The F1 stewards have opted to take no further action against Mercedes following a stewards' summons in Las Vegas.
The Brackley-based squad was called before the stewards for an alleged breach of Article 40.1 of the sporting regulations.
This relates to not submitting a set-up sheet to the FIA prior to the start of qualifying.
However, the stewards have heard that an IT issue prevented the email from reaching the FIA's inbox within the specified time.
A statement read: “Although the FIA did not receive the setup sheet electronically in the specified time, the team was able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Stewards, with copies of the relevant emails, that the sheet had been emailed to the appropriate FIA department but due to some IT security issue it was not received in the specified time.”
George Russell ended qualifying in fourth place as he aims to replicate his race-winning result from Las Vegas 12 months ago.
Team-mate Kimi Antonelli endured a more disastrous day as he failed to escape the Q1 dropzone and is now due to start the grand prix from the back of the grid.
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