Häkkinen believes Masi made the suitable resolution
Mika Häkkinen shouldn't be mistaken in relation to discussing the 2021 season finale: "We are going to speak about it for a very long time!". The 2-time World Champion stated he was by no means "to not imagine" what occurred through the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which ended with the victory and the coronation of Max Verstappen on the expense of Lewis Hamilton. "They each regarded completely shocked, though their phrases after the race had been good to listen to. They're good ambassadors for F1.", he assures in his column for Unibet.
The Finn's opinion on the controversial situation, following the intervention of the security automotive and the way in which through which the race was restarted, is nevertheless not ambiguous. Regardless of the robust reactions provoked by this remaining, going so far as the criticism filed by Mercedes and rejected earlier than a hypothetical attraction, Mika Häkkinen considers that Michael Masi did effectively to restart the race.
"Was race director Michael Masi proper to hurry up the top of the Security Automobile interval, letting the automobiles between Max and Lewis break up and restarting the race for one lap? I feel that may have was a lot worse if this World Championship had ended behind a Security Automobile. It could have actually been a chilly bathe ", believes the previous McLaren driver.
"The clerk of the course's resolution, then supported by the 4 marshals, relies on his understanding of the foundations, together with his duty to determine when the security automotive returns to the pit. The stability of choices between security and the promotion of the race is probably the most tough job of the clerk of the course. "
"In case you have a look at the consequence, when it comes to security and promotion of the race, Michael has achieved his job. If Mercedes decides to problem the results of the race and the World Drivers' Championship, the selections which have been made and the way the foundations had been utilized will probably be examined intimately. I do not imagine the outcomes will change. "
Confronted with this conclusion, which turned to the benefit of Crimson Bull Racing, Mika Häkkinen wish to salute with insistence the extent displayed by Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton all through this historic season, which noticed them current themselves on the final Grand Prix in equality of factors.
"It was the tightest combat doable, a season that appeared to go in Crimson Bull's path till Lewis got here again robust in direction of the top", he notes. "His victories in Brazil, Qatar and Saudi Arabia confirmed why he was such a star. I actually suppose he carried his group."
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