Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has avoided punishment after being investigated for crossing▨ the white line at the exit of the pitlane during the Turkish Grand Prix.

Such an infringement usually would result in a five-sec🥃ond time penalty, but Verstappen, who finisﷺhed 1.6 seconds ahead of Red Bull teammate Alex Albon in sixth, escaped any sanction.

The Istanbul Park stewards explained they were unable to find “conclusive evidence that demon🐠strates beyond a reasonable doubt” that Verstappen’s car was completely over the whi💮te line when he left the pits.

"Having reviewed video evidence from a wide variety of cameras and angles at the highest resolutions available, the stewards are unable to find conclusive evidence that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that any part of Car 33 crossed completely over th🔴e white line separating the pit exit from the track,” the stewards no𒁏ted in their report.

Verstappen was left 🌼to rue a “super-frustrating” race in Turkey after suffering a huge spin while attempting to pass Sergio💧 Perez for second place at mid-distance.

The Dutchman flat-spotted his tyres and was forceꦺd to make anotﷺher stop for a new set of inters, before ultimately finishing sixth ahead of Albon.

“It’s just very frustrating, to be honest,” he said after the race. “I tried to follow Checo th🥂rough that❀ kink and then suddenly I just massively washed out.

“You get onto the green bit, big spin, trying to keep it out of t♏he wall of course, flatted-spotted the tyres.

“You had to keep going on int🌜ermediates. But at one point when you start wearing the rubber off the intermedi𓆏ates, it becomes like you’re just like sliding over that rubber everywhere.

“So it was really, really difficult. Basically just following no grip, trying to survive, so definitely not a great day. Hopefully we will never be in this situation again that is so slippe🎶ry.”