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Formula 1 Safety Car rules tweaked ahead of 2022 season

Formula 1's governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules on Tuesday to avoid a repeat of the controversy that erupted after last year's Title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi. Race director Michael Masi, who was replaced last month, changed the procedure in the closing laps at Yas Marina in a move that allowed Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pass Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and take the Title. Hamilton would otherwise have taken a record eighth championship. The governing FIA spelled out in a revised edition of the 2022 sporting regulations that ‘all', rather than the more ambiguous ‘any', lapped cars must unlap themselves before a re-start. Masi had allowed the race to resume after...
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