George Russell has escaped a post-race penalty from the F1 stewards at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Russell was under investigation afಞter a possible DRS infringement during the latter stages of the race in Bahrain.

The Mercedes driver was managing a number of bizarre electrical gremlins as he looked to fend off 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris for P2.

When he pres😼sed the team radio button, it opened the DR♕S on his Mercedes F1 car.

This took place outside the designated DRS zone and thus would ♌normallᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy contravene the rules.

However, amid the various🦋 issues for Russell during the race, the stewards have le🅷t him off.

They felt that he gained no sporting advantage.

This means Russellꦉ keeps his second-place finish at the Bahrain International Circuit.

It's been a remarkable start to the year for Russe𓃲ll at Mercedesꦚ.

H🍌e sits fourth ﷺin the F1 drivers' championship, just 14 points off Norris after four rounds. 

Why wasn't Russell penalised?

The stewards offered the following explanation: “The connection between the automated DRS activation system and the car failed due to issues with a timing l꧑oop provided by an external party.

“Therefore the FIA authorised manual activation of the DRS in accordance with Article 22.1 h). At the time the driver was exꦑperiencing a brake-by-wire issue and other electronic issues.

“He was at that time advised to use an auxiliary button in the cockpit which serves as a back up radio button but also serves as a manual D꧋RS activation button.

“On the straight between ཧturns 10 ♓and 11 he tried to radio the team using this button but instead accidentally activated the DRS. The DRS was activated for a distance of 37 metres on a straight of approximately 700 metres.

“Whilst he gaine🤡d 0.02 seconds, he gave up 0.28 seconds at the next corner to compensate. This was confirmed by telemetry.

“Accordingly whilst technica🀅lly a breach occurred the Stewards decide that as there was no sporting advantage gained, no penalty is impo🎃sed.”