George Russell has escaped a penalty for using his DRS outside of the permitted zones at the Bahrain Grand Prix after a lengthy trip to the stewards. The Mercedes racer holds on to second place, ahead of Lando Norris on the bottom rung of the podium.
Under the current sporting regulations, F1 stars can only use DRS when they are within one second of the car in front and inside the permitted DRS zones on the circuit. However, due to a technical issue, Russell breached this rule in Bahrain.
This issue was known to the broadcast at the time, and Russell’s radio messages showcased the work going on with race engineer Marcus Dudley to work around the technical issues, which were also affecting the Brit’s brakes. In the end, the 27-year-old held on for an impressive second-place finish behind Oscar Piastri.
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