Mercedes has withdrawn its petition for a right of review over the stewards’ decision to rescind Pierre Gasly’s time penalties from the Monaco Grand Prix.The announcement, which came via a document from the stewards on Thursday, comes a day after a hearing date was set on the matter. The hearing was due to take place on Saturday, June 20, at 9:00 CEST via a video conference.When it comes to a right of review, the matter is handled in two parts. Firstly, the stewards need to determine whether the petition is admissible and whether there’s a “significant and relevant new element which was unavailable to the stewards at the time of the decision concerned.” If the stewards determine that the petition is admissible, the second part of the hearing takes place to review the matter.The Athletic contacted Mercedes for a comment on the matter.Mercedes may have dropped its right of review petition, but the appeals lodged by McLaren and Red Bull are still moving forward.Penalty party in MonacoFive different drivers received time penalties for pit-lane speeding during the Monaco Grand Prix, which is an unusually high number. Gasly, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Franco Colapinto and Oscar Piastri all received sanctions.Alpine decided to submit a right of review after the race, and it revealed that the measurement used to determine pit-lane speed was inaccurate.There was a 77cm discrepancy between the official timekeeper’s measurement of the distance between two timing loops in the pit lane pre-event and the measurements taken by Light Detection and Ranging scans via the timekeeper, which the stewards presumed to be from post-event.Pit-lane speed is “the measured minimum distance between the loops,” and given the definition and the measurements, the stewards needed to determine whether Gasly was speeding in the pit lane. They decided, given the new information, that he was not, which reversed his penalties. The Frenchman was handed back his third-place finish, knocking Isack Hadjar off the podium and to fourth position while Piastri was re-classified from fourth to fifth.Russell’s case was always the more complicated one compared to the others, though Piastri’s is a bit tricky as well given that he served the penalty in-race. Russell didn’t serve his time penalty correctly when he pitted, which resulted in the stewards giving him a drive-through penalty during the race, which had to be served. He tumbled out of points contention as a result.Team principal Toto Wolff said Sunday after the race, “We’ve asked for a right of review, because we just simply want to sit on the table when decisions are being made.” But even he admitted at the time, “I still think it’s a long shot.”Jun 18, 2026Connections: Sports EditionSpot the pattern. Connect the termsFind the hidden link between sports terms