For the first time in nearly ten years, Formula 1 is heading into a season that will not feature a driver Mercedes in the role of reigning world champion. The absolute domination of the Anglo-German team, which began in 2014, was in fact interrupted with the victory of Max Verstappen in 2021author of a long and exciting challenge with Lewis Hamilton who proclaimed the winner only on the last lap of the last race on the calendar. An event, the one held in Abu Dhabiwhich however spawned a long trail of controversy for the way in which the success of the 24-year-old Dutchman materialized, especially thanks to the controversial decisions implemented by the now former Clerk of the Course Michael Masi. Since then, Mercedes has repeatedly highlighted, over the winter, the injustice suffered by Yas Marina, with Hamilton himself having even disappeared from social media, making his fans fear for a possible withdrawal from competitions.
In this regard, Verstappen himself wanted to reiterate his thoughts on his world title, stating that he deserved it not exclusively for the developments of the last race of 2021, but with merit: “A championship is won in an entire season, not by a decision in the last race – specified the new number 1 a De Telegraaf – And i think i deserved the title. There may be people who only watched the last Grand Prix. They may think he was lucky but, without some very unfortunate episodes, the championship would have been decided in my favor a long time ago. “. In addition to these statements, Mad Max he also answered a question relating to the general attitude of Mercedes, which would have sparked all the controversies of recent months also to take away the prestige of the title won by the Red Bull driver. Toto Wolff first of all pointed out that we talk more about Michael Masi than about Verstappen: “Could be – he replied – but if they know me well, they know I don’t care. It has been a crazy and epic Formula 1 season. The team that lost he will try without taking away the charm of the opponent’s victorybut I can assure you that this success has an unaltered value for me ”.
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