George Russell occupied the pole on Saturday in the Canadian Canadian Award, and took the fluctuating flag under a safety car to secure his first victory in the Formula 1 2025 season.
This victory will stand, despite the protests made by Red Paul.
In the closing stages of the Canadian Canadian Award race on Sunday, he left contact between his teammates in the McCaren Lando Norris and Oscar Pacri Norris without a front wing on the MCL39, which led to the removal of the safety car. In the rolls that followed another incident, Russell and Versaben occurred different views.
In the viewpoint of Russell, the Red Bull driver surpassed the safety car. But according to Ferstaben, Russell suddenly hit the brake.
You can see the accident in the F1: The F1:
In addition, radio messages appear between Verstapen and the Gianpiero “GP” Lambiase that Verstapen felt frustrated several times during those rolls, noting that Russell had decreased more than ten lengths of cars behind the safety car.
Red Ball presented “protests” against Russell shortly after the race, and a session was held at 5:50 pm local time.
However, these protests were rejected by race officials, and Russell’s victory was confirmed. The first confirmation of the director of the Red Bull team Christian Horner, who posted on social media a summary of the race, referring to the second place in Verstapen:
Then came a word from the rulers, who saw that the protests were not “founded”.
In a lengthy decision, the race supervisors indicated that Red Ball raised many allegations against Russell, including the claim that he “unnecessarily rushed”, that he “showed an unlike sporting intention” when Mercedes told Verstaben that he was winning “for power” [Verstappen] To go beyond a violation [Verstappen]”This is a messenger who complained about the radio in” We hope so [Verstappen] It will be investigated, and it was “clear” that the race ended under a safety car, so it was “unnecessary” that a messenger maintained the heat in his tires and its signs.
However, after listening from Russell and Tim Malon from FIA, the protests were rejected. The referees accepted the “explanation of the accident” to a messenger and they were “convinced of that [Russell] He did not drive his car wrongly by braking as he did or to the extent he did. “
Moreover, the referees held that “by braking where and when he did, and as much as he did, [Russell] It was not involved in the behavior of the non -athlete. “
Russell keep P1 as a result. You can read the full decision in the document 73, here:
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As such, the results of the Canadian Grand Prix became permanently, as Russell kept winning, followed by Verstapen. Kimi Antonelli revolves around the first three.
