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Brawn defends Masi after ‘negotiation’ criticism

Ross Brawn said race director Michael Masi handled decisions in an 'extremely difficult race' correctly in Saudi Arabia on Sunday. Masi had come in for criticism after speaking to Red Bull during a red flag period and making an ‘offer' to drop Max Verstappen down to P3 on the grid for the restart, after going off track to fend off Lewis Hamilton at Turn 1. This has been construed in some quarters as the race director making a ‘deal' with Red Bull, but Masi himself said this kind of conversation is not an irregular occurrence in the sport. Red Bull accepted Masi's ruling on the issue, with the possibility of a decision from the stewards coming into play had they not done so....
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