Canadian GP: Red Bull lodge protest over George Russell’s victory

MONTREAL — Red Bull have lodged a protest against George Russell’s Canadian Grand Prix victory.

Russell won the race under the safety car, meaning he crossed the line at a crawl ahead of Max Verstappen.

Although the stewards’ summons made no mention of what the appeal was about, Verstappen had radioed Red Bull to complain about Russell braking erratically while following the pace car.

Similarly, Russell told his team at the same time on the radio that Verstappen had tried to overtake under safety car.

Given the fact the pack all finished at a slow pace, bunched together, any time penalty for Russell would cost him the victory and shuffle him down the order.

The safety car was brought out with four laps to go as Lando Norris drove into the back of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, crashing out of the race.