Sir Lewis Hamilton has posted a cryptic message on social media just a handful of hours after it was announced that Michael Masi won’t continue to serve as race director in 2022. Fans of the Briton have been calling for Masi to get sacked ever since the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The race director
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Two months after the highly controversial ending to the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the FIA today offered Sir Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes some solace by axing Michael Masi. Masi left the Silver Arrows and the seven-time world champion feeling cheated after an unusual Safety Car restart ahead of the final lap of the season
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Michael Masi has been fired as the race director of Formula 1 following the highly controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem announced the move on Thursday, and said that the Australian will be offered a new role at motorsport’s governing body. Effective from the upcoming Barcelona pre-season test, Masi will
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Former Formula 1 driver Danny Sullivan has defended race director Michael Masi after the controversial end to the 2021 season, and sympathises with the amount of work he has on his plate. Masi has been under intense scrutiny since the close of last year’s title battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen when he
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Former Formula 1 driver Jenson Button does not believe that race director Michael Masi was entirely to blame for the controversy at the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and suggests that radio communication between teams and race control “needs to be changed.” Sir Lewis Hamilton was comfortably leading the season finale in December from title
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Williams driver Nicholas Latifi has revealed that he had to employ personal security in the aftermath of the abhorrent abuse he suffered following the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sir Lewis Hamilton was leading the season-ending race at the Yas Marina Circuit from title rival Max Verstappen, but a late crash for the Canadian resulted
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Newly appointed FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem says that Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Red Bull’s Christian Horner got on just fine during a meeting of the F1 Commission earlier this week. Team bosses met to discuss the controversial end to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in 2021, in which race director Michael Masi
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Formula 1 journalist Joe Saward does not believe it is likely that race director Michael Masi will lose his job, and has stressed to fans of Sir Lewis Hamilton that the Australian did “nothing fundamentally wrong.” Masi was at the epicentre of extreme controversy when he allowed only five lapped cars to overtake the Safety
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Formula 1 teams bosses – most notably Toto Wolff and Christian Horner – arrived in London earlier this week to meet with the FIA and discover their initial findings from the investigation they are carrying out into the controversial closing stages of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen defeated Sir Lewis Hamilton to
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Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber reckons that Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen could do with some time to lick their wounds after a titanic title battle last season that took its toll on Mercedes and Red Bull. The pair became embroiled in a title fight for the ages last year as they battled
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