The decision follows the FIA's prior investigation into Russell's collision with Arvid Lindblad in the pit lane in Melbourne, with the Mercedes driver receiving a reprimand.

The details of Russell's second potential error were rather unclear, but the FIA have only issued a warning to the Silver Arrows man, having accepted the sighting of the grid box was "difficult."

In a statement, the FIA stewards said: "The Stewards heard from the driver of Car 63 (George Russell) and the team representative and reviewed video evidence.

"The driver admitted that he performed a practice start outside the designated practice start area defined in Item 14.1 of the Race Director’s Competition Notes.

"The Stewards determined that the driver failed to follow the Race Director’s instructions and impose a penalty consistent with the penalty for similar breaches in the past."

Franco Colapinto has also learned his fate after narrowly avoiding a huge crash with Lewis Hamilton in the second practice session in Melbourne.

The Alpine driver was driving slowly down the main straight, but did not move off the racing line while Hamilton's Ferrari went at full speed to start a new lap.