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The Australian Grand Prix result was canceled by the appeal with the application confirmed by FIA -F1

It was confirmed that Williams driver Alex Albon switched to fifth place in the Australian Grand Prix classification after a successful attraction from Mercedes.

Lando Norris held the reigning world champion Max Verstappen in mixed conditions on Sunday to achieve an unforgettable victory in Melbourne while George Russell completed the panel rating.

Alex Albon ended in the race behind Kimi Antonelli when the Rookie Italian impressed in his F1 debut, but because Antonelli received a penalty with five seconds, the Williams driver secured fourth place.

It was an unfortunate moment for Antonelli who had worked forward from a starting place from P16 to cross the line in P4.

This penalty of five seconds has now been removed after Mercedes submitted a successful application to review the incident on the incident, which means that Antonelli was brought back to P4.

According to F1 websiteMercedes applied for a “right of review” after Stewards believed that Antonelli had been released in Pit -Gasse in Pit -Gasse.

There was a hearing in which she presented film material from the Roll Hoop camera that was not previously available.

And after this was examined together with additional video that the administrator from the helicopter was not available, the decision was made to remove Antonelli's time penalty from Antonelli.

A document was soon published after the hearing, since the reason behind the decision of the Stewards was explained.

“It is clear that Car 12 only drove into the fast lane at a quick distance to the pit lane and only after the driver checked his mirror to confirm the release with Car 27,” the document says.

“The Roll Hoop camera shows that it had enough space to surely survive the McLaren pits without risk for the McLaren -Mechanics.”

Antonelli impressed his F1 debut. Photo credits: Getty

In addition to the documents mentioned above, the document reminded that the competitors have the right to make certain decisions from the stewards.

As a result of Antonelli's re -hiring, the rookie received another two points, which Mercedes now connects with McLaren at the top of the championship teams with 27 points each.

Meanwhile, Albon has awarded 10 points instead of 12 points, but Williams remains fourth in the overall ranking.