Canadian GP: George Russell keeps race win after R...

George Russell stored his win within the Canadian Grand Prix after the stewards rejected a Crimson Bull protest towards the Mercedes driver.

Russell beat Max Verstappen to victory in Sunday’s race to document Mercedes’ first win of the season.

However two hours after the chequered flag had dropped, it emerged Crimson Bull had challenged the consequence by lodging two protests in regards to the Brit’s driving behind the late-race Security Automobile.

Crimson Bull alleged that Russell had damaged the rules by each driving erratically in entrance of Verstappen and dedicated unsportsmanlike conduct by, of their view, trying to get his rival penalised.

Nonetheless, after summoning drivers and representatives from each groups and reviewing knowledge and video proof throughout the course of their investigation on Sunday night, the Montreal stewards in the end threw Crimson Bull’s case out virtually six hours after Russell had taken the chequered flag.

Within the doc confirming their resolution, the stewards stated: “We settle for the driving force of Automobile 63’s rationalization of the incident and we’re glad that the driving force of Automobile 63 didn’t drive erratically by braking the place he did or to the extent he did.

“We aren’t glad that by merely reporting to his workforce that Automobile 1 had overtaken that he engaged in unsportsmanlike conduct.

“Though the protest didn’t allege it, we’re additionally glad that by braking the place and when he did and to the extent he did, the driving force of Automobile 63 didn’t interact in unsportsmanlike conduct.”

The protest was the most recent twist in a contentious collection of occasions involving Verstappen and Russell.

The Crimson Bull driver was penalised for inflicting a collision with Russell on the earlier spherical of the 2025 season in Spain, with the incident incomes Verstappen three penalty factors that left him on the point of a race ban in Canada, and can proceed to do on the subsequent spherical in Austria earlier than some factors drop off licence.

After beating Verstappen to pole on Saturday in Montreal, Russell prompt he had a bonus over his rival because of the penalty factors scenario.

Verstappen stated he was “pi**ed off” at “infantile” touch upon his scenario shortly after in a post-qualifying press convention.

The pair additionally engaged in a rare confrontation ultimately 12 months’s season finale following Verstappen being penalised for an incident involving Russell on the previous spherical in Qatar.

Crimson Bull launched a protest towards Russell earlier this season in Miami after the Brit had completed a spot forward of Verstappen in third on the Miami Grand Prix. The allegation that Russell had didn’t sufficiently gradual beneath yellow flags was dismissed.

Horner explains Crimson Bull protest

Chatting with the written media after information of their protests had develop into public, Crimson Bull workforce principal Christian Horner stated: “Two protests that we have put to the stewards, that we have requested them to take a look at.

“Firstly, regarding the erratic driving behind the Security Automobile, the place George very closely braked, clearly wanting in his mirror for Max.

“Then the second could be very clearly the space that was left behind the Security Automobile that was properly in extra, I feel no less than 3 times in extra, of the permitted distance.

“It is €2,000 per protest, and we have been shocked that they weren’t famous and despatched to the stewards, so subsequently you might have the proper as a competitor to try this, and that is what we have chosen to do.”

There was no particular point out within the stewards’ doc of an allegation of Russell leaving too huge a niche to the Security Automobile.

Verstappen had stated over Crimson Bull workforce radio on lap 68 that “George out of the blue simply aggressively braked”, whereas Russell stated the Dutchman “simply overtook me beneath the Security Automobile”.

Chatting with Sky Sports activities F1 afterwards, Verstappen had stated: “I feel we have been each attempting to say to the Security Automobile to hurry up as a result of he was solely going 120kph, however I feel perhaps it was doing that to provide a bit extra time to perhaps get a race lap in.

“So George was attempting to hurry as much as the Security Automobile and I used to be attempting to do the identical. As soon as, he tried to hurry as much as the Security Automobile he backed out and it triggered a little bit of confusion.”

Subsequent up for the 2025 Components 1 season is a return to Europe for the Austrian Grand Prix, which is dwell on Sky Sports activities F1 from June 27-29. Stream Sky Sports with NOW – no contract, cancel anytime.