Gasly ‘heartbroken’ as Alpine seeks right of review over Monaco pit lane speeding penalties

Alpine has submitted a petition for a right to review the outcome of the Monaco Grand Prix as a result of multiple pit lane speeding penalties handed out during Sunday’s race, with Alpine's Pierre Gasly feeling particularly aggrieved after penalties denied him a trip to the podium.

Six drivers were penalized for exceeding the pit lane speed limit during the race, with all of them found to be 0.1km/h above the 60km/h speed limit, aside from Gasly’s second infringement when he was deemed to be 0.4km/h over. The penalties were all five-second time penalties, but in the case of Gasly he received a total of 10 seconds for two separate infringements.

“After the result of today's Monaco Grand Prix, BWT Alpine Formula One Team can confirm it has requested a Right of Review from the FIA following the penalties applied for pit lane speeding,” a team statement read.

For a right of review to succeed, a team must prove there is new, relevant evidence that was previously unavailable when the original decision took place. Providing such evidence would only lead to the penalty being reviewed, rather than guarantee it would be overturned.

Gasly was unaware of the punishment when he crossed the finish line in an initial third place, with his time penalty dropping him to seventh place and off the podium.

“I don't think there is anything that could hurt me more right now,” Gasly said post-race. “It's 10 years I f***ing working my ass off for this type of moment. We did everything right today, standing on that podium in front of all the fans that turned up – this is the type of moment that for me can't be taken away from us by unfair reasons. What's going on right now is not right and hopefully they can make the right choice.

“I know as well for a fact that what’s [set] in the car is below the 60kph. And I know on both occasions I've put it way before the line. That's probably the most simple setting you can put in a Formula 1 car. When you have three or four teams that get caught for speeding... Hopefully it brings about the guys that need to check exactly what's going on because it's just not right.”

The Frenchman had originally celebrated what would have been a sixth podium in F1 before being informed by his team of the penalties.

“At the moment, I don't really have an answer. I'm feeling heartbroken and I just dropped," he said. "I crossed the line in P3. Starting from P9, we managed to do everything we needed, we managed the right pace.

“We put ourselves in contention at the last restart. I was fifth, I managed to pass [Isack] Hadjar into Turn 1. I live for this moment, but definitely not to be penalized unfairly and be robbed from the podium not after all the work we do.”

Hadjar and his Red Bull team also faced post-race scrutiny for a possible violation of red flag rules, but avoided a penalty.