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Leclerc escapes penalty, keeps pole
Charles Leclerc will start the Australian Grand Prix from pole position after avoiding a penalty for driving unnecessarily slowly during qualifying. Leclerc beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pole position on Saturday evening by 0.2s to set up another fight between the pair. However, on Saturday night it looked like that starting position might be under threat when Leclerc was summoned to see the stewards in Melbourne. Stewards were investigating whether Leclerc had breached a minimum time requirement on in-laps to the pits during qualifying, designed to ensure drivers are not a safety hazard and are not impeding rivals setting a timed lap. Having heard from the Ferrari driver the stewards...
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