“Need to Be Maybe a Formula 1 Race Director”: Premier League Commentator Makes Mockery of F1 Amid Liverpool’s Diminishing Title Hopes

The controversial finale of the last season’s F1 world championship is cemented in history. FIA and the F1 race director came under a lot of fire for their controversial safety car decision. The decision eventually changed the fate of the two drivers fighting for the championship.

But now, all said and done, the controversial decision has become a joke of sorts and is crossing the sporting divide.

Martin Tyler, an English commentator, produced pure gold during his coverage of an English Premier League fixture. The commentator referenced the incident of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, brilliantly during a game.

He perfectly summed up and explained the current situation in the EPL title fight between Liverpool and Manchester City. Tyler’s words were timed to perfection as he threw the entire FIA and F1 under the bus for his reference.

The commentating genius was during a game between Southampton and Liverpool. A game Liverpool needed to win to stay in the title fight and even a draw wouldn’t have sufficed. And to sum this situation up, Martin Tyler said, “They want to go into the final day only with a win really I mean you need to be maybe a Formula 1 race director if it’s a draw to try and conjure a kind result.” 

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Still relevant and brought up in a different sport altogether will tell you the gravitas of the incident. The hilarious dig at the FIA and the race director showcased the incident will never get old, at least for some time to come.

Strict action by the F1 authorities after the Abu Dhabi incident

To catch you up, Michael Masi was the race director for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. His controversial decision during the safety car period led to a lot of drama on and off-track which handed Max Verstappen the championship win.

But later on, Michael Masi was removed from his post after due consideration and was replaced by Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich. The replacements came in with a host of changes in the rules because of Masi’s decision.

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Let’s hope there are fewer controversies and more racing in the coming seasons. But we need to always account for human error, resulting in similar incidents in the future as well.