Monaco GP result could be changed again as team launch official appeal

The result of the Monaco Grand Prix could be changed for a second time after one team launched an official appeal.

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli won the race by 6.2 seconds ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

The Italian has now won five consecutive Grands Prix, and completed a maiden career Grand Slam in Monaco by earning pole position, setting the fastest lap and leading every lap.

There was chaos further back, as multiple drivers received penalties for various pit lane infringements.

The driver to benefit the most was Red Bull's Isack Hadjar, who himself had been under investigation over a possible red flag infringement.

But the FIA stewards found no wrongdoing and Hadjar was classified in third place, earning his first F1 podium.

Alpine's Pierre Gasly finished third on track for what would have been his first podium since Brazil 2023.

But the Frenchman was given a 10-second penalty for a pit lane speeding offence.

Seven drivers were penalised for the same offence.

Gasly led home Isack Hadjar and Oscar Piastri in the closing laps at Monaco but it wasn't enough to keep third place (Image: Getty)

In Gasly's case, he was given an initial five-second sanction, and an additional penalty after Alpine told him not to serve his initial sanction at the pit stop - something which would have effectively voided the appeal process.

Alpine have launched a right of review against their penalties which, if successful, would completely shake up the finishing order.

The hearing will be heard at 12pm on Thursday morning, the FIA have confirmed.

They will need to prove that there is a 'new, significant, and relevant element that was not available at the time of penalty' in order for a second hearing to be granted, where the penalty will be officially reviewed.

Should Gasly have his sanction annulled, he would be promoted back up to third place - having dropped to seventh as a result of the penalty.

That would put him ahead of the Racing Bulls pair of Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson, McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Hadjar.

The outcome of the hearing could have a seismic impact on this season's Constructors' Championship.

Alpine are in fifth place in the standings, three points ahead of Racing Bulls after the Italian team picked up 18 points.

But should the Monaco result get reversed, that gap would become 15 points.

The Monaco result was already altered two hours after the Grand Prix finished, with Cadillac's Sergio Perez losing 10th place after being penalised for being out of position at the red flag standing start.

Could the penalty get removed?

It is exceptionally rare in Formula 1 for race results to be changed days afterwards, and that often only occurs in the event of a much more significant retrospective sanction handed out to a driver or constructor.

But there were significant question marks over the awarding of the pit lane speeding penalties.

Drivers questioned the accuracy of pit lane sensors and transponders post-race, with a number of offences only being 0.1km/h faster than the 60km/h limit.

Race engineers could be heard telling drivers to take a different pit entry line to avoid being penalised, with two different transponders in operation across the width of the pit lane on entry.

But the stewards say their software and timing systems were working correctly, telling Autosport: "The FIA has found no irregularities in its measurement system over pit lane speeding and believes the wave of penalties is linked to F1 drivers slightly cutting the pit entry."

Gasly was among the drivers penalised for a 60.1km/h speeding offence, and was left furious over team radio after the race - using strong language.

The issue is that some penalised drivers, such as Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, served their penalties during the Grand Prix - with the sanction ruining Russell's race as his team didn't serve it correctly at the pit stop, and he was given a drive-through penalty which dropped him out of the points.

If Gasly's penalty is rescinded, therefore, it would raise the question about whether others were valid - though no other team is known to have launched a right of review at this stage.