{"id":30893,"date":"2026-06-15T11:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/mercedes-ask-for-right-of-review-of-result-of-monaco-grand-prix\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T11:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:13:37","slug":"mercedes-ask-for-right-of-review-of-result-of-monaco-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/mercedes-ask-for-right-of-review-of-result-of-monaco-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes ask for right of review of result of Monaco Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mercedes have asked governing body the FIA for a right of review of the result of the Monaco Grand Prix.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mercedes driver George Russell was one of several drivers affected by pit-lane speeding penalties which their teams believe were incorrect.<\/p>\n

Alpine have won a right of review case over their driver Pierre Gasly, who had been demoted to seventh place after the race by two five-second penalties for exceeding the pit-lane speed limit.<\/p>\n

On Friday, it was announced that Gasly was being returned to third place<\/a> in the race following a successful appeal by his Alpine team.<\/p>\n

The stewards’ verdict revealed an error with measuring the pit-lane speed limit. This affected five drivers in total.<\/p>\n

Among them was Russell who was dropped from third place at the time to 12th as he was given a drive-through penalty for failing to properly serve his pit-lane speeding penalty.<\/p>\n

This cost Russell 15 points in his title fight with team-mate Kimi Antonelli, who won the race.<\/p>\n

The right of review hearing requested by Alpine established that cars could legally drive a shorter distance in the pit lane than officials had used in their calculations.<\/p>\n

As the limit is measured by the time it takes for drivers to travel a certain distance, it incorrectly calculated drivers as speeding when in fact none had exceeded the 60km\/h limit.<\/p>\n

A right of review requires a team to prove there is new evidence that was not considered at the time of the original penalty – which was accepted in Alpine’s case.<\/p>\n

Mercedes argue that the pit lane measurement being incorrect as well as the stewards’ decision to overturn the penalty are new evidence.<\/p>\n

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said on Sunday: “We just simply want to sit on the table when decisions are being made.” He said he believed their case was “a long shot”.<\/p>\n

In a separate interview, he told Sky Sports: “I’m not sure this is going to hold with the judges but we have to do it for George’s benefit.”<\/p>\n

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri, who also received a penalty which demoted him below Gasly, said he was “mind-blown” by the decision in the Frenchman’s case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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