After Red Bull Racing lodged two protests against George Russell. Formula 1 posted a side by side comparasion on their social media accounts. Both Russell and Verstappen have their own claims about what happened. Verstappen claims that Russell aggressively hit his brakes, while Russell claims that Verstappen tried to overtake while the safety car was still out.
Now, Red Bull Racing has lodged two protests, concerning both the driving behaviour and Russell potentially falling too far behind the safety car.
Footage from Verstappen and Russell's cars
Formula 1 has now posted footage on social media, featuring the safety car incident from both cars. See the video below.
This article was written in collaboration with Cas van de Kleut.