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Oleg Karpov

The only 'fair' - or not really - way to fix F1's Monaco GP mess

That's just a classic Formula 1 mess, isn't it? The championship built on perfection and precision, measured to the third digit after the decimal point both literally and figuratively, has descended into complete chaos because of a tiny error measured in just seven dozen (77, to be precise) centimetres.

Alpine's right of review request over the outcome of the Monaco Grand Prix delivered a somewhat unexpected result - although it became almost inevitable following the admission from Formula One Management, which also acts as the championship's official timing supplier, that the pitlane speed measurement system had been working inaccurately.

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