Horner requested close watch of Verstappen ahead of Canadian Grand Prix

01:17, 16 Jun

bySavannah Lenz

Max Verstappen is one point away from a race ban. Which is something all drivers and team know. For this exact reason, Christian Horner asked for Verstappen to be monitored.

During his media briefing (which was originally postponed) Horner said, "You could hear from George's press comments yesterday, his objective was reasonably clear. I don't think there was any surprises with that."

This was said after Red Bull Racing lodged two protests against Russell for erratic driving and failing to follow the safety car at 10 cars' length.

Horner's special request

He continued, "I think that it's inevitable that there was going to be some potential gamesmanship."

Horner then mentioned it was something he had to request be watched out for. It was not only Russell making comments like that. Many analysts and pundits also said similar things.

"It's something that we raised after the drivers' briefing with the race director, just so that they were mindful of it as well because it's clear that kind of stuff goes on."

Horner said, "But Max, I thought he's been squeaky clean all weekend and drove a very good race today."

Other than the ongoing safety car controversy, Verstappen's race was clean cut.

"We just said to him [the race director] could they please keep an eye on it because, there's been, obviously, comments that have been raised in the media, just please keep an eye on it."