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McLaren CEO insists Masi ruling wasn’t ‘malicious’ against Hamilton

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has said he is not of the opinion that race director Michael Masi deliberately cost Sir Lewis Hamilton the 2021 championship and threw it Max Verstappen’s way. Hamilton and Verstappen entered the final round the season in Abu Dhabi level on points following an intense year of racing, and the Briton spent much of the season finale in the lead. He looked set to comfortably seal his record eighth world title, but a late crash for Williams’ Nicholas Latifi tossed everything into the air. READ: New Mercedes turbo will allow for ‘more extreme strategies’ Verstappen’s subsequent Safety Car pit-stop left five runners between the two leaders going into the closing...
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