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Masi saw no reason not to restart Azerbaijan GP

FIA race director Michael Masi believed there was no reason not to restart Sunday's Azerbaijan Grand Prix after the event was red flagged just three laps from the completion of the race. Max Verstappen's crash on Baku's main straight following a tyre failure with five laps to go triggered a Safety Car period that saw drivers pass through the pitlane as marshals cleared the debris on the track. But a lap later, the race was red-flagged and halted for approximately 30 minutes, where after a second standing start took place, with just two laps left on the board, which Red Bull's Sergio Perez duly completed at the head of the field, snatching his second career win in F1. Masi said that the...
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