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Why taking over five hours to confirm Russell's Canadian GP win is bad for F1

For a championship that’s measured in nanoseconds, five hours and thirty minutes is an eternity.

Incredibly, in a world of high-definition video cameras integrated into car parts, real-time sensors, GPS trackers, AI technology, and the sophisticated FIA Remote Operations Centre (ROC) in Geneva, it still took that long after the chequered flag to confirm that George Russell had won the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.

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