Mercedes seeks right to review Monaco race results

The Mercedes team has asked the International Automobile Federation (FIA) for the right to review the results of the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix.

Mercedes driver George Russell was one of several drivers to receive a speeding ticket for the June 7th Monaco Grand Prix, which their teams believe was illegal.

Alpin was granted the right to review the case of driver Pierre Gasly, who dropped to seventh place due to two five-second penalties, and on Friday it was announced that Gasly had been restored to third place, after a successful appeal by the French team.

As reported by the BBC, stewards discovered an error in measuring the pit speed limit, affecting five drivers. Among them was Russell, who dropped to 12th place in third after being given a pit stop penalty for failing to properly serve a speeding ticket.

That cost Russell 15 points in the title fight with teammate Kimi Antonelli, who won in Monaco.

A hearing requested by the Alpin team determined that the cars could legally drive a shorter pit lane than the officials had used in their calculations.

Since the limit is measured by the time it takes drivers to travel a certain distance, it was incorrectly calculated that the drivers were speeding, even though none of them actually exceeded the 60 km/h limit, the BBC reported.

The right to review requires the team to prove that there is new evidence that was not considered at the time of the original penalty, which was adopted in the Alpina case.

Mercedes claims that the measurements in the pit lane were incorrect, and that the stewards' decision to overturn the penalty is new evidence.

"We simply want to have a seat at the table when decisions are made," said Mercedes CEO Toto Wolff, adding that the case was unlikely to be successful.

He said in a statement to Sky that he was not sure if it would go through the referee, but that the team had to do it for Russell.