Red Bull facing post-race investigation for International Sporting Code violation

The FIA stewards summoned Red Bull Racing after the United States Grand Prix on Sunday for "failing to follow the instructions of relevant officials." A team representative from the Austrian team was asked to appear in front of the stewards at 16:30 CST.

Red Bull completed a successful weekend at the US GP, as both their drivers were among the points during the main race. Max Verstappen came home to take the victory in Austin while Yuki Tsunoda finished seventh after having started the race from P13.

However, the Milton Keynes-based outfit suffered a sort of scare after the race, as the race stewards summoned them for a breach of the International Sporting Code. The summons mentions that the team potentially breached Article 12.2.1.i by failing to follow the instructions of an official.

"Alleged breach of 12.2.1.i of the FIA International Sporting Code - Failure to follow the instructions of relevant officials (Grid incident)," read the FIA document.

Max Verstappen's race win does not seem to be in any danger, though, as the precedent for similar infringements in the past has been that of a monetary penalty for the team, rather than a sporting one.

The Dutchman made it a perfect weekend for himself at the US GP, converting his pole position to victory on Sunday, much like he did during the Sprint the day before at COTA. He is now just 40 points behind championship leader Oscar Piastri in the drivers' standings, with the Aussie suffering another underwhelming weekend in Austin.

Verstappen has also closed the gap to Lando Norris to just 26 points after finishing just in front of the Briton during the race on Sunday. As for Red Bull, the team is now just 10 points behind Mercedes (2nd) in the constructors' standings, and only three behind Ferrari (3rd).

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Max Verstappen reflects on "incredible weekend" for Red Bull at the US GP

Max Verstappen after winning the US Grand Prix - Source: Getty

Max Verstappen claimed that Red Bull maximized all results at the US GP with him to round off an "incredible weekend" for the Austrian team. The driver was quickest in all competitive sessions during the weekend, making for a dominant display.

Speaking to F1 TV after the race on Sunday, Verstappen shared a detailed analysis of his race.

"For us, it has been an incredible weekend. We really maximized all the results," he said. Today, in the race, what was key was just that first stint. Charles was of course battling with Lando and that's why I could pull the gap. Because as soon as Lando was in clean air, it was very evenly matched or he was slightly faster."

Verstappen added that he had to manage his tires in the final stages of the race, claiming that it was tough to keep them in good shape towards the end of the 56-lap race.

Edited by Parag Jain