Listen to Pit Talk here ><\/a><\/p>\nRed Bull Racing\u2019s Isack Hadjar, who was promoted to the podium after Gasly\u2019s penalty, was demoted back to fourth.<\/p>\n
However, other teams weren\u2019t in a position to appeal their penalties given three of the other five affected drivers served them during the race. Only Franco Colapinto in the other Alpine car had his speeding fine added post race, though the Argentine finished outside the points.<\/p>\n
Lewis Hamilton managed to serve his five-second penalty without losing second place, but Oscar Piastri dropped from what would have been third down to fourth after his five-second hold, with fourth becoming fifth following Gasly\u2019s successful appeal.<\/p>\n
George Russell would have been in a position to finish third ahead of Piastri, however, until he and his Mercedes team failed to serve his speeding penalty at his next pit stop, the automatic punishment for which was the drive-through penalty that dropped him disastrously out of the points.<\/p>\n
‘It’s not over that’s for sure’ | 00:57<\/p>\n
The cascading effect of the penalties on the finishing order is why the Gasly decision has put so many teams off-side. Though he drove a strong race, he wouldn\u2019t have been in a position to finish on the podium had none of the speeding penalties been handed out in the first place.<\/p>\n
The stewards pre-empted that some drivers would be relatively worse off as a result of their ruling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe stewards note that in relation to other cars that were penalised, some served their penalty and this regrettably impacted their race strategies and therefore their race result,\u201d they wrote in their ruling.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will undoubtedly remain questions as to whether those breaches were genuine.<\/p>\n
\u201cNotably, no other party petitioned for a right of review within the allowable time frame.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no regulation that gives the stewards the power to \u2018undo\u2019 a served penalty. In any case, it is impossible to imagine how such power could be applied.\u201d<\/p>\n
Red Bull Racing and McLaren, listed as observers in the original appeal, were noted to have argued that teams had been aware of a discrepancy in the speed measurement system and that most had adjusted the processes accordingly to avoid being pinged \u2014 and 17 off the 22 drivers did not trigger the speed gun.<\/p>\n
Teams know how pit lane speed is measured and know that it is not precisely accurate, with calibration part of weekend preparation.<\/p>\n
Although such discrepancies are rare, they\u2019re also not unheard of, with Sebastian Vettel penalised at the 2009 Singapore Grand Prix for fundamentally the same reason.<\/p>\n
Piastri said he was \u201cmind-blown\u201d by the decision to reinstate Gasly to the podium.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow you can reverse a decision that was ultimately wrong but when other people have been penalised for the same thing and served a penalty in the race \u2014 how you can then change one penalty, knowing that probably five or six other races have been impacted by that \u2014 is astonishing,\u201d he said, per the BBC.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve obviously lost a position, but you can only imagine how George is feeling, so I could not believe my eyes.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I lost the position to Pierre because I served the penalty, so technically I should be P3. But then technically George should be P3, and the whole thing is now a mess.<\/p>\n
\u201c[It\u2019s] quite the predicament they\u2019ve got themselves into, and I don\u2019t know how you get yourself out of that one, because now the precedent is: you don\u2019t serve the penalty, you take it to court, you wait probably a few months to decide the race, and who the hell wants to go racing like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
‘This one is something else’ | 01:29<\/p>\n
McLaren, reflecting that position, is now taking the matter to the FIA International Court of Appeal, the highest tribunal in world motorsport.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we fully respect the FIA\u2019s judicial processes and the role of the stewards, we believe this case raises important questions concerning sporting fairness, regulatory consistency and the integrity of competition,\u201d the team said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThroughout the Monaco Grand Prix weekend \u2014 and in every event \u2014 all teams operated according to the regulations and established standard practices for what concerns the speed limit in the pit lane as they were applied at the time. Competitors adjusted their procedures accordingly and, where required, accepted and served penalties imposed under those regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our view, the subsequent removal of penalties creates a situation in which some competitors are disadvantaged by having acted in accordance with the rules and the stewards\u2019 decisions. Such an outcome risks creating sporting inequity and undermining confidence in the consistent application of the FIA sporting regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur decision to appeal is not directed at any competitor. Rather, it reflects our belief that the championship benefits from regulations that are applied consistently, transparently and fairly to all participants.<\/p>\n
\u201cMcLaren remains committed to working constructively with the FIA, Formula 1 and fellow competitors to protect the integrity of the sport and maintain confidence in its regulatory framework.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hamilton overcome after iconic victory | 01:27<\/p>\n
WHAT IS THE FIA INTERNATIONAL COURT OF APPEAL?<\/p>\n
The FIA International Court of Appeal is the highest tribunal in world motorsport. Though it is set up by FIA statutes, it is in practice totally independent of the governing body in the way it operates.<\/p>\n
It works much like a civil court, with judges presiding over the case and with appellants and respondents represented by lawyers, who are able to call witnesses to testify. Hearings are generally open to the media and the public unless there is cause to preserve confidentiality.<\/p>\n
This case will be heard by at least three judges from a list of 36 possible appointees and presided over by the court president. At least one of the judges will be agreed upon by at least five of the Formula 1 teams, and the parties to the hearing can have judges excluded from selection if they believe they would have a conflict of interest.<\/p>\n
McLaren was required to pay a non-refundable \u20ac5000 fee ($8214) fee and lodge a \u20ac20,000 ($32,855) deposit to bring the case.<\/p>\n
The team now has 15 days to submit formal grounds for appeal, after which the respondent \u2014 in this case the FIA \u2014 will have a further 15 days to submit a formal response. Appeal grounds must be written in French and English, with five copies of each required to be sent by post the court\u2019s address in Paris. One copy of each language version must be sent by email.<\/p>\n
The hearing can take place no earlier than 15 days after both parties have submitted their basic arguments.<\/p>\n
If both parties take the maximum 15 days to respond, a hearing into the Monaco Grand Prix podium would not take place until 31 July at the earliest, 54 days after the race took place \u2014 though the president of the court can fast-track proceedings if agreed by all parties.<\/p>\n
However, 31 July would fall near the window when teams ordinarily undertake their mandatory 14-days shutdown, which could blow out the timeline further \u2014 although it\u2019s unclear whether an appeal would be an exempt activity. <\/p>\n
At the end of hearings, parties make their closing statements, and the judges then deliberate in private. A decision is reached by a simple majority vote between them, with the court president having a casting vote. The decision and reasons for it are made public, but the judges\u2019 deliberations and voting outcome remain private.<\/p>\n
The judges can then decide if costs should be awarded to either party and whether the appeal deposit is refunded.<\/p>\n
All parties agree that an ICA decision is final, with F1 participants agreeing that the FIA judicial system can decide all relevant sporting matters to prevent the sport ending up in civilian courts.<\/p>\n
The ICA has several hearings a year, though it hears appeals from world championships less frequently.<\/p>\n
It last heard a Formula 1 case in 2018, when Haas appealed Romain Grosjean\u2019s exclusion from the Italian Grand Prix after Renault successfully protested the floor of his car, which the FIA technical delegate then declared illegal.<\/p>\n
Haas took the matter to the International Court of Appeal, which heard the case two months after the race and upheld the disqualification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The highest tribunal in world motorsport is set to deliberate on the decision to rescind Pierre Gasly\u2019s Monaco…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-741534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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