Wolff calls on FIA to investigate 'remedies' for Russell after Gasly's Monaco P3
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Updated: 16:40, 12 Jun
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Toto Wolff has reacted to the news of Alpine's P3 being reinstated at the Monaco GP by calling on the FIA to look into "remedies" for George Russell's race. The Briton received the same five-second penalty that Gasly has had rescinded twice over, ultimately finishing P12 after having to also serve a Drive Through penalty in Monaco.
Russell and Gasly were among three other drivers to receive a five-second penalty for pit lane speeding, but after Alpine's Right of Review eventually saw Pierre Gasly regain his podium spot from Red Bull's Isack Hadjar, there is a feeling that the stewards may have just opened a can of worms.
Alpine's managing director Steve Nielsen spoke to GPblog and others on other teams' decisions not to submit a Right to Review as they did, he said: "Well, I mean, it was a decision for them to make. I can't speak for how they did it. And maybe we were fortunate enough that we weren't the first to get it. but we'd already served our pit stop. So yeah, you can't unpick that.
"So it's a really unfortunate situation. With our case, it was relatively easy to unpick it, because it was all added after the race. But with theirs, you know, George Russell, for example, we will never really know. I don't know how you would begin to unpick that."
As GPblog understands, McLaren and Red Bull also intend to appeal the latest verdict to the International Court of Appeal, after Hadjar and Oscar Piastri lost their places.
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Meanwhile, speaking at Friday's press conference, Mercedes boss Wolff expressed his disappointed with the overall situation. He said: "Well, it was a very unfortunate situation and clearly we can all learn from that because that wasn't something that just came up on Sunday that suddenly 10 cars that were in breach of pit lane speeding. It's something that was flagged before.
"For us as a team and especially for George, massive implications. He had difficult qualifying sessions, but he moved all the way back up there. Clearly, without the penalty, without us not serving it correctly, it would have been a totally different outcome for his race.
"Whether he would have made the podium or just not is a different question, but a different outcome would have had an impact on his championship situation. That's why it's unfortunate.
Wolff wants 'remedies' for Russell's race
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The Austrian boss also revealed that the Silver Arrows were assessing whether any remedies could be administered for Russell's race, although he did concede there are some time-related and legal constraints.
"Now, we are assessing as we speak what the Gasly situation does for George. Obviously, there are certain timing restraints. We wouldn't appeal the Gasly result certainly, but we would like the FIA to look at what are the remedies, could be the remedies for George's race.
"I think we are having some timing limitations and some other legal constraints, but definitely something to, you know, we have a reason to be annoyed for and I wish we could have had those conversations before the race on Sunday."
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