Russell wins Canadian Grand Prix after McLarens collide
George Russell took Mercedes' first win of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday while McLaren's Oscar Piastri stretched his lead to 22 points after a late collision with teammate Lando Norris that ended the Briton's race.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who had hoped to win for a record fourth year in a row at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, took second.
Russell's 18-year-old Italian rookie teammate Kimi Antonelli finished third for his first F1 podium.
Piastri was fourth with the safety car leading the final lap before peeling off to clear the way for Russell to take the chequered flag.
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Formula One stewards rejected a Red Bull protest of George Russell's Canadian Grand Prix victory for Mercedes on Sunday. The stewards said in a lengthy statement issued five and a half hours after the end of the race that the protest was not founded. Red Bull, who forfeited their deposit, had Max Verstappen finish second. They had argued Russell breached the rules by driving erratically when the safety car was deployed in the final laps of the race and also showed unsportsmanlike conduct. Stewards dismissed the allegations. While Russell and Verstappen are not friends and have clashed on the track, notably in Spain two weeks ago when Red Bull's four-time world champion was heavily punished, Horner said it was not personal. Red Bull have however protested twice in the space of five races now, both times against Russell. In Miami in May they protested against the Briton's third place, arguing the driver had failed to slow when yellow flags were waved during a virtual safety car period. Verstappen was fourth that time.
