Mercedes have won their appeal to overturn the stewards’ decision to award 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kimi Antonelli a penalty at the 2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix.

Antonelli was handed a five-second penalty after he was unsafely released into the path of Sauber’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg.

The incident was investigated☂ by F1’s stewards in the closing laps🌃 of the race with a speedy resolution.

However, the inc𝓀ident wasn't sh🐠own on F1's main TV feed. 

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was irked by the ♉handling of the incident, stating: “You can only shake your head. It came up. There’s an incident. 

“Nobody saw it. It wasn’t played and 90 seconds later there was a p𒆙en🥂alty of five seconds. So…”

Soon after this interview, it transpired that Mercedes had launc🀅hed a bid to overturn the penalty.

The FIA quickly announced that the app♚eal had been successful and Antonelli’s﷽ five-second time penalty was removed from the final results.

As a result, Antonelli has been classified fourth in his F1 debut, rather than fifth, behind Williams’ 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon.

It's the best result by a rookie driver since168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Kevin Magnussen finished on the podium for McLaren in 2014.

Why has Antonelli’s penalty been removed?

The stewards noted a “signi𒁏ficant and relevant” new element.

They explained that: “The petitioner provided video from the roll hoop camera which was previously unavailable. This video was relevant and significant in the opinion of the Stewards and was u꧅navailable at the time of the original decision (having only been downloaded from the Formula One 🙈camera post-race).

Upon reviewing the new footage, plus additional video not available to the ste💯wards, they decided to remove the penalty.

This is because: “It is clear that Car 12 did not crosﷺs into the fast lane u𝓰ntil a significant distance down the pit lane and only after the driver checked his mirror to confirm clearance with Car 27.

“The roll hoop camera shows that he had sufficient room to safely pass the McLaren pits w🐲ithout risk to the McLaren mechanics.”

It means that Mercedes finished third and fourth in Australia, putting them level on ꦦpoints with McLaren (27) at the top of the constructors’ standings. 

Mercedes enjoyed a solid weekend overall, with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell enjoying a lonely drive to finish on the podium.