Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Ocon have both escaped being penalised following a stewards' investigation into their in-laps at the end of Formula 1 qualifying for the United States Grand Prix on Saturday, having both been deemeꦜd to have driven too slowly.

Bottas qualified fourth for Merc♛edes in Austin, two places clear of Force India driver Ocon, but both were called before the stewards late on Saturday evening for allegedly driving unnecessarily slowly on their🎶 in-laps at the end of Q3.

After hearing from both drivers and reviewing the video footage made available, the stewards found ꦡthat while both had exceeded the delta time set for𝓰 returning to the pits at the end of the session, neither had driven unnecessarily slowly or caused a hazard.

"Car 77/Car 31 exceeded the specified m✱aximum time between Safety Car Lines on its post-qualif🌠ying in-lap," the reports read.

"The Stewards clಌosely examined the drivers' in-l♚ap and found that Car 77/Car 31 did not drive unnecessarily slowly or in a manner to adversely affect any other driver. Noting all the circumstances involved, the stewards take no further action."

As a result, the provisional grid from earlier in the day is now final, with only Sebastian Vettel taking a grid drop, falling fr🍸om P2 to P5 after his penalty from Friday for not slowing for a red flag.

This means that Kimi Raikkonen, Bottas aꦫnd Daniel Ricciardo all gain a place on the grid for the s💮tart of Sunday's race, with Vettel set to start on row three alongside Ocon.