Isack Hadjar Takes Podium After Gasly's Disqualification

Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar has inherited the final spot on the podium, promoted into third after Pierre Gasly’s disqualification was upheld, sealing his first top-three finish since stepping up from sister team Racing Bulls at the start of the season.

The reshuffle doesn’t stop there. McLaren’s Oscar Piastri climbs from fifth to fourth, his in-race penalty now biting harder in hindsight after Gasly’s result – which had allowed the Frenchman to escape sanction on the day – was struck from the record.

The real winners, though, sit in Faenza.

Racing Bulls, who initially watched a strong points haul get sliced apart by Gasly’s appeal, have seen the tables turn back in their favour. Liam Lawson, first bumped from fifth to sixth, now has his original result restored. It stands as his best finish of the year and a timely boost in a tight midfield fight.

Those two extra points matter. Lawson’s tally moves from 49 to 51, while Gasly’s drops sharply from 44 to 35. In the scrap to finish ninth in the drivers’ standings – effectively the “best of the rest” behind Formula One’s established top four teams – that swing could prove decisive as the season tightens.

There’s a ripple effect inside Racing Bulls as well. Arvid Lindblad edges up from seventh to sixth, nudging the team’s total higher and giving their Monza build-up an extra shot of momentum. The revised classification pushes Racing Bulls 14 points clear of Alpine in the battle for fifth in the constructors’ championship, a position that carries weight both financially and politically in the paddock.

Now comes Monza, the Italian Grand Prix, with both Racing Bulls and Alpine staring at a pivotal weekend in their private war for fifth. One twist, though: Lawson will not be part of Racing Bulls’ charge. Promoted to Red Bull to stand in for the injured Hadjar, the Kiwi swaps midfield trench warfare for the pressure cooker of a front-running seat.

For Racing Bulls, it’s a strange paradox: a landmark result, a healthier cushion over Alpine, but their in-form driver wearing different colours just as the season’s most critical phase begins.