McLaren and Red Bull intend to appeal FIA Pierre Gasly decision

McLaren and Red Bull have lodged an intention to appeal the FIA's decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly's Monaco GP podium, RacingNews365 understands. 

On Friday, it was announced that Alpine's Right of Review into two five-second time penalties handed to Gasly had been successful and that the Frenchman would be reinstated to the third place he took on the road.

It was found during the hearing, through evidence supplied by Formula One Management (FOM), that there was a discrepancy between the length of the first timing loop in the pit-lane, with these being used to measure distance - with the time taken to tranverse the pit-lane giving the speed through. 

Ultimately, it was found that the first loop was 77cm shorter than believed, meaning if a driver attacked the pit-lane entry at the maximum 60kph, owing to the shorter-than-expected loop, they could be clocked as exceeding the speed limit, even if they did not break it. 

The stewards noticed there could be an issue as five of the six speeding offences were 0.1kph over the limit, but were not aware of the 77cm difference.

With this in mind, Gasly's penalties were cancelled, handing him third, with Red Bull's Isack Hadjar being demoted to fourth, thus losing his first podium for the team, with McLaren's Oscar Piastri dropping to fifth. 

However, Piastri was one of those drivers pinged for driving at 60.1kph through the pit-lane, and served a standard five-second hold at a pit-stop to serve the penalty, and ultimately finished within five seconds of Gasly. 

RacingNews365 understands that McLaren and Red Bull have now signalled their intention to appeal the FIA's decision to reinstate Gasly, but not the actual penalty itself from Monaco for Piastri. 

Teams have 96 hours to lodge appeals, which expired on Thursday, but with McLaren and Red Bull signalling their intention to appeal this new decision, they now have 96 hours to decide whether to formally appeal.