(Article updated at 8:35 am, after the rejection of the complaint on the part of the FIA)
The classification of this GP of Miami 2025 is definitely frozen: George Russell retains his 3rd place and therefore his podium in Florida. At the end of the Miami Grand Prix, Red Bull had brought a complaint against the British pilot. The reason? The Englishman would not have slowed sufficiently under Virtual Safety Car at 4:54 p.m. (10:54 p.m. French time) according to the Austrian team. In this situation, which arrives in the event of an incident on the track, pilots must indeed reduce their speed.
“We have made a complaint with the FIA concerning George Russell, had confirmed Christian Horner, main team of Red Bull after the race. According to the GPS, we can see it very clearly, it has not reduced its speed, and the regulations are very clear that there must be a speed reduction. The single -seater continued to accelerate, just at a slower rate than what it would have done normally, but there is no actual reduction in speed. »»
Nevertheless, a few hours later and after hearing the parties concerned, the FIA rejected Red Bull’s complaint by believing that the latter was unfounded. “It is obvious, according to the on -board images and the telemetry, that the car n ° 63 noted the accelerator when passing the zone of the yellow flag, Can we read in the report published by the FIA. The accelerator was noted by around 25 % and this resulted in a reduction in the torque by around 30 %. »»
“Article 26.1.A requires that the pilot has ‘reduced his speed in a perceptible manner’ in an area of yellow flag but does not specify if this means a reduction in absolute speed or a reduction in relative speed compared to the normal racing speed in the concerned part of the track. The speed of the car n ° 63 in the zone of the yellow flag was considerably slower than the normal speed of running, but the absolute speed during the passage in the area of the yellow flag increased slightly ”, Specify the commissioners, who therefore whiten George Russell of all suspicion.
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