for now, I'm just very, very proud of how the team handled the situation, how much they backed me up, and brought our case forward, and really fought for it. So, very good news, bit strange to celebrate on a Friday morning, but it is what it is, and I'm just happier."
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Russell on 2026 title being out of reach
George Russell says the 2026 championship is “far out of reach right now” after Kimi Antonelli opened up a 68-point lead. Russell said: "The pressure feels off, to be honest. I'm just going to try and enjoy every race, not even thinking about a championship. It's so far out of reach right now that it's just about going and enjoying the races, having fun, driving fast, and doing what I know I'm capable of doing, and what I've done my whole Formula 1 career."
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Piastri on Monaco pitlane speeding penalties timing issue
Oscar Piastri said the official timing system problem that caused an unusually high number of Monaco Grand Prix pitlane speeding penalties “shouldn’t be happening in Formula 1”, after he was one of the drivers penalised during the race. Piastri said: "I think in the race it was reasonably obvious, I thought, that there was something weird going on, because maybe you have one or maybe two cars in the same race to have pitlane speeding penalty, but not seven or eight or however many it was. But that kind of thing shouldn't be happening in Formula 1."
Oscar Piastri on Monaco GP pitlane speed limiter issue: “Shouldn't be happening in Formula 1”
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Gasly reinstated to Monaco third
Pierre Gasly has been reinstated to third in the Monaco Grand Prix after Alpine successfully had his two pitlane speeding penalties overturned via a right of review. The stewards accepted that an error by Formula One Management in measuring the pitlane distance led to incorrect speed calculations, concluding there was “a significant delta in the distance used to calculate the speed and distance which could be driven… and which appears to have been driven”. Gasly’s two five-second penalties were rescinded, costing Isack Hadjar his first Red Bull podium.
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