Vibrant plea from Verstappen for Masi!

The Masi affair began on December 12, 2021, when the FIA ​​race director decided on a very personal interpretation of the regulations during the final round of the world championship. This has the effect of offering on a platter the title to Max Verstappen. The affair caused a lot of noise and forced the sporting authorities to launch an internal investigation to determine the possible failings of its representative. The judgment is rendered on February 17, 2022. Michael Masi loses his position which will now be occupied by Niels Wittich, former race director DTM, and Eduardo Freitas, race director WEC. A decision which obviously does not fail to revolt Max Verstappen who, today, as part of the FIA ​​press conference held in Barcelona, ​​launched into a diatribe with Voltairian accents against the injustice of which the Australian would be a victim.

For Verstappen, “it’s very unfair what happened to Michael”

"I don't think it's right. he suggested with a somewhat clenched jaw. For me, it's very unfair what happened to Michael because he was really thrown to the lions. Of course, people talk a lot about what was decided in Abu Dhabi, but can you imagine the referee in any sport having the coach or equivalent shouting in his ear all the time: “yellow card”, “red card”, “no decision”, “no foul”? It's impossible to make a decision. » Quite ironically, the one who “screamed” the most was none other than his boss Christian Horner, but the World Champion obviously took care not to specify this in his pleading.

“I feel really sorry for Michael because he was a really good and competent race director, he continued, visibly upset. I have nothing against the new guys who, I have no doubt, are also very capable, but I felt really sad for Michael when I learned of his replacement and I sent him a text to express my disappointment! » A very natural disappointment, and undoubtedly inversely proportional to that of Lewis Hamilton !

“Everyone needs experience, he finally concluded. If I look back, when I first came into this sport, I was a total rookie and now I know so much more than I did then and I think it would have been the same for Michael. So, for me, firing him immediately was not the right decision. » Would it have been if he had been in his British opponent's place?

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