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Mercedes lodges two appeals over Verstappen’s win

Race winner and 2021 F1 World Drivers Champion Max Verstappen of Netherlands celebrates on the podium with second placed Lewis Hamilton and third placed Carlos Sainz of Spain. (Source: Getty Images)

Mercedes has lodged two appeals over Max Verstappen’s win over Lewis Hamilton.

Mercedes is contesting safety car procedure which resulted in Verstappen overtaking Hamilton on a frantic final lap to clinch the world championship.

“Mercedes have protested ‘against the classification established at the end of the Competition’, relating to alleged breaches of Articles 48.8 and 48.12 of the FIA Sporting Regulations,” Formula One tweeted.

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