Christian Horner believes the drama of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix confirmed Method One continues to be lacking the expertise of former FIA race director Charlie Whiting.

The Jeddah race descended into chaos, with two red-flag stoppages and a collision between championship contenders Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.

Crimson Bull had been livid Verstappen additionally acquired a five-second penalty for operating Hamilton huge whereas defending place shortly earlier than that collision.

Verstappen was additionally discovered predominantly accountable for the incident which noticed Hamilton drive into the again of him, having been discovered to have slammed on the brakes in a harmful vogue.

Present race director Michael Masi, who changed Whiting after his dying on the eve of the 2019 season, was a focus within the drama. Throughout one of many stoppages, Masi was successfully negotiating with Crimson Bull the place Verstappen would line up on the grid for the restart.

Masi had a busy night all spherical and at one level informed Mercedes’ Ron Meadows he was coping with different issues in addition to what was happening on the entrance.

After the race, Verstappen stated F1 is now “extra about penalties than racing”.

Horner stated it confirmed F1 wanted a determine like Whiting, who was probably the most revered figures in motor racing.

“I’ve stated it for too lengthy we’re over-regulated,” Horner stated. “It felt like… there’s guidelines about 10 automotive lengths however the formation lap is not a formation lap if it is a restart. It seems like there are too many guidelines.

“It felt like at present that the game missed Charlie Whiting. I’m sorry to say however the expertise he had… it is clearly irritating however it’s troublesome for Michael [Masi] and the stewards, significantly at one of these venue and one of these circuit with the quantity of particles and the sorts of corners there are however it’s the identical for everyone.”

Horner was confused by the scenario with Masi negotiating over Verstappen’s grid slot, likening it to being at a Saudi Arabian market.

“It is a bit like being down the souq, which was uncommon. I’ve not come throughout that beforehand.

“Clearly, we voiced our personal argument, I’m certain Mercedes voiced theirs. It was simply very irritating.

We did not really feel that the penalty, the five-second penalty, was actually warranted and positively felt Lewis simply drove up the again of Max’s automotive.”