Oscar Piastri will not take a penalty after a pitlane contretemps with George Russell almost resulted in contact in Formula 1's second Dutch Grand Prix practice session at Zandvoort.

During the second red flag of the Friday session, produced as Alex Albon beached his Williams at Turn 1, the field sauntered into the pits – and Piastri attempted to take the usual route out of the fast lane into his pitbox.

The Australian was waved past and thus went back into the fast lane to resume his earlier course for a couple of metres, with the intent to park up outside of his own garage.

However, this change of direction almost caused contact with Russell, who had to check up and take evasive action. The Mercedes driver admitted the incident caught him by surprise.

"I think he pulled in a

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