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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

Max Verstappen avoids FIA sanction as eagle-eyed F1 viewers spot grid box placement issue

Max Verstappen was not investigated for potentially being positioned outside his grid box during the Australian Grand Prix, despite some Formula 1 fans believing he might have been.

Fans watching the race in Melbourne were treated to three different race starts on Sunday. After the usual start there was an early red flag which saw the cars take to the grid again to get going, before the same process happened yet again just two laps before the end.

A few photos taken from the stand on the start-finish straight began to do the rounds of how Verstappen was positioned in his grid box. Some fans suggested that the Dutchman might have been too far forward.

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