George Russell raised the suggestion that the fee to submit an official protest should be increased by the FIA, to make teams think twice before taking action. Red Bull lodged multiple protests against Russell following the Mercedes driver's victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, triggering a wait of several hours before the official race results were confirmed. It is not the first time a protest had been lodged by the Milton Keynes-based outfit this season, who paid a €2,000 deposit per protest – the FIA charge for an individual protest. Should a team submit a protest and it be judged as successful by motorsport's governing body, then the deposit is returned to the outfit. If the protest is rejected, the money is kept by the FIA. On media day ahead of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix, Russell suggested that increasing the protest fee to a "six-figure sum" could reduce the number of protests, and make teams think twice before officially lodging it. Is Russell right, should the FIA increase the fee to lodge a protest? Have your say by voting in the poll below!
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