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Adrian Newey says the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix “got to Mercedes” and “it started to affect their psyche which is an interesting one”.
Former Red Bull Chief Technical Officer – and Aston Martin’s new Managing Technical Partner – Adrian Newey, has opened up on how he feels Mercedes has been dealing with the fallout from the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The controversial race saw Max Verstappen beat Lewis Hamilton for the world title, after the race director unjustly changes the rules that govern the use of the Safety Car.
Newey now says Mercedes’ problem is that they just “couldn’t let it go”.
“I think it got to Mercedes and instead of accepting it and moving on it started to affect their psyche which is an interesting one,” the Briton said.
“Psychologically they couldn’t let it go. You know we all have a bad race, perhaps we should have won and the bloody thing broke down on the last lap or whatever.
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“When I always have a personal issue I’ll be horrible to be around in the airport and that Sunday evening but come Monday morning I’ve got to wake up and be back on it.
“I can’t go back into the factory all miserable and downbeat. Part of my position I suppose is to try to hopefully motivate everybody, not to say: ‘It’s so unfair oh we were robbed.’
“Doesn’t help, does it?” Newey concluded.
Newey then got accused on social media of disrespecting Lewis Hamilton with his comments. This caught the eye of his wife Amanda Newey, who quickly replied.
“No, he didn’t [disrespect Hamilton]. He has a great deal of respect for Lewis,” she wrote.
