FIA Schedules Thursday Hearing For Alpine’s Bid To Restore Gasly’s Monaco Podium

The FIA has confirmed it will hear Alpine’s attempt to overturn the penalties that cost Pierre Gasly a podium finish at the Monaco Grand Prix later this week.
Alpine issued a statement after the race confirming it had requested a Right of Review from the FIA to challenge the outcome of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Gasly finished third on the road but lost his podium result due to two separate five-second penalties for pitlane speeding during the race.
On Tuesday, the governing body published two separate documents confirming Alpine has submitted two petitions for review relating to the penalties handed to Gasly.
The hearing is scheduled to take place virtually on Thursday at 1pm CET, giving Alpine just days to prepare its submission.
Under Article 14 of the FIA International Sporting Code, Alpine must first convince stewards that a “significant and relevant new element” exists that was unavailable when the original decisions were made.
The FIA documents confirm the hearing will be split into two phases, with Alpine presenting new evidence first before stewards decide whether to reconsider the penalties themselves.
Gasly had climbed from ninth on the grid into podium contention, crossing the line third in what he described as one of the strongest drives of his Formula 1 career.
The two penalties were issued for exceeding the 60km/h pitlane speed limit by just 0.1km/h and 0.4km/h respectively, margins that Gasly and Alpine considered deeply unjust.
The penalties were part of an unusually large number of pitlane speeding offences triggered by Monaco’s unique pitlane configuration and the way average speed is measured using transponders and timing loops.
The system effectively caught drivers who shortened their route through the curved pitlane and covered less distance between timing points, despite travelling at the permitted speed.
Once the 10 seconds were applied to his race time, Gasly dropped from third to seventh in the final classification, with Isack Hadjar, Oscar Piastri, Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad all gaining positions.
Alpine effectively needs both penalties overturned for Gasly to reclaim third place, making the threshold for success at Thursday’s hearing particularly demanding.
An emotional Gasly described himself as having been “robbed” of a podium finish after the race, saying the result had been taken for “unfair reasons.”
“I don’t think there is anything that could hurt me more right now,” he said. “It’s ten years I’m f*****g working my ass off for this type of moment.”
“We did everything right today, standing on that podium in front of all the fans that turned up. This is the type of moment that for me can’t be taken away from us by unfair reasons.”
Rights of Review rarely succeed in Formula 1, as teams frequently fail to provide evidence stewards consider both new and genuinely relevant to the original decision.
One notable exception came when Carlos Sainz’s penalty for a collision with Liam Lawson at Zandvoort was rescinded after Williams submitted onboard footage unavailable to stewards during the race.
What evidence Alpine intends to present in support of its case at Thursday’s virtual hearing currently remains unclear.
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