British racers come under fire after Australian Grand Prix incident

George Russell and Arvid Lindblad will be investigated by the FIA following the conclusion of FP2 at the Australian Grand Prix.

The pair of Britons collided at the start of the second hour of running in Melbourne when the Racing Bulls rookie ran over the front wing of the Mercedes driver.

Russell had poked out the front of his W17, hoping to pull into the fast lane at Albert Park, but Lindblad continued moving forward, which is when contact was made.

However, as it was the 5-time grand prix winner who pushed in, he is likely to be the focus of the investigation by the governing body.

Russell came in seventh in the first FP1 of the season, whilst Lindbald impressed to put his VCARB 03 in fifth; only slower than the two Ferraris and Red Bulls.

Additionally, Franco Colapinto will also be investigated for "driving unnecessarily slowly" on the racing line down the pit straight.

Over this, Lewis Hamilton almost took the hit and had to take evasive action to prevent hitting the Alpine from behind at high speed.

Hamilton had a very limited window to move out of the way, but he did it in time to avoid a major collision.

On his team radio, Hamilton said, “Ah, there was a car going crazy slow on the pit straight.”

The stewards were far from impressed with Colapinto's driving and placed the Argentine-based racer under investigation.