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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOscar Piastri has spoken out against Pierre Gasly having his penalty overturned in Monaco. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOscar Piastri has spoken out against Pierre Gasly having his penalty overturned in Monaco. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t Gasly was restored to third in the final <\/a>Monaco Grand Prix<\/a> classification <\/a>after Alpine successfully overturned the two five-second pit lane speeding penalties that had initially dropped him to seventh after the race.<\/p>\n The decision came after Formula One Management acknowledged an error in the pit lane distance measurement used to calculate speeds at Monaco, leading stewards to rescind both of Gasly\u2019s penalties.<\/p>\n However, the ruling has created a complicated situation for several drivers who were penalised for the same issue during the race and served those penalties before the chequered flag.<\/p>\n Piastri was among them, with the McLaren driver making an additional stop to serve his five-second penalty.<\/p>\n That allowed Gasly to finish ahead of him on the road, before the Alpine driver was later reinstated to the podium.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m pretty mind-blown by the decision,\u201d Piastri said in Barcelona.<\/p>\n Tickets for the 2026 NTI Townsville 500 are on sale now. Secure your spot today. \u201cWhen other people have been penalised for the same thing and served a penalty in the race, how you can then change one penalty, knowing that at least five or six other racers have been impacted by that, is astonishing.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve obviously lost the position, but I can only imagine how George is feeling. I could not believe my eyes.<\/p>\n \u201cI lost the position to Pierre because I served the penalty. Technically I should be P3, but then technically George should be P3.<\/p>\n \u201cThe whole thing is now a mess. It\u2019s quite the predicament they\u2019ve got themselves into.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how you get yourself out of that one, because now the precedent as it is, is you don\u2019t serve the penalty, you take it to court, wait probably a few months to decide the race, and who the hell wants to go racing like that? Perplexed is the word I would use.\u201d<\/p>\n George Russell\u2019s race was also heavily affected by the same Monaco controversy, with the Mercedes driver handed a five-second penalty for pit lane speeding before receiving a drive-through for failing to serve it correctly.<\/p>\n That dropped Russell out of the points after he had been running in podium contention, leaving Mercedes to explore whether there is any possible remedy in light of Alpine\u2019s successful case.<\/p>\n Mercedes has since initiated a right of review procedure over Russell\u2019s result, arguing the Gasly ruling and the confirmed measurement error amount to new evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cOn the Gasly thing, yes, we\u2019ve asked for a right of review because we just simply want to sit on the table when decisions are being made,\u201d Toto Wolff said.<\/p>\n![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/287093.gif\")
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