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Pierre Gasly loses Monaco Grand Prix podium after McLaren wins appeal

A ruling over miscalculated pit-lane speeding penalties reshuffles the race classification, returning Isack Hadjar to third place.

Updated Sep 4, 2026 · 11:18 UTC1 reports

The short version

McLaren successfully appealed the Monaco Grand Prix results following widespread errors in pit-lane speeding penalties.
Alpine driver Pierre Gasly was stripped of his third-place podium finish and demoted back to seventh.
Red Bull's Isack Hadjar and McLaren's Oscar Piastri were restored to third and fourth places, respectively.
The broader consequences of the mismeasured pit lane on other penalized drivers remain only partially resolved by the ruling.

McLaren won an official appeal concerning the classification of the Monaco Grand Prix.[BBC News]
Formula 1 mismeasured the length of the Monaco pit lane, leading to incorrect average speed calculations and erroneous speeding penalties across the field.[BBC News]
Alpine's Pierre Gasly lost the third-place podium finish he had gained in a previous appeal, dropping to seventh place.[BBC News]
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar was reinstated in third place, while McLaren's Oscar Piastri moved up to fourth.[BBC News]
Mercedes driver George Russell had fallen out of the points after being penalized for improperly serving an invalid pit-lane speeding penalty.[BBC News]

Whether or how governing authorities will address secondary impacts on other affected competitors, such as George Russell, remains unresolved by the verdict.[BBC News]

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