Miami, Florida – Red Bull’s attempt that Max Verstappen ascended to P3 at the Miami Grand Prix of Formula 1, through a protest presented against Mercedes George Russell pilot, has been fired by the officials of the race hours after the flag.
Red Bull presented a protest against Russell, claiming that the Mercedes driver could not reduce the speed under a yellow flag duration, the Miami Grand Prix. Verstappen contributed the problem to the attention of his team on the radio during the final stages of the race, and Red Bull housed the protest shortly after the race ended.
Speaking with the media, including SB nationIn the Red Bull Hospace Space team, Christian Horner made it clear that regulations requests that a driver reduce his speed in yellow flag conditions, and according to the red chief, Russell did not achieve the regulations.
“Then, as you have seen, we have registered a protest with the FIA with respect to George Russell. Who from the GPS that we can see quite clearly, the elevator did not reduce the speed,” Horner told the media, even SB nation. SOh, the regulation is explicitly clear that there has to be a reduction in speed, so the car has continued to accelerate. It is just at a slower pace than it would be normal. There is no real reduction in speed. “
In their decision on Sunday night, the career officials indicated that they heard of the parties involved, including Russell and the racing engineer of Verstappen, Gianpiero Lambian. Duration The audience, Red Bull argued that, although Russell “raised the accelerator when the yellow flag was shown,” the Mercedes driver did not “reduce the speed” and violated the sports regulations. Red Bull also argued that, in his opinion, “discernible reduced speed”, as indicated in the regulations, “means passing the yellow flag zone at an absolute speed that is lower than the speed before the yellow flag area.”
Mercedes responded by stating that “the common practice accepted by all equipment and the FIA was and remains that the significant accelerator lifting in a yellow flag zone is considered an appropriate reaction and, therefore, the usual relevant customers were met.” In addition, Russell declared that “he saw the individual yellow flag and the postponed car next to the track and, therefore, significant raised the accelerator to react to the yellow flag.”
The butlers also reviewed the telemetry data, discovering that Russell “lifted the accelerator when passing the yellow flag area. The accelerator rose by approximately 25 percent and this resulted in a torque reduction of approximately 30 percent.”
Then, racing officials indicated that article 26.1 a) of sports regulations “requires that the driver have a” discernible reduced speed “in a yellow flag area, but it is not specific if it means that this means reducing absolute speed or reducing speed in relation to the speed related to speed.
Upon discovering that Russell’s speed was “considerably slower than regular race speed,” career officials dismissed the complaint. They indicated that article 26.1 a) and the “requirement … regarding speed reduction in a yellow flag zone can only be related to a reduction in relation to regular race speed.”
As Russell had reduced his speed in relation to regular racing speed, the hero of racing officials who had complied with article 26.1 a) and dismissed Red Bull’s protest. Russell appeared in the final career classification as having finished third, with Verstappen in fourth place.