Overview
- Toto Wolff told The Telegraph that Michael Masi “destroyed the record of the greatest champion of all time,” referring to Lewis Hamilton’s lost eighth title.
- Susie Wolff, promoting her memoir, said the outcome left her in disbelief over a rule interpretation she viewed as unprecedented.
- At the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, only the lapped cars between Hamilton and Max Verstappen were allowed to unlap, leading to a one-lap restart.
- Verstappen, on fresher tyres, overtook Hamilton on the final lap to win the race and the championship.
- The FIA’s March 2022 report cited human error in the lapped-car process, said the race director acted in good faith, affirmed the results as final, and Masi was replaced before 2022.