Alpine, which efficiently received the assessment over Pierre Gasly’s penalty, now owns a third-place end this season on the Monaco Grand Prix.
However, Alpine doesn’t but have the trophy, as Red Bull claims it’s again in France and in Isack Hadjar’s possession.
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Hadjar didn’t cross the road in third place; relatively, it was given to him after the actual fact, following Gasly’s penalties being enacted.
Alpine and Gasly challenged the penalties to the FIA after which managed to get them overturned, marking an enormous victory for the French racing staff.
May 21, 2026; Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; Alpine driver Pierre Gasly (10) addresses the media throughout a press convention at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images
With the staff not having received the trophy but, Sky Sports F1 reporter Ted Kravitz shared that Alpine and its government, Flavio Briatore, weren’t happy about not having it again.
“I understand that Flavio Briatore has called it unsporting,” Kravitz stated.
“Flavio Briatore is not happy about it and has said it’s unsporting of Red Bull to unreasonably, in his mind, withhold the trophy from Monaco.”
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Plans had been in place for Alpine to rejoice on Monday, however these should wait as there are new discussions concerning the trophy being held now.
In actuality, Alpine will doubtless be extra upset about Red Bull and McLaren additionally interesting the results of the Monaco Grand Prix.
Red Bull and McLaren are difficult the overturning of the end result within the first place.
May 24, 2026; Montreal, Quebec, CANADA; Alpine driver Pierre Gasly (10) through the Lenovo Grand Prix Du Canada at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-Imagn Images
Alpine’s actual ache
Also, Pierre Gasly is left with no method to recover from the ache of his preliminary response.
“It’s a real shame the one thing we can’t undo is that moment of elation where Pierre goes on the podium with the team and he sees all the guys and girls below,” Nielsen stated.
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“We can’t give him that back, which is a real shame, because honestly, if I could choose, I’d rather have that then the points. But we’ll take the points because they are useful, it’s the best result we could have got and very positive.”