McLaren and Red Bull’s appeals against the decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly to the Monaco Grand Prix podium will be heard by the FIA International Court of Appeal on August 25.
The hearing is scheduled for 9:00am local time on Tuesday, August 25, at FIA headquarters at Place de la Concorde in Paris.
How it started
Pierre Gasly crossed the line in third place at Monaco, only to be demoted to seventh after the stewards handed him two separate five-second time penalties for exceeding the 60km/h pit-lane speed limit.
The penalties were added to his race time after the chequered flag, dropping him down the order and initially handing Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar what would have been his first Formula 1 podium.
Alpine, however, was not prepared to accept the result.
The team filed two Right of Review petitions, presenting what the stewards subsequently determined was a significant and relevant new element that had been unavailable when the original penalties were issued.
The new evidence ultimately proved decisive.
The measurement discrepancy
The evidence centred on the way pit-lane speed was measured at Monaco.
The FIA’s official timing system had used a distance of 2,692cm between the relevant timing points. Alpine subsequently presented evidence identifying a theoretical shortest distance of 2,615cm, a difference of 77cm.
The stewards concluded that the established measurement did not account for the shortest possible path through the pit-lane entry.
Using the shorter distance would have produced speeds below the 60km/h limit for Gasly’s two incidents, meaning the original penalties could not stand.
The stewards therefore rescinded both five-second penalties, amended the race classification and recalculated the Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship points.
Gasly was restored to third place.
The consequences
Gasly’s reinstatement immediately changed the top-five classification.
Hadjar was moved from third back to fourth, while McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was classified fifth.
Piastri had served his own five-second pit-lane speeding penalty during the race and had originally finished fourth.
That distinction is central to the subsequent appeals.
Piastri, George Russell and other drivers received pit-lane speeding penalties during the race and dealt with their penalties while still competing. Gasly’s two penalties, meanwhile, were added to his time after the chequered flag and were later rescinded through Alpine’s successful Right of Review.
Why McLaren and Red Bull are appealing
McLaren formally lodged an appeal with the FIA International Court of Appeal on June 16 against the stewards’ decisions, including the revised race classification and championship points.
The team argued that removing Gasly’s penalties created a situation in which competitors who had acted according to the rules and served their penalties were disadvantaged.
McLaren said the outcome raised concerns over sporting fairness, regulatory consistency and the integrity of competition, arguing that it risked creating sporting inequity and undermining confidence in the consistent application of the FIA Sporting Regulations.
Red Bull also lodged an appeal against the stewards’ decisions. The team’s driver Isack Hadjar had been directly affected by Gasly’s reinstatement, losing the podium place he had initially been awarded.
What happens on August 25
The FIA has officially confirmed that the appeals will be heard by the International Court of Appeal on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at 9:00am local time.
The hearing will take place at FIA headquarters, 8 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France.
The case is officially listed as ICA-2026-06-07-08-09, concerning appeals lodged by McLaren Racing Limited and Red Bull Racing Limited against Decisions No. 1 and No. 2 of the stewards contained in Document 99.
The hearing will be closed to the public, media and anyone not authorised to attend, following a decision by the Judging Panel and requests from the parties involved for confidentiality reasons.
The FIA said the decision will be published as soon as possible after the hearing.
The outcome could determine whether the revised Monaco classification remains unchanged or is modified following the appeals.
If the original penalties were ultimately reinstated, Gasly could return to seventh, while Hadjar and Piastri could regain the positions they lost following the Right of Review decision.
The Monaco Grand Prix result, already revised once, could yet be changed again.