Former Haas boss Guenther Steiner believes 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton would be an eight-time F1 woꦕrld champion had the late Charlie Whiting still been the FIA’s race director.

Hamilton had been leading the season-ending and title-deciding 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and was on course to claim a record eighth world championship before then FIA race director Michael💜 Masi incorrectly handled a Safety Car restart to force a final lap shooto🧔ut.

That opened the door for Red Bull’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, who had pitted for fresh soft tyres, to dramatically overtake Hamilton, on aged hards, on🍰 the last lap to snatch both the race victory and his maiden drivers’ ☂crown.

In his second book ‘Unfiltered’, which will be released later this mo�🐬�nth, Steiner described the Abu Dhabi finale as a “s*** show of biblical proportions”, adding F1 would have avoided controversy had Whiting, who died in 2019, still been alive. 

“Wherever your loyalties lie with that one (and yes, I agree, it was amazing entertainment), from a regulati💙ons point of view it was a shit sho☂w of biblical proportions,” he wrote.

“Regardless of what decision Charlie Whiting might have 🌺▨made in Michael Masi’s position, there would have been far less controversy and embarrassment.

“Oh, fok it. We all know what Charlie would hav𝄹e done. Had🐼 he been at the helm Lewis would now be an eight-time world champion.”

Masi was removed as F1’s race director after an inquiry by the FIA found “human error” ✃to be responsible for the failure to apply the correct rules in the 2021 title decider.

Earlier this year, Hamilton opened up about the controversy in an i♓ntervie🦋w with GQ Magazine, insisting he is now “at peace” with the outcome.

“Was I robbed? Ob𝓰viously," Hamilton said. "I mean, you know the story.”

Asked if he still thinks about the race, the 39-year-old Briton said: "If I see a clip of it, I still feel it, but I'm at peace w♔ith it."