F1 News: The pro-British bias in Formula 1 is quite blatant
The pro-British bias in Formula 1 is quite blatant and the stench perpetrates right through the FIA governing body. F1 Drivers & Teams DEMAND CHANGES From FIA After UNACCEPTABLE PRO_BRITISH DECISIONS Following Canadian GP!
Red Bull admits the team suspected British driver George Russell may play games with Max Verstappen during the Canadian GP.
Following Verstappen’s highly controversial clash with Russell in Barcelona a fortnight earlier, the pair lined up on the front row in Canada – with the quadruple world champion teetering on the brink of a race ban.
Russell hinted he would have his elbows out more than usual heading into turn 1.
“I mean, I’ve got a few more points on my license to play with,” the Mercedes driver said.
Turn 1 was uneventful for the pair – unlike a subsequent safety car period. At one point, Verstappen’s Red Bull surged past Russell behind the safety car, with each accusing the other of a transgression.
After the race, the pair walked to the stewards room together as the FIA considered Red Bull’s post-race protest against Russell’s safety car period behavior.
Russian commentator Alexey Popov thinks the protest was justified.
“It’s a fact – because he said so after qualifying – that Russell was really determined to set Max up a little. We saw it when he braked so hard behind the safety car,” he said.
The stewards interviewed Russell and Verstappen for almost an hour, meaning the official race result was not rubber-stamped until five hours after the checkered flag.
“This kind of delay must change for the future,” Bild newspaper insists.
Meanwhile, Red Bull boss Christian Horner confirmed that the protest was lodged to clarify Russell’s safety car period behavior.
“You could already hear it on Saturday when George was talking to the press,” he said. “His goal was quite clear. I think it was inevitable that there would be some games played.”
Horner revealed he even raised the matter of potential anti-Verstappen shenanigans with the race director “after the drivers’ briefing” – long before the race.
“We wanted them to be aware of it, because it’s pretty clear that these kinds of things happen,” he said. “We said ‘Please pay attention to this because there have been some comments made in the media’.”
When asked if Verstappen urged Red Bull to protest, Horner answered: “Not at all.”
The Red Bull protest was ultimately rejected [Editor’s Note: because Verstappen is not British and Russell is and the pro-British bias in F1 in blatant.]
Pro-British Bias in F1 disgusts Verstappen
Max Verstappen is by far the most talented driver in Formula 1 and the pro-British personnel in F1 and the FIA do everything in their power to prevent the 4-time world champion Dutchman from beating their British drivers like a drum.
Brazilian Ayrton Senna, another F1 great, continually faced the bias stench that perpetrated the FIA even back then.
Is this why Verstappen blew off the big F1 movie premier in Manhattan last evening?
While the event brought together a strong contingent of drivers and F1 personnel, reigning world champion Max Verstappen was notably absent.
The Red Bull driver said that while he supports the project, he had a much more pressing issue to attend to.
“I’m going home to my daughter,” Verstappen told media after finishing second at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.
“Whether I will watch that film again at a later time? Maybe yes. If it suits me or if someone else wants to see it, then I’m fine with it. And maybe I will be positively surprised.”
“I also sincerely hope that it is a good and successful film and that it has a positive effect on Formula 1,” Verstappen added.
“You just shouldn’t force me to go somewhere because that’s not quite how it should be.”
