Fri 12 Jun 2026 at 9:47pmFri 12 Jun 2026 at 9:47pmPierre Gasly was returned to the Monaco Grand Prix podium after a successful appeal from Alpine. (Getty Images: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)In short:Alpine driver Pierre Gasly's third-place finish at the Monaco Grand Prix has been reinstated after racing officials admitted an error in the awarding of two 5-second penalties.The FIA found timekeepers had erred in clocking the car's speed.What's next?Gasly will race in the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, which ABC Sport will live blog on Sunday night, Australian time.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 him two 5-second penalties for allegedly going too fast in the pit lane.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had erred in clocking his car's speed.The FIA said in an X post on Friday that "the stewards of the Monaco GP have rescinded Gasly's penalties, effectively handing him back his third place finish".Speaking after his initial ousting from the podium, Gasly said he was convinced the penalties should not have been handed down."Right now, I'm just heartbroken. I don't know what to say. I don't want to be speaking right now," Gasly said."The team set the right speed limiter. I put it way before the line both times … It hurts when you pass the line on the podium. I don't know, hopefully they can fight it. Hopefully they can appeal it."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.The decision came five days after the Monaco race while teams were getting set to practice for the next race in Barcelona.It meant that Alpine has its first podium finish since 2024.Red Bull's Isack Hadjar will drop from third to fourth place in the Monaco results.AP/ABCEmail address