Red Bull protested the victory of George Russell in the Canadian Grand Prix two weeks ago and now the Mercedes driver argues for an increased compensation to submit such complaints
George Russell is of the opinion that Formula 1 teams should solve a considerable amount of money to protest with the result of a race, to take care of them again to try a long-term profession. It comes after the victory of the British in the Canadian Grand Prix was protested after the race by Red Bull.
Max Verstappen finished second and had complained via the radio about how Russell drove behind the Safety Car in the last few laps. His Red Bull team decided to escalate that and accused the Mercedes racer of “irregular” driving that they felt justified a penalty.
After a long investigation that the race left, the complaints resulted in question for more than five hours, the stewards rejected the complaints. The result of the race was officially made and Red Bull lost the money they had to set up to make that profession – all £ 1,700 of them.
For a company the size of Red Bull Racing, such an amount is only a drop in the ocean. And Russell pointed out that he suggested that teams should put a six -digit sum at stake if they want to make an official protest to scare up annoying complaints.
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Asked if he thought he would have an increased reimbursement that would have an effect, he replied: “Yes, 100 percent. If you look at the financial fines for the use of abusive words in the heat of the moment, or touch a rear wing, € 2,000 for a team that makes a nine digits, does not even get aside.
“It is not even thought of it, so yes, possibly, if it was a six-digit sum to put down, maybe they would think about it twice. You will get your money back if you win a protest, so it is actually your deductible. At the moment € 2,000 is no consideration for a Formula 1 team.”
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The day after the Montreal race Red Bull Team director Christian Horner said that he “absolutely had no regrets” about the decision to start the profession, pointing out that they had the right to submit the protest and therefore “that is what we chose to do”.
Verstappen was not willing to comment on the situation when you were asked for Austria on Thursday, except to say: “I think everything was said about Montreal. I have nothing to add from that race. It helps nothing to keep talking about it.”
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Russell released his rival of any debt for the frivolous complaint and said: “It was nothing, and it all came from Red Bull, unlike Max – I don’t think he was even aware of the protest.
“It was pretty clear that there would be no fine. My personal opinion is that they wanted to go and be offensive to protect Max in case he was fined to precede me during the incident with the security car. My personal opinion is that it was just a bit a faff and not really necessary.”
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