The 2026 Formula 1 standings have been revised once more after the Monaco Grand Prix result was officially changed for the second time, three months after the race.
The race, which took place on Sunday June 7 in the famous principality, has been at the centre of an extraordinary post-race controversy involving pit lane speeding penalties applied to five drivers.
Six pit lane speeding violations were handed out initially, with Alpine’s Pierre Gasly demoted from third to seventh as a direct consequence, allowing Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar to inherit the final podium position.
However, it was subsequently revealed that all the offences had been caused by a timing loop error at the start of the pit lane, rendering the original penalties deeply questionable.
Alpine submitted a Right of Review against Gasly’s penalties, were successful in their appeal, and he was restored to his original third-place finish on the podium.
That should have ended the saga, but both McLaren and Red Bull decided to launch their own appeals, with the FIA Court of Appeal hearing both cases in Paris in late August.
The FIA Court of Appeal has now ruled that Gasly’s penalties are reinstated, dropping him back to seventh place while Hadjar is restored to third and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri moves up to fourth.
The revised standings also benefit Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad, while Alpine and Gasly are the clear losers from this latest development.
In the Drivers’ Championship, Kimi Antonelli leads with 242 points, ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who are both on 183 points, with Lando Norris fourth on 159 and Charles Leclerc fifth on 155.
Max Verstappen sits sixth on 112 points, with Piastri seventh on 106, Hadjar eighth on 71, Lawson ninth on 51, and Gasly dropping to tenth on just 35 points.
In the Constructors’ Championship, Mercedes lead on 425 points, with Ferrari second on 338, McLaren third on 265, Red Bull fourth on 199, and Racing Bulls fifth on 70 points.
Alpine sit sixth in the Constructors’ standings on 54 points, a tally that would have been higher had Gasly’s podium been allowed to stand following the appeal outcome.
The title race itself remains unaffected by the changes, with Mercedes and Ferrari drivers occupying the top five positions in the championship regardless of the Monaco result revision.
It has been one of the most complicated and drawn-out post-race controversies in recent Formula 1 history, stretching from a race weekend in June all the way through to a September court ruling in Paris.