F1: Ferrari protests against Red Bull at Monaco denied

The FIA stewards have dismissed Ferrari’s protests against Red Bull drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen in Monaco.

Perez won ahead of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, while Verstappen completed the podium in third place.

Ferrari’s protest against Verstappen claimed that he put part of the left-front tire over the yellow line at pit exit, breaching the pre-race event notes and citing Yuki Tsunoda’s breach at the 2021 Austrian Grand Prix as a precedent.

The stewards noted that Article 5 c) of Chapter IV of Appendix L of the ISC “stipulates that at the pit exit a car ‘must not cross’ the line.”

“In this case, the car did not “cross” the line – to do so it would have needed to have a full wheel to the left of the yellow line,” the stewards said.

“Accordingly the driver did not breach the relevant section of the Code and this takes precedent over any interpretation of the notes. The protest is therefore dismissed and the protest Fee is forfeited.”