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Alex Harrington

Christian Horner reveals new details of controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi GP

Christian Horner's memoir, Drive, begins with the contentious 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - a Formula 1 race that many still find divisive to this day. For the first time, the Briton revealed that he deliberately put pressure on Michael Masi to restart the race after Nicholas Latifi crashed his Williams, causing a safety car.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen and then-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton entered the last race of the 2021 season on even points. And in the final laps of the race, Hamilton was ahead, but a freshly pitted Verstappen had new rubber with just five lapped cars between them as they drove the circuit behind the safety car. Overtaking all five cars would be a tough ask for the young Dutchman.

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