Alpine driver Pierre Gasly's third-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix has been reinstated after racing officials accepted an appeal filed by the Formula 1 team.
Gasly finished the Monaco race third but was demoted to seventh place after race officials handed the Fremchman two five-second penalties for allegedly going too fast in the pitlane.
Alpine immediately appealed the ruling, and the FIA found that the timekeepers had erred in clocking his car's speed.
The FIA said in an X post on Friday that "the stewards of the Monaco GP have rescinded Gasly's penalties, effectively handing him back his third place finish."
Already on Thursday, the FIA said that it was considering Alpine's appeal because the timekeepers at the Monaco race had provided evidence that they had made a mistake. FIA said that the "distance used in calculating" car speeds was wrong and "overestimated the speed" of Gasly's car.
