What is happening
Pierre Gasly has been reinstated to third place in the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix following Alpine's successful appeal against a pit-lane speeding penalty [2,3]. According to the BBC [2,3], stewards accepted Alpine's argument that Gasly had not exceeded the 60km/h pit-lane speed limit. The decision has resulted in George Russell being demoted to 13th place after the Mercedes driver received a drive-through penalty for failing to serve his initial pit-lane speeding penalty [2,3].