McLaren set to appeal after Gasly reinstated to Monaco GP podium

BARCELONA, June 12 : Alpine driver Pierre Gasly was reinstated to the Monaco Grand Prix podium on Friday after Formula One stewards, meeting days later, recognised a timekeeping error and rescinded penalties for pitlane speeding that had dropped him to seventh.

Champions McLaren, one of several teams set to lose points as a result of the about-turn, said they had presented an intention to appeal.

Gasly had finished third on the track but the Frenchman missed out on the podium celebrations when two five-second penalties were applied after last Sunday's race finish.

Formula One, responsible for the timekeeping, admitted to a "measurement discrepancy" resulting from pitlane changes.

Renault-owned Alpine, which had sought a right of review, welcomed the decision in a statement and thanked Formula One Management and the governing FIA for their transparency and cooperation.

LIFELONG DREAM TAKEN AWAY

Gasly was adamant on Sunday that he had not been speeding and said he was heartbroken by the penalties and "to have a lifelong dream of a Monaco podium taken away from me for reasons which I just cannot comprehend".

The stewards' decision means Red Bull's Isack Hadjar, who had inherited third place and joined Mercedes' winner Kimi Antonelli and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton on the podium, drops back to fourth and has yet to score a first top-three finish with his team.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri moves down to fifth, with Racing Bulls' Liam Lawson sixth and teammate Arvid Lindblad seventh. 

The decision will taste particularly bitter for others who suffered time penalties for pitlane speeding but did not seek a review, and for luckless Mercedes driver George Russell, who had to serve a drive-through penalty that left him out of the points on Sunday