Isack Hadjar's Podium Finish After Gasly's Disqualification

Isack Hadjar has inherited the final step on the podium, with Pierre Gasly’s disqualification reshaping the order and handing Red Bull’s rookie his first top-three finish since stepping up from sister team Racing Bulls at the start of the year.

The reshuffle doesn’t stop there. Oscar Piastri, who had crossed the line behind Gasly, moves from fifth to fourth. The McLaren driver had taken his medicine with an in-race penalty, one that Gasly escaped at the time – until the stewards’ ruling flipped the result on its head.

The real winners sit in Faenza.

Racing Bulls, bruised initially by the original classification, emerge from the appeals process with their season suddenly looking brighter. Liam Lawson, first dropped from fifth to sixth when Gasly’s appeal was upheld, now has his result restored. The Kiwi keeps that hard-earned fifth place – his best finish of the campaign – and with it two precious extra points.

Those numbers matter. Lawson’s tally climbs from 49 to 51. Gasly’s falls sharply, from 44 down to 35. It’s a nine-point swing in a tight, personal duel to finish ninth in the drivers’ standings, the unofficial title of “best of the rest” outside Formula One’s established top four teams.

The ripple effect continues through the midfield. Arvid Lindblad is bumped up from seventh to sixth, quietly adding another point to Racing Bulls’ total. On the constructors’ table, that subtle shift bites. Racing Bulls now sit 14 points clear of Alpine in the scrap for fifth place – a position that carries both prestige and serious financial weight.

All of it feeds into a crucial weekend at Monza. The Italian Grand Prix offers both Racing Bulls and Alpine another chance to tilt the balance in that fight for fifth. One clean race, one big haul, and the narrative changes again.

Lawson, though, will be watching that battle from a different garage. Promoted to Red Bull to stand in for the injured Hadjar, he won’t be scoring for the team that just benefited most from his restored result. Racing Bulls gain from his past work, but at Monza, they will have to protect that advantage without the driver who just delivered their best blow.