Max Verstappen: FIA doesn’t need to release full Abu Dhabi F1 report

Reigning Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen says the FIA doesn’t need to release its full report into the controversial events of last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in the FIA Press Conference.
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing in the FIA Press Conference.
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The FIA is expected to reveal the detai🎃ls of its investigation into F1’s 2021 title decider on Saturday. 

Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on th♊e final lap in Abu Dhabi after a late-rac🌌e Safety Car period caused by Williams’ Nicholas Latifi.

Former race director Michael Masi’s decision to restart the race having only let a number of cars unlap themselves which con♊travened the FIA’s sporting regulationsꦯ and led to widespread controversy after the race.

 

 

In respo𒈔nse to what happened, F1’s governing body has already made a number of changes for this season which included the removal of Masi as race director and the introducꩵtion of a VAR-style system to aid the stewards at race weekends.

Speaking ahead of the first race of the 2022 F1 season🎶 iꦬn Bahrain, Verstappen doesn’t believe the FIA should disclose the full report.

“I don’t think we need a full report,” Verstappen said in the F⛎IA press conference on Friday. “Every year it’s good to discuss about🐠 what happened and the year before what you can do better.

“That’sꦚ what teams do as well, right? You always analyse everything you do. We’ll find out. If things can be wri🍎tten down in an easier way or a way to understand it better, the wording, then for sure. But let’s see.”

Conversely, Hamilton thinks its important that F1 is “transparent” about h💖ow the events of Abu Dhabi occurred.

“I think that it’s important as a sport we are transꩵparent,” Hamilton said when asked the same question as Verstappen.

“I had a good meeting with Mohammed [bin Sulayem] last night, who agreed that’s the direction we should take as a sport and so, looking forward to seeing it come out and for people to know that the sport is transparent and we are learning from what’s happened in 🧜the📖 past and will make improvements moving forwards.”

Hamilton revealed 𝄹that he was fined for missing the FIA's prize gala at the end of last year.

“There will be some sort of fine re: the gala,” Hamilton added. “But🍎 we’ve worked together to make sure that the money will be put towards youths from underprivileged backgrounds [to help] them get into motorsport engineering.”

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