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

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.”