Almost half of F1 fans who took part in a Formula1News.co.uk poll believe that the FIA made a mistake by firing Michael Masi after the controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Specifically, 47.2 percent of participants said they don’t think the FIA made the right call by removing Masi as Formula 1’s race director ahead
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Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber has lamented the manner in which the 2021 championship was decided in December. Sir Lewis Hamilton had looked set to beat Max Verstappen to the title heading into the closing laps of the race at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but a late crash for Williams’ Nicholas Latifi
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Ex-F1 racer Martin Brundle was left feeling “uncomfortable” by a radio message from Red Bull’s Jonathan Wheatley sent to race director Michael Masi in the closing stages of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Sir Lewis Hamilton looked set to beat Max Verstappen to the championship, but a late crash for Nicholas Latifi brought out
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Former racing driver Tiff Needell has pointed to a radio communication by Christian Horner to Michael Masi late on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as the “spookiest part” of the 2021 championship drama. Sir Lewis Hamilton looked set to secure his record-eighth Formula 1 world championship late on in last year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has suggested that Ferrari will be an imposing presence amongst Formula 1’s leading fight in 2022. Sweeping changes to the technical regulation will see a massive distinction between this year’s cars and those of 2021 as the ground effect returns and the tyres get bigger. Mercedes team principal Toto
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Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has jumped to the defence of race director Michael Masi, indicating that the FIA underestimated the role they were plunging him into. Masi was involved in several contentious moments last season, not least at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he contradicted an earlier decision by allowing a
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Red Bull have said that they feel Pierre Gasly is “ready” to return to the senior team, after a very impressive two-and-a-half years with Scuderia AlphaTauri. The Frenchman was signed by Red Bull’s main outfit ahead of the 2019 season from Scuderia Toro Rosso (as their sister team was then called), but his career at
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Red Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley believes it is imperative that the FIA thoroughly investigate what transpired in the controversial 2021 season finale in Abu Dhabi in December. Race director Michael Masi had initially ruled that no lapped runners would be permitted to pass the Safety Car late on in the title-decider as Sir Lewis
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown is not impressed by Formula 1 team principals recently lobbying race director Michael Masi for favourable in-race decisions. Persistent throughout the 2021 season were comments from Red Bull and Mercedes team members made over the radio to Masi during races, and this was particularly prevalent during the season finale in Abu
MoreRed Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley has tested positive for coronavirus and, as per FIA protocols, will self-isolate for 10 days and therefore won’t be attending this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. “We can confirm that during mandatory pre-race testing in the UK, Sporting Director Jonathan Wheatley tested positive for COVID-19,” Red Bull Racing said in
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