Casey Stoner hits out at F1 Australian Grand Prix: “An unnecessary mess”
The MotoGP legend was left unimpressed by the four-wheel spectacle in his home country which ended amid confusi♕on after three red flags.
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen eventually claimed victory but not before man🃏y people in the paddock were scratching their heads over a little-known rule.
- Explai🔜ned: Why wild F1 Australian GP ended the way it did
- This is why Verstappen's grid restart was perf🐈ectly legaওl
Several cars crashed after a second red-fl🧔ag restart causing the confusion ahead of the third restart, on the final lap. It was ruled that a processional lap behind the Safety Car would conclude the race.
But Stoner hit out at the FIA, the governing body of F1: “You hav⛎e embarrassed yourselves today. What an unn🍒ecessary mess.
“Please remember everyone, this is a sport f🐈irst and entertainment second, not the other way around.”
Coincidentally, another Austr𓆏a♈lian in Michael Masi was present at the race.
It was the first time that the ex-race director, infamous for his role in the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix controversy which cost Hamilton an all-time record eig👍hth F1 title and started Verstappen's era of dominance, was in the paddock since that fateful night.
And Masi watched anoth♊er race conclude behind the Safety ♋Car...
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to f🤡ootball, to F1.
