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Michael Masi has been removed as Formula One race director due to the management of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year which led to Max Verstappen being controversially crowned world champion.
Michael Masi has been replaced as Formula One race director, the head of the sport's governing body said on Thursday, with Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas to share the role.
The FIA have confirmed that Michael Masi has been removed from the role of Formula 1 race director. Australian Masi, 44, had been under huge scrutiny since his controversial handling of the final race of the 2021 F1 season in Abu Dhabi which culminated in Max Verstappen taking the title from Lewis Hamilton.
Michael Masi has been removed as F1 race director as part of a restructure at governing body the FIA in the wake of last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Michael Masi has been removed from his role as Formula One’s race director.
El GP de Abu Dhabi, inolvidable para una amplia mayoría del paddock con ese desenlace épico en la última vuelta, se ha cobrado una víctima. Una pieza de caza mayor. Michael Masi ya no será más director de carrera de la Fórmula 1 después de la investigación que puso en marcha la FIA para, junto con los equipos, esclarecer el procedimiento del coche de seguridad que condicionó el final de aquella carrera, y de aquel campeonato. A partir de ahora, la función de director de carrera en el Mundial recaerá sobre dos figuras rotativas. Lo confirmó la FIA este jueves en un comunicado.
Lewis Hamilton is set to open up on the events which saw him cruelly denied a record eighth Formula 1 world title in Abu Dhabi last season.
The first grand prix of 2022 is a month away, but there is already plenty happening in the world of Formula 1.