Alpine request review of Monaco pit lane penalties as Gasly left 'heartbroken'

Alpine have requested a right of review from the FIA for penalties applied for pit lane speeding during the Monaco Grand Prix after their driver Pierre Gasly was demoted from a podium finish.

Gasly was among an unusually large number of drivers to be penalised for exceeding the 60 kilometre per hour pit lane speed limit in Monaco, with two separate infringements for the same offence by the Frenchman resulting in a pair of five-second penalties that dropped him from third at the chequered flag to seventh.

Gasly was among several drivers to question the cause of the penalties after the race, saying he was "heartbroken" and urging the FIA to investigate the situation.

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Shortly after the race, a statement released by Alpine said: "After the result of today's Monaco Grand Prix, BWT Alpine Formula One Team can confirm it has requested a Right of Review from the FIA following the penalties applied for pit lane speeding."

Alpine will be required to present the FIA with new evidence relevant to the sanction which was unavailable at the time of the stewards' decision, if they are to earn a further hearing.

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Speaking to Sky Sports F1 after his demotion, Gasly said: "Right now honestly I'm just heartbroken. I don't have the words. I have too much emotions to process. I just can't get my head around what happened. It just doesn't sound fair.

"Triple checking with the team they set the right speed in the car. On both occasions, I've put the pit limiter way before the line.

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"We're all working so hard for these moments. 10 years I do this, 10 years I've tried to grab every opportunity, I have five podiums, which is nothing in my career. And we pass the road in third position in front of all the French people and it gets taken away from us. Right now, I just don't know what to say.

"I hope they can have a look into it and just make the right decisions. As I say it from our side, I know I haven't done anything wrong and I was 200 per cent sure I was before the line. The team set the right speed from what they said, and hopefully they can investigate it.

"But it won't give me that moment. I've just been watching the podium and I definitely feel I should have been up there. The team will obviously fight it. It's nine points that we're losing, a podium. I have no idea."

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