Martin Brundle says F1 driver will be 'heartbroken' after Monaco GP incident 'through no fault of his own'

Former Formula 1 star and leading analyst Martin Brundle has given his verdict on the pit lane penalties that affected Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

Brundle has described the penalties as 'necessarily brutal' in his latest column for Sky Sports F1.

Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto were all slapped with speeding penalties for exceeding the pit lane limit of 60km/h in Monaco, a rash of punishments seen by many fans as excessive due to the fact that four of the drivers went over by just 0.1km/h and were sanctioned regardless.

Mercedes phenom Kimi Antonelli took the chequered flag on the streets of Monte Carlo, making him the 14th driver in history to win five consecutive Grands Prix.

The Italian teenager won from pole once more, finishing ahead of Hamilton's Ferrari and Isack Hadjar of Red Bull Racing, who made the podium for the second time in his career.

"Because of the tight confines, the speed limit in Monaco is reduced from 80km/h to 60km/h," wrote Brundle.

"Despite doing everything right drivers were being penalised for 60.1km/h. Rules are rules because if that's fine, then 60.2 is only a fraction more and so must be fine too.

"Just like when a car is half a kilo underweight, in F1 it's necessarily brutal."

Russell paid the price for his minor infraction when other events further delayed his return after a five-second penalty, but Hamilton and Piastri overcame theirs without sustaining much damage to their hopes.

Gasly broke the speed limit twice and accumulated 10 seconds' worth of pit lane speeding penalties, which ultimately dropped him out of the top three.

Alpine have requested a right of review of the race result, and Gasly's penalty could be overturned if the FIA choose to do so in a second hearing.

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'The team have demanded a right of review'

"It was arguably even more painful for Pierre Gasly in his Alpine who was both infuriated and heartbroken to receive two pit-lane speeding penalties 20 minutes apart, for 60.1km/h and 60.4km/h," wrote Brundle.

"He would cross the finish line in third place which would normally mean a trip to the legendary royal podium, but 10 seconds of penalties would demote him to seventh through no fault of his own.

"The team have demanded a right of review, but I suspect that'll change nothing."

The former Williams and McLaren driver was full of praise for Antonelli's win. His teammate, Russell, was dropped out of the points, while Piastri had to settle for fourth.

Hamilton moved past Russell in the drivers' standings but Antonelli is now a massive 66 points clear.