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🚨 | 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗥: “𝗕𝗬 𝗣𝗨𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗠, 𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗨𝗡𝗟𝗔𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗦” 😳 Christian Horner has revisited the final Safety Car controversy of Abu Dhabi 2021, and openly described Red Bull pushing Michael Masi to allow the lapped cars through. 🎙️ 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿: “Originally he said, ‘No, the cars are not to unlap.’ And then by putting pressure on him, he agreed to unlap the cars.” But Horner also acknowledges the crucial detail: Masi only released the cars positioned between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. 🎙️ 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿: “The only controversial thing that he did… [was] only the ones between Lewis and Max.” Horner adds that, looking back, Masi could simply have allowed 𝗮𝗹𝗹 of the lapped cars through. That decision transformed the finale: Verstappen restarted directly behind Hamilton on fresh softs, while Lewis was on hards more than 40 laps old. 𝗡𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝟱 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝘁-𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀. [Christian Horner via Up To Speed] #F1 #AbuDhabi2021 #LewisHamilton