![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/toto-wolff-brings-up-lewis-hamiltons-stolen-2021-title-in-mercedes-jibe-at-red-bull/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Toto-Wolff-Lewis-Hamilton-main-AP-GETTY.jpg&description=More than 18 months have passed since Max Verstappen snatched the 2021 F1 title from Hamilton's grasp on the final lap of that infamous Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale Lewis Hamilton may have controversially lost the 2021 title to Max Verstappen, but Toto Wolff feels Mercedes won hearts and minds as a result. It will forever be one of the most divisive conclusions to a race in Formula 1 history. And it came at the end of a thrilling title battle which lasted the whole season and which both drivers deserved to win. Verstappen was the one who came out on top, overtaking on the final lap after former race director Michael Masi's "human error" in how he handled the latest safety car period which changed everything. Wolff has said on many occasions that it is now in the past and that he prefers not to dwell on the disappointment. But it is clear that he is still hurt by the injustice he feels over how it played out. That said, the Austrian pointed out one benefit the outcome had for his Mercedes team, compared to their Red Bull rivals. "I would have rather won the championship, but today we have more fans," he said in an appearance on BBC Radio's Desert Island Discs. "Both drivers started with equal points into this race. Best man and best machine wins, and the best men that day didn't win. And it's still something that stings, not of losing it because I would have been able [and] all of us would have been able to lose that race fair and square and admit that. But it was stolen and that made it difficult. "The FIA was with its next regime, a new president was voted in literally that month, and was able to admit that a mistake was made and it was 'human error' – that's how they called it. But, obviously, that was not bringing us the trophy back and was not making Lewis the only eight-time world champion. "But you just need to overcome it. And I think Lewis and I are very similar in that respect, we are able to compartmentalise. But it is what it is. Much worse things happen i){kind=link}
More than 18 months have passed since Max Verstappen snatched the 2021 F1 title from Hamilton’s grasp on the final lap of that infamous Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale
Lewis Hamilton may have controversially lost the 2021 title to Max Verstappen, but Toto Wolff feels Mercedes won hearts and minds as a result.
It will forever be one of the most divisive conclusions to a race in Formula 1 history. And it came at the end of a thrilling title battle which lasted the whole season and which both drivers deserved to win.
Verstappen was the one who came out on top, overtaking on the final lap after former race director Michael Masi’s “human error” in how he handled the latest safety car period which changed everything.
Wolff has said on many occasions that it is now in the past and that he prefers not to dwell on the disappointment. But it is clear that he is still hurt by the injustice he feels over how it played out.