Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he doesn’t think Sir Lewis Hamilton was cheated out of the 2021 F1 World Championship in Abu Dhabi. Instead, he believes an inconsistent decision by race director Michael Masi regarding the late Safety Car restart “took the title away from Lewis.” Specifically, after Nicholas Latifi brought out the
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Max Verstappen has revealed what would make him immediately retire from Formula 1. The Dutchman won the 2021 Drivers’ Championship after a dramatic, season-long battle with Sir Lewis Hamilton which climaxed in Abu Dhabi. After winning the season finale, and with it, the 2021 F1 crown, Verstappen got on the team radio to vow to
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has commented on the late Safety Car controversy in the season finale in Abu Dhabi. The Australian lost out due to race director Michael Masi only allowing the five cars between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to un-lap themselves, but he was quick to admit that Hamilton unquestionably feels much
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Four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel has reflected on Mick Schumacher’s debut season in Formula 1 and said he hopes the young German has a more competitive package next year. The 22-year-old, who’s the son of Michael Schumacher, made the step up to F1 in 2021 after winning the previous year’s Formula 2 championship. He
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has commented on the possibility of newly crowned F1 champion Max Verstappen joining Mercedes. The Dutchman won the F1 Drivers’ Championship after a season-long battle with Sir Lewis Hamilton, with him ultimately securing the title after passing the Briton on the last lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi
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Newly crowned F1 world champion Max Verstappen has said he empathises with Sir Lewis Hamilton’s frustrations following the controversial Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but stressed that the seven-time world champion should “understand this is racing.” Verstappen snatched the title on the last lap of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a controversial decision by
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Jean Todt believes that Max Verstappen fully deserved to win the 2021 F1 world championship, despite the contentious final moments of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Todt, who was succeeded by Mohammed bin Sulayem as FIA president earlier this week, reckons that Verstappen earned his success over the course of the 22 races, and that
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has declared that he is not prepared to speak to race director Michael Masi following the dramatic end to the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi allowed five lapped cars through, leaving the rest in position ahead of the Safety Car restart in order to allow time for the race
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Alpine F1 driver Fernando Alonso is set to undergo surgery before the beginning of the 2022 season following a bicycle crash in early 2021. Alonso was out cycling in Switzerland back in February when a heavy bike crash landed him in hospital, with police confirming a week later that he was hit by a car.
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has shown his support for race director Michael Masi following vast criticism of the Australian throughout 2021, and especially following the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Masi has been the subject of many verbal barbs for several contentious moments since he took over as race director from the late Charlie
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