Kimi Antonelli learns stewards' verdict after Lando Norris incident

The F1 stewards have opted to take no further action after an investigation into Kimi Antonelli after sprint qualifying.

The Italian had qualified second to team-mate George Russell in Shanghai, but the result was provisional after being called to account for blocking the reigning world champion in SQ2 at Turn 1.

With Norris starting a flying lap, Antonelli was slow on the racing line, forcing Norris to abandon the lap, although both drivers made it through to SQ3. 

Antonelli qualified one place ahead of Norris on the road, but the stewards opted to take no action as it deemed Norris was not on a true push lap.

In their verdict, the stewards said: “The driver of Car 1 (Lando Norris) told us that he was on a “pushing warm up lap” and not on a push lap. 

“In other words, he was not actively seeking to set a meaningful lap time when Car 12 (Kimi Antonelli) came out of the pit lane and onto the track. 

“Had Car 1 been on a push lap then, given the position of Car 12 on the track, Car 12 would have unnecessarily impeded Car 1. 

“In the light of the clear position taken by the driver of Car 1 that he was not impeded by Car 12 as he was not seeking to set a meaningful lap time, we took no further action.”