27/06/2025 08:45
George Russell raised the suggestion that the fee to submit an
official protest should be increased by the FIA, to make teams
think twice before taking action. Red Bull lodged multiple
protests against Russell following the Mercedes driver's victory in
the Canadian Grand Prix, triggering a wait of several hours before
the official race results were confirmed. It is not the first time
a protest had been lodged by the Milton Keynes-based outfit this
season, who paid a €2,000 deposit per protest – the FIA charge for
an individual protest. Should a team submit a protest and it be
judged as successful by motorsport's governing body, then the
deposit is returned to the outfit. If the protest is rejected, the
money is kept by the FIA. On media day ahead of this weekend's
Austrian Grand Prix, Russell suggested that increasing the protest
fee to a "six-figure sum" could reduce the number of protests, and
make teams think twice before officially lodging it. Is Russell
right, should the FIA increase the fee to lodge a protest? Have
your say by voting in the poll below!
