The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix left new FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem with no choice other than to rethink the race director role in Formula 1. An unorthodox safety car procedure in the latter stages of the race saw only the cars between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen to unlap themselves, allowing for one
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a race that was meant to go down in history as one of the best of all time, as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen entered the season finale level on points in their battle for the championship. A victory for Verstappen would have brought him his first ever
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The FIA have not had much luck with regards to the race director role in recent years, as they were forced to sack Michael Masi at the end of the 2021 season, and then chose to sack one of their two 2022 race directors following the controversial Japanese Grand Prix earlier this year. Masi was
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Michael Masi will be taking on a new venture starting in 2023, with the Aussie having been announced as a new director on the Karting Australia board, along with commercial lawyer Melissa Holzberger. The duo will begin their new rules at the start of January, which is, of course, just a couple of weeks away.
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A year on from ‘that’ race at Abu Dhabi and it continues to make headlines, with new comments on the controversial race having surfaced over the last couple of days. At the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen claimed his first World Championship, after race director Michael Masi failed to follow the rulebook. Masi’s
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Lewis Hamilton has endured a lot across his 16-year career in Formula 1; however, nothing could’ve prepared him for the rules being broken by the FIA during the 2021 season finale. The one-year anniversary of that controversial day is edging ever closer, with the race having taken place on the 12th December 2021. Hamilton and Max Verstappen
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Mercedes headed into the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 on the back of a disappointing Singapore Grand Prix. However, the sombre mood in the team didn’t stop team principal Toto Wolff from having a laugh with a fan. Ahead of qualifying last weekend at the Marina Bay Circuit, Mercedes were looking at a potentially very strong
MoreDuring a recent appearance on the Beyond the Grid podcast, Red Bull boss Christian Horner revealed that he has spoken to former Formula 1 race director Michael Masi “on a couple of occasions”. The Australian, who now works in the Australian Supercars series, was deemed to have made a “human error” at the controversial 2021
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Williams team principal Jost Capito has spoken in depth about the effect the 2021 season finale had on Nicholas Latifi, whilst featuring on the High Performance Podcast. The Canadian driver has had a horrific 2022 season, which took an embarrassing turn at the recent Italian Grand Prix. Interim team-mate Nyck de Vries, who replaced the ill Alex
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After not working since the controversial 2021 season finale, former F1 race director Michael Masi is back, after being appointed Chair of Supercars Commission in Australia. Masi was dropped as F1 race director over the winter, after the FIA’s investigation into his handling of the 2021 season finale came to the decision that he had
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