By Alan Baldwin MONTREAL (Reuters) -Formula One stewards rejected a Red Bull protest of George Russell's Canadian Grand Prix victory for Mercedes on Sunday. The stewards said in a lengthy statement issued five and a half hours after the end of the race that the protest was not founded.

Red Bull Racing issued a protest against Mercedes' George Russell, who won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. The FIA announced the protest through a document, summoning both Russell and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen to the stewards.

Red Bull protested the result of the Canadian Grand Prix accusing George Russell of driving erratically behind the late safety car triggered by Lando Norris crashing into Oscar Piastri