mercedes has issued a statement confirming that, after conversations with the FIA and Formula 1, has decided withdraw your right to Review the Monaco Grand Prix. The team had expressed its intention to present the request for review following the decision of the stewards of annul the two five-second penalties for speeding in the pit lane imposed on Pierre Gasly at the Monaco GP on June 7, which allowed us to recover third position of that race George Russell He had crossed the finish line third, after Antonelli and Hamilton, but A subsequent ‘drive through’ was applied due to an error by Mercede when trying to comply with the 5-second penalty. imposed for speeding in the pits.
The review of Gaslyin response to Alpine’s challenge, was taken when it was discovered, during the process, that A timing loop in pit lane was 77 cm shorter than planned. This means it never exceeded 60 km/h, although it is true that the white lines that give access to the pit lane were cut.
Of the sanctions imposed, five of the six were for pilots traveling at 60.1 km/h. Mercedes’ George Russell and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri They also received the sanction, which in Russell’s case became a penalty for passing through the pits, which caused him to fall to the 12th place in the final classification, after not serving the five-second penalty in the pits.
Gasly did not serve his sanction in the race
However, and this is crucial, Gasly did not serve his penalties during the race and the 10 second penalty was added to his total race time, meaning his penalties could have been voided. But since Russell and Piastri had already served theirs, or had tried to (at Mercedes they touched their car earlier than they had to), there is no mechanism in the regulations to nullify the effects of a penalty already served.
Here is a contradiction Of course, then Alpine He skipped compliance with his sanctions, they later applied to him and he was finally rewarded when both penalties were withdrawn. Mercedes could follow the same process, but for some reason they don’t want to.
So much McLaren like Red Bull, whose driver Isack Hadjar lost third place after Gasly’s reinstatement, are requesting a review of this decision, but Mercedes has stated that it will no longer request one.
They don’t appeal
“We confirm that we have withdrawn our request for a review relating to the sanctions received and served by George Russell during the Monaco Grand Prix,” Mercedes said in a statement on Friday.
“Following the decision to overturn Pierre Gasly’s time penalty, it was important for us to explore all available options to address the impact of George’s pit speed penalty on his race result.”
“We had a limited time to request the review during the race weekend in Barcelona, and we did so to reserve our position on the matter.”
“Our Subsequent conversations with the FIA and Formula 1 have demonstrated their determination to review the exceptional circumstances of the Monaco Grand Prix and proactively address the factors that gave rise to them.
“Given this clear determination, we have concluded that continuing with our Right of Review request will not benefit our team or the sport, so we have withdrawn our request“No specific reason is given, but it is understood that they have been told that by not being able to contribute no “new and relevant” circumstances, as Alpine could by demonstrating that the car never exceeded 60 km/h, despite the fact that its driver gained ground by cutting the entrance to the pit.
That issue is necessary to move on to the second phase of the process, which is the appeal itself. If Mercedes already knows that they were not going to pay attention, Red Bull and McLaren, who have already served their sanctions in the race, should suffer the same fate.
