14/06/2025 02:49
George Russell has been handed a warning from the F1 stewards,
following an incident in second practice ahead of this weekend's
Canadian Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver cut the final chicane at
the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and failed to rejoin the circuit
correctly, breaching
Article 12.2.1 i) of the International Sporting Code - Non-compliance with
Race Director's Event Note. Due to the error by Russell having been
made after he lost control of the rear of his car, the Briton was
only handed a warning, rather than a financial or sporting
punishment. The stewards' report read: "The Stewards heard from the
driver of Car 63 (George Russell), team representative and reviewed
video and in-car video evidence. "The driver of Car 63 explained
that he had just pitted for new tyres and at turn 13 he lost the
rear of the car and had no alternative but to leave the track to
the left of the orange kerb on the inside of turn 14. "He said
that he was focussed on keeping the car off the wall and cut the
orange line on the exit of turn 14. He said that he immediately
realised that in so doing he had not complied with the instruction
and apologised. "No other cars were affected and the rejoining was
not unsafe. In the circumstances we determined that a Warning was
appropriate, consistent with earlier decisions for similar
infringements in free practice at this circuit."
