After a close call behind the safety car in Australia, F1 race stewards think that regulations surrounding the process for standing restarts should be reviewed.
, who approached the slowing cars at high speed, had to take avoiding action in his Haas and run through the gravel to avoid an accident.The incident was reviewed by the race stewards after the grand prix, and they felt that no driver was particularly to blame for what happened.
"This was not at all an ideal situation from a safety point of view. Although Russell's start was slow, given that he had to maintain the pit lane speed till he got out of the pits and that he immediately sped up to make up the gap, we did not consider that it would be necessary or appropriate to penalise Russell for a slow start from the pit lane. We, therefore, took no further action.
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