Russell considers the race's safety car decision 'unacceptable'

George Russell slammed the FIA's decision on social media as "unacceptable" and created the environment for a showdown on the last lap in Abu Dhabi.

Russell's Williams teammate Nicholas Latifi hit the wall at Bend 14 at the end of the race and the safety car drove out. The race resumed after being allowed to pass the safety car between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Russell's future team, Mercedes, has protested to the FIA, after the team had announced that any snare car would not be spared. Mercedes appealed on the grounds that the rules stated that either all lap-in cars were allowed to overtake safety cars or none of them were allowed to overtake safety cars.

The Protests at Mercedes were dismissed by the Tournament and the FIA, which reportedly intended to appeal to a higher court.

Russell withdrew from the game, stood on the sidelines to watch the game progress, and then expressed his anger at seeing the game end in this way.

He wrote in the we-media: "Max (Verstappen) is an absolutely fantastic driver, he has had an incredible season, I have only great respect for him, but what just happened is absolutely unacceptable and I can't believe what we just saw. ”

After his last race for Williams ended early, Russell admitted he was thrilled after the move to Mercedes and he looked forward to working with his new team as soon as possible.

He said: "We won the P8 in the constructors' standings and we have to be happy about that, that's what we want to achieve. ”