Toto Wolff says Max Verstappen and Red Bull team principal Christian Horner thanked him and Mercedes for a “great season”.
The final laps of the 2021 F1 season finale produced one of the most controversial moments in F1 history. The decision of race director Michael Masi to let lapped cars drive out under safety car conditions gave Verstappen an unprecedented advantage over Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen, who was on fresh tires, overtook Hamilton on the final lap when the safety car ended. With that he brought home the race win and his first world championship title. Mercedes was furious at the course of these events and immediately protested the verdict.
Their protest was dismissed and after a few days of uncertainty they decided to withdraw their appeal, ending the fiasco.
Despite the looming controversy, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff took the time to send Verstappen and his Red Bull colleague Horner a message of congratulations after the Abu Dhabi GP.
It was a very competitive season between the two teams. And both drivers and team bosses recognized the size of this fight, as Wolff recently revealed.
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Both teams are looking forward to a duel between Mercedes and Red Bull in 2022
According to Toto Wolff, Verstappen and Horner are looking forward to another fight in 2022.
“Thank you very much. It was a tough fight. I’m looking forward to next year.” Verstappen replied to Toto Wolff’s text message. Meanwhile, Horner reacted with similar respect to his rival boss.
“He wrote that it was a good duel and that we must not forget that we are eight-time constructors champions.” said Wolff of Horner’s answer.
Toto Wolff thinks that the events in the 2021 season will only bind Mercedes and Red Bull together for the future.
He has no problems with Helmut Marko, Christian Horner and Max Verstappen: https: //t.co/Klnr4yy2aU # F1 @ MercedesAMGF1 pic.twitter.com/7U9cGBXSIS
– FormulaRapida.net 
(@FormulaRapidaEN) December 31, 2021
Despite all the animosity between the two teams this season, there was always a lot of respect. This was highlighted by members of both teams throughout 2021 and is further suggested by the words exchanged between them after the Abu Dhabi GP.
Max Verstappen recently spoke about the moment he met Toto Wolff in a restaurant in Monaco ahead of the Saudi Arabia GP.
“The relationship, I think I can be a forgiving person. But at the moment everything is so new. That it is better not to talk about it too much, “said Verstappen.
“But I saw Toto in Monaco outside of Saudi Arabia. I had dinner and he sat next to me at the table and we talked. Of course he gives everything for his team and I know that mine will do everything they can. “
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