Pierre Gasly's Monaco GP penalties overturned after 77cm timing error

The core issue here is a measurement that was never wrong until it was — barrier repositioning since 2025 meant the pit entry zone's recorded distance was 77cm longer than the shortest driveable path, which mathematically inflated every calculated speed in that zone. What makes this genuinely uncomfortable for the sport is that the stewards flagged the anomaly mid-race, were told the data was fine, and only the post-event scan Alpine commissioned exposed the flaw. The procedural bind around Hamilton, Russell, Piastri, and Colapinto is the unresolved wound: their penalties were served in-race and the review window has closed, so the same faulty data that freed Gasly still stands against them. McLaren and Red Bull's stated intention to appeal is less about getting Piastri's penalty back and more about whether a result can be changed days later on probabilistic reasoning — that precedent matters as much as the Monaco podium itself.