Russell’s race unravelled in Monte Carlo after he was handed a five-second penalty for pit lane speeding, which Mercedes then failed to serve correctly during his pit stop.
That resulted in Russell being given a drive-through penalty, dropping him out of the points and leaving him 12th at the chequered flag.
The situation has come back into focus after Alpine successfully had two pit lane speeding penalties against Gasly overturned, restoring the Frenchman to third place several days after the Monaco Grand Prix.
Gasly had finished third on the road before being demoted to seventh when two five-second penalties were added to his race time after the chequered flag.
Alpine pursued a right of review, with the FIA later rescinding both penalties after evidence emerged that a measurement discrepancy had affected the pit lane speed calculation.
The revised result moved Gasly back to third, demoting Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar to fourth and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri to fifth.
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McLaren and Red Bull have since lodged notices of intention to appeal the ruling, while Mercedes is also assessing what the decision means for Russell.
Wolff made clear Mercedes is not looking to challenge Gasly’s result, but wants the FIA to consider whether anything can be done given Russell’s race was also affected by a pit lane speeding penalty.
“For us as a team and especially for George, massive implications,” Wolff said.
“He had a difficult qualifying session, 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 not is a different question, but a different outcome would have had an impact on his championship situation.
“That’s why it’s unfortunate. We are assessing, as we speak, what the Gasly situation does for George.”
Russell was among the drivers caught up in the Monaco pit lane speeding controversy, although his case is complicated by the fact his penalty was dealt with during the race.
Gasly’s penalties were applied after the chequered flag, making Alpine’s case easier to resolve once the FIA accepted there had been an issue with the speed calculation.
Wolff said Mercedes was aware there were procedural obstacles, but still wanted the FIA to examine whether there was any remedy available for Russell.
“There are certain timing restraints, we wouldn’t appeal the Gasly results, certainly, but we would like the FIA to look at what could be the remedies for George’s race,” he said.
“We are having some timing limitations, that and some other legal constraints, but we have a reason to be annoyed and I wish we could have had those conversations before the race on Sunday.”
Wolff confirmed Mercedes had already been speaking with its lawyers, while acknowledging it was unlikely to secure a change.
“I just left when we were on the phone with our lawyers to look at what we can do for George,” he said.
“A drive-through, if it didn’t happen at the end, is equivalent of 20 seconds race time. What would 20 seconds of race time have meant for his result?
“Do we think that we realistically have a chance of reverting the result? I don’t think so.
“But we definitely have to give it a go if we see that there is a millimetre of chance to do so and bring him back to whatever it was before we’d calculated P3 or P4.”
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