Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen has avoided pu♚nishment after being investigated for crossing the white line at the exit of the pitlane during the Turkish Grand Prix.

Such an infringement usually would result in a five-second time penalty, but Verstappen, who finished 1.6 seconds ahead of R♔ed Bull teammate Alex Albo൲n in sixth, escaped any sanction.

The Istanbul Park stewards expla💞ined they were unable to find “conclusive evidence that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt” that Verstappen’s car was c🐻ompletely over the white line when he left the pits.

"Having reviewed video evidence from a wide variety of cameras and angles at the highest resolutions available, the stewards are unable to find conclusive evidence that demonstrates beyond a reasonable doubt that any part of Car 33 crossed completely over the white line separating the pit🦩 exit from the track,” the stewards noted in their report.

Verstappen was left to rue a “super-frustrating” race in Turkey after suffering a huge spin while attempting to ꦑpass Sergio Perez for second place at mid-di♑stance.

The Dutchman flat-spotted his tyres and was forced to make anꦺother sto✤p for a new set of inters, before ultimately finishing sixth ahead of Albon.

“It🃏’s just very frustrating, to be honest,” he said after the race. “I tried to follow Checo through that kink and then suddenly I just massively washed out.

“You get onto the g🌞reen biಞt, big spin, trying to keep it out of the wall of course, flatted-spotted the tyres.

“You had to keep going on intermediates. But at one point when you start wearing the rubber off the in🥀termediates, it becomes like you’re just like slidin🐽g over that rubber everywhere.

“So it was really, really difficult. Basically just following no grip, trying to survive, so definitely not a great day. Hope🌌fully we will nev💜er be in this situation again that is so slippery.”