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Red Bull have protested the result of the . Both race winner and second-placed have been summoned to see the stewards with protesting directly against the racer.

The reason behind the protest was not been confirmed. However, team principal Christian Horner confirmed that it was to do with Russell's actions behind the latest safety car period caused by .

Verstappen briefly moved past Russell behind the safety car but the Dutchman accused his British rival of "aggressively braking" over the radio. And his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase suggested the Mercedes driver had been trying to catch out the four-time champion.

Verstappen also complained on multiple occasions that Russell had not stayed within the 10 car lengths that the race leader is required to remain in when behind the safety car.

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Speaking after the race, Verstappen said: "I think we were both trying to say to the Safety Car to speed up because he was only going 120kph. But I think the maybe the Safety Car was doing that to give a bit more time to maybe get a race lap in.

"So I think George was trying to speed up to the Safety Car, I was trying to do the same, and once he tried to speed up the Safety Car he then backed out and caused a bit of confusion."

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Despite Verstappen appearing to play down Russell's actions, Horner seemed to suggest he felt the situation warranted an investigation as he said after the race: "Max was very clear and the rules are very clear, so that's down to the stewards."

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