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Masi refutes 'entertainment before safety' claims

FIA race director, Michael Masi has hit back at claims the sport is compromising safety for the sake of improving the show. The claims follow yesterday's Tuscan Grand Prix, and in particular the initial rolling restart. Based on examples in a number of the support races, and the Grand Prix itself, a number of drivers, including Mercedes pair, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas, claim that the FIA is deliberately delaying putting out the lights on the safety car and thereby causing the field to bunch up, rather than allowing the race leader to freely dictate events, a situation which usually sees the leader catch his rivals on their back feet as he disappears into the distance. 'Absolutely...
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