Verstappen was penalized for causing a collision with Russell in that incident, and is just one penalty point shy of a one-race suspension. The Red Bull driver needs to navigate both the Canadian Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix later this month without incident to avoid a suspension.

The FIA stewards were busy in the aftermath of the Canadian Grand Prix, with penalties for Lando Norris and protests from Red Bull delaying the final race classification for five hours

Top competitors for the World Drivers Championship and McLaren teammates, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, crashed with three laps remaining in the Canadian Grand Prix. George Russell wins behind a safety car for his first win of the season ahead of Max Verstappen.

Norris and Piastri made contact in the closing stages of Sunday’s race in Montreal while contesting fourth place. Zak Brown praises Lando Norris’s ‘candor’ after Oscar Pia

After their wildly controversial coming together in Barcelona two weekends ago, all eyes will be on George Russell and Max Verstappen when they start alongside each other on the front row of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix.