George Russell has escaped a post-race penalty from the F1 stewards at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Russell was under investigation after a possib🦂le DRS infringement durin🦩g the latter stages of the race in Bahrain.

The Mercedes driver was managing a number of bizarre electrical gremlins as he looked to fend off 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris for P2.

When he pressཧed the team radio button, it opened the DRS on🧜 his Mercedes F1 car.

This took place outside the designated DRS zone and thus would normally contravene the r🌠ules.

However, amid the variousꦿ issues for Russell during the race, the stewards have let hi🦩m off.

They felt that he gained no sporting advantage.

This means Russell keeps his second-place finish at the Bahrain Int🍒ernational Circuit.

It's bꦬeen a remarkable start to the yea🌳r for Russell at Mercedes.

He sit🥂s fourth in the F1 drivers' championship, just 14 points off Norris after four rounds. 

Why wasn't Russell penalised?

🧸The stewards offered the following explanation: “The connection between the automated DRS activation system and the car failed due to issues with a timing loop provꦆided by an external party.

“Therefore the FIA author꧟ised manual activation of the DRS in accordance with Article 22.1 h). At the time the driver was experiencing a brake-by-wire issue and other electronic issues.

“He wa༒s at that time advised to use an auxiliary button in the cockpit which serves as a back up radio button but also serves as a manual DRS activation button.

“On the straight between turns 10 and 1🃏1 he tried to radio the team using this button but instead accidentally activated the DRS. The DRS was🔯 activated for a distance of 37 metres on a straight of approximately 700 metres.

“Whilst he gained 0.02 seconds, he gave up 0.28 seconds at the next corner to compensate. This was confirme💙d by telemetry.

“Accordingly whilst technically a breach occurred the Stewards decide that as there was no sporting ad𝓡vantage gained, no penalty is imposed.”