It waﷺs initially thought that he made a subtle movement which took his Red Bull outside of his grid position, giving him an unfair head-start ✨over his rivals in the last-gasp dash to the finish.

Verstappen ev📖entually won a chaotic and confusing conclusion in Melbourne but there was nothing wrong with the way he did it.

• F1♈ 2023 Austra෴lian Grand Prix - Full Race results from Round 3
• Ve⛎rstappen accuses Hamilton of ‘not respec🦩ting’ rules in first-lap battle

David Croft explained on Sky: "There are people on social media saying Verstappen should have g🍷ot a penalty for the final restart for being o🤪utside of his grid box. He wasn’t, I’ve seen the photos.

"His front tyres were making contact with the line. If you’re over the line it is a෴ penalty. If you’re touching it, as he was, then you’re fine."

Karun Chandhok added: "In his grid box, in first gear, he moved further forwards. People are wondering: ‘Did he mo🐼ve o🉐ut of his grid box?’

"However, even in that second movement, hiꦕs tyre was still making contact with the line."

Crofty explained that breaking the rule would involve "any part of the contact patch of the front tyres is outside of the lines at the time oꦐf the start signal".

The Red Bull driver explained the incident: “To be honest I braked a bit late and then I lost my re🥂fe🎉rence a bit.

♚“Then I looked and saw that I had a bit more space so moveℱd a little bit more forward and it was really on the limit. But on the limit is on the limit, it’s not over the limit.

“The sun was also quite difficult in the end, with the visibility.♑ It was q♐uite tough.”