F1 | Red Bull, Horner defends Masi: "Mercedes made a mistake in Abu Dhabi"

Micheal Masi is no longer the race director of the GPs, replaced by the FIA ​​by Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas, assisted by Herbie Blash and the VAR. According to Chris Horner, however, Masi's removal was unfair and dictated by political motivations, because too much pressure had been generated on the Australian race director after the events in Abu Dhabi.

According to the Red Bull team principal, it was Mercedes who made the wrong strategy in the last GP of the year.

“I think there was too much pressure to remove Michael and it's not fair, that's my personal feeling. I think it's cruel, Masi was in a very difficult position last year - Horner's words - Among other things, in 2021 many decisions were against us, we were damaged many times. Mercedes made a mistake in Abu Dhabi. The GP was a game of chess, Mercedes had two chances to pit. There were two safety cars, one virtual and one real. Hamilton asked both times if he could make a pit stop and they left him out."