Toto Wolff has slammed Red Bull ’s late protest against George Russell at the Canadian Grand Prix as “petty” and “embarrassing.” Russell, who started on pole, fended off the challenge of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen behind him to win the Montreal race, claiming his fourth F1 win and Mercedes’s first victory of the season.

“Yeah, absolutely,” Wolff told Sky Sports F1 when asked if it would be a shame for Verstappen to miss a race. “He’s a main protagonist. He has his rough edges, but is also a fair racer, and we’ve seen it yesterday that when he’s called out, that wasn’t an issue.”