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McLaren have lodged an appeal against the decision to overturn Alpine driver Pierre Gasly’s pit-lane speeding penalty at the Monaco Grand Prix.<\/b><\/p>\n
Alpine won a right of appeal review against the penalty and the Frenchman has been reinstalled in third place, having been demoted to seventh.<\/p>\n
Governing body the FIA established in the Alpine hearing that the pit-lane speed limit had been miscalculated at Monaco.<\/p>\n
A McLaren statement said: “This case raises important questions concerning sporting fairness, regulatory consistency and the integrity of competition.<\/p>\n
“Throughout the Monaco Grand Prix weekend \u2013 and in every event – all teams operated according to the regulations and established standard practices for what concerns the speed limit in the pit lane as they were applied at the time.<\/p>\n
“Competitors adjusted their procedures accordingly and, where required, accepted and served penalties imposed under those regulations.<\/p>\n
“In our view, the subsequent removal of penalties creates a situation in which some competitors are disadvantaged by having acted in accordance with the rules and the Stewards’ decisions.<\/p>\n
“Such an outcome risks creating sporting inequity and undermining confidence in the consistent application of the FIA sporting regulations.”<\/p>\n
The Gasly hearing turned on the evidence that drivers could drive a shorter route along the pit lane than F1 and the FIA used to measure the speed limit.<\/p>\n
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was one of four further drivers who were given pit-lane speeding penalties<\/a> and lost positions as a result.<\/p>\n The Australian was demoted to fifth from fourth with the removal of Gasly’s penalty.<\/p>\n McLaren’s decision to lodge a notification of appeal with the FIA Court of Appeal takes the case to the governing body’s highest legal authority.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n