Albon learns his fate after the second investigation by the Imola stewards

Following a second investigation, Alex Albon is not expected to take any further action from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix race stewards.

During the race, the Thai driver was given a 10-second stop/go penalty after the Williams emerged from a pit stop “in an unsafe condition” with the front right wheel not properly secured.

Albon was forced to do a slow lap back to the pits to get a new set of tires as the stewards immediately sanctioned him, although a further investigation was deemed necessary to determine whether Albon was in breach of Article 34.14e of the Sporting Regulations had – Driving the car even though you know it is in an unsafe condition.

At this second inspection the stewards accepted Albon’s explanation that “while he knew there was something wrong with the car, from his point of view it did not look like a classic loose wheel.”

He was given the green light to leave the pits, although the team were also unaware of the loose wheel nut as Albon “heard a metallic scraping sound” as he slowly returned to the pits.

The stewards accepted that Albon did not drive the car “knowing that it was in an unsafe condition” and therefore no further action was taken.

Albon ultimately dropped out of the race and his teammate Logan Sargeant finished 17th out of 19 drivers.