Sebastian Vettel feels that his overtakes award success in 2021 is a sign that his Aston Martin team lack pace and find themselves recovering through the field “too often”. Although Vettel thoroughly enjoyed the side-by-side battling, he is disappointed he found himself in that position as often as he did. “We backfired too often. We
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F1 commentator Martin Brundle has slammed the “totally unacceptable” lobbying of race director Michael Masi by team principals following the controversy-packed 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Masi just wrapped up his third season as Formula 1’s race director and safety delegate under much scrutiny after the controversial end to the season finale, which saw Max
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Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz has spoken of his confusion over an unprecedented Safety Car situation at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sainz secured his fourth podium finish of the season in Abu Dhabi, narrowly besting Yuki Tsunoda and Valtteri Bottas on the last lap, to take fifth in the Drivers’ Championship. However, the last-gasp
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Aston Martin driver Sebastian Vettel has attempted to calm fans’ ire over stewarding in Formula 1 after a polemic end to the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Five lapped cars were allowed through past the Safety Car following Nicholas Latifi’s late crash in order to allow one lap of racing. This caused mayhem in the
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Former F1 team principal Eddie Jordan has claimed that Sir Lewis Hamilton was “too nice” in 2021 and opened the door for Max Verstappen to take the Championship from him. Verstappen darted down the inside of Hamilton on the final lap after a controversial Safety Car restart, but Jordan feels that Hamilton gave the Dutchman
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Formula One managing director Ross Brawn has confirmed that he plans to put an end to team bosses contacting the race director during races following a controversial 2021 season. Humour and frustration ruled the recent Formula 1 season in equal measure, as Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Red Bull’s Jonathan Wheatley persistently got in
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McLaren driver Lando Norris has admitted he had no idea what was happening in the dying laps of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sir Lewis Hamilton was leading Max Verstappen by over 14 seconds when Nicholas Latifi crashed with a handful of laps remaining, forcing race director Michael Masi to deploy the safety car.
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has hit out at Mercedes after their double-protest following the conclusion of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2021 F1 season. Max Verstappen was crowned Drivers’ Champion following a last-lap overtake on Sir Lewis Hamilton, but the end of the race was laced with confusion after Michael
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