VIdeo of the incident: https://files.catbox.moe/thnxon.mp4
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Wow common sense prevailed. It would have been stupid to give a grid penalty to Russell for his team's infraction
Disagree.
I know it's harsh, and I know it's not Russell's fault so I'm of course sympathetic, but F1 is about more than just drivers, it's a team sport.
Letting the driver off whenever the team breaks a rule would have pretty disastrous consequences. There'd be an incentive to unsafely release, there'd be an incentive to run out-of-spec components, there'd be an incentive to mess with tyre pressures, there'd be an incentive to mess with the fuel load, etc, because these aren't on the driver.
If penalties have no chance of affecting the results, teams will be far more willing to receive them.
I agree with your take in general (though the out-of-specs part usage seems a little too far-fetched). What my point is that it is a minor infraction with little to no bearing on the qualifying session and very little actual risk (as they weren't fighting for position so there is no scramble to minimise time in the pit lane). Giving a grid penalty taking into account the above points would have been unbelievably harsh