Horner says he urged Masi to restart 2021 Abu Dhabi finale
Christian Horner says in his memoir that he intentionally pressured race director Michael Masi to resume the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after Nicholas Latifi’s crash triggered a safety car. The admission adds a new detail to a race that remains one of Formula 1’s most disputed title deciders.
In his memoir, Drive, Christian Horner revisits the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a race that is still widely viewed as contentious. The book opens with the title-deciding event.
Horner says that, for the first time, he has revealed that he deliberately tried to pressure race director Michael Masi to get the race restarted after Nicholas Latifi crashed his Williams and brought out the safety car.
The account concerns the closing stages of the 2021 Formula 1 season finale, when Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton were fighting for the championship.
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