Gareth Bale looks visibly annoyed as he reveals why he is BOYCOTTING ‘unfair’ Formula 1
GARETH BALE revealed he is no longer an F1 fan as he is still fuming over the way the 2021 season ended.
Sir Lewis Hamilton was denied the title in dramatic circumstances in Abu Dhabi as Max Verstappen took the chequered flag and the championship.
Bale was outraged at F1 for bending the rules to allow a winner-takes-all duel between Hamilton and Verstappen to take place.
He said on an appearance on Random Golf Club: “I don’t after what happened to Hamilton a few years ago.
“It was not fair. The fact he had to go through all the traffic and couldn’t pit stop.
“Like how they let it happen…as soon as he was let through and he was full of petrol it was never a race.”
Several fans were up in arms over the manner in which the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was concluded.
Many claim Verstappen was given an unfair advantage as he was able to pit following a crash in which a safety car was deployed, where fresh tyres were put onto his car.
Former race director Michael Masi initially instructed the lapped cars not to overtake the safety car, but reversed his decision under pressure from Red Bull chief Christian Horner.
Mercedes instantly appealed the decision, but team principal Toto Wolff eventually dropped the objection.
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However fans have since launched a petition calling for Verstappen to be stripped of his title, which has attracted 100,000 signatures.
The FIA’s official report blamed “human error” for the error but stopped short of offering a full apology or taking responsibility for the controversy.
It also FAILED to identify whether Masi had been influenced by the radio messages between himself and the Red Bull pitwall.