“He’s turned Michael Masi and Max owes him” Toto Wolff makes bold claim on Max Verstappen in new Sky Formula 1 documentary

“He’s turned Michael Masi and Max owes him” Toto Wolff makes bold claim on Max Verstappen in new Sky Formula 1 documentary

Max Verstappen Michael Masi and Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen shared an epic rivalry during the 2021 Formula One season. The two driver’s went head to head on multiple occasions and even shared some dramatic clashes. Their rivalry pinnacled in the last race in Abu Dhabi where Verstappen overtook Hamilton claiming the World Championship title after a controversial ruling.

And the rivalries between the two drivers was shared by their team principals, Toto Wolff and Christian Horner of Mercedes and Red Bull respectively. The bosses took digs at the other teams addig fuel to the fire. Horner has the last laugh as his driver claimed the title and the last we saw of Wolff was of him smashing his headphones with rage.

But Toto Wolff’s anger hasn’t died down as the Austrian made some striking remarks on the then Race Director Micheal Masi in the new Sky Sports documentary Duel: Hamilton vs Verstappen. Masi’s decision changed Hamilton’s fate as teh Brit went from leading the crucial race to loosing the championship in a span of two laps.

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Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton on 2021 Abu Dhabi GP podium

In the documentary Hamilton’s contentious defeat to Verstappen was because of the “wrong decisions” from Race director Masi and that he was “turned” by Red Bull’s sporting director Jonathan Wheatley with whom he shared a “Bromance” with. “Jonathan Wheatley has done his job” said Toto Wolff. “He’s turned Michael Masi the race director, not only in Abu Dhabi but before, and probably Max owes him a lot.”

On his relationship with Masi post-race Wolff said, “I haven’t spoken to him and I don’t want to speak to him ever again. His decisions were wrong and I’m sure that he regrets them. The FIA should have seen much earlier that there was a problem. There was a problem with the structure. There was a problem of personalities.”

The controversial ruling by the then Race Director Micheal Masi allowed the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen to unlap themselves giving the Dutchman a chance to make the overtake on the Briton with his fresher soft tyres. Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas will alternate between races as the Race Director role. Herbie Blash has been given the designation of ‘permanent senior advisor’ and shall be overseeing the decisions of the Race Director.

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