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F1's crunch meeting over Abu Dhabi fallout: What's going on?

What's happening today and why is it important?

The events of last season's Abu Dhabi GP decider have remained under the spotlight in the two months since, and the FIA, F1's governing body, has been hard at work with a formal inquiry and a "detailed analysis" of the race.

Today is the day the findings of those investigations are set to be presented.

The F1 Commission, which involves the teams, the FIA and F1, is meeting in London - and it is expected that the changes the FIA recommends as a result of Abu Dhabi will be discussed.

The meeting does not involve drivers, although the FIA promised an "open discussion" with all of them beforehand.

It is also not yet clear just how much of the meeting will be made public - as any changes can not be formally approved until a World Motor Sport Council meeting on March 18 - but given the gravity of today there should be an update on what has been proposed.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem, who has recently replaced Jean Todt as FIA president, is understood to have taken a personal involvement in the matter, alongside other senior figures at the governing body.

The review has featured input from teams and drivers, while the inquiry team also intended to speak to those who had central roles in the final race, including race director Michael Masi, the stewards, and key team representatives.

In its initial statement on the matter, the FIA admitted that fallout from the season's final laps and fan backlash was "tarnishing the image of the championship", although it also suggested the events and subsequent arguments had also "generated significant misunderstanding and reactions from Formula 1 teams, drivers and fans".

The governing body said it wanted to have "identified meaningful feedback and

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