Defeat on the track in Abu Dhabi, at least in the battle for the drivers’ championship, Mercedes seemed to many to emerge victorious in the judicial-political battle that followed the controversial facts of Yas Marina. The Brackley team had announced, at the time of the withdrawal of the appeal initially presented to subvert the outcome of the race, that it would supervise “For the FIA and decision makers to make Formula 1 and the decision-making process more robust and coherent”. According to many the real goal of the team principal of the silver arrows, Toto Wolffwas the ‘head’ of the race director Michael Masi, considered the main architect – with his decisions – of the defeat of Lewis Hamilton. The goal has been achieved, with the Federation recently announcing the formation of a new racing direction for the 2022 championship.
Replacing the Australian Race Director, who had inherited the role from the late Charlie Whiting, will be Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich. The two will alternate on the bridge, assisted in their decisions also by a sort of ‘VAR’ of a footballing nature. Now, however, once the decisions have been made official, Wolff himself wanted to underline that his hand would not have been behind the removal of Masi. “The link between withdrawing our appeal and someone leaving the FIA is not true. I don’t know where these accusations come from “, insisted the Austrian manager. Honestly though, Wolff also stated on German TV RTL Of “do not be sorry” for Michael Masi’s farewell from his role. The exchange of words via radio between the two in the most excited moments of the race finale in Abu Dhabi had become one of the symbols of the controversial season finale.
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