Gasly stripped of Monaco podium again after appeal upheld<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nBriatore continued to question whether Marchino should have formed part of the panel given what he claimed were links with McLaren.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe accept the decision, we accept everything, but it\u2019s quite strange to have one guy in the panel linked to the team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is unfair. The judge normally needs to be independent completely.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stella, sitting alongside Briatore during the exchange, initially attempted to steer the discussion towards the substance of the appeal before delivering a forceful response to the Alpine executive advisor\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n
\u201cI find that this conference is going in a direction that is quite insulting for McLaren, for the reputation of a team that deserves a lot of respect,\u201d Stella said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if anybody makes these kinds of allegations, which seem quite serious, they are going to have to take the responsibility for what they are saying in a public forum.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hearing, the whole International Court of Appeal was conducted to the highest standards, and we should not question this case like it\u2019s been done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Stella then turned his attention to why McLaren had pursued the appeal, insisting the issue extended well beyond the additional two championship points Piastri received by moving from fifth back to fourth.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a decision that definitely we welcome,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very important, because it adds clarity in relation to the application of Article 1.1.1 of the International Sporting Code of the FIA, which is foundational for anything that derives from there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe appealed because we wanted to make sure that this clarity was sought. We had concerns which were beyond the fact that we might have lost two championship points.<\/p>\n
\u201cProbably these two championship points are not going to make any difference. We were concerned about the application of sporting equality and fairness.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is important and this is not only important for McLaren.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alpine expressed its \u201cdisappointment and frustration\u201d with the outcome in a statement and maintained Gasly did not exceed the pitlane speed limit, while acknowledging the decision reached by the court.<\/p>\n
The team said it felt it had been \u201cunjustly punished\u201d by the ruling, but insisted the setback would not derail its focus as it continues to fight for position in the championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis outcome will not deter the team\u2019s efforts and motivation in achieving its objectives by the end of the season,\u201d Alpine said.<\/p>\n
The FIA has meanwhile confirmed it will review elements of its timing methodology and judicial procedures in the wake of the case, including the right of review and appeal processes.<\/p>\n
The governing body said it would also examine the methodology and operation of Formula 1\u2019s current timing system, along with the related regulatory matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrea Stella engaged in a tense war of words with Flavio Briatore in Friday’s press conference. Image: XPB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[821,13273,64,63,817,10367,813,816,44231,913,341288,12357,85],"class_list":["post-880084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-alpine","tag-andrea-stella","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-flavio-briatore","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-italian-gp","tag-mclaren","tag-monaco-gp","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880084","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=880084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAndrea Stella engaged in a tense war of words with Flavio Briatore in Friday’s press conference. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n