Final Up to date on 29 Jan 2022 10:30 am (UK Time)
Method 1 may have a brand new race director subsequent season, after the pinnacle of the FIA showed that Michael Masi might be changed following the occasions of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
After the process across the protection automobile restart used to be now not adopted as it should be through Masi, Max Verstappen used to be controversially ready to protected his maiden Method 1 name.
Peter Bayer, newly appointed because the FIA’s head of F1, mentioned: “Michael (Masi) did a great task in some ways. We advised him that.
“But in addition that there’s a chance there is usually a new race director.”
Bayer is accountable for main the inquiry into what came about at Yas Marina Circuit, over some and now not all lapped vehicles being allowed to go the leaders, and the timing of the restart, which allowed a one-lap shootout between Verstappen on recent comfortable tyres and Lewis Hamilton on used onerous tyres.
If the game does now not see important adjustments, it dangers dropping its maximum a hit motive force in Hamilton, who is not going to come to a decision whether or not he desires to go back to Method 1 till he has noticed the result of the inquiry.
Mercedes crew important, Toto Wolff, mentioned Hamilton had develop into “dissatisfied” with the game and “robbed” of a record-breaking 8th Driving force’s Championship.
“As a racer, his center will say: ‘I wish to proceed’ as a result of he’s on the height of his sport,” Wolff mentioned.
“However we need to triumph over the ache that used to be brought about upon him.
“I’m in a day by day discussion with him. However there isn’t so much to speak (about) this present day. Every people copes in our personal method with the emotions we now have this present day.
“I simply wish to do the maximum I will be able to to assist him to triumph over the emotions that he has to ensure that him to go back robust with a love of the game and consider within the decision-making of the game subsequent yr.
“And we would like very a lot that this will be the case.”
Another choice the FIA are taking is to separate the function of race director between a couple of other people, to ease the stress on Masi, or whoever replaces him.
The FIA plans to introduce a sequence of safeguards that can depart the race director freer to make selections in a calmer setting.
“(We’re taking a look at) dividing the quite a lot of duties of the race director, who may be sports activities director, protection and monitor delegate.
“That used to be merely an excessive amount of. Those roles are divided between a number of other people. This reduces the load at the race director.”
They might also arrange a “challenge keep watch over” base in Geneva, to remotely improve Masi.
Bayer has already showed that crew principals will now not have the ability to without delay talk to the race director, with an worker in position to take the queries, taking into account a choice to be made in a peaceful setting.
