Purple Bull protest in opposition to George Russell’s victory on the F1 Canadian Grand Prix has been rejected.
Purple Bull had lodged a protest after the race in Canada.
Whereas no particular incident had been talked about by the FIA, it referred to Russell’s driving underneath the Security Automobile, which drew complaints from Max Verstappen.
Sunday’s race ended behind the Security Automobile after a late coming collectively involving the McLaren drivers, which overshadowed one other incident between the leaders.
As the sphere fashioned up behind the Security Automobile on Lap 68, Russell momentarily slowed, inflicting Verstappen to briefly cross his rival, earlier than falling again into the proper place.
Russell’s actions caught the eye of Verstappen, who’s on the verge of a race ban after accumulating penalty factors on his licence following a controversial tangle with the Mercedes driver final outing in Spain.
“George instantly simply aggressively braked”, Verstappen was heard complaining over staff radio.
In the meantime, Russell reported: “Verstappen simply overtook me underneath the security automotive.”
In his post-race media session, Christian Horner defined that they have been sad with how far again Russell was behind the Security Automobile and the way erratic he was driving.
Russell has been cleared and can hold his Canadian GP win.
