Is the podium won by George Russell at the Miami Grand Prix in danger? Third at the arrival of the race, the Mercedes driver is the subject of a complaint filed by Red Bull, and which could be expected given the radio exchanges heard during the race.
The Austrian stable suspected the British pilot for not having slowed enough under yellow flag before intervention by the virtual safety car. During the test, Max Verstappen himself raised his questioning about the issue. Then, in the last laps, his stable asked him to do everything to stay less than five seconds from the Mercedes before him. Without a doubt in the event of a penalty to come …
The commissioners will now have to hear the actors and/or their representatives before making a decision. George Russell joins Carlos Sainz and Yuki Tsunoda, both also under investigation for the same suspicion of offense. The fourth of the championship might however not appear in person ahead of the commissioners, since he did not participate in the FIA press conference after the Grand Prix, “For medical reasons”.
Before that, the commissioners have already studied the incident that occurred at the very end of the race between Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton, when the Spaniard tried to take eighth place in his successor at Ferrari. They estimated that it was a racing incident and no sanction was pronounced.
