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Toto Wolff has made fresh claims about the relationship forged between former F1 race director Michael Masi and the Red Bull team.

In a new two-part Sky Sports F1 documentary called Duel: Hamilton v Verstappen, set to air on Sunday night at 7pm GMT, the Mercedes boss has taken further shots at the two key protagonists that ultimately denied Lewis Hamilton a record-breaking eighth World Championship at the 2021 season finale in Abu Dhabi.

Masi, now removed from his role as race director, had a sudden change of plan when Williams driver Nicholas Latifi crashed in the latter stage of a race which Hamilton had largely dominated.

He allowed only the lapped cars lodged between Hamilton and second-placed Verstappen to unlap themselves and essentially created a one-lap showdown between the title rivals, one that the Red Bull driver won having taken full advantage of his fresher tyres.

While Hamilton has made attempts to cool tensions and move past the events of the Abu Dhabi by making it clear he has no issues with Verstappen whatsoever, it is apparent that there is still some tension between the two teams given the new release of Wolff’s comments.

Wolff said that Masi and Red Bull’s sporting director Jonathan Wheatley had struck up a “bromance” over the course of the season, something which, in his view, influenced Masi’s decision-making process.

He added: “He’s [Wheatley] turned Michael Masi the race director, not