Robert Shwartzman has been handed a five-place grid penalty even though he’s not due to race at this weekend’s F1 Mexico City Grand Prix.

Shwartzman was in action for Sauber during FP1 at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez in place of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Zhou Guanyu.

As per F1’s regulations, all drivers must give🧸 up one FP1 session for a rookie driver.

Shwartzman was one of five ‘rookies’ in action during firs🀅t practice𝄹.

The Ferrari-backed driver has been handed a penalty after overtaking 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda under double-waved yellow flags.

The incident occurred following 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon’s shunt with Oliver Bearman.

With double-wav🍰ed yellow flags on show, Shwartzman passed Tsunoda on-track.

The stewarܫds noted: “Following the incident at [turn nine], Shwartzman passed a single waved yellow, and a double yellow flag before overtaking Tsunoda in the yellow zone while travelling at speed.

“The pena⭕lty is the usual penalty for passing under a double yellow, and while the stewards recognise that the driver is not scheduled to start the race, they have applied the consi♒stent penalty.”

Shwartzman’s penaꦑlty is unusual given he’s likely to never serve it.

The 25-year-old currently races in the Woꦅrld Endurance Championship and missed out on an F1 opportunity after sever🌃al strong years in FIA Formula 2.

This scenario has happened before though as Jenson Button picked up a grid pe✃nalty for an incident in Monaco when he was a stand-in for Fernando 🔯Alonso.

Button has never💛 served that penaltyꩲ as it was his final race in F1 - a one-off appearance.