The Red ๊Bull driver was on෴ a flying lap in the early stages of FP2 at Zandvoort when the session was red-flagged after Lewis Hamilton stopped on track.

𒉰Onboard camera footage showed Verstappen passing Lance Stroll between Turns 10 and 11 while the Aston Martin driver was on a slow lap.

Jus♏t as Verstappen was closing up to Stroll to make🐎 the pass, the light panel on the left-hand side of the circuit turned red.

𒁏Uꦏsually, drivers would be handed a grid penalty for such an offence. At last year’s Styrian Grand Prix, Lando Norris received a three-place grid drop for overtaking under yellow flags.

But the stewards decided to take no further action after feeling Verstappen reacted appropriately given the proximity and speed differᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚence of the two cars.

“The race management s🐽ystem indicates that the red flag and red lights were initiated at 15:10:12," the stewards noted. "When [Verstappen] passed light panel 14 (which is prior to the point of the overtake) it was not illuminated. As [Verstappen] approached the rear of the car (within a few metres) of [Stroll], the red light on [Verstappen’s] steering wheel activated. 💝At this point [Verstappen’s] speed was 260kph and [Stroll’s] was 110kph, a delta of 150kph.

“At this point, telemetry shows that [Verstappen] immediately lifted and braked. Because of the speed delta, [Verstappen’s] 🤡mom♉entum carried him past [Stroll].

“Simultaneously the light panel 15 (showing red) became visible to [Verstappen]. At approximately 15:10:17 the team radioed [Verstappen] “red🔴 flag”.

“It is our conclusion that the driver of car 33 took every reasonable action to comply with the regulations in that he immediately reduced speed in a safe manner at the earliest oppo💟rtunity upon the first indication of the red flag, even before a red flag or red light panel was visible to him, and that this satisfies the𝐆 requirements of the Code.”