Alpine files an appeal with the FIA following Gasly's penalties
- Published on 07 / 06 / 2026 at 19: 41
© DPPIThe French team has confirmed that it has filed an appeal following the penalties received by Pierre Gasly for speeding in the pit lane.
Pierre Gasly Does he still have a chance of recovering his podium finish in Monaco? Third in the Grand Prix at the checkered flag after a very solid race, the Norman driver was penalized ten seconds for twice exceeding the speed limit in the pit lane.
First, Pierre Gasly was clocked at 60,4 km/h before slowing down to 60,1 km/h, instead of the 60 km/h speed limit in the narrow Monaco pit lane. This infraction resulted in two five-second penalties, for a total of ten seconds added to his post-race time.
A decision incomprehensible to both the driver and his team, who exercised their right of appeal to ask the FIA to reconsider this penalty, supported by the data and telemetry provided by Alpine.
“Following the result of today’s Monaco Grand Prix, the BWT team Alpine Formula One Team can confirm that it has submitted a request for the right of review to the FIA regarding the penalties imposed for speeding in the pit lane. found Alpine in a statement sent to the media.
For the right of review to be accepted, Alpine This should bring new elements to the investigation, which were not previously disclosed to the FIA. It remains to be seen what decision the FIA will make with this new information.
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The drivers were thoroughly briefed during the pre-race briefing, and in Gasly's case, his race engineer reminded him several times to respect the speed limit and even not to cut the pit lane entrance… The sheer number of penalties might be surprising (like Zeltweg 2023 for exceeding track limits), but the radar was properly calibrated! Furthermore, AutoHebdo should provide us with the list of drivers who escaped a penalty, which is the case for Antonelli!
Ah yes, typical of the French mentality to file such a complaint which will go nowhere…
Sorry to disappoint you guys, but it's been over 20 years since we've seen a Grand Prix like this in Monaco… for once we weren't asleep!!!!
Yes, this Grand Prix has become a farce. I hadn't watched any of the races since the start of the season because I couldn't get the adrenaline rush of F1 anymore with this ridiculous new hybrid regulation, but now it's becoming absurd. Penalizing drivers for 0,1 km/h in the pits, you've got to be kidding me! And a red flag for three patches of tarmac located where no driver ever puts their tires, that's just too much! The FIA is running out of ideas to make the Monaco Grand Prix interesting again. I used to love this Grand Prix, but now, enough is enough! It has no place on the calendar anymore, and the parade of VIPs amidst the luxury yachts is just too much. I'm fed up with this sham of a race! I'd rather remember Beltoise's victory in 1972 in torrential rain…
This is no longer a Grand Prix but a charade to gather together very incompetent people, VIPs or show-offs who have nothing to do with motorsport but want to shine on TV screens.
Yes, indeed, it's a VIP showcase with no sporting interest. Sterile F1 cars to race with minimal risk in Monaco! And then, without being paranoid, there are the pit stop penalties and the red flag! It all feels a bit like something out of Netflix… We still have qualifying, a notoriously perilous exercise, which is hardly enough!!
Yes, I completely agree with Pierre, this Grand Prix is a farce, a parade, a procession, a high mass for VIPs and other billionaires. It's indecent. The only sporting interest is the qualifying. The red flag stunt to stop the race because the tarmac is slightly damaged! You actually believed that! Ha ha, what a joke! Ridiculous with the entire FIA staff coming down onto the track! All that just to make the race interesting again with a restart! As for the penalties given for speeding in the pit lane, that's just scraping the bottom of the barrel! Unless that was premeditated too! Yes, a ridiculous Grand Prix, a non-event from a sporting point of view, at best a Monaco go-kart track.
This circuit is a farce. You can't overtake, which is ridiculous for a sporting event!
Imagine the Tour de France where the cyclists ride in single file!!
And the coating is peeling off, in the land of billionaires!!
And the radar is malfunctioning and catching lots of drivers exceeding the speed limit, which had never happened before!!
This circuit has been a disgrace to F1 for years. It reeks of money and nothing else.