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Berger and Haug praise ‘extremely clever' Masi

Gerhard Berger and Norbert Haug have praised the way in which Michael Masi handled things towards the end of the season. The FIA race director has received a huge amount of criticism for the part he played in the outcome of the 2021 title fight which saw Max Verstappen overtake Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the final race to prevail. The Dutchman was largely able to do so as Masi instructed the five lapped cars between the two frontrunners behind the Safety Car to unlap themselves but didn't allow other backmarkers to, ensuring the race wouldn't finish behind the SC and Verstappen would be right behind Hamilton at the restart. Mercedes felt this was in breach of the rules and launched...
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