Overview
- FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer reported at 20:12 local time that Mercedes’ set‑up sheets for both cars had not been received during qualifying.
- Mercedes showed email records that the forms were sent to the proper FIA department, with stewards citing an FIA IT security issue and taking no further action.
- George Russell retains fourth on the grid and Andrea Kimi Antonelli keeps 17th for Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
- Article 40.1 requires teams to submit suspension set‑up sheets before each car first leaves the pit lane for qualifying, tying into parc fermé restrictions once running begins.
- In related rulings, Carlos Sainz kept third after an unsafe rejoin review and Williams were referred over an electronic tyre‑return issue, while past cases show penalties can vary up to disqualification in extreme interpretations and have included reprimands.