Wolff & Horner react as Italian GP ends behind Safety Car amid Abu Dhabi comparisons

Toto Wolff and Christian Horner have both given their thoughts on the Italian Grand Prix ending behind the Safety Car.

Max Verstappen took victory in Monza ahead of Charles Leclerc, though we were denied a grandstand finish as the race ended behind the Safety Car.

Daniel Ricciardo’s stricken McLaren took a considerable amount of time to be removed from the track and the stewards opted to deal with the situation under waved yellows and the Safety Car, meaning the final laps of the race ticked down without any more action.

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Of course, it’s always a shame when a race ends in such circumstances as it can feel a little sterile but those are ultimately the rules of the sport in such a situation, and what played out was correct.

Now, of course, what we have seen pretty quickly after the chequered flag at Monza is many bringing up Abu Dhabi and what happened there in 2021, perhaps unsurprisingly, and both Toto Wolff and Christian Horner have had their say on the matter.

“The race director’s call will be criticised,” Wolff said to Sky after the race.

“This time, they followed the rules. Maybe they could have done it a lap earlier or let [George Russell] through. But at least they followed the rules.

“They accepted that the race ended with a Safety Car. This is how it should be.”

Horner, meanwhile, had a different view:

“It’s the polar opposite of what happened in Abu Dhabi.

“They had more than enough time to get it going. We don’t want to win a race under a Safety Car.

“It’s something we’ve spoken about for years. We should finish racing. There was enough time to get racing. We had the faster car, we would have liked to win the race on the track, not behind a Safety Car.

“We share the