Why were so many caught out for pit-lane speeding at Monaco? F1 Q&A

Why were so many caught out for pit-lane speeding at Monaco? F1 Q&AImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, George Russell was one of five drivers to be penalised for speeding in the pit lanePublished5 minutes agoCommentsMercedes' Kimi Antonelli cruised to his fifth successive win in a chaotic Monaco Grand Prix, which featured crashes and a red flag.Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton finished second and Red Bull's Isack Hadjar completed the podium. Charles Leclerc's race ended early after a crash in the final corner during a restart, as his team-mate Hamilton moved into second in the drivers' championship.BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after Monaco.Why were so many cars caught out in the pit lane for speeding at Monaco? Was the software to blame? - JohnFive drivers were penalised for exceeding the 60km/h pit-lane speeding limit in Monaco on Sunday - Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes' George Russell, McLaren's Oscar Piastri and Alpine's Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto.That is an unusually large number, and of itself it implied something odd was going on.That impression only increased when the margins were published. All five drivers exceeded the limit by just 0.1km/h - though Gasly also went 0.4km/h over on one of his two offences.It seems this was caused by a combination of the layout of the pit lane and the way the limit is measured.At both entry and exit, there are white lines defining the fast lane of the pit lane, but there is also room to cut across these a little - and given F1 is all about exploiting fine margins, many drivers were doing so.At the same time, the pit-lane limit is not measured by a speed gun, but by a series of timing loops and the on-car transponders.As speed is a measure of distance divided by time, this opens the door to drivers going over the limit if they can find a way to shorten the distance, even if they were technically on or under the limit at all times.This...