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F1: No penalty for Russell

Having gained no advantage, George Russell escapes punishment for using his DRS while more than a second behind Lando Norris. The Bahrain stewards heard from Russell, team representatives Andrew Shovlin and Evan Short (Head of Electronics) as well as Craig Pearson (FIA Software), and reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, telemetry and team radio evidence. The connection between the automated DRS activation system and the Mercedes failed due to issues with a timing loop provided by an external party, therefore the FIA authorised manual activation of the DRS in accordance with Article 22.1 h). At the Russell was experiencing a brake-by-wire issue and other electronic issues. He was...
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