Death threats via social media for the accident that caused the Safety Car to enter in the final stages of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit, a decisive moment that indirectly gave Max Verstappen the opportunity to get back in the running for the victory, which was eventually taken on the very last lap, when the safety car returned to the pits and the Dutch Red Bull driver was therefore able to take advantage of his fresh tyres and overtake Lewis Hamilton to win the 2021 Formula One world title in a dramatic matter.
In an open letter he posted to social media on Tuesday, e Williams driver Nicholas Latifi called out the unpleasant messages he received in the wake of the race but says they were “not really a surprise to me”. He also confirmed that he deleted Instagram and Twitter from his phone in the wake of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in anticipation of receiving online abuse.
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Scuderia Ferrari Spanish driver Carlos Sainz expressed his solidarity with his Williams colleague, underlining the dangerous drift that has now become the practice on social media. “It’s the bad reality that sometimes we live in social media. Sometimes I don’t get involved because there is so much polarisation. The fact that you don’t have to reveal your identity, gives you an uncontrolled power and that worries me. Especially with young people who are not mature enough to control the anger that comes from there. We see how someone can be so fanatical in a bad way. The drivers have already done a weekend without social media so the platforms can help us, hopefully in the future there will be more control with these people, I don’t like to see it, I don’t understand it and we just feel inhibited by it.” – the Ferrari driver explained, in a recent interview for Spanish newspaper Marca.
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