Todt, the ex-Ferrari team principal at the time of Michael Schumacher’s dominance, was the outgoing president of the FIA at the tim🐎e of the 2021 season-ending race in Abu Dhabi.

Race director Michael Masi’s incorrect application of the Safety Car rule infamously resulted in 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen’s first F1 championship, and ended 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of a record eighth.

"I didn't do anything, it's not the role of the president of the FIA,” Todt t⛦old . 

“Referees must be autonomous. Have you ever heard [FIFA president Gianni] Infantino say ‘Here there was a penalty,♋ and here there wasꦗ not’.

“In the documentary [‘The Method’ on French TV] you can see that I'm watching that race in the count🦩ry hoꦑuse with the crew. 

“Horner and Wolff call me and to them I reply📖: ‘I can't i🅰nterfere, it's the responsibility of the stewards and the race director.’”

The Merced📖es and Red Bull team principals cont🎀roversially spoke to race director Masi as the drama unfolded.

The rest, as they say, is history.

That ra𝓰ce was the last before Mohammed Ben Sulayem took over as FIA president before the 2022 season.

Masi, meanwhile, lost his job at the FIA but, last week, returned to the F1 paddock for the first time since his notorious overseeing of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prꦓix.