The Monaco GP continues to be the hottest F1 topic in town as Mercedes has opted for not further proceeding with their request of review. The final results of the illustrious race at the Principality are once again in the spotlight. Mercedes is only the latest team to request a Right of Review to try and overturn the race results again.
In fact, several drivers while racing around the streets of Monaco had received penalties for speeding in the pit lane. These featured: Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Lewis Hamilton, Franco Colapinto, and Pierre Gasly.
The majority of the drivers at the time had opted for serving the penalty, in order to avoid having five seconds added to their race total lap time per offence. Russell, unfortunately for Mercedes, had also been served a drive-through penalty, as he had failed to properly cover his first one after changing tyres.
On the other hand, Alpine and Gasly had preferred to wait and then ask for a review of the results. In a shocking upturn of events, the Frenchman’s podium had been reinstated, with the removal of two different time penalties.
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The request had had a positive outcome due to an error on the championship’s side. Formula One Management had indeed failed to properly measure the distance between two sensors, consequently nullifying the excessive speed measures recorded for the former Red Bull driver.
As a consequence of the removal of Isack Hadjar’s second F1 podium, several teams had opted for requesting a Right of Review as well. McLaren asked for avoiding the reinstatement of teen results, which would cause Piastri to drop to P5, whereas Mercedes had decided for requesting the annulment of Russell’s time penalty.
However, only days after the implementation of their request, the team has also opted for withdrawing it, with the following statement being issued by Formula 1.
”The Stewards have been informed by Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team that they are withdrawing the petition for Review in respect of the decisions of the Stewards of the 2026 Monaco Grand Prix, breach of Article B1.6.3a of the FIA F1 Regulations in relation to Car 63.”
The history of the 2026 F1 Monaco GP is far from over, as Mercedes has signed off only the latest chapter of the adventure.
