Toto Wolff has reopened the debate about the contentious 2021 F1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Mercedes’ 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton lost out🐻 on what would have been an all-time record eighth F1 title in the final moments of the last race of the season.

Race director Michael ꦚMasi’s controversial application of the Safety Car rule enabled Max Vers🙈tappen to win his first title, ushering in Red Bull’s era of glory.

Mercedes boss Wolff hit out at Christian Horner’s Red Bull on the Armchair Expert podcast: “The other side - not Max - there was not one sentence to say ‘it was a di🐈fficult day for Mercedes, we acknowledge it, they are both deserving champions and today it went against Mercedes’.

“Thꦡere was not one word from Christian or the team to ackn😼owledge that. It was entitlement.”

Wolff claim✨s that Mercedes would have dealt with the is༒sue differently.

“We would have said it,” he insisted.

Lewis Hamilton denied record F1 title

Wolff insists that the events of the 2💞021 Abu Dhabi GP remain among the most controversial across any sport.

“Probably in most sp♊orts be💜cause it was so clear that the referee decided to do something which was not in the rulebook,” he said.

“It was not even a judgement call, it was ﷺnoꦆt in the rulebook.”

Wolff added: “The strict interpretation of the rule is that youಌ need to unlap the cars and make them join at the back.

“[Then] we win the champ🔯ionship. It is clear. There are not enough lಞaps left. The race finishes under a Safety Car.

“The🐎 second ver🐎sion is: once you make the cars unlap, you need one more lap before a green flag. We win the championship.

“The third? More of an outlier, against the rules, but we could have understood - you have a green flag lap, not behind a Safety Car. Then Lewis would have won bec⛎ause there were three or fo🦂ur cars in between.

“Anyway, this was not part of the rule."

Wolff continued about Masi's involvement: “Then, someone decides that the champ🐓ionship should end with a lap. Unlapping the cars in the middle was unheard of.

“Both drivers were deserving world champions.”

Hamilton hintedꦜ at retiring in the immediate aftermath of the 2021 finale.

Upon his return, Mercede👍s slumped into a dreadful two-year 𝔍period.

Although he ended his winless run last summer at Silverstone, Hamilt𝓰on has spent three years without a car that consistently fights at the front.

This year he has swapped Mercedes for Ferrari, aiming to finally capture the elusive eighth F1♕ title.