As F1 heads to Austria the final result of Monaco goes to the courts

F1 Monaco Grand Prix result headed for court after McLaren, Red Bull appeal Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 10:07am Formula 1's "jewel in the crown" was raced on June 7, but the final result is still weeks away. As F1 descends on the scenic Styrian Mountains for this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, two teams are in the process of trying to reverse the result in Monaco. Frenchman Pierre Gasly crossed the line third, was demoted to seventh after two pit-lane speeding penalties, but was then reinstated to the podium five days later. But that reinstatement has led McLaren and Red Bull to launch their own appeals, with the case set to be heard in motorsport's top court and a result still weeks away. What happened in the Monaco Grand Prix? Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli led from pole position to win the race, but the real drama happened behind him. There was an unusually high number of drivers that were caught speeding in the pit lane. Alpine duo Gasly and Franco Colapinto, along with Oscar Piastri, George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, were all penalised for pit lane speeding. The penalty for exceeding the pit lane speed is 5 seconds, which most drivers in Monaco served. Hamilton served his penalty during his second pit stop, but it mattered little as he finished second. Piastri did the same, but he then dropped behind Gasly during the race. Mercedes did not wait 5 seconds before Russell's second pit stop, which was another violation, and resulted in the Brit being handed a late drive-through penalty, which dropped him from third to out of the top 10. However, Gasly and Colapinto never had a chance to serve their penalties. A red flag late in the race halted the action and forced all drivers back in the pits, where tyre changes are permitted. It meant there was never an opportunity for those penalties to be served during the race, and the consequences had to be applied at the conclusion. For Gasly, who had been caught speeding twice, it meant he crossed the finish line in third but was classified seventh after having 10 seconds added to his time. Timing loop issue found, Gasly reinstated to third place After the race, Gasly, who is French and the Monaco Grand Prix is the closest he has to a home race, was left devastated. "Right now, I'm just heartbroken. I don't know what to say. I don't want to be speaking right now," Gasly said. "The team set the right speed limiter. I put it way before the line both times … It hurts when you pass the line on the podium. I don't know, hopefully they can fight it. Hopefully they can appeal it." Alpine requested a Right of Review into the result of the grand prix, and after a pair of hearings ahead of the following Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix weekend, Gasly had his penalties removed and was reinstated to the podium five days after the race. Alpine was able to argue that Formula One Management had made an error in measuring the speed of cars at the entrance of the Monaco pit lane. With Gasly being moved onto the podium, Red Bull's Isack Hadjar dropped from third to fourth, Piastri from fourth to fifth, and Racing Bulls duo Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad dropped a place each to sixth and seventh. McLaren and Red Bull appeal against Gasly's podium After Gasly received the good news, McLaren and Red Bull launched the appeals procedure. Last week, McLaren submitted an appeal to the FIA's International Court of Appeal (ICA) in Geneva against documents 99, 100 and 101 of the Monaco Grand Prix, which were the reinstatement of Gasly's third place and an update of the race classifications. In a statement released by the team, McLaren argued the decision to overturn the race result effectively rewarded Gasly for not taking the penalties handed to him during the race. "While we fully respect the FIA's 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," the team stated. "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' decisions. Such an outcome risks creating sporting inequity and undermining confidence in the consistent application of the FIA Sporting Regulations." Red Bull also submitted an appeal, as reported by motorsport publication Autosport. Mercedes withdraws its Right of Review into Monaco No driver was more harshly penalised in Monaco than Russell. He was penalised for speeding in the pit lane, then his team failed to complete that penalty when he came in for a second stop, which is another penalty in itself. Russell's drive-through penalty late in the grand prix dropped him from third to outside the points in a hammer blow, as his teammate extended his championship advantage by another 25 points. Mercedes requested a Right of Review into the pit lane issues after Alpine had successfully put Gasly back on the podium. But the Silver Arrows ultimately chose not to pursue the matter, as it would be impossible to undo the damage of Russell's penalties, even if the original pit-lane speeding infringement was inaccurate. "We can confirm that we have withdrawn our Right of Review submission relating to the penalties received and served by George Russell during the Monaco Grand Prix," Mercedes said in a statement. "Following the decision to rescind Pierre Gasly's time penalty, it was important for us to explore all available options to address the impact of George's pitlane speeding penalty on his race result. "We had a limited time window in which to apply for the Right of Review during the race weekend in Barcelona, and did so in order to reserve our position in this regard. "Our subsequent collaborative discussion with FIA and Formula 1 has shown their determination to review the unique circumstances arising from the Monaco Grand Prix and to proactively address the factors that caused them. "In the face of this clear determination, we have concluded that further pursuit of our Right of Review application will not serve our team or the sport and thus we have withdrawn our submission." What happens now at the International Court of Appeal? The ICA is an independent body of 36 judges, who have been elected at the FIA General Assembly. Once an appeal is made to the ICA, a team then has 15 days to formally submit its grounds for appeal. When that is done, the respondent, who is the FIA in this case, has 15 days to submit its response. There will be at least another 15 days from the submission of the response to a hearing. This means a hearing on this matter will likely not happen until very late July, or August. At the hearing, all parties will make opening statements, have witnesses if needed, and then make closing arguments to the judging panel. Once the hearing is over, the president of the court will announce a likely date for the decision to be handed down. As stated in the Judicial and Disciplinary Rules of the FIA: "ICA may admit or dismiss the appeal, in whole or in part, and may decide to confirm, waive or mitigate the penalty inflicted." A simple majority of the 36 judges is needed to make the decision. In the event of a tie, the president will have the tie-breaking vote. All this means the final and definitive result of the Monaco Grand Prix, held on June 7, will most likely not be known until August at the earliest, if the process is followed through. 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