George Russell hit with 5-place grid penalty as stewards review other incidents at Turn 8 under yellows. Having heard from George Russell, a Williams team representative and having reviewed video, telemetry and marshalling system evidence. The stewards deemed that the Briton approached turn 2, which was under double yellow flags for Daniel Kvyat - who was spinning off track on the outside of the turn. While Russell made an attempt to slow when encountering the double yellow flags, in the opinion of the stewards he slowed insufficiently and did not have his car under full control as he approached and then passed Kvyat. This lack of full control clearly breached the regulations. The driver...
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