Gasly loses the Monaco podium again as Briatore launches a fresh FIA row

Pierre Gasly has lost his Monaco Grand Prix podium for a second time after the FIA International Court of Appeal reinstated his two five-second penalties. The Race reports that the ruling puts the Alpine driver back into the position that removes the podium finish he had briefly been awarded, and it has immediately reignited a wider dispute over how the case was handled and what Alpine can do next.

The sporting point is simple enough: the penalties stand, so the revised result overturns the podium outcome Gasly had initially gained. But the significance of the story is not just the changed classification. Alpine has made clear, through its public reaction, that it sees the outcome as unfair, and that means this is no longer being treated as a routine post-race correction. Instead, the case has become a challenge to the credibility of the process that produced the decision in the first place.

That is where Flavio Briatore has turned the temperature up. In The Race’s reporting, Briatore went on the offensive by taking aim at one of the FIA International Court of Appeal judges, which it described as an extraordinary escalation. Whether or not Alpine can ultimately change the outcome, that move matters because it shifts the argument from the interpretation of a sporting penalty to the independence and authority of the people who judged it. In other words, the row is now about governance as much as it is about Monaco.

The McLaren angle has also widened the dispute. Another Race report says Briatore has started an explosive row with McLaren over the court of appeal judge, adding a new layer of tension to an already sensitive case. Based on the available reporting, it is not that McLaren has altered the ruling; rather, the team has become entangled in the broader argument around the appeal process and who sits in judgment. That makes the controversy more than a private grievance between Alpine and the FIA.