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Hamilton ‘crusaders' must end witch-hunt, accept Masi did nothing wrong

Formula 1 journalist Joe Saward does not believe it is likely that race director Michael Masi will lose his job, and has stressed to fans of Sir Lewis Hamilton that the Australian did “nothing fundamentally wrong.” Masi was at the epicentre of extreme controversy when he allowed only five lapped cars to overtake the Safety Car late on in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year. This contradicted a previous decision to leave all of the lapped runners in position due to time constraints threatening to see the season finale end behind the Safety Car. It was the same reason Mercedes opted not to pit Hamilton and Max Verstappen, who had bolted on fresh tyres, was able to pass the seven-time...
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