Red Bull Racing asked FIA Race Director Rui Marques to focus on the gamemanship that heads from drivers to Max Verstappen before the Canadian Grand Prix.
Verstappen entered the race with just one penalty point from the automatic suspension following a collision with Spain’s George Russell. The two were properly qualified to each other in the front row and pole sitter Russell, and referring to how he plays more penalty points before the race, team principal Christian Horner says Red Bull has raised the issue with the FIA.
“Is there inevitability to have potential gamemanship? That’s what they did after the driver’s briefing, along with the race director, to make sure they had that in mind,” Horner said.
“We just said to (Marquez).
Ultimately, Red Bull felt the need to protest Russell’s driving after the race on Sunday, claiming that the race winner was engaged in sportsman-like behavior when he braked behind the safety car and reported Verstappen overtaken him on team radio.
If Russell was punished, despite Verstappen being in a position to inherit the victory, Horner said there was no request from the Dutch to file a protest, saying he was unaware that no such move had been made.
“No, not at all. Max was talking to you guys (the media) (I didn’t know that the protest had been filed. It’s within the rights of the competitors to raise the protest, 2,000 euros per protest.