Mercedes Formula 1 trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained Andrea Kimi Antonelli ’s marginal jump start in the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Antonelli was detected as moving before the five lights went out in the Nevadan race, though the jump start was not strikingly obvious on the broadcast.

The penalty nearly cost him a podium after his strong recovery from 17th on the grid, as he inherited third place when the McLarens were disqualified – just 0.190s ahead of Charles Leclerc .

After the race, the 19-year-old rookie himself was baffled, expressing the need to review what had happened. “My suggestion is that I rolled a little bit, but I didn't really feel it in the car,” he commented.

Mercedes has now had time to analyse the incident, and Shovlin explained that Antone

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