The season finale in Abu Dhabi was dubbed the Race of the Century and The Clash of the Titans, with Verstappen and Hamilton slugging it out.
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The results of the FIA’s detailed analysis into the shenanigans at the 2021 season finale Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be released so late after the fact, according to Zak Brown. Following the highly publicised race at Yas Marina in December an FIA task force led by new president Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Granted, the FIA was undergoing a transition from outgoing three-term president Jean Todt to newly elected Ben Sulayem, the timing of which was inconvenient because it occurred just as the new president took office.
However, even though it will be sixty days since the incident, the findings will not be made public until the 18th of March, practise day for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, which means another month. McLaren boss Brown questioned how long it will take to complete the investigation and whether last year’s misadventures will mar the start of the new season when speaking to Sky F1 at the Autosport Awards this past weekend.
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“The only thing I’m a little bit disappointed about is that we might share those results at the first race of the year. It doesn’t take that long to do an investigation. Let’s get it done, let’s go to the first race of the year talking about the first race of the year – not the last race of last year,” the McLaren cheif said.
The season finale in Abu Dhabi was dubbed the Race of the Century and The Clash of the Titans, with Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton slugging it out for 22 rounds over the course of an action-packed season, with the final 10 minutes or so of the race at Yas deciding the championship. Much has been written about Race Director Michael Masi and his FIA-appointed stewards’ decision-making process, as well as team principals’ ability to bully the’referee’ as the race devolved into embarrassing chaos. F1’s integrity did not have a good night.
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“F1 can definitely regain its credibility. It’s not the first time we’ve had an umpire or a referee make a controversial call,” Brown added.
