OPINION: The FIA has made steps to improve its officiating of races, but a five-hour delay in deciding the outcome of the Canadian Grand Prix shows more is still needed

Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, have released a full document after Red Bull had protested against George Russell at the Canadian Grand Prix. On Sunday, Mercedes star Russell started on pole ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri as F1 returned at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

MONTREAL — Mercedes driver George Russell retained his Canadian GP win on Sunday after F1 stewards rejected a Red Bull post-race protest. After a hearing involving both teams, Russell, Verstappen, and the FIA, the stewards found the protest admissible but ultimately dismissed it, saying the protest was “not founded.”