F1 Belgian GP LIVE: George Russell stripped of victory as car breaks rules

George Russell’s victory at the Belgian Grand Prix has been placed in significant doubt after his car was found to be below the minimum weight allowance.

Russell held off team-mate Lewis Hamilton following a thrilling finale at Spa-Francorchamps , but Mercedes were then summoned to the stewards at 1810 local time (1710BST).

A statement from the FIA’s technical delegate Jo Bauer read: “After the race, car number 63 (Russell) was weighed and its weight was 798.0 kg, which is the minimum weight required by TR Article 4.1.

“After this, fuel was drained out of the car and 2.8 litres of fuel were removed. The car was not fully drained according to the draining procedure submitted by the team in their legality documents as TR Article 6.5.2 is fulfilled.”

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