Hamilton avoided a grid penalty following an inves♋tigation into an alleged yellow flag infringement in FP3, while he received a reprimand for impeding Nikita Mazepin in the same session. 

Mercedes picked up a €25,000 fine for failing to inform Hamilton ea❀rly enough that Haas driver Mazepin was approaching him in the flat-out, blind first sector.

The stewards’ decided to take no further action over the yellow flag incident after finding that𒊎 the double-yellow flag warning on the marshalling system was accidentally activated at the light panel for “less than one second”. 

Speaking to Sky Sports F1 directly after qualifying, Red ♍Bull team principal Christian Horner said his side would review the situation and decide whether to take the matter further. 

"We'll have a good look at it,” Horner said. “It feels a little inconsistent with what we've see🍃n two weeks ago, so we have the right to an appeal.

“We'll have a look at the information, we haven't looked at it that closely. These decisions are so late, the te𒆙am management and the team have to focus on qualifying, so we'll have a look and see if there's anything that's untoward. 

“The one thing we desperately want is co♏nsist𝓡ency.”

But the FIA 🌄has confirmed that Red❀ Bull did not appeal the decision after its deadline passed. 

That come🌸s despite Red Bull motorsport advi🥀sor Helmut Marko telling ServusTV that the team had lodged an appeal. 

Hamilton went on to claim pole position🐠 in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after Max Verstappen crashed out on his fin෴al lap.