The FIA has set a date for the International Court of Appeal after Red Bull and McLaren appealed against the decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly’s podium at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Several drivers were given pit lane speeding penalties at this year’s Monaco GP due to a timing system error. Alpine successfully appealed two unserved time penalties for Pierre Gasly, reinstating his third-place podium finish after a post-race investigation concluded that there were errors in the system that overstated the speed at which the drivers were moving.
Alpine therefore proved that Gasly had not broken the speed limit and used their Right of Review to have the penalties overturned. Gasly’s podium was reinstated, with Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar losing his inherited P3 finish.
However, this created an issue, as other drivers with the same penalty were unable to appeal it.
George Russell, Oscar Piastri, Lewis Hamilton, and Franco Colapinto were all handed penalties for allegedly exceeding the pit lane speed limit. But since those drivers served their penalties during the race, they could not be appealed or removed from their time. Whereas Gasly did not stop again, so the penalties were converted to time added to his final time at the chequered flag. This meant the penalty could be appealed and removed.
Date set for International Court of Appeal hearing
Due to this inconsistency, McLaren and Red Bull lodged their intentions to appeal in the week following the Monaco GP. They proceeded with the appeals to the International Court of Appeal four days later, and a date has now been set for the hearing.
The hearing will take place at the FIA’s headquarters in Paris on August 25th.
The case will be heard behind closed doors at the request of the parties involved, but the decision will be published afterwards.
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