The System 1 Canadian Grand Prix ended underneath Security Automobile situations, with George Russell main Max Verstappen and the remainder of the sector to the checkered flag.
However whereas the rostrum celebration has come and gone and the media pen has gone quiet, Crimson Bull will not be executed contesting this race.
The crew has lodged “[p]rotests” in opposition to Russell within the wake of the Canadian Grand Prix, and race officers have summoned Russell and Mercedes officers, together with Crimson Bull officers, to a listening to on the circuit that can happen at 5:50 p.m. Sunday, native time.
The genesis for these protests begins with a late-race incident between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, that knocked Norris out of the race and introduced out the Security Automobile on Lap 67.
You’ll be able to see that incident right here:
As the remainder of the grid adopted behind the Security Automobile, there was a second the place Russell slowed down on the entrance of the sector, and Verstappen handed him, if just for a second.
Each drivers instantly acquired on the radio with their groups, with Verstappen noting Russell’s sudden slowdown whereas the Mercedes driver cited Verstappen for overtaking him:
Each groups knowledgeable their drivers that they had been conscious of that second, and to be careful for any erratic driving from the opposite.
You’ll be able to see the total incident right here, in split-screen format from F1:
As well as, in line with radio transmissions from Verstappen to Crimson Bull, the motive force additional alleged that Russell “aggressively braked,” in addition to reporting that the Mercedes driver had fallen greater than ten automobile lengths behind the Security Automobile.
Notable F1 journalist Adam Cooper confirmed the extent of Crimson Bull’s protests:
Christian Horner confirms that @redbullracing has protested @GeorgeRussell63 for erratic driving behind the protection automobile in entrance of VER, and in addition for not leaving the fitting hole behind it. Drivers are seeing the stewards now.
— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperF1) June 15, 2025
What provides a layer of significance to this protest is the truth that Verstappen at present sits on 11 penalty factors, only one level shy of a one-race ban. If this protest someway opens the door to additional repercussions for Verstappen, that might be a surprising flip of occasions.
This isn’t the primary time this season Crimson Bull has lodged a post-race protest in opposition to Russell. On the Miami Grand Prix in early Could Crimson Bull lodged a protest in opposition to the Mercedes driver, alleging he didn’t sluggish down underneath a yellow warning flag.
That protest was in the end dismissed by race stewards, however not earlier than an unimaginable scene within the paddock at Onerous Rock Stadium in entrance of the Crimson Bull hospitality house the place Russell and Mercedes Group Principal Toto Wolff paid a go to to Crimson Bull to debate the protest:
Now we wait on phrase of this newest Crimson Bull protest in opposition to Russell.
