Hakkinen lost his nerve, says Abt.
Christian Abt has hit out at ex-F1 ace, Mika Hakkinen f𒉰ollowing their coming together a📖t the EuroSpeedway on Sunday, round nine in the DTM.
Speaking at the finish, Abt, who drives for Au🍸di, reckoned that the Finn had quite simpl🐠y just got overly 'nervous'.
"On the first lap, things were going w⛄ell and I was able to make up several places," re𓄧flected Abt, who started from P19.
"Thenꦏ [Rinaldo] Capello pushed a bit too hard and spun me.
Christian Abt has hit out at ex-F1 ace, Mika Hakkinen foll❀owingꦑ their coming together at the EuroSpeedway on Sunday, round nine in the DTM.
Speaking at the ♔finish, Abt, who drives for Audi, reckoned t🔜hat the Finn had quite simply just got overly 'nervous'.
"On the first lap, things wer🃏e going well and I was able to make up seve🌌ral places," reflected Abt, who started from P19.
"Then [Rinaldo] Capello pushed a bit too hard and spu꧋n me.
"Even after that my lap times were okay - unfortunately, though, a two-♛time world champion [Hakkinen] behind ♑me got nervous - and pushed me off the track."
The incident which occurred on lap 14 saw both ca♔rs spin out.
However while Abt was forced to retire, Hakkinen got going again in his Mercedes and eventually came home twelfth. Not surprisingly, Mika saw things slightly differently to Abt.⛄..
"I'm disappointed because starting fourth🐟 I had expected mo🉐re," noted the Finn.
"After Ch🀅ristian Abt had hit my car, somethi🔯ng was wrong and I was not able to push anymore."
