Max Verstappen has escaped the wrath of the Belgian Grand Prix stewards following a breach of F1's practice start procedure at the end of FP2.
The Red Bull driver was summoned to the stewards' office at Spa late on Friday evening and handed a mere warning for cutting into a line of cars set to conduct a practice start at the end of yesterday's second free practice.
The stewards heard from Verstappen and reviewed video evidence, but ultimately only gave the Dutchman a slap on the wrist despite the reigning world champion's breach of Article 12.2.1.i) of the FIA International Sporting Code.
"At 17:59 during second practice, the driver of car 1 passed a car that was in line to do practice starts and cut into the line to do a practice start, thereby not leaving in the order he arrived," stated the stewards' report.
"This is a breach of the Race Director's Event Notes and the stewards issue a warning."
While the breach was inconsequential, Verstappen is nevertheless set to start his Belgian Grand Prix from the back of the grid on Sunday due to a raft of power unit-related grid penalties.
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