The events of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is still haunting many those who have interest in Formula one. Race Director Michael Masi got a lot of heat for the controversy that lost Lewis Hamilton his 8th world championship title.
According to Lewis Webster, columnist in Business F1, claims that an FIA insider questioned whether Masi given a drug or sobriety test after the decisions he took at the Abu Dhabi GP 2021. The person who came up with the question has some influence in the FIA.
This ‘FIA person’ was under the impression that Masi could have been under the influence of something other than tobacco which is famously addicted to. This nameless person said that Masi’s behaviour was so strange that day that they believed it was not normal
Michael Masi’s decision lost Lewis Hamilton his 8th title
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were involved in a ferocious title in the 2021 season. This was one of a kind championship season that went on until the last lap of the 2021 season finale.
Hamilton was leading the race until a late safety car found its way to the track after Nicholas Latifi crashed. Initially as it was known, the cars behind safety car are not supposed to overtake each other, but during that race, Masi allowed the cars between Hamilton and Verstappen to unlap themselves and this led to Hamilton losing his record 8th championship title.
After the insider’s revelations, the Business F1 columnist revealed that drink or drug test have never been a part of the race control. Masi’s ‘human error’ was categorised under more cigarettes rather than normal.
