News Details

Race restart 'in sport's best interests', says Masi

Race director, Michael Masi insists that restarting the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with just two laps remaining was in the best interests of the sport. Asked if he was surprised the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was restarted with just two laps remaining, Pierre Gasly, who went on to finish third, best summed up the situation. 'The Americans took over,' said the Frenchman, 'so I wasn't really surprised that we go first with the entertainment.' Following a brief delay after Max Verstappen's crash, the safety car was deployed, before the decision was finally taken to stop the race. In the meantime, Red Bull's sporting director, Jonathan Wheatley had radioed race director, Michael Masi to red flag the...
Full Story »
4y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Masi saw no reason not to restart Azerbaijan GP

FIA race director Michael Masi believed there was no reason not to...
4y ago from F1i.com

Baku red flag, late restart ‘in sport's best...

Formula 1 Race Director Michael Masi says the decision to red flag the...
4y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hamilton accidentally ‘switched off brakes’ on...

Azerbaijan Grand Prix – Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton has explained that...
4y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Race Report: Perez wins in Azerbaijan

The entire weekend at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was a chaotic and exciting...
4y ago from TheParcFerme.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

German GP signs deal to remain on MotoGP calendar...

The organisers of the German GP have announced that the race will remain...

Fabio Quartararo bemoans Yamaha’s ‘zero...

Fabio Quartararo admits his Yamaha currently has “zero potential”...
32m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez: ‘I prefer to be pessimistic’ about...

Marc Marquez admits he prefers to be “pessimistic” over his chances...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou opens ‘all the options’ in Ganassi’s...

Alex Palou won his seventh IndyCar race of the season on Sunday,...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Mixed Iowa fortunes eliminates Team Penske from...

Team Penske showed flashes of domination in the two races from Iowa...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Linus Lundqvist on standby if Nolan Siegel cannot race...

Arrow McLaren announced on Monday that Linus Lundqvist will be with the...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal target spotted at airport ahead of rumored...

Valencia's Cristhian Mosquera is one of the players who has been linked...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 'keeping a close eye' on 24-year-old versatile...

Real Madrid attacker Rodrygo Goes has been linked with a move away from...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal set to face competition from Bayern Munich in...

Arsenal have been credited with interest in Crystal Palace attacker...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Young, physical and composed - Mosquera has talent to...

One of the best indicators of Cristhian Mosquera's quality can be found in...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.