While Christian Horner and Toto Wolff have buried the hatchet in Barcelona – for now at least – Sky Sports F1 resurrects it once again. The British medium presented the documentary called Duel: Hamilton vs. Verstappen ( Duel: Hamilton vs. Verstappen in Spanish) on Sunday at 8:00 p.m. GTM, a work that will have two parts.
The story of the past Formula 1 season is told in detail, as well as interviews with Max Verstappen, Christian Horner and Toto Wolff.
Of course, the conversation with the Mercedes boss focuses on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and he reiterates that he no longer wants to talk to Michael Masi , race director of that appointment: “I haven’t talked to him and I don’t want to do it again “.
Wolff acknowledges that Masi himself was a victim, even in the wake of the FIA investigation: “His decisions were wrong, and I’m sure he now regrets them too. The FIA should have recognized much sooner that there was a problem with the structure and with the people at the forefront”.
With the team leaders themselves shouting in the ear of the race director, as could be seen and heard on the television broadcasts, where Wolff himself has been an important protagonist in the ban decision, having sent various messages. The Austrian from Mercedes sees it differently, and points a finger at Jonathan Wheatley , the sporting boss of Red Bull .
The boss of the Germans affirms that this figure of the energy drink team has “a close friendship” with Masi: “Jonathan Wheatley has done his job. He had Michael Masi as race director, not only in Abu Dhabi, but also before. Max probably owes him a lot.”
After that, Wolff cites several moments, but mainly at the end in Abu Dhabi: “It was like a football game in which we were leading 1-0, but suddenly the referee said ‘now it’s 0-0 again and we’re going to look for the golden goal’. Now whoever scores first wins, and we also had to play without shoes”.
This shows that the defeat continues to sink deep into Wolff’s mind, who says he has to turn the page and now looks to 2022: “I feel a little sorry for Max. He deserves the championship, but everyone talks only about Abu Dhabi “.
