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Max Verstappen played his part in a Canada qualifying thriller and was later cleared by the stewards over a potential pit-lane infringement.

George Russell, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly have all been handed two-place grid penalties for impeding other cars at the pit exit in qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

George Russell has been hit with a two-place grid penalty after the stewards deemed that he didn’t follow the race director’s instructions.

George Russell, Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon have all been handed two place grid drops for Sunday's race for not following new pit lane rules

George Russell was investigated by the F1 stewards after qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix, accused of breaking the new rule about impeding in the pit lane

George Russell was one of three drivers to be hit with grid penalties after they were all found to have broken new rules around the pit lane during qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix

The Mercedes driver has been hit with a grid penalty for impeding

Max Verstappen has been given a warning for a practice start infringement in FP2 for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen has escaped with a warning over a practice start violation during Friday practice for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Ferrari threw away a possible double victory in Monaco but afterwards attempted to pull the race to its feet by lodging a protest against both Red Bull Racing drivers. Both protests were rejected by the FIA, but race director Niels Wittich does come out with a clarification of the rules in Baku.